She died. Just last month…
Our trusted 15-year old Samsung television, who wept with the whole family as we watched Schindler’s List, gasped with the children when they thought Experiment 626 aka Stitch will die in the second movie, cheered for R2D2 in all six movies of the Star Wars saga, finally couldn’t be resuscitated.
For two weeks, we had been prowling across Abenson, SM Appliance and other stores to look for a replacement. The Duplitos had been resistant to temptation so far. The object we are trying to resist – a P199,900 Samsung plasma television set with Ultra FilterBright, deeper black and dark images and clearer vision 18 bit color processing.
Charged to my credit card, that’s only P11,000 something a month at “0%” interest (yeah, yeah) and P370 per day (blech!).
See how happy they are? More space means more harmony in the family… (am I really this gullible?)
Must resist…must resist…
What do you think guys? Are the marketing guys going to bag another victim? Help!
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:50 am
first off, an LCD TV is better than plasma.
now if you’re buying a TV for everyday viewing, better stick to a big flat screen CRT.
most LCD’s now come in as HDTV ready or with HD connectivity. HD is of course High Definition. HD Broadcasting is not yet available in the Philippines and since picture clarity for broadcasted programs depend on the signal, having an LCD TV will not make your Channel 4 or Channel 5 programs much clearer than they are. in fact with a bigger and clearer TV like an LCD, the “poor signal” stations would appear more grainy and pixelized.
LCD’s work best for a home theater system or a gaming system (read: Playstation or XBox or WII), consequently, you have to invest in a decent sound system complete with 5-6 speakers (1 central, 2 fronts, 2 rears, and 1 subwoofer) plus the all important AV receiver where all the sound is processed to get that distinct cinema feel. to get the best clarity from your LCD in such cases, you have to have a good DVD player WITH HD CONNECTION.
what is HD connection? normally we connect our DVD player to our TV using an RCA jack (those little jacks on the back color coded red, yellow, and white). some would have SD connection or optical connection. the best in the market now is the HD connection. basically a special wire connects the HD slot of your LCD to the HD slot of your DVD player. and there you go…..you have the whole cinema experience at home….but of course you have to invest in ORIGINAL DVD as well….pirated ones just don’t hack it…you lose not only the picture clarity, but the sound fidelity as well.
so as you can see, to get that picture perfect display quality in Abenson entails more than the LCD TV set itself and depends on what you’ll use the TV for. if you’re a movie buff like myself and you wont blow your life savings, buy a cheaper LCD and upgrade your sound system and player to one that is HD connected. you could probably buy the whole lot for less than 199K. on the other hand, if you just want to keep abreast of your soaps and usual TV fare, stick to the CRT, and buy the biggest one!
hope this helps.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:53 pm
If you have consciously removed a certain amount/percentage from your regular budget just for the TV go for it… This means you made “Plasma TV buying” a project and an expense…
pero kung impulse… think twice.. I have a 50 plusi nch or so TV… after 3 months… i hardly use it wala nang excitement… plus when it conked out i spent 20 thou just to have it fixed
This is how I “budget” savings and expense. I agreed to take out a fixed percentage every payday(twice a month)… then plan out my little projecs during the year… and then apportion money to each of the projects (e.g. trips alone or with family… or gadgets etc) this way wala ako masyado pang impulse buying heheheh
I also plan out the sched of Purchases like local travel during Sept (because of travel mart in Mega) and international travel in Feb (travel fair in Mega) and gadgets during holidays (sale sale sale hehe)
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Salve, the sisters may not be too happy having the priory house number posted in public. Can you please delete the number before posting, and if anyone is interested in sponsoring, they could just ask offline?
Thank you very much and God bless.
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:50 am
To put P199K in another perspective, that’s how much Nevny, an orphan scholar in Ormoc City, will spend in tuition fees for all four years of college. If you want to sponsor a deserving student and help change someone’s life forever, you may contact Sister Mary Vincent of the Sanctus Vincenzus Scholarship Foundation (send email to lightdream@gmail.com if interested). It’s P50K/annual sponsorship x 4 years to make a huge difference — the cost of a plasma TV.
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:13 am
Salve, sana may lease option na lang sa TV, parang kotse. At the end of lease period may option ka na bilihin, o kung ayaw mo lease ulit ng mas bagong model. P199K para sa isang TV? wag na uy!