Refurbished Vs New HDTV

Here are some tips on how to save big bucks when buying an HDTV. You know how the big box stores have a pretty liberal return policy these days. Well, since people are pretty fickle when shelling out a lot of money for a large HDTV they sometimes return them. There may be other reasons they return them as well. The good news is that the big box stores can't legally resell those products as new so they have to do something with them.

Yes they could try and resell them as an open box special but who's going to buy the surrounding new HDTVs when there's one that looks the same that is a lot less sitting next to them. As well, they can't advertise them since their supply often fluctuates. So they end up shipping them back to the manufacturer.

That's where the savings comes in for you. For an HDTV to be Certified Factory Refurbished, it must be repaired (if necessary), tested, inspected, and boxed up again. They must include the original packaging and materials such as the remote, manual, etc. By the time they're finished it's fair to say it might as well be brand new. In fact, the only way you can tell its Certified Factory Refurbished is the markings on the box.

Be wary of stores that use the word refurbished since there are different types of refurbished products. In this article, I've been talking about Certified Factory Refurbished products. There are also Third-Party Refurbished and Reconditioned products. Third-Party Refurbished are not tested or repacked by the original manufacturer and Reconditioned products may have already been used for an extended period of time (even as long as 2 years).

Michael Maddox is the owner and editor of http://www.NewHDTVDeals.com where you can find more articles, great deals, and coupons for new and refurbished HDTVs.

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