A 42" LCD tv in the Living Room

The tv rack and the 27" CRT tv were working fine for years. Since more and more LCD tv are available in the market and the prices becoming more attractive, J became very tempted to replace the tv. We hope the 27" tv will break down and at least, this gives us a valid reason to buy a new one as a replacement. But it did not happen.

During a grocery shopping trip to Giant in IMM, we walked past a furniture shop and saw a tv console that looked classy. After some negotiations, we got a discount and this new tv console was scheduled to be delivered to our home.

Prior to its arrival, we cleared so many unwanted things to welcome the new classy tv console eagerly.

The tv console sits nicely in the Living Room. The place meant for the tv was empty as the 27" tv was being put in the master-bedroom and the 14" tv used to be in the master-bedroom was transferred to the guest room.

This empty place did not take long before it was filled.

Since then, J "worked" very hard; not to earn any extra bucks but conducted his price and model survey on LCD tv.

He went to Best Denki in IMM and Harvey Norman in West Mall. He explored to AMK Hub but found that choices were quite limited. He went to Courts in Bukit Timah too.

The most trendy is LED tv which Samsung, LD and Phillip produce. This type of tv is energy saving (up to 40%) and slim. But only Samsung has 32" type and the rest are at least 42". I questioned the need to buy a 40" or even bigger tv. I worried about the electricity consumption. My current tv is only 27" and thus my choice would be a 32" type.

A LED tv does not come cheap. The Samsung 32" LED tv is easily close to 2k which is way beyond our budget. We concluded that LED tv is not for us at this moment. So we have to settle with a Full HD would do. This gives us plenty of choices.

After rounds of comparing, LG 32" LCD tv can go as low as $699 during a promotion. The salesmen advised that 32" tv was not that suitable in a living room. There were quite limited choices for 37" tv and the next available option would be at least 40".

In the end, we bought a 42" Panasonic LCD tv under cash and carry for $1099. I am unsure if it was a steal-buy. Just to continue my story, J and the saleman happily carried the big box of tv to the car. We were astonished to find that it could not go into the boot or even the back seat of the car. The delivery was not free and an additional fee to be paid for the delivery?

J suddenly had an idea; remove the box! Yes, the whole screen and the stand fit nicely into the boot of the car.

Now, with a new tv console and a new 42" LCD tv sitting on it, I think we are ready for the new year celebration.