This deal is sick! I found one but there is no way they would match this price. They had it on closeout as well but for $1999 and it was an floor display model!!

negative in concord,ca.

lzpoof said:cnIsfg said:Taco said:farmacieboi said:Sales guy told me this was last year model that came out in July of 2007. But it is 1080 p, 120 hz, 3 hdmi like u said

Specs say it is 120 Hz CONVERSION, not true 120 Hz. "120Hz frame-rate conversion didn't seem to do much in our tests of the LC-52D92U. Unlike that model, the sets in this series lack a DVI input, making do with a VGA-style RGB input."

ALL 120 Hz LCDs use frame rate conversions. There is no such thing as a true naive 120hz HD broadcast or HD generated signal for ANY consumer electronic device. Even the most expensive commerical HD equipment cannot output true 120Hz (No 24fps is NOT 120Hz) For most, unless you have commercial projection equipemnt ranging in the 6-7 digit range 120Hz is nothing but a marketing gimmick.

120hz sets do not all 'convert' things. they all use their own technology. The concept of the 120hz itself is supposedly just to eliminate blur. Most companies take an extra step instead of just duplicating existing frames and refreshing more often... and actually use hardware to interpolate whole new frames to stick between existing ones. Examples are Sony Motionflow and Samsung AMP.

Sharp on the other hand in most of their sets just used the 'blanking' method to reduce blurring in motion but didn't add an engine to inteprolate frames. The blanking method basically involves inserting an entirely black frame in between existing frames. This basically 'resets' the pixels between each frame being displayed which gets rid of any ghosting/blurring more effectively than just duplicating frames and refreshing more often like Samsung and Sony did.

The downside of using the effective blanking method is that the overall picture appears darker because half the frames wind up being dark which is why most manufacturers shy away from it. After all , salespeople know that bright TVs sell better.

Sony's Motionflow and Samsung's AMP processing are their attempt to overcome not being able to do what blanking does inherently, but in reality while they make things look smoother and less blurry, they are making up fake frames which actually gives you an artificial picture.

You are basicially comparing apples to differnt flavor apples so to speak. Some amy look and taste beeter but they are all Apples in the end. Bottom line regardless of the method used to achieve the 120Hz frame rate ALL 120Hz LCDs do conversion to get to 120hz. Certainly some manufacturers/models do a better job than others and usaully demand a premium for it but even those do conversion. Regardless of manufacturer/model/price the basic fact remains there is NO native 120Hz LCD and ALL sets must modify/enhance the signal to get to that rate.

BTW According to Sears AS400, Sears 71197991 (The real Sears SKU for the LC-52D82U) shows a first active date of 7/1/2008 and first delivery date to select stores of 7/26 so it is NOT a clearance item. In fact it is in their labor day ad for $1889 after a $400 instant savings. Either the OP got very lucky with a moron salesperson or he/she is laughing his/her arse off posting a fake deal and watching everyone run around the conutry trying to duplicate this bogus deal.

Last one sold out "months ago" in Frisco, TX.

$1299 in Redding, CA, floor model only, no new stock.

$1700 for floor model at Santa Monica, CA

Woah!! Where was this Samsung one??

Gammah

audiofrog said:Sold out Montebello, CA. Full price at Boyle Heights, CA. Both stores told me that they don't PM clearance items (anything that ends in 991).

I'm still punching myself for missing out on that Samsung LN52A750 Openbox at 1331.

is there a clearance section at Sears for closeout model? i never seen one at my local Sears before.

Out in Downey too.

I see address Sears Tracy, CA 02059 in your receipt.
Is 02059 Zip? Can u send the detail address/phone no of the store?