Just a bit worried about being the display model.
Does a Display Model Hisense 65P7 with 5 Years Warranty for $998 Pick up, Seem Like a Good Deal?
joshr1pp3r on 01/07/2019 - 21:01
Last edited 01/07/2019 - 21:50 by 2 other users
Last edited 01/07/2019 - 21:50 by 2 other users
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I can't offer input regarding the fact that it's a display model, but I have the exact same TV, bought for around $1200. Been very happy with it and can't fault it at all.. For roughly 1k, I think that's a pretty good buy.
Also, unlike TVs from a generation ago, which I expected to, and more often than not, lasted decades, I no longer expect that from this generation of TVs. I've already re-aligned my expectations for TVs and consumer electronics in that even if they last longer than a few years, I'm going to be itching for the next best thing before they die.
Case in point, I only used to buy TV's when my current one broke or if I needed a new one in a new room. So essentially, we had TVs decades old sometimes. Now, all my recent TV purchases were upgrades to existing, perfectly operable TVs that no longer had the latest tech. If my memory serves, my last 3 TVs didn't replace broken ones, just went from HD to FHD to 4k.
Thankfully, I think that expensive cycle is about the break soon because I've been getting bigger and bigger TVs with better tech specs, but have also realised that lately, less and less people are using the TV. Everyone at home is more likely to be using personal screens than the big screen unlike a few years back when arguments broke out about who could use the TV.
*edit - I forgot to mention that the regular warrant for Hisense is apparently 3 years, in home.
If it’s only $300 cheaper I wouldn’t go for it. A tv’s life is based on how many hours it has been switched on, and a display model would have a fair few hours on it
[Old] TV's (…) lasted decades, I no longer expect that.
That's silly. TV's should still last decades.
That's all well and good if they do, I just don't pin my hopes on it anymore. Also, back then, if it broke, I would definitely go through the trouble of getting it fixed. Nowadays, repairs don't make a lot of financial sense except for the simplest of fixes because the cost of a repair would compare to buying a whole new set. Plus there's always some new fangled tech. I remember HDMI or lack of it being a driver of an upgrade, SMART functions, media player capabilities. I know it's just my opinion, but it's very different from a few decades ago, where some TVs might be bigger or have better colour, but I felt I could pretty much plug in any device and it'll still work. In recent years, I got the distinct impression that I had to juggle uses around eg. oh this set doesn't have a digital tuner or this can't play media files, or this doesn't have HDMI, etc.
Display model still has full warranty. Seems like a good deal to me.