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Size not the only option to consider when buying a television

Leslie Meredith Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:54pm

When it comes to buying a new TV, most people look for the biggest TV in their price range. While this can be a good strategy, it also can backfire. The trick is understanding the trade-offs.

Here are ways to get a deal on a new TV and the possible pitfalls of each. Only you can decide what’s worth giving up, but at least you won’t be surprised.

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Technicians install Sony's 4k Ultra HD television at the Sony booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The 2013 International CES gadget show, the biggest trade show in the Americas, is taking place in Las Vegas this week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Big TVs with ’ultrahigh definition’ unveiled

Ryan Nakashima The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 7, 2013 - 6:47pm

LAS VEGAS — The race to make TVs larger and larger has created a colossal problem for manufacturers: As screens grow, picture quality worsens — unless the viewer moves farther away from the screen.

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FILE - This undated publicity image provided by Sony shows an ultra-HD 4K TV set. At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make room for "Ultra HDTV." (AP Photo/Sony, File)

Vegas gadget show devices getting 'smaller' and 'bigger'

Peter Svensson The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 4, 2013 - 11:01am

LAS VEGAS -- Think your high-definition TV is hot stuff -- as sharp as it gets? At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make room for "Ultra HDTV."

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TV delivery men threatened by S. Weber customer

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 2:33pm

SOUTH WEBER -- RC Willey delivery men got more than they bargained for when they were unable to hook up the Internet to a television on Tuesday, deputies said.

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Unstable televisions can be a risk to small children.

Child's death heightens awareness of TV set dangers

Bonnie Miller Rubin, Deanese Williams-Harris Chicago Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:57am

Before heading off to Minnesota more than a week ago, Adam Hadjis leaned over and kissed his 4-year-old daughter goodbye as she slept. It would be the last time he saw her alive.

Gianna was playing by herself over the weekend when a large TV tipped and fell off a table, landing on the little girl's body, according to the family.

"They said her skull was severely crushed, and she had a massive bruise on the bridge of her nose," Hadjis said Monday.

The death comes less than three months after two similar fatalities -- a 3-year-old Chicago girl who had been playing with her brother and a cousin when a TV tipped over, and a 6-year-old boy in Arlington Heights, Ill., who reached for something on top of the screen, causing the TV to fall.

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