Ummwhat wrote:Ok, Two problems with your comments...

First, show me a link to the ones for sale for the same price retail.

Second, Your screen problem starting at 2 months. Had you reported the problem at that time you would have had a warranty. Not woots fault. Don't take it out on woot...Its not their fault you waited till the warranty had elapsed to report the issue. You didn't contact them soon enough and need someone to blame.

And that's just MY 2 cents.

One more thing...I have more w00ts than you, so S - T - F - U ROOKIE
lol

cLUrun wrote:Is this better for Blu-Ray, or is plasma better? Which one gives the darker black?

plasma has the darker black.

Lifetimer wrote:Do I get to pick which one I get? I WANT THREE PORTS DAMMIT!

yes when you click the i want one button. there are 2 squares with the model number in them. It looks like 339B is grayed out which means it might be sold out.

anyone know how long this will take to ship?

chewy010308 wrote:anyone know how long this will take to ship?

Long enough so that when it arrives you'll be as excited as you were when you bought it because you waited so long you forgot it was coming. It says 5 business days to leave the warehouse, but I'd expect like 8 business days, then another 8 for shipping.

chewy010308 wrote:anyone know how long this will take to ship?

hard to tell. when I ordered the elec toothbrushes on Jul 28, they came 9 days later in FL.

cLUrun wrote:Is this better for Blu-Ray, or is plasma better? Which one gives the darker black?

plasmas have deeper blacks and better color but LCDs are brighter

luke wonders if that dog is taking a scaffolding!

are you really out of the 339Bs already or am I just not allowed to buy one?

wootmeharder wrote:Two problems with this W00T...

First, this is NOT a great price. I see 32" 720 LCDs at Best But all the time for this same price....

Second, the last (and only) TV I ever got from Woot was about 18 months ago and about 2 months after I got it I started having thin black vertical lines on the screen on start up that gradually faded as the TV warmed up...but this problem got worse and worse with the lines getting thicker and lasting longer, (I wonder how many 16 year olds on here will comment on the words getting thicker and lasting longer) Eventually the lines became permanent. I contacted the good folks at W00T and was basically told to go F myself, as the warranty was past. From that day on I vowed to only buy cheap or unique items from woot, something I would not be upset about breaking or dying on me.

Just my $0.02.

You noticed a problem starting at 2 months (under warranty), but put off contacting them until the warranty was no longer valid, so it is their fault?

wootmeharder wrote:Two problems with this W00T...

First, this is NOT a great price. I see 32" 720 LCDs at Best But all the time for this same price....

Second, the last (and only) TV I ever got from Woot was about 18 months ago and about 2 months after I got it I started having thin black vertical lines on the screen on start up that gradually faded as the TV warmed up...but this problem got worse and worse with the lines getting thicker and lasting longer, (I wonder how many 16 year olds on here will comment on the words getting thicker and lasting longer) Eventually the lines became permanent. I contacted the good folks at W00T and was basically told to go F myself, as the warranty was past. From that day on I vowed to only buy cheap or unique items from woot, something I would not be upset about breaking or dying on me.

Just my $0.02.

same here with the black lines and shadows on my 32" Sova through Woot! it happened just after the warranty was up too.

cpeiffler wrote:I've been itching to grab an HDTV for sometime now to complement my Xbox 360 in the digital revolution but my wife (newlyweds) thinks our current TV (analog Panasonic) is just fine.

Viewing habits include:

- Netflix on Xbox Live
- Netflix DVDs
- Wii (with the wife)
- The occasional turn on FIFA '09 (which to me looks gorgeous on my friend's 42" Vizio and makes me lament going back to my old Panasonic 20 something incher...)

I'm learning to pick my fights and with school starting in the fall is this one battleground worth holding?

Just tell her that her favorite man candy's abs will be ten times as intense if its on a nice new HD LCD screen. Trust me I know, I totally happy with looking at all my men candy's when they show up on our High Def screen, but I at least get 42" of melting man power on my screen. I don't know what 32" inches will do for her. Just tell her bigger is always better. :-P

mrtravel2 wrote:You noticed a problem starting at 2 months (under warranty), but put off contacting them until the warranty was no longer valid, so it is their fault?

Dude, can you NOT READ?

The problem started at TWO MONTHS!!!!

The warranty was THIRTY DAYS!!!!

Math was not your best subject was it?

THIRTY DAY warranty...I say again THIRTY DAYS - that's ONE MONTH!!!!

My argument was that the TV SHOULD have been expected to last at least two months, and that w00t should he more reasonable...well they weren't.

If you still don't get the problem here, ask a friend to explain it to you before you post another moronic post ok?

wootmeharder wrote:Dude, can you NOT READ?

The problem started at TWO MONTHS!!!!

The warranty was THIRTY DAYS!!!!

Math was not your best subject was it?

THIRTY DAY warranty...I say again THIRTY DAYS - that's ONE MONTH!!!!

My argument was that the TV SHOULD have been expected to last at least two months, and that w00t should he more reasonable...well they weren't.

If you still don't get the problem here, ask a friend to explain it to you before you post another moronic post ok?

dude calm down

u never stated in ur first post that ur warranty was 30 days. Now.......we can sympathize with you.

Thats messed up and I 'm sorry for your lost.

xdeadhead wrote:the 339 now with "Snart Sound"

I noticed that too... gotta have option.

amoraluv wrote:dude calm down

u never stated in ur first post that ur warranty was 30 days. Now.......we can sympathize with you.

Thats messed up and I 'm sorry for your lost.

OK, I had said in another post that the warranty was 30 days and I had contacted them at 60 days.

Sorry about the rant, just tired and still get a little pi$$ed about having a broken LCD from W00T.

I just wanted to warn others of my experience...have a good night

Finally a woot I wanted. I was skeptical but the SquareTrade two year warranty for ~$50 sold me for sure. My Xbox 360 is going to love you woot.

wootevil wrote:hard to tell. when I ordered the elec toothbrushes on Jul 28, they came 9 days later in FL.

LOL - Totally off topic, but my toothbrushes arrived on 8/15. It's like a surprise birthday present from the old relative that forgets to send something until a month later...Nice and unexpeceted

the native resolution is not 720p. meaning 720p video will be stretched.

nathanwands wrote:Finally a woot I wanted. I was skeptical but the SquareTrade two year warranty for ~$50 sold me for sure. My Xbox 360 is going to love you woot.

What's the general experience with Square Trade, anyway? Surely some wooters know first-hand. I can't imagine that they can fix all the junk they underwrite, so I'm guessing if you need to resort to them, you generally get your purchase price.

Is this about right?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=11382407

HOT BUY
Free Shipping
Proscan
32" LCD HDTV
Resolution: 1366 x 768
$329.99

I <3 much as the next guy, but Costco extends manufacture warranty to 2 years.

Sure, tax in most, but its worth piece of mind

I think it says 1080i in the specs at the bottom.

puterfreaksteveo wrote:NOPE

I think it depends on the brand. I can tell the difference between my 26" Vizio 720P and my 26" Sony. Vizio is crisper, sharper faster screen with a better color. Things broadcast in true 720P look better on it.

duckmannin wrote:Has anyone purchased the extended warranty before for a Woot buy through the 3rd party site and had to use it? How well was the service?

I have used Square trade before - they once could not fix an item I had (after 2 years) and so they paid me the FULL price I paid for the unit - so I like them!! (that was for an ebay not a woot)

There is no VGA port on either of those TVs. Look at the pictures when you write the copy.

MindlessAutomata wrote:What is the IMPEDANCE of the speakers? I'm being funny, right? Right? Laughs all around, surely?

That's hilarious. Really. I'm still laughing! But seriously, I'm planning to hook my guitar up to it and want to know if it has automatic attenuation and, if so, is it a limiter or a compressor circuit doing the attenuating? Also, assuming I a m using a 6' shielded cable, unbalanced, and using active pickups @89 db/watt with a peak voltage of 2.6V per ohm, will the ratio of pixels to lumens affect my ability so see the sounds I'm playing at 720p? My current 15" 1080p Mitsubishi won't even display my guitar's input which is why I want to swap it out for this one. I've read the manuals which are obviously edited for consumers since there's no mention of any of these specs in them.

wootmeharder wrote:Two problems with this W00T...

First, this is NOT a great price. I see 32" 720 LCDs at Best But all the time for this same price....

Second, the last (and only) TV I ever got from Woot was about 18 months ago and about 2 months after I got it I started having thin black vertical lines on the screen on start up that gradually faded as the TV warmed up...but this problem got worse and worse with the lines getting thicker and lasting longer, (I wonder how many 16 year olds on here will comment on the words getting thicker and lasting longer) Eventually the lines became permanent. I contacted the good folks at W00T and was basically told to go F myself, as the 30 day warranty was past. From that day on I vowed to only buy cheap or unique items from woot, something I would not be upset about breaking or dying on me.

Just my $0.02.

Or get the super cheap squaretrade warranty for something you spend a decent penny on. If you get a great deal on a refurb TV here for $500, the squaretrade is going to be like $50 for a year.

ShaunKStar wrote:There is no VGA port on either of those TVs. Look at the pictures when you write the copy.

YOU look, dummy!

I know, it's counterproductive to call names, but the picture link is "2 hdmi and vga port" -- not real hard to find. The guy's had 2 posts since 2006 -- this comprises one-half!

Way to contribute to the community, Shaunksie.

...and I apologize in advance for all my snark.

disraeli wrote:YOU look, dummy!

I know, it's counterproductive to call names, but the picture link is "2 hdmi and vga port" -- not real hard to find. The guy's had 2 posts since 2006 -- this comprises one-half!

Way to contribute to the community, Shaunksie.

...and I apologize in advance for all my snark.

settle settle...but still OWNED!

wootevil wrote:not really, maybe on a wii, or PS3

I think wii's are 480p native output resolutions.

AustinTylerDean wrote:This chart will show you that the difference in a 1080p set of the same size will only show itself to the human eye in a viewing distance between 4 and 5 feet away.

Good site, but I think this chart is the one you meant to link to. It shows discernible resolution as a function of seating distance and screen size.

wootmeharder wrote:OK two problems with your post...well one really, you are just wrong.

First of all, I stated earlier that they are routinely available at Best Buy for $299, but not ALL the time. The last time I saw it was on the back of the sale paper I got in the mail about 2 weeks ago. I see this deal about once or twice a month.

Next, I DID contact W00T IMMEDIATELY when I started having problems with my TV. The TV was 2 months old AT THE TIME OF THE ONSET of the problem, and I contacted them THE NEXT DAY! Since the warranty on the refurb I purchased was 30 DAYS, they, in a very corporate, form letter kind of way, basically told me tough Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966).

I now get all my expensive electronics from costco, double the warranty for free and NO PROBLEMS with returns.

All I was doing was trying to inform others of the problems I had with a very similar item I purchased from W00T, isn't that what a FORUM is for? Yes any LCD TV can experience this problem (banding) but when it happens to me now, costco will take care of me when W00T blew me off.

But please, I really want YOU to buy 3 of these right away.

Thirty days is thirty days.You gambled to save a few bucks,you lost.Not Woot"s fault unless they misrepresented the warranty,which they didn't.Deal with it.
Personally I'd never buy something like this with a 30 day warranty.At least now you are doing it right(costco).

wootevil wrote:maybe that dog is trying to tell us something.

I think it's hoping that someone from the ASPCA comes to rescue it. It looks malnourished. That poor dog!!!

From Pg 13 of the manuals:

338 PC Resolution:
The following signals can be displayed:
SVGA 800 x 600 60Hz
XGA 1024 x 768 60Hz
WXGA 1280 x 768 60Hz
WXGA 1360 x 768 60Hz
Other formats or non-standard signals will not be displayed correctly.

339 PC Resolution:
The following signals can be displayed:
VGA 640 x 480 60Hz
SVGA 800 x 600 60Hz
XGA 1,024 x 768 60Hz
WXGA 1,280 x 768 60Hz
WXGA 1,360 x 768 60Hz
Other formats or non-standard signals will not be displayed correctly.

wanpakumono wrote:Can you really tell the difference between 780p and 1080p on a TV this size?

i worked as a manager at a rex tv for about 4 years and on this question the answer is no. on a screen of this size you will see no difference and most manufacturers dont even produce a 1080p model 32. if you were to go looking for a 1080p model 32 you would just be throwing a couple bills out the window.

....and also i have to say that after selling tvs for years i would not touch a magnavox lcd with a 10 foot pole.... sry woot

loves the dog waiting on a movement

Hmmm. Tempting. I don't have enough room for a 1080P TV, so this might be about right. No way would I use it as a monitor for a PC though. 1360x768...Really? That's the best it can do? That's gonna look hideous on a desk 2 feet away., but 720P from about 6 or so feet away sitting on a couch would be great for watching movies.


On second thought this price is only going to get cheaper. Probably pick one up locally after christmas. Sorry Woot. came close on this one though.

720P or 1080(i/p)... that argument is super old and is like how many angels can dance on the head of a pin

Reality is, for the most part, the newer 720P TVs look just fine, especially in a smaller screen size. Its more about when the panel was manufactured, and how good the electronics are that drive them. 720p is a huge amount of info being displayed on a pretty small (32") screen.

There is really NO SUCH THING as real 1080p content. Not now, probably not for a long time if ever..... Blue Ray/HDDVD is NOT 1080p content. It is transferred from film and some look good, and others look only ok. The transcoding to digital is done from the telecine, and some look great regardless of display resolution density, while others look like scaffolding.

XBox is 720p, Wii is 480p, etc. Who really cares what the TV is. Either the source OR the TV handles the conversion. And I doubt this TV has high end conversion components.

A lousy TV looks lousy, and a good one looks good, regardless of resolution. Plus, you have to set it up correctly.

I'm sure this TV is totally fine for as long as it lasts (who knows how long that could be anyway).

EltonNoway wrote:Plasma's traditionally give better blacks (although LCD's are fast closing the gap).

Both LCD or Plazma will look great with Blu-Ray.

The deciding factor between LCD or Plasma... has to do with your viewing habits. If the majority of your TV viewing is in a brightly lit room via windows and sunlight or artificial lighting then you should get LCD. If you watch the majority of your TV in a darken room or in the evening after dark then you should get a Plasma.

While I agree with that. I own a Plasma and it is in our kitchen/living room where windows let light in by the bagillions, and I can still enjoy it from a distance. Light is a small factor but indeed plasma looks better, but lcd are kind of cripser per se.