Olevia 65" HDTV Woot sale

**navychop** · 09-22-2008 09:30 AM

Olevia 65” 1080p LCD HDTV for sale at "a very good price" today on
Woot.

Far cheaper than the prices you'll see if you check around. If I hadn't just bought an HDTV, I'd be sorely tempted.

Yes, they've been discontinued. Might never see Olevia TVs again. Or maybe somebody will pick them up.

**jayn_j** · 09-22-2008 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by navychop

Olevia 65” 1080p LCD HDTV for sale at "a very good price" today on
Woot.

Far cheaper than the prices you'll see if you check around. If I hadn't just bought an HDTV, I'd be sorely tempted.

Yes, they've been discontinued. Might never see Olevia TVs again. Or maybe somebody will pick them up.

I was going to post this as well. I was sorely tempted when it came up last time, and I am really itching to go for it. $2300 for a 65" 1080P set to replace my 56" 720P DLP projector.

**navychop** · 09-22-2008 12:53 PM

I wish they did a "percent sold" like the amazing dot com people do for their gold boxes.

**jayn_j** · 09-22-2008 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by navychop

I wish they did a "percent sold" like the amazing dot com people do for their gold boxes.

They do during woot offs, but they actually address this in their FAQ. They say they don't want to do it because it influences sales. All you can do is watch for the bouncing ball. You can also look at the histogram in the discussion forum and try to gues how many are available from that (if it is a low number)

**yourbeliefs** · 09-22-2008 01:44 PM

A bit out of my price range by about $1k, but I like how it's only $5 shipping.

**Stargazer** · 09-24-2008 12:45 AM

That does not seem like a deal to me. I got a 67" Samsung LED DLP for $1,919 and got 5 additional years of insurance for $310 for a total of $2,239. This includes shipping and insurance to my house and no sales tax and no bulbs to replace, which is still less than the $2,300 for the 65" television that Woot had. I've seen some for as little oas $1,500 or less for a 65" or is there something special about this particular tv?

**Bagman** · 09-24-2008 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by Stargazer

That does not seem like a deal to me. I got a 67" Samsung LED DLP for $1,919 and got 5 additional years of insurance for $310 for a total of $2,239. This includes shipping and insurance to my house and no sales tax and no bulbs to replace, which is still less than the $2,300 for the 65" television that Woot had. I've seen some for as little oas $1,500 or less for a 65" or is there something special about this particular tv?

You're kidding me, you paid $310 for insurance???

**snathanb** · 09-24-2008 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Stargazer

That does not seem like a deal to me. I got a 67" Samsung LED DLP for $1,919 and got 5 additional years of insurance for $310 for a total of $2,239. This includes shipping and insurance to my house and no sales tax and no bulbs to replace, which is still less than the $2,300 for the 65" television that Woot had. I've seen some for as little oas $1,500 or less for a 65" or is there something special about this particular tv?

Yeah, but it's still a DLP and the one on sale is an LCD. Apples to Oranges.

**navychop** · 09-24-2008 09:34 AM

Yep. Trying hanging that DLP on the wall. See which has greater WAF.

My main TV is a 61" RPTV, and I'm very happy with it. The one I just bought for the master bedroom is a 52" LCD. I gather from my wife any future TV, -which will of course be many years off, honey- will be flat & thin.

**Stargazer** · 09-24-2008 12:21 PM

I thought I saw that it was a DLP, in which I overlooked, and I know that LCD's are more expensive.

I personally didn't care about the thinness of the television because I did not want to mount it on the wall then have to take the mount down to move it to the other side everytime someone wants to rearrange the room. It would be easier to move a DLP around on a stand on wheels vs one hung on the wall plus it's cheaper and supposedly not as heavy.

Is $310 really too much to pay for insurance for 5 additional years on this tv? Do you think that was a bad decision? I read where I have 30 days to get a full refund on the warranty. I figured there are parts more expensive than that in which could fail and if I had coverage for the first six years then that should cover me pretty good for a while. They gave me $50 off the tv for taking the insurance so it was like paying $260 for the insurance. The way I figured it up it was like paying $4-5 per month over the five year period after the first year for insurance and they come to my house to fix it so I figured it was worth that. Do these tv's not break down very much at all? I heard others say they had problems with their tv's in the past and it would cost a lot to fix it so that is why I got the warranty.