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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #125 on: December 19, 2017, 10:42:13 AM »
run cords/cables through it? probably.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #126 on: December 19, 2017, 11:57:31 AM »
https://www.amazon.com/GE-UltraPro-Plastic-Speaker-87697/dp/B003YKG8YK

Get a couple of these and run cables through the wall. Easy to do and looks good.
We've already got one of these things in our wall from the previous owner. So my dad should know what to do with it, right?


You stick your cable down one side and through the other. Very difficult.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #127 on: December 19, 2017, 12:58:04 PM »
https://www.amazon.com/GE-UltraPro-Plastic-Speaker-87697/dp/B003YKG8YK

Get a couple of these and run cables through the wall. Easy to do and looks good.
We've already got one of these things in our wall from the previous owner. So my dad should know what to do with it, right?

It can be a PITA if there are any curves in it.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #128 on: December 19, 2017, 02:17:07 PM »
Maybe tie a string with something kinda heavy on one end to the cord

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #129 on: December 19, 2017, 02:25:08 PM »
i picked up a 71 inch of today, the guy said it was 100x better than the 70 inch  :dunno:


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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #130 on: December 19, 2017, 02:33:01 PM »
My 65' incher is too big I think, it's like watching a movie from the front row
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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #131 on: December 19, 2017, 02:33:12 PM »
i picked up a 71 inch of today, the guy said it was 100x better than the 70 inch  :dunno:
Pfffft. My 72 incher is lol'ing in your face.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #132 on: December 19, 2017, 02:39:09 PM »
https://www.amazon.com/GE-UltraPro-Plastic-Speaker-87697/dp/B003YKG8YK

Get a couple of these and run cables through the wall. Easy to do and looks good.

I installed something similar to those, though mine are plastic, wish I had those, easier to put a lot of cables through. Agree though they look great. Lack of cable management pisses me off.

Also Wacks, I would get some twist ties (not zip, unless you want to keep cutting them to fit new wires in) before you actually get cables through the cover, it'll maker it easier to thread to them in at the same time by keeping them together better (at least in my experience)
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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #133 on: December 19, 2017, 02:43:00 PM »
That's nice, but I know how to use my 52" tho.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #134 on: December 19, 2017, 02:43:27 PM »
i picked up a 71 inch of today, the guy said it was 100x better than the 70 inch  :dunno:
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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #135 on: December 19, 2017, 03:52:47 PM »
i picked up a 71 inch of today, the guy said it was 100x better than the 70 inch  :dunno:
Pfffft. My 72 incher is lol'ing in your face.

Why settle for those when this is available?

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #136 on: December 19, 2017, 05:13:12 PM »
If you dorks aren’t talking about OLED you’re just clicking your own LED controller in your hands


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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #137 on: December 20, 2017, 03:44:13 PM »
I really do still stand by my “just walk into Costco and buy the cheapest one” advice on TV’s.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #138 on: December 20, 2017, 03:51:31 PM »
I really do still stand by my “just walk into Costco and buy the cheapest one” advice on TV’s.
do it within 90 days of Black Friday and you can trial run something and upgrade to the next size/quality level for the same $

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #139 on: January 15, 2018, 11:05:45 AM »

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #140 on: January 15, 2018, 11:37:30 AM »
New TV picture quality technology is a scam.  Most of your pathetic eyeballs can't even see across the room without corrective lenses so what makes you think they can detect the difference between kinds/numbers of pixels?

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« Reply #141 on: January 15, 2018, 11:40:19 AM »
I have exquisite vision with my contacts in and can definitely tell the difference. Sorry you can’t :frown:

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #142 on: January 15, 2018, 11:44:18 AM »
I have exquisite vision with my contacts in and can definitely tell the difference. Sorry you can’t :frown:

T's and P's.  For your poor eyesight, and for getting scammed by Big TV.   :frown:


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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #143 on: January 15, 2018, 11:51:07 AM »
I have exquisite vision with my contacts in and can definitely tell the difference. Sorry you can’t :frown:

T's and P's.  For your poor eyesight, and for getting scammed by Big TV.   :frown:

You poor thing, your vision is so bad you couldn’t read my post saying I have exquisite vision with my contacts in. First thing I do in the morning is put them in and BOOM, exquisite vision. Last thing I do at night is take them out because I don’t need to see super well to see my dreams because they are just in my head :lol:   So I could have super vision 24/7/365 but I don’t watch tv when I sleep.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #144 on: January 17, 2018, 12:34:24 PM »
sounds like your vision sucks if you need contacts, t's and p's TBT

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #145 on: August 08, 2020, 05:38:35 PM »
have had a Samsung 4K 55in for 21 months. Starting today it has a vertical dark band like the picture below. Apparently a somewhat common issue for Samsung.  :bang:   guess i'm in the market again


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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #146 on: August 09, 2020, 01:48:33 PM »
Drunk bought at 43" TCL series 5 last week. I loved my old Vizio (and it still works after having it for about 11 years) but going from 32" to 43" is appropriate for my living room size (which is fairly small) and honestly it was about time. Anything bigger than like 47" would look hilariously overcompensating for my set up (like you could barely fit a 55" in the space I got, and I just don't need it to looks like one giant screen).

So far, very good, really enjoy the more real estate. Royals games look amazing, as is anything on netflix. Biggest PITA was wall mounting it (which looks sweet just hard to do with just 1 person) and then self made a cable blind since the old set up the TV was basically hiding the cables since it sat on the mantle. Floating exposes them and it pissed me off. Looks much better now though.
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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #147 on: August 14, 2020, 06:35:36 PM »
I have a Best Buy 55" Insignia Fire TV. No complaints after year 1. Sit 10' from the screen. Perfect for movie binging and sports.

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #148 on: August 14, 2020, 07:15:54 PM »
I'm doing to buy one soon.  Been eyeballing a Vizio PQX 65". 

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Re: TV buying help thread
« Reply #149 on: August 15, 2020, 02:41:09 PM »
I'm doing to buy one soon.  Been eyeballing a Vizio PQX 65". 

check out the TCL panels, incredible picture and low price


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