Latest Costco Deal - 70" Sharp 3D LED TV...

[nelly1]

Wait, wait, WAIT!

70 fking inches?!?

I had to go and see this for myself - bleedin' hell!

This is all getting a bit daft now isn't it?

How many living rooms could comfortably accommodate one of these monsters?

Yes - I am aware that most projector screens are bigger than this, but this isn't something that you can easily retract into an alcove or summat.

Surely these will mostly be bought by the 'mine's bigger than yours' crowd, without a thought to whether or not they actually have the room for it?

[freecar]

I have over 60" in a small bedroom only four feet wider than a double bed.

Nobody thinks it is overkill, HD is designed to be viewed from up close.

Would happily have over 70" in a decent sized lounge!

[Odie]

but how much is it?... I need a new screen for my kitchen

Edited by Odie on Wednesday 13th June 11:22

[rhinochopig]

freecar said:

I have over 60" in a small bedroom only four feet wider than a double bed.

Nobody thinks it is overkill, HD is designed to be viewed from up close.

Would happily have over 70" in a decent sized lounge!

Your wife must be a very accommodating lady.

[Council Baby]

How much? I need a new screen for the bedroom.

[Deva Link]

nelly1 said:

I had to go and see this for myself - bleedin' hell!

Did you look at the swimming pool they have? Don't know if they're in every branch but in ours (Chester) they have a pool that can't be far off Olympic size!

[KrazyIvan]

freecar said:

I have over 60" in a small bedroom only four feet wider than a double bed.

Nobody thinks it is overkill, HD is designed to be viewed from up close.

Would happily have over 70" in a decent sized lounge!

Width is not the issue, length is, if your so close you have to turn your head to see from one area of the screen to another, then its too big.

[freecar]

KrazyIvan said:

freecar said:

I have over 60" in a small bedroom only four feet wider than a double bed.

Nobody thinks it is overkill, HD is designed to be viewed from up close.

Would happily have over 70" in a decent sized lounge!

Width is not the issue, length is, if your so close you have to turn your head to see from one area of the screen to another, then its too big.

Why would I quantify the room size in an irrelevant way? Clue, I didn't! The screen is "next to" my bed not at the foot.

And no, you don't need to turn your head to see different parts of the screen.

Like I said, nobody has thought it too large, in fact on max it is nearer 70" and from seven feet or so away it is too big, but just over 60" is perfect from that range.

Look at a cinema, how big is the screen, how close are the first row of seats?

Put it this way, screens wont be getting smaller any time soon, the only way is up!

[The Nur]

Serious deduction of man points for not including the chuffing price!

[Piersman2]

I was in my local Costco this weekend and was very taken by the 80" version they had in there, bloody huge it was! Cost: £3200+vat.

The OH told me to feck off. LOL

She speak sense.

ETA: I 'think' the 70" version was baout £2200+vat ('ish).

[nelly1]

The Nur said:

Serious deduction of man points for not including the chuffing price!

[nelly1]

Deva Link said:

nelly1 said:

I had to go and see this for myself - bleedin' hell!

Did you look at the swimming pool they have? Don't know if they're in every branch but in ours (Chester) they have a pool that can't be far off Olympic size!

Seen that one in the Thurrock store before - hilarious to see people buying HUGE things in store, then remembering that they have a tiny car.

[Deva Link]

At least it does seem to be genuinely cheaper than anywhere else which isn't always the case with Costco stuff.

[Fatman2]

^^ And Costco are excellent with aftersales if anything goes wrong.

70" is huge but they could have sold a shed load of the 60" TV's last year. They cleverly put Wimbledon on in HD, which was a masterstroke IMHO.

I wondered why the guys were huddled round but when I got closer I saw, in all her glory, Maria Sharapova bent over waiting to receive the next serve.

I then realised, along with everyone else, why I *need* a 60" HD TV

[NormalWisdom]

Fatman2 said:

I wondered why the guys were huddled round but when I got closer I saw, in all her glory, Maria Sharapova bent over waiting to receive the next serve.

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[audidoody]

Damn you. Now I'll have to go to the Watford store.

Wonder if it will fit in the all road?

[IforB]

Anything over 60/65" is far too big to fit in a normal car. Especially as you need to transport tellies vertically. The box for my 65" Panny is as near as dammit 4 foot tall. It wouldn't fit in the Mrs' oversized Chelsea tractor, so I very much doubt any sensibly sized car would get it in.

Just get it delivered!

[The Nur]

audidoody said:

Damn you. Now I'll have to go to the Watford store.

Wonder if it will fit in the all road?

Take straps, it will fit on the allroad...

[Nimby]

My (plasma) Panny's instructions say it MUST be transported in a vertical position.
Of course I didn't see that until I'd brought it home - horizontally - and it's been fine.
I don't know if that applies to LCDs/ LEDs and if so whether they are less forgiving.

[Roop]

Nimby said:

My (plasma) Panny's instructions say it MUST be transported in a vertical position.
Of course I didn't see that until I'd brought it home - horizontally - and it's been fine.
I don't know if that applies to LCDs/ LEDs and if so whether they are less forgiving.

IIRC, the reason for keeping it vertical is that many plasmas cannot support the weight of the screen when horizontal, leading to it cracking.