Seiki 50" Class 1080P LCD HDTV $370 ar - alive today with free shipping!

i dont like rebates, but thanks op

Is Seiki a good brand? Not familiar with them at all...but interested in deal.

Quote from Slick15 : Is Seiki a good brand? Not familiar with them at all...but interested in deal.

From a few reviews I've read about Seiki, sounds like a rebranded Samsung out of Michigan. Some good reviews and some bad. The bad ones seem like the user didn't know how to use their unit properly.

ugly TV, the westinghouse was a better deal with no rebates.

Contrast Ratio 4000:1 .
Many others are in the millions.
Is this a Typo?

Quote from purificada : Seiki 50" Class 1080P LCD HDTV $370 LINK [tigerdirect.com] after rebate [highspeedbackbone.net] alive today!

Might be good to mention that the TV (pre-rebate) is $450... Having never heard of this company, and since the rebate looks to be thru a third-party, hopefully everyone will get it...

Quote from Slick15 : Is Seiki a good brand? Not familiar with them at all...but interested in deal.

Never heard of them.

Quote from aaron5090 : Contrast Ratio 4000:1 . Many others are in the millions. Is this a Typo?

Contrast ratio's are completely overrated, meaningless #'s...

Been looking for something cheap and large for a big rec room. Coupled with a 30% off square trade warranty this might not be too bad.

Quote from typesdragon : ugly TV, the westinghouse was a better deal with no rebates.

hopefully you're talking about ugly specs because you are going to be in a world of hurt if you only judge electronics on how they look.

Quote : Contrast ratio's are completely overrated, meaningless #'s...

I agree that these #'s are flim-flam, but if a company gets to make up a # to try & pimp their product, why use such a small #? They could use a # in the millions. Are there people looking for low CR ratios? If a car company could advertise any mpg they wanted, with no accountability, would they give a low #? Just seems odd.

Quote from aaron5090 : Contrast Ratio 4000:1 . Many others are in the millions. Is this a Typo?

First off... don't listen to the other person who stated this.

It is not a typo and the blacks will not be great. This is 7 year old tec.... and that is why it is so cheap.

Personally... we have seen some decent sets sell for like 5 bills.... I would pay a 130 more.

About 5 years ago I purchased a cheap 42" with this tec.... sold it at a loss two years later and now I am pretty happy with my LED.

Quote from joshuaNH : First off... don't listen to the other person who stated this. It is not a typo and the blacks will not be great. This is 7 year old tec.... and that is why it is so cheap. Personally... we have seen some decent sets sell for like 5 bills.... I would pay a 130 more. About 5 years ago I purchased a cheap 42" with this tec.... sold it at a loss two years later and now I am pretty happy with my LED.

Most contrast ratios are inflated/fictionalized because many companies use different ways of measuring them. Also, I have not seen an LCD set in the past 3 years that has not had good blacks after being properly calibrated. The problem is that most people don't know how or don't have the means to calibrate their TVs. Panels are only made by a handful of companies, and most are very similar. If you calibrate the TV right, it'll look great.

As far as this deal goes though, its not that great in my opinion. Its a no-name LCD (which still probably has a samsung or similar panel in it, but probably has much cheaper boards), which means you'll probably need an extended warranty. In addition, the price is right around sale prices for low-end 46-47" TVs, and its after rebate at that. There is even going to be a $100 cheaper 46" set on BF (tomorrow at midnight). I would hold off unless you really want a 50" right now.

Seiki is the brand Sears had Sun night on their early BF doorbusters. $97 for 32 inch & $199 for 39 inch. Assuming it will be the same brand they offer on actual BF.

Target had a 50 inch Westinghouse this morning for $331.55 shipped if pd with Target redcard. But it was already sold out by the time I saw the deal. I'm not crazy about the Westinghouse brand either.

Quote from typesdragon : ugly TV, the westinghouse was a better deal with no rebates.

FWIW Taking into consideration the brand as a whole, Westinghouse had the worst reliability ratings in the latest issue of Conusmer reports. The Seiki brand is not mentioned as I suspect they are a fairly new brand? On a related note I was surprised to see Sanyo listed as one of the most reliable brands.