Got up today and found a surprise. Not a good surprise. No Marilyn Monroe with a cup of coffee and my robe. Nope. my TV went gunnybag. I don't actually use it for television, it's my monitor for my laptop. The TV was only 20 years old or so.
So, go on Amazon and look at what they have. A lot of their TVs, especially the inexpensive ones, ship from Best Buy. There are 3 Best Buys within 20 miles of me, including a Best Buy warehouse, but they can't seem to take less than a week to deliver a TV if you order off Best Buy's website. At least the models I am interested in.
Now, I could go and pick it up, however fitting a 65 inch TV in my Camry would be difficult if not impossible. Luckily, if I order off Amazon, I can get the same TV that Best Buy wants a week to get to me. Amazon will get it here tomorrow.
This bothers me and I don't know why. I mean, even a week is much better service than the old days, where mail order often took several weeks. Being able to get it in one day? Amazing. But the difference in shipping bothers me. It shouldn't but it does. Just getting cranky in my later years, I guess.
Anyway, hope your morning surprise was better than mine. Have the best day you possibly can.

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The best I can with what I got

If you are an Amazon Prime member, normally your shipping is NO Charge.

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H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244

Yep. Thankfully I am a prime member!

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The best I can with what I got

We have been Prime members since its inception.

Currently we have 5 flat screens under roof.

If one goes belly up we just shuffle a few feet to the next room.

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Music/Sports/Beer fan

IMHO, Prime amounts to paying your shipping upfront. If the thing you buy is over $35, shipping is free anyway. I might go 2 or 3 months between orders. When I don't order I would be paying shipping for no product.

I'm not so impatient that I need next day shipping. Amazon rarely takes more than 3 days for me anyway.

AMEN!

Amazon signed me up for a FREE month of Prime even after I check NO for their offer.

I did not order anything that month.

Typically several months between orders.

I keep things that I MIGHT want in the SAVED FOR LATER.

Can use something from the list to reach $35 for FREE SHIPPING.

Bekeart

At least it didn’t snow

ROFLMAO!!! That's stone age in TV terms. I have a Sony LCD of similar vintage and there are OTA TV signals it cannot decode, and there is no software update to help. Anything sent in MP4 format is sound only, and forget the hi-def ATSC 3.0 signals. Also, it has no streaming capabilities, I'd have to get a Tablo or similar.

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Release the Kraken

We have several flat screens in the house, but I have an old Tube TV (I guess that's what you call it) in the basement in my Wife's sewing room. She only uses it once in awhile, but it still works. It's connected to a cable. It must be at least 30 years old.

Shhhh! Don’t let out the secret.

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Who are those guys?

And saves the time/gas/general inconvenience of shlepping my cranky self to Best Buy or whatever store to get what I’m after. Iffn I want to go shopping I go shopping…but Amazon takes a lot of the fuss out of it

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50 Years of Wish You Were Here

Oh absolutely yes. Amazon is a godsend.

But Best Buy is a whole other story. If ya go there and are not cranky, you will be after you get there. They have fired most of their employees, and the ones left are clueless. Thus, if Amazon says that's where it will come from I will pass.

For stuff like TVs I have found that Target is a better choice.

I used to have morning surprises.

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Music/Sports/Beer fan

If I could make it to morning without having to pee, now THAT would be a surprise. And a pleasant change.

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The best I can with what I got

I have already paid for my Prime membership for this year with the shipping savings. I order a LOT from Amazon.

I do too.

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The best I can with what I got

Me too, and I buy lots of stuff from Amazon. I’ve been a Prime Member for years. I placed an order today as a matter of fact. Todays order was just $22.50 and wouldn’t qualify for free shipping unless you’re a Prime Member. If you’re not a Prime Member, then you have to spend more money to qualify for free shipping.
They got you either way.

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James
On the Llano Estacado

"...and then I awoke. Was this some kind of joke? Then I opened up my eyes..."

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Waiting For The Sun.

Problem is you amigo I am afraid to say.
You shoulda bought a Tacoma.

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Forum consigliere

Just found out a few weeks ago that we are an Amazon Prime household. Ya want something, click and it shows up at yer door. I just got to put up with getting yelled at twice. Once when the stuff gets home and again when the charge shows up on my wife's credit card.
Hell, I don't know how to do all that "add a credit card" stuff....

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Forum consigliere

I order a lot online. My preference is Amazon, but my only concern is the bottom line.

Once I decide WHAT I want or need to buy I jot down the part number. Then I check Amazon and EBay. About half the time the EBay price is cheaper.

Would have loved to get a Tacoma. Unfortunately they are stupid expensive around here.

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The best I can with what I got

I bought my first flat screen TV around that time. Olivia, I think, but they're out of business. I've had a lot of flat screens since then.

You can make any older flat screen TV into a "smart TV" by plugging a Roku into it. I'll skip that for now because some of the members might react to it like the natives in the original Tarzan movies did to a cigarette lighter.

Just about every large retailer sells good quality flat screen TVs. There are only a few OEMs who make just about all of them.

Walmart bought Vizeo a few months ago, so if that isn't the only place to get Vizeo TVs, it likely will be soon.

Costco usually has really good prices on TVs, especially large screen TVs.

I don't know how Best Buy stays in business. Walking into their stores and trying to find sales help is like trying to find the crew of the Marie Celeste.

One of the really nice things about flat screens is that you can mount them just about anywhere. The smaller ones way about nothing. Even larger ones can be wall mounted if you do it right. In our old house we had a 55" mounted over our (unused) fireplace.

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Can open, worms everywhere.

A guys got to get in his 10,000 steps somehow 😂

Holy mackerel, you are using a 65” flatscreen, with probably an awesome 4K picture to check email, surf the internet, and most importantly, come here to converse with us?🤯
Larry

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Miss Buddies crsides & fat tom

It was a 55 inch, actually. And not 4K. The new one is a 55" also. And it IS 4K UHD. It still isn't here. Supposed to be out on the truck for delivery, but the best they can nail it down is today before 10PM. So now I wait.

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The best I can with what I got

I posted a "Help" on one of the electronics forums re. my Vizeo TV. It was wonky about every 3rd day. Had to unplug, reboot, kick it in the screen, etc. The general consensus was that they are ****. (Little did I know)

I threw it away and bought a Samsung. Best TV I ever had.

New TV is here and set up. I am now ready to debate the best caliber for bear in glorious high definition.

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The best I can with what I got

We still do, surprised we lived long enough to fight another day... (not each other, she is the best wife I ever had. I wish I knew no other woman.)

" I wish I knew no other woman."
Personally, I agree completely!

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Waiting For The Sun.

Our Vizeo died on us .
Replaced with a 55" Samsung.
Great TV but many brands have cut some features on the newer ones.
Didn't realize till I got it home and set it up that there were no analog connections.
No more home theater experience for us.
No RCA output for audio and my receiver does not have digital .
It does look good in 4 K though .

I've been told that there might be an adaptor to take care of that.

Yes, there are some but they are not cheap.
Looked at a few but the cheaper ones are kinda unreliable or do not sound good.