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Consumer Reports: Best TVs for the Super Bowl
kwch.com ^ | 1-26-15 | unattributed

Posted on 01/26/2015 6:31:24 PM PST by smokingfrog

A sports bar is a great place to watch the big game. But if you’re buying a TV for your Super Bowl party at home, Consumer Reports has complete buying advice. Its testers say a screen that’s at least 50 inches or larger is a good size for a crowd.

Testers in Consumer Reports’ labs size up hundreds of TVs every year. Also important is a set that delivers a wide viewing angle. When you’re watching a big game with a crowd of friends, not everyone is going to get that great seat front and center. One of the concerns with some LCD and LED TVs is that the picture can start to look washed out when you view it from an angle.

Another consideration—how well the TV can handle fast action. Sports is one of the types of content that can really stress a TV’s ability to present fast-moving scenes without the image blurring. So Consumer Reports tests for that.

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Though you’ll see big sales of televisions leading up to the Super Bowl, Consumer Reports says that you’ll get even better deals in late February and early March, when retailers clear out older sets to make way for the new.

1 posted on 01/26/2015 6:31:24 PM PST by smokingfrog
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If you are a Patriots fan you will want a flat screen. ;-)


2 posted on 01/26/2015 6:35:24 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: smokingfrog

All together now WHO CARES!!!!!


3 posted on 01/26/2015 6:35:39 PM PST by boomop1
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To: smokingfrog

If the Superbowl was shown on the FX channel at 9PM CST on Wednesday, I would be very pissed because that would have meant that I missed an episode of ‘Justified’.


4 posted on 01/26/2015 6:37:08 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: smokingfrog
I bought a Samsung about 2 weeks before Black Friday. Very happy with it. And paid a fair price for it.
5 posted on 01/26/2015 6:39:08 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: smokingfrog

Will be watching on our 60in 3D LED, but I don’t really give a damn about the game or the commercials.

I’ve fallen out of love with the NFL during recent years, but still enjoy the playoffs and the Super Bowl. In spite of the ‘Ballghazi’ scandal, I hope the Patriots trash Seattle. I hate that team, and city.


6 posted on 01/26/2015 6:40:00 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: smokingfrog

For a big screen and a sports event, you really need a refresh rate of 240. With a smaller screen (42 inches or less) you could probably get by with 120.


7 posted on 01/26/2015 6:40:46 PM PST by PAR35
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To: fatnotlazy

I’ve had a Samsung HD TV for about four years now. Great set, no problems.


8 posted on 01/26/2015 6:41:51 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Just say to NO Rhinos in 2016.)
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To: smokingfrog

I’m still using a 19” TV from 1983. Fortunately, I don’t watch the Super Bowl.


9 posted on 01/26/2015 6:44:13 PM PST by proxy_user
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I think Samsung makes the very best TVs.

I’ve owned a 52in LCD for 6 years now, and it’s still as good as the day we took it out of the box.

We bought a new Samsung LED last year(gave the other one to the kids), and it has been terrific! One perk, if you have a Samsung phone or tablet, you can install the ‘SmartView’ App, and watch your TV on your mobile device, from anywhere within range of your home wireless network. Comes in handy sometimes. You can also use it as a remote.


10 posted on 01/26/2015 6:44:18 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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I also hope the cheaters beat the thugs. I hate thugs.


11 posted on 01/26/2015 6:50:12 PM PST by ez (RIP America 1776-2014. Long live the oligarchy.)
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‘Mouse Ears’ on top of it!!? (sorry...)


12 posted on 01/26/2015 6:51:10 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: KoRn

Thanks for the tip. We just got a 50 inch Samsung 4k set.


13 posted on 01/26/2015 6:51:18 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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To: KoRn
I hope the Patriots trash Seattle. I hate that team, and city.
Lighten up, Francis. Final score: Seahawks 44, Patriots 9.
14 posted on 01/26/2015 6:56:58 PM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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I also hope the cheaters beat the thugs. I hate thugs.
Saying the Seahawks are thugs proves you are dumber than I tell people.
15 posted on 01/26/2015 6:58:35 PM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: smokingfrog

I hate both teams and cities. I hope an asteroid plows into the game at kickoff!


16 posted on 01/26/2015 7:05:34 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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I don't care who wins either, but why punish Glendale, AZ?


17 posted on 01/26/2015 7:09:39 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: proxy_user
I have it on sometimes but only for the commercials. Bud's report that they are discontinuing the clydesdales. Love those horses.
18 posted on 01/26/2015 7:10:36 PM PST by mcshot (OMG We're going down!)
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To: KoRn

I bought a bid Samsung LCD TV and it died very soon after.

I made a promise never to buy anything Samsung ever again and have kept that


19 posted on 01/26/2015 7:14:14 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: smokingfrog

For later.


20 posted on 01/26/2015 7:14:28 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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