cnt afford LCD so where to get a widescreen tv?

froggy27_2

Hi there. I want a new tv preferably widescreen but they seem to be difficult to find in shops... can't afford LCD yet.. I don't mind refurbished/second hand etc been looking on ebay and gumtree but any other tips where to look?
would like a 28 or 32" and the cheaper the better at the moment...
thanks anyway....

f1charlie

Some here, although the cheapest is £206:

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/content/products/list~subdept~wide-screenctv~dt~Televisions~st~Widescreen+TVs.htm

Cheapest at Comet is £170:

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/category.do?categoryId=453

Comet auctions:

http://www.clearance-comet.co.uk/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=36516&cgmenbr=37087214&noMoreSubs=N

bigdic

Try your local paper,shop windo/supermarket for sale boards. A lot of folks will be selling off old TV's they don't have room for I'd expect.

DuncanMiller

I got my dad a 28" Sony widescreen tele for £40 from ebay

perfect working order etc...

lots of people selling on there due to upgrading to LCDs etc... just make sure you narrow the search down by distance as you will have to pick it up!

froggy27_2

thanks a lot. will keep looking and report if i manage to find sthing good!!!

froggy27_2

thanks a lot. will keep looking and report if i manage to find sthing good!!!

white_rose_jax

Our local Walmart/Asda superstore had some 28" tv`s in last week for £100. I didn`t look at them well enough to say if they were widescreen or not.

Zagu

Tescos occasionally have offers on TVs. I think that there was a 28" widescreen for £100 late last year.

epz_2

i got a 44" sony widscreen rear projector for £280 of ebay, was sold new for £1500 about 15 months previously and being a crt based one the picture quality is probably better than many lcds.


if you have access to a van or big estate car there are plenty of great deals out there off suckers who bought huge high end tvs then decided they wanted flat pannels, then have no way to move the big tv on, theres a limited market of people who are able to collect such beasts.


if i mess about i can even get mine to show a 1200x1024 rez picture which is higher than many cheap plasmas and will play hidef stuff if i send it via a pc and svideo lead.

its also nice to know in the couple of months ive had it any similarly speced lcd has droped in value more than it cost me for my tv, meaning i can wait it out with a 44" telly till there is proper hidef programing out and the 1080p models come out at reasonable prices

Yazza

Can you afford to save the environment for your kids? Traditional CRTs use up more power than LCD/Plasma offerings. If you believe the marketing-talk from Panasonic and Samsung, that is.

BillScarab

But is it more environmentally friendly to get a second hand CRT that may otherwise end up in Landfill, rather than a brand new LCD/Plasma with all the associated manufacturing and shipping impact?

The CRT may well use more power but if the power is from a green energy source does that matter?