Gots Me A New TV!!!

[Scott Reppert]

Went with the Vizio 37" from Sam's Club. Really nice employee at Sam's, when hearing that I wanted to pay half and charge half but did not have a Discover Card, told me what to do: take your Visa Card to Wal-Mart and charge a Gift Card for half of the TV amount. Then bring the Gift Card to Sam's using that as half the TV payment. With that said, here's what I got:


Faraway view...



Closer-up view...



My "Eclectic Video Bookcase"...



Just thought you all would like to know, seeing as how many of you had input on my choice. Only drawback: NO LITERATURE IN THE BOX! NONE! Sure you can download it off the 'net, but YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO! Plus I need to register it (I also got one year of the extended warranty...just in case).

As you were. I'm going to go watch my all-time favorite movie. Which is in the "Eclectic Video Bookcase"...

[genlock]

Post a picture of the connectors on the back.
That is where it is interesting.

[The-Hammer]

Why is your Christmas tree still up?

[Scott Reppert]

Why is your Christmas tree still up?

Been up since November 1995. Moved twice since then and the tree has traveled DECORATED around 70 miles for one of those moves. Real presents under the tree. Lights always on. It's a bugger to run out of lights in July though, so that's why I always pick up 6-8 sets right at the end of Christmas clearance every year at Target.

As for pictures of the back, I'll see what I can do...

[Jet Black]

Do you put the ornaments on at Christmas? So, what's the movie?

[Scott Reppert]

Do you put the ornaments on at Christmas? So, what's the movie?

A. No ornaments..ever. Just lights and tinsel.

B. "That Thing You Do". Almost every scene has two quotable lines. Me and my friend Andi can actually have full conversations using just lines from the movie. The one most people recognize is Steve Zahn's: "A man in a really nice camper wants to put our song on the radio"...

[Jet Black]

I really enjoy that movie. I especially like the scene in the jazz club, and the studio scene at the end.

[Jet Black]

PS - The first thing you're going to find out is how nice it is to watch flicks in full 16:9. The next thing is what a pain it is deciding what aspect to watch 4:3 TV shows.

[Scott Reppert]

PS - The first thing you're going to find out is how nice it is to watch flicks in full 16:9. The next thing is what a pain it is deciding what aspect to watch 4:3 TV shows.

Amen, brother, amen. The DVD looks GREAT! I was hoping I didn't have to go out and purchase an additional speaker system, but I may have to...

[AmpedNow]

Nice set...

I keep holding out for those prices to drop more. Black Friday is only six months and change away...



I haven't put up a tree or any other decorations in years. Too much work.

[Scott Reppert]

I haven't put up a tree or any other decorations in years. Too much work.

Which is exactly why I have left mine up since November of '95!!!

[Schaffer]

For anyone in the market for a new TV. Go to Best Buy, or any other big store, and ask about discounts on floor models. I was doing my research, both online and at the various stores in the area. I decided to not accept anything less than 42" on a budget of $699. Seems impossible, but it took less than ten minutes to do just that. Don't pay any attention to the yellow floor model discount stickers, they are not set in stone. I asked for the manager as soon as I entered Best Buy. I told him I wanted the best TV I could get for less than $700 and I didn't give a damn if it came in a box. Ten minutes later I had a 50" Samsung 1080 plasma in perfect condition(one of the best TV's on the market). Price was $499+tax. I got $1,400 off the retail price. I got all the books, remote, etc., just no box. I'm a big fan of boxes, but a fourteen hundred dollar box is a little more than I wished to spend. This process is quick and VERY easy. If you're worried about potential problems, just get the best service plan they offer, and you are still $1,000 under sticker price and protected for years to come.

[Bob Campbell]

Speaking of boxes. Please put the girl in the box back as your avatar. As much as we all love Hot Wheels, girl in the box is hotter.

[Scott Reppert]

Please put the girl in the box back as your avatar.

She whipped out a "licensing agreement" on me last Wednesday. My people are still mulling over whether it can be "a go" or not...

