Acura Sensei

my wife's birthday is coming up at the end of this month.
here is one of my ideas...

find a good, reasonably priced 15" or 17" lcd monitor + external tv tuner to serve as our kitchen tv.

wall mounted, of course....

any recommendations or suggestions? i've been looking into cnet.com.

actual lcd tv's are still a bit too pricey, even for the 15".

kensteele

This is what I got for the kitchen.
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

Acura Sensei

nice one ken!


unfortunately, it's a bit too pricey for us right now.

i'm working on getting a big screen and stereo upgrade
for my wife's cl.

soopa

you can get a lcd tv cheaper than u can get a monitor

Acura Sensei

where? what brands? size for size.... i've found that lcd tv's are still more expensive than lcd monitors.

15" for example....

Acura Sensei

any thoughts on this one? haven't heard anything about GEM monitors.

cheap for a 14".

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/deta...=286414#scroll

after a $30 rebate, it comes out to $187.... no built in speakers though.

should i try it out?

juniorbean

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I got one for about $320 shipped about 8 months ago. Sceptre 15" (I think that's the brand). Came with a remote and everything. It also has S-video inputs, stereo sound, etc. It's really a computer monitor with a built in TV tuner but it's working perfectly as a TV. The two speakers aren't extremely powerful... but it does the job. Right now we just have it on a regular coax cable into the TV. It works great, clear as anything... and it was cheap. Pretty much everything I was looking for. Oh yeah.. we put it in the kitchen as well.....

juniorbean

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According to the specs it does not have a built in TV tuner... so how would you use it for a TV?

Acura Sensei

hey juniorbean,
i was planning on getting an external tv tuner for the lcd monitors that did not have one built in. of course, that adds approximately $70-100.

i did come across the sceptre models. which one do you have?
$320 is a great price... i think that would be perfect for us if i could find it now.

thanks for your input.

03typeS6spd

sceptre lcd tv

is this the one you bought???

how is the quality holding up...

Acura Sensei

juniorbean,
after a few minutes of searching... here's the best deal that i found today.

free shipping w/ ecost.com
$349.95

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/deta...mail,ECOSTCNET

bigman

You sure your wife wants an lcd in the kitchen for her birthday?

Acura Sensei

she's been talking about how it's a pain to watch tv from the kitchen, while cooking or baking. so i thought i'd make it easier, especially when she likes to watch the cooking channels.

or maybe i want the lcd tv.

juniorbean

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Sorry for the delay in responding guys...

Yup, that's the one. I got it from justdeals.com (I don't think they carry it anymore). The final price was actually $317 shipped. I had found a coupon online, so basically I got free shipping.

Quality is good, picture is good, it's perfect for the kitchen. We bought it in July and it's flawless so far.

I had read some reviews on it before I bought it and people were using it in their cars for GPS systems off of a laptop (guess the laptops had small screens), some were using it as TVs, etc... and not one review I read had a problem... so for $317 I took the chance

astro

you can get a sharp aquos 15" lcd for under 5 bills.