bought a used TV and the picture is blurry - Page 3

geormiet · #21 09-04-2006, 11:03 AM

i'm gonna call the guy and bitch at him. Trip report to follow.

samster · #22 09-04-2006, 11:40 AM

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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??

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Should be posted in BBV.

Pudge714 · #23 09-04-2006, 11:52 AM

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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??

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Should be posted in BBV.

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Beat: I'm an idiot.

neuroman · #24 09-04-2006, 12:03 PM

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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??

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Should be posted in BBV.

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Beat: I'm an idiot.

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Brag: I can carry a 32 inch TV in my bare hands.

trapsetter · #25 09-04-2006, 12:09 PM

Your $300 is gone. Chalk it up to experience.

trapsetter · #26 09-04-2006, 02:59 PM

There is a possibility that this was a troll posting. The sentence "I didn't realize it was possible to get screwed when buying a used TV" is very suspect.

I'm surprised others haven't posed this theory yet.

neuroman · #27 09-04-2006, 03:02 PM

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There is a possibility that this was a troll posting.

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that would be a pretty serious undercover operation since OP reged over two years ago.

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headturner1 · #28 09-04-2006, 03:27 PM

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There is a possibility that this was a troll posting.

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that would be a pretty serious undercover operation since OP reged over two years ago.

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LOL!!!

challenger84 · #29 09-04-2006, 06:31 PM

trapsetter, are you going to let him talk to you like that? challenge him to an IQ test ASAP.

geormiet · #30 09-04-2006, 08:43 PM

Trip Report:

FU all. I called up the seller this morning and told him the tv was unacceptable, and that I was returning it. I dropped it off, got my money back, and bought a different used tv (which I thoroughly inspected prior to purchase).

now i am watching football with a crisp 36" picture, and life is good.