What Do I Do about Boxing Day TV Deals?

L[Deactivated] on 21/12/2015 - 21:00

My partner has gifted me $400 to go towards a television for Christmas. I have been looking around at the deals for a while, and I have seen some okay stuff. It looks like I'm not going to get anything magical for that price. My only requirement is that it works for video-games. I have a WiiU and a PS3, and an old laptop I might set up as a steam machine. I don't really know but I guess that means I am looking for something with a higher refresh rate rather than more resolution?

I generally would only buy electronics from The Good Guys or from JB, but the recent Dick Smith sales had me looking at them too. I don't really want to get a budget brand TV, I'd rather a better picture from a smaller display, so I think I wanna stick with brand names.

I've never gone Boxing Day shopping in my life. Do TVs even go on sale for Boxing Day? What places have them on sale? Where do I want to look? I'm around the inner west of Sydney, I'd like to just drive to one place, shop around and walk out with a TV pretty quick. Do places post their sales online? When abouts?

I'm sorry if this is coming off as totally clueless, but I really am.

Any advice at all would be appreciated as I'm totally lost.

This is part of Boxing Day Sales for 2015
Electrical & Electronics Boxing Day

Comments

  • Pharos5 on 21/12/2015 - 21:17

    Dick Smith has the LG Smart FHD 49" TV for $699 on boxing day. Down from roughly $1300 full price if I remember correctly. Pretty good TV in my opinion.

    You didn't hear it from me, though :p

    • Puska on 21/12/2015 - 21:35

      I was about to say same thing. It is front page of their brochure.

      • Pharos5 on 21/12/2015 - 22:07

        Oh sweet. I was worried it wasn't out yet.

      • sarge_017 on 22/12/2015 - 11:51

        Is this listed anywhere online? I can't find it in their catalogue

      • soob on 22/12/2015 - 16:46

        It's $899 on the current brochure that expires 24/12. Nothing about the boxing day sale I can find.

        • Puska on 22/12/2015 - 17:12

          The brochure should be delivered to your home within the week.

  • Snicko on 21/12/2015 - 22:08

    not much price drop, i paid 699 for a 50" LG 50LB5820 last year.
    Ots a great TV and the LF6300 series is even better with Webos and magic remote as standard

    • sarge_017 on 22/12/2015 - 11:46

      Considering the drop in the $AUD, this isn't bad, based on what other retailers are pricing their TVs at. Panasonic 50" for $500 last Christmas but you'd be hard up finding anything similar for under $800 now.

  • Snicko on 21/12/2015 - 22:28

    Also any idea if DSE will have the 60LF6300 cheaper than 1599?

  • Randxyz123 on 21/12/2015 - 23:28

    I have no idea where the inner west of Sydney is but what I'd suggest is heading to a westfield and checking out JB , HN maybe dicksmith , David Jones and Myers. Sign up to email alerts from all those stores and you'll get a email probably tomorrow or the next day listing what is gonna be on sale on boxing day and after.

    Research what TV you would like, then go and compare prices.

    What Pharos5 is suggesting sounds pretty good.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2015 - 13:03

    Thanks so much for your help and advice guys.

    That LG TV you are talking about Pharos5 looks amazing. It's a shame it's way out of my budget. :(

    I've been doing some looking around and I think this is the telly I am gonna go with.

    http://www.thegoodguys.com.au/tcl-40-inches101cm-fhd-led-lcd…

    There's a Choice review available for it but I don't want a subscription. Apparently there is a way to buy individual reviews, but I wasn't able to find that on their website. Can anyone tell me how to do that? Or if someone feels like being extra generous and emailing the review to me as a PDF or something I wouldn't be opposed to that at all. :P

    The website says it will be on sale at that price until January. What is the likelyhood it will be even cheaper on Boxing Day? Or should I just go for it?

    • soob on 22/12/2015 - 22:48

      I'd still wait until after xmas, it's not going to go up in price. Use the TCL as your bargaining start and see what they offer you.

      TCL is not exactly a great brand, but the spec you want for games is input lag, and most manufacturers don't state that, and even good manufacturers like LG it varies a lot. Then again it depends on the types of games (fast reaction) you play whether it's a major factor.

      Other than that I'd play with the remote/menus/EPG etc, I find that is a really important thing, nothing worse than a TV that will not store the EPG between power ups, and requires you to manually tune to every station to fill the guide.

  • ShortyX on 24/12/2015 - 18:47
    +1

    I'd spend a bit extra and go for the LG if it will be your main TV.

    • ShortyX on 26/12/2015 - 10:11
      +1

      I bought it for $639 - bought 6 X $100 Dick Smith gift vouchers from Woolworths and received $110 value per card due to current deal, then just paid remaining $39.

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