[Scott Reppert]

I have been "privately" asked to list the videos in the bookcase in the picture above. Here goes, left to right top row and then bottom row:

Jesse DuPlantis--Dead Man Walking, Live Man Rising
Jesse DuPlantis--A Merry Heart Vol. 5
Bishop Eddie Long--I Don't Want Delilah
Mike Adkins--A Man Called Norman (the CD is much better to listen to than the DVD is to watch)
Three Stooges--Swing Parade /Jerks Of All Trades / Simply Hilarious / Lost Comedy Treasures / Kings Of Laughter
Three Stooges--The "Chronological" Box Set Series, Volumes 1-5
Three Stooges--Meet The Baron / Gold Raiders (Shemp's only feature with the team)
Shemp Howard--Shemp Cocktail
Shemp Howard--Strictly In The Groove (with Ozzie Nelson)
Shemp Howard--The Strange Case Of Dr. Rx (with Mantan Moreland)
The Amos 'N' Andy Show--Volumes 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-14-15-16-18
Looney Toons--Spotlight Collection Volume 2
Looney Toons--Golden Collection Volume 3
The Flintstones--Complete 3rd Season
The Flintstones--Complete 6th Season
Classic Black Cinema--Spencer Williams (Andy from Amos ' N' Andy) In Juke Joint / Go Down, Death
Classic Black Cinema--Spencer Williams (Andy from Amos ' N' Andy) In God's Step Children / The Blood Of Jesus
The Andy Milonakis Show--Complete First Season
The Andy Milonakis Show--Complete Second Season
Sci-Fi Invasion--This Is Not A Test / Killers From Space / Wasp Woman / Unknown World
That Thing You Do!
Field Of Dreams
The Straight Story
The Natural
October Sky
Hoosiers
Sergeant York
Head
The Buddy Holly Story
Bang The Drum Slowly
Hangar 18
On The Beach
The Stratton Story
Take The Money And Run
Frequency
Hairspray (the original, not the new one)
The Andromeda Strain
True Stories
The Sandlot
Help!
UHF
Kelly's Heroes
Seabiscuit
The Day After
A Hard Day's Night
Hello, Down There! (also watch it as part of my "Arnold Stang Film Festival")
Miracle
Benny & Joon
Radio
Short Walk To Daylight
A Night To Remember (the REAL "Titanic" movie)
St. Louis Cardinals World Series Highlights 1964/1968 (Nelson Briles footage)
Larry Norman--Live At Seaside
The Rutles"--All You Need Is Cash"
The Monkees--"Our Favorite Episodes"
The Hudson Brothers--Complete Series Set
The Proclaimers--Best Of Video Hits 1987-2002 (I likes The Proclaimers)
The Hardy Boys--Five Episodes (the CARTOON Hardys from '69-'70)
Roy Wood / The Move / ELO--Video Treasures (bootleg Move clips featuring Roy Wood and Roy Wood's Wizzard)
The Monkees--Complete 2nd Season Box Set (John Conrad has Season One at his place)
Oral Roberts And Benny Hinn--Miracles
R.W. Schambach--How To Raise The Dead
R.W. Schambach--It's Time For Revival
The Next Voice You Hear (GREAT overlooked RADIO movie...only on VHS!)
Three Stooges--Stop! Look! & Laugh! (with Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith and Paul Winchell)
Three Stooges--Kook's Tour (their last film, from 1970)
Life Is Beautiful (dubbed version...fairly hard to locate)
Mark Heard--Strong Hand Of Love
Left Behind: The Movie (yuck...yuck...and triple yuck! Read the books)
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Highlights (more Nelson Briles footage)
Paper Man (if you have never seen this thriller from 1971-1972, search out a copy. Great!)

[Lee]

UHF!!!!!!

CLASSIC!!

[Jet Black]

What?! You don't have a copy of Headquarters?

[CoolBreeze]

Just for your information:

A friend of mine has been in the TV repair business for 40 years. He still opens his shop 2 or 3 days a week.

His main room is FILLED with broken flat screen TVs of every type. Why? Blown out or burned out power supplies mostly. Why? Power surges mostly, and some lightning strikes. These issues are NOT covered under warranty and are VERY expensive to repair.

He says that everyone should treat these new TVs exactly like they would a good computer, and have a well-built reliable (not cheap) surge protector on the line.

[Scott Reppert]

What?! You don't have a copy of Headquarters?

In the CD rack. That's a different story...

...and have a well-built reliable (not cheap) surge protector on the line.

Thanks for the reminder! I have a VERY nice one, but since I would need to do some more rearranging, I have not hooked it up yet.

As for more on the bookcase, if you want to know my ALL-TIME favorite movies, just read the list starting with "That Thing You Do" down to "Short Walk To Daylight" and you would have the list of them, in order. "A Night To Remember" and "Paper Man" would be higher if the first was in a "regular" DVD case and "Paper Man" would be higher if were not on VHS.

I'm funny that way, you know...

[Jet Black]

Sorry - I meant the movie Head, not Headquarters.