42-Inch HD Ready TV - $1000
Sheesh - you Americans have it all. 
Selling for just under $1,000 at CostCo, the Magnavox 42″ HD-Ready LCD wipes the floor with other leading ‘32 inch models’, which here in the UK, are retailing for over half the price again. With a typical response time of 8ms (not fantastic, but not shabby by any means) and boasting full 1080p HD output, it’s no surprise that the deal is set to end early - with Gizmodo suggesting as soon as next Monday.
If I weren’t so loathed as to pay a $4000 foreign shipping fee, mark my words, I’d have snapped up one of these beaties and be using it as a second monitor. That said, a resolution of 1920×1080 is best left to more ‘easy’ tasks such as TV, media, etc - not large workspace usage and high-end graphics performance. But all the same. $1000… 
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:13 am
I can get a Magnavox 42″ plasma for AU$999 (US$852, £420)
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Not too shabby at all.
August 2nd, 2007 at 7:56 am
i sooooooooooo want one of those!
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
We seriously need to look into starting a little fanboy club.
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
I don’t know if it’s different overseas but in Canada Magnavox is a low-end brand.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
We dont’ even have them in the UK - I had no idea!
August 3rd, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Not bad! I’d like one for my office. There’s nothing like working on Windows or playing games on a 42 incher. Been lovin’ the free HDTV on the 42″ in my living room for over a year now.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:01 pm
42″ HDTV completely PWNS.
Imagine having two sets. “That’s one helluva office you got there, sir!”
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Don’t know about the performance, but that is one huge TV.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Heh… You sum it up perfectly.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Seems like a pretty good price to me…
August 8th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
$1000 for 40+ inches TV? Cool……
But I too have worries like Brown - you never know how it could perform. And 8ms is shabby - its the norm for static images.
August 8th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Yeah, point taken. My monitor is 3ms - no performance issues. An extra 5ms though in high colour, intense action sequences could be a bit… crappy.
October 12th, 2007 at 6:34 am
$899.99 right now at Sears! I’m getting mine tomorrow.