4th of July HDTV deals at Circuit City!

HDTV fans, Circuit City has some special deals to celebrate the 4th of July weekend! The deals are good on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so don't sleep on them! Say goodbye to your analog TV, and hello to HDTV! And don't forget that in February 2009 over the air transmissions will switch to digital! So, let's take a look at the 4th of July HDTV specials at Circuit City!


HDTV LCD specials
We start the party with the Samsung LNT4069F, a 40" LCD HDTV going for $1400. This is a 1080p full-HD television, with 120hz frame rate, 3 HDMI inputs, 8ms response time, and HDTV tuner (ATSC, NTSC and QAM). This screen size is great for viewing from 5.3’ to 10.5’ away. The dynamic contrast ratio is 20000:1. Also supports HDMI-CEC.

And now we move on up to the Sony KDL46XBR4 Bravia XBR-Series LCD, a 46" HDTV going for $2440. You obviously get 1080p full HD resolution, 120Hz frame Motionflow rate, 3 hdmi inputs, HD tuner, 18,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, Energy Star friendliness, 1920 x 1080 panel resolution and one PC input too, and all the other Sony goodies you come to expect from the Bravia XBRs. The weight for the body builders out there is 73 pounds. Add an extra 11 lbs if you use the optional base.


HDTV Plasma Specials
But not everyone is dying ot get an LCD, some people prefer Plasma for various reasons. And we have two specials for you, starting with the Samsung FPT508 50" Plasma HDTV going for $1600. This 50-incher is full 1080p resolution, has 3 hdmi inputs, 10000:1 contrast ratio, HD Tuner (QAM, ATSC, NTSC), and weights 107 pounds.

And now we have the Panasonic 50" VIERA TH50PZ80U Plasma HDTV offered at $1800. This has a built-in SD memory card slot for those who want to showcase their pictures on the TV right away. As you can expect it has full 1080p resolution, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, 3 hdmi inputs, HD tuner, and such. It weighs 84 pounds for those weight-lifters out there :)


More Circuit City 4th of July special offers
The above are exclusive online HDTV specials offered at Circuit. There's a lot more offered, so be sure to check more HDTV Specials.

For all the 4th of July specials at Circuit City, not just HDTVs, be sure to check the link in this sentence!


Tuners Demystified: NTSC, ATSC, QAM
It sounds like an alphabet soup, but these are three different types of tuners. NTSC is the traditional analog tuners we have in our older TVs, VCRs and DVD recorders. ATSC are digital tuners that pick digital TV signals over the air. These can be standard definition digital signals or high definition digital signals (HDTV). QAM is a tuner found typically in dvd recorders and DVRs and tune (unencrypted) digital cable channels. The number of channels your QAM tuner can pick up without using the cable box varies from cable provider to cable provider. Some are stingy and only allow the basic cable channels, others offers more.