bought a used TV and the picture is blurry

[geormiet]

I just bought a used Phillips 32" flat screen TV for $300.

I turned it on for a little at the guy's house before buying it, and it seemed ok, a little blurry, but I assumed that it was because it wasn't hooked up to a cable. Because the tv itself looked very new and clean, I assumed the picture would also look fine.

now that I've lugged it home, however, everything is still blurry. I don't have cable, but I plugged my gamecube into it and it is really not acceptable, it's too blurry.

Is there some setting I'm supposed to change? Are phillips TVs always blurry? Was this TV dropped? I'm gonna try to plug in a dvd player, but I haven't yet.

But still, WTF??

[pshabi]

Money well spent! You're screwed.

[benfranklin]

Caveat emptor.

[stinkypete]

a regular NTSC signal isn't going to look very good on an LCD no matter what. what do you mean by "blurry"?

[traz]

You tested it, it was blurry, and then decided to bring it home. wtf?

[geormiet]

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Money well spent! You're screwed.

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Well, I can sell it myself now I suppose.

[geormiet]

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a regular NTSC signal isn't going to look very good on an LCD no matter what. what do you mean by "blurry"?

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Like, when I put a dvd on, it's difficult to read the credits.

[geormiet]

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You tested it, it was blurry, and then decided to bring it home. wtf?

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Yeah pretty much.

I just assumed it was blurry because it wasn't connected to a cable. I've never bought a used tv before, I didn't realize it was possible to get screwed.

[Autocratic]

The fact that they let you test it means you weren't screwed by anyone but yourself, my friend.

[traz]

Did you at least ASK them why it was blurry?