i always knew that abt was awesome, but i never had the proof until now… i had been debating tv’s for the past few months (or year, depending on who you talk to) and finally made my decision. the search was over — i picked the samsung HL-S5088W, which is the 50” 1080p samsung DLP. sweet tv, but prices were all over the place. abt was good — not the best, but certainly not the worst.
the other item i needed was a stand. easy — the BDI deploy 9634 was the perfect fit for my back room, and for the new tv. but the problem wasn’t picking out the stand, it was finding it in chicago. sure, i could’ve ordered it online and waited a few weeks, but i wanted instant gratification… not to mention something that we could watch the superbowl on. so on a saturday i started calling around town. 15 calls later, no one had it in stock, and delivery quotes ranged from 2-8 weeks.
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