has anyone purchased large format tv's from Costco

100" give or take a bit. I've seen a few from a manufacturer I'm unfamiliar with

thanks

My coworker is on the verge of getting one.
Which brand? The ones I've seen in our Costco are all known brands to me.

Nothing that size but many tvs from Costco. Are you asking about any particular brand?

I haven't purchased a TV in a while, but Costco's total 5-year warranty on large TVs is great.

A few years ago, I bought a $2400 TV but didn't buy it at Costco. At the ~13-month mark I turned on the TV, heard a pop, and smelled electrical smoke. If I would've purchased the TV at Costco it would've been covered by warranty but I didn't and the manufacturer's warranty expired at 12-months. The manufacturer's local repair store nickel and dimed me into $800 to replace the part that "let the smoke out." When I got the repaired TV back, thankfully it worked flawlessly and I sold it with the house since it was attached to the wall.

I haven’t, but my mother is in the market for a new TV and I’ve told her to get a TCL from Costco.

In other news, Sony plans to discontinue producing its own television components and instead use Chinese TCLs panels starting later this year.

We bought our last two tvs at Costco. The largest is 77”, and I thought it was pretty darn big. Both are LGs, which a couple of their sales people have indicated is their favorite tv brand right now.

One brand that they sell you might not be familiar with is Hisense, a Chinese company. My brother has one and it seems ok.

!5 yrs or so ago a coworker claimed to have researched Costco TVs and he figured that all the TVs are year old models. New but not the latest & greatest.
I don't know if that was true then or now.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
has anyone purchased large format tv's from Costco

100" give or take a bit. I've seen a few from a manufacturer I'm unfamiliar with

thanks

I had a 75” Samsung delivered by the Costco app. It couldn’t connect to the WiFi after 2 years, I went through troubleshooting with Samsung then they sent a replacement. I wanted to upgrade to an 85” and they gave it to me for free. I don’t have a truck so getting it delivered into my house was great. I didn’t pay for the installation.

I've also heard that some of the large format tv's at Costco have unique part numbers that you cant find at other locations because they have been fabricated without certain features so comparing an LG at Costco and an LG at Best Buy is not really easy

Hisense is the brand I've seen mentioned and I'd like to stay away from a Chinese manufacturer if possible and stick with either LG or a Sony

Bought from Sams. No Costco here.They delivered to the house and set it up with remote. No issues.For me purchase has to include delivery and set up.

I bought a 55" Sony from Costco a couple of years ago. I love it. It's not huge but I don't have a really big family room.

thats the other really fun part of this - the delivery and install

Costco is known for creating unique versions of anything...to save a few cents.

For instance, Costco polyester pants have one fewer belt loop than traditional. Really?

TV SKU are truly unique. But, you do buy the manufacturer...

I ended up buying from Best Buy, some years ago. I think the Sony is the best combination of image quality, features, remote, integration with Apple TV, etc.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I've also heard that some of the large format tv's at Costco have unique part numbers that you cant find at other locations because they have been fabricated without certain features so comparing an LG at Costco and an LG at Best Buy is not really easy

This is true, in that manufacturers make Costco specific items that make it hard to "apples to apples" without doing actual research (getting the features of each and comparing in meat space).

That said, the warranty on Costco TVs is great and I've used Vizio and LG they were great. The one TV that I used the warranty on was the Vizio, literally one month from the end of the warranty, and I got that fixed for free) and it's been a total of ten years good.

Thank you all - good info and most helpful

Will do some hands on shopping over the next week or so

We bought an 86” LG from Costco just as Covid was hitting. We also have two Samsung 55” TVs we bought there as well. We’ve been very pleased. You rarely need the latest and greatest. Just research the model and get the in the size and price you want.

I got a Sony from Crutchfield because they have a 60 day price guarantee and Costco didn’t have the model I wanted. I used it last week to get $200 back. Samsung doesn’t do Dolby Vision.

It’s only 85”, but it still looks big to me. I have yet to find the right wall mount though:



I have three 55” TCL TVs that were inexpensive, but you still get what you pay for. The one that was $700 has much better picture than the two that were about $500 each. It was definitely worth the extra $200. The better brands would have been $1,000 at the time for an equivalent picture.

30 years ago I was tickled to death when I got a 27" Sony Trinitron! That thing must have weighed 100 pounds.

my first big screen was a rear projection beast I bought at Circuit City

We have some Hisense and TCL TVs at work. For the light use they see, they work great.
I prefer Samsung. 4/5 of mine are Samsung, the other being a 55" Vizio we got for free