As you may remember from April’s posts, we bought a new TV this year, our first ever flat screen. The process of researching availability, models, other customer’s opinions etc. took a while, but we ended up with a good screen. We did look at a couple of hitachi 50 LCD televisions, but plumped for a Sony in the end. Had I been located somewhere other Kazakhstan, I may well have ended up at Krillion’s web site. Globally, the marker for such screens is worth more than $15 billion, so there is a lot of healthy competition present, ensuring that manufacturers and sales points (be they real world shops or online sites) work hard to get the best deals for their prospective customers.
Without the internet, I would have found it incredibly difficult to decide which TV to go for, the choice of models, sizes and features can be over whelming. Following the trend of more than 90% of other flat screen purchases, after my intensive online research, I bought a screen in a real world shop, as with something that expensive, I wanted a real location and people to speak to should any problems arise. It also obviously helps if you can see the screen performing along side other models. (That said, Kazakhstan’s retailers really need to learn that composite connections are NOT a good way to show off HD models ) Krillion search their database for retailers local to you, making sure you do not waste a trip to the shop, just to find they sold out earlier in the week of the particular make and model of TV you want.