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Max Rinkel/KANSAN
Enhance your entertainment while watching the prices
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
It's Thursday night and Tim Hendricks, Topeka sophomore, and James Cook, Lawrence sophomore, are sitting in their living room watching this week's episode of "Lost" on their housemate's big screen TV. The 50-inch TV belongs to their housemate Adam Lauridsen, Lawrence sