danbfree wrote:This is actually a very popular brand outside the U.S., especially Australia, they even have a stadium there named after them. Costco sold a 42" LED, new, recently for $349 and it got rave reviews. Someone else mentioned that this may be a rebranded "Apex", it's probably the othe way around. Honestly, if Costco sold this and it got rave reviews and it's a huge brand in Australia with a stadium named after them... then it's probably a decent refurb. I am going to try to grab one of these myself for the bedroom.

I didn't realize that having a sports venue with corporate naming rights, is a sign of high quality.

I'll remember that the next time I step foot in Pizza Hut Park, in Frisco, TX. Or the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida. Or the Bojangles Colsieum, in Charlotte, NC.

If you'd rather a new tv (2 yr limited warranty + 30 day tv return deal) of the same size and rez Woot's parent is selling a TCL 40" 1080p one: http://www.amazon.com/TCL-L40FHDP60-40-Inch-Limited-Warranty/dp/B007BKMFK0/ fairly well rated on the zon (22 reviews, looks like 4.5 stars, and is the #1 selling tv at the moment there.) It seems to also play some file formats natively (usb port and a thumb drive perhaps?)

Spiky wrote:Very large? I won't tell you what I'm looking at, your brain might explode.

Thanks for that,I don't want my brain to explode nor do I have any interest at all in what you're looking at.

Was curious about the quality of refurbs from Hisense. Couldn't find any reviews for this particular TV, but these reviews indicate that the refurbed products are a good buy.

rlj1010 wrote:I didn't realize that having a sports venue with corporate naming rights, is a sign of high quality.

I'll remember that the next time I step foot in Pizza Hut Park, in Frisco, TX. Or the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida. Or the Bojangles Colsieum, in Charlotte, NC.

It is when it looks like this:

SHop Jimmy has a better deal on 40" and 42"

http://www.shopjimmy.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=refurb+tv

mkdr wrote:whew! my Dad has all the fun things (boat, house in the mountains), and I get all the fun toys for it?

Your Dad must be great training puppies judging by how he trained his kid.

badhabit12 wrote:Yes it will. It will also read your mind and shoot lazer beams at your cat and dog. On the up side it will iron your cloths and do windows. So its a sort of give and take thing.

I need a model that will shoot laser beams at my neighbors cat and dog. Does this one have that feature?

bretthammer2000 wrote:SHop Jimmy has a better deal on 40" and 42"

http://www.shopjimmy.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=refurb+tv

BUYER BEWARE!!!!!
Go to Amazon.com and check the reviews of these TV's, "NOT GOOD". I checked 6 of them and they all had terrible reviews. Now I didn't check every TV set, so there may be good ones here, BUT,,,,, so far the trend is bad.

So yes, they are cheaper at Jimmy's and there is a darn good reason why they are cheaper to. Because they are built cheap.

What is the reason for this T.V. being listed as refurbished?

badhabit12 wrote:BUYER BEWARE!!!!!
Go to Amazon.com and check the reviews of these TV's, "NOT GOOD". I checked 6 of them and they all had terrible reviews. Now I didn't check every TV set, so there may be good ones here, BUT,,,,, so far the trend is bad.

So yes, they are cheaper at Jimmy's and there is a darn good reason why they are cheaper to. Because they are built cheap.

Jimmy ships for around $58 and some change.

rlj1010 wrote:I didn't realize that having a sports venue with corporate naming rights, is a sign of high quality.

I'll remember that the next time I step foot in Pizza Hut Park, in Frisco, TX. Or the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida. Or the Bojangles Colsieum, in Charlotte, NC.

Maybe not but if this company has the money to buy naming rights it's a good indication that it's a big company and not some guy in a one person office slapping "Hisense" on some tv's that fell off a truck.

CowboyDann wrote:

Here is a video Review from TRYtoHELPyou on youtube.

Pretty much goes over all the features, He seems pretty happy with everything. I'll finish listening to this and let you know any Cons he talks about.

Nothing like seeing a low quality stretched standard def image to make you want to buy this. Just sayin'...

We got my Mom a 32" Hisense TV a couple of years a go at HHGregg. It was $299 and a great deal at that time. It has an excellent picture and has done well for her. If we needed a TV I would be all over this like a cheap suit!

All but one of the 7 computers I own are refurbished and all of my TVs are as well. Generally, I look for refurbished. Yes, they were returned because of a problem. However, if you knew how manufacturers repair them (not assembly line) you buy them as well. Never gotten a bad refurbished electronic item.

LogSpoon wrote:A lot of very large, very cheap TVs lately... I guess WOOT! is ushering in the new era of LED SmartTVs with some really good deals! I got the Sanyo 42" a couple weeks ago, and it's great, and here's another great deal!

This TV seems to have good reviews for the price on multiple websites!

I may have misunderstood your post but just so its clear, this is not an LED Smart TV this is a CCFL backlit LCD TV.

I went to there website and looked at the unit. Doesn't sound as if it was manufacturer refurbished and doesn't state that it is. In addition, UPS shipping is another $28.08 to where I live. Finally, I've bought a lot of stuff from Woot and have never had a return problem. Don't know anything about these folks.

Here's a link to an AVS forum discussion on this set. If you're not aware, AVS is where some pretty serious A/V enthusiasts hang out and banter... so realize some comments are from folks who are used to some really high end equipment.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1337480/hisense-f40v87c

Ringo4422 wrote:Nothing like seeing a low quality stretched standard def image to make you want to buy this. Just sayin'...

I assume you're joking !

mjs1980 wrote:Only 2 HDMI ports? That's not going to work. If you have a blu-ray player and satellite, there's no room for a game system.

Edit: Turns out there are 3 HDMI ports. Still, seems like any good tv should have at least 4.

BUT... you need to look at the price. 3 HDMI ports are just fine for a $250 TV.

I just got back from Walmart and saw these on display. When I was looking at the different screens I did notice that this brand had a very crisp picture.

I was interested until I saw the brand name and passed because I've never heard of them.

Low and behold I come home to find them on Woot.

All I can tell is you is that when lined up against name brand TVs I honestly felt this brand had one of the better screens.

I Have a 42" 1080p LED Hisense, and I must say the quality was a lot better than most of the other TVs I compared to at Walmart, believe it was $380 and so far the TV has been nothing but great, even the speakers aren't so bad that you have to run out and buy a surround sound system like so many other HDTVs. It looks better than my 52" LCD Aquos and my 50" plasma Panasonic.

mjs1980 wrote:Only 2 HDMI ports? That's not going to work. If you have a blu-ray player and satellite, there's no room for a game system.

Edit: Turns out there are 3 HDMI ports. Still, seems like any good tv should have at least 4.

There are HDMI Hubs - and they work fine. You can probably find them online for less than $20 - less than $10 if you shop around enough.

Could this actually work as a monitor? I'm thinking giant excel spreadsheets.

ChillN666 wrote:Can I use this as a computer monitor? Will it burn my corneas/pupils/lens???

There's nothing that stops you from using it as a monitor, *IF* you have an HDMI output from your video card.

The refresh rate is going to tend to be lower than a proper computer monitor, so if you do a lot of gaming or the like, it might detract from the experience. Otherwise, go for it, have fun with it!

Ok, I bought one cause I wish I'd bought the 42" on that was here the other day... you really can't beat this price, though. I've been shopping 26" LED sets for a different room and the decent ones are often more expensive than this.

Anyone know the protocol on signing up for the Square Trade Warranty? Do you have to buy it today, or can you buy it when the TV arrives? Never got a Big Woot before (over 100.00)

nkbuyer wrote:All but one of the 7 computers I own are refurbished and all of my TVs are as well. Generally, I look for refurbished. Yes, they were returned because of a problem. However, if you knew how manufacturers repair them (not assembly line) you buy them as well. Never gotten a bad refurbished electronic item.

Never post much BUT I have to agree with NKBUYER 100%, I've had same experience on WOOT & elsewhere.

I can attest to the quality of HiSense! These hit the market farly recently and I got mine at Walmart for a steal right as they were putting it on the shelf! In a line up with Vizio, Samsung, and other typical big TV brands, this TV actually looked the best, and for half the price, and yes it makes a decent computer monitor too, if you like overly large screens. It obviously blows the image up a bit, but it was fantastic for playing games on! We played Star Wars The Old Republic on it and the tv caught up just fine with the graphics, though our computer itself handled it somewhat slow - the cutscenes played perfectly, so I assume anything else would too.

I don't think anyone can be disappointed with this woot.

jimtpat wrote:Why in this day and age would they even make such a big flat screen black-and-white???

kidding...not a great sales photo.

hahahhahaha! made my morning!

how much is shipping?

cdubku87 wrote:I may have misunderstood your post but just so its clear, this is not an LED Smart TV this is a CCFL backlit LCD TV.

I guess it would've made more sense to add 'Seeing out the era of backlit LCD'. I said that meaning, by them selling these older LCD TV's for so cheap, they are killing two birds with one stone, and ending the supply, bring us all slowly in to the new era of televisions... Because heck, we'll all eventually be tired of our old LCD TVs and feel the next step is SmartTVs, right?

billywisdom wrote:how much is shipping?

$5 All You Can Ship!

Learn More: Click the '$5 All You Can Ship' icon in the top right.

plebe2woot wrote:Never post much BUT I have to agree with NKBUYER 100%, I've had same experience on WOOT & elsewhere.

I'm with you on buying refurbished. Best way to buy Sears tools as well as electronics. Great pricing and never a bad experience. Many folks are perhaps understandably reluctant, but not a problem once you get used to it.

johnjosephs wrote:Your Dad must be great training puppies judging by how he trained his kid.

I'm sure he's cool with being a trained puppy right now.

I'm sure it makes his father happy (which is always nice) and in most cases, in the END, usually what Daddy owns ends up in the possession of said trained puppy. (and possibly a couple siblings.)

Not nice to think about but hey...

Of course I just picked one of these up for the family's lake house.. ;)

nkbuyer wrote:All but one of the 7 computers I own are refurbished and all of my TVs are as well. Generally, I look for refurbished. Yes, they were returned because of a problem. However, if you knew how manufacturers repair them (not assembly line) you buy them as well. Never gotten a bad refurbished electronic item.

Same here. Most of my electronics are refurbished.

Would you rather have something that just popped off of a robot or something that was looked over by an actual human being?

Answer: Depends on the item.

I pick and choose what I buy refurb'd.

With that said, I've had great luck with ALL of my refurbished items and generally the (calculated) risk is worth the cost savings.

rbtmumm wrote:Jimmy ships for around $58 and some change.

I've never heard of shopjimmy before, but I just looked at their site, and it looks like they give free 2-day shipping on orders. Anyone have experience shopping there? It definitely looks to be a lot better deal. $180 for a 40" and $190 for a 42". I wanna scoop up that 42"
http://www.shopjimmy.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=refurb+tv

Just googled around to see what I could find out about this product. Found some decent reviews at Walmart (I realize the source)- it was for the 42" ( I figured close enough). The first review pretty much sold me on the product, especially if I can find the person they are referring to in the review.

http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/20549808/hisense-42-class-led-lcd-1080p-60hz-hdtv-1-5-ultra-slim-f42k20e-reviews/reviews.htm

sexybeast099 wrote:It is when it looks like this:

I'm not impressed. Looks like every other new stadium built within the last 10-15 years.

Also, Hisense doesnt OWN the venue... just the temporary naming rights.

Puglouie wrote:I hope this isn't the dumbest question ever but can you use this thing as a monitor for a Mac?

It has an HDMI. It will work as a monitor.(Even for a Mac.)

badhabit12 wrote:BUYER BEWARE!!!!!
Go to Amazon.com and check the reviews of these TV's, "NOT GOOD". I checked 6 of them and they all had terrible reviews. Now I didn't check every TV set, so there may be good ones here, BUT,,,,, so far the trend is bad.

So yes, they are cheaper at Jimmy's and there is a darn good reason why they are cheaper to. Because they are built cheap.

I agree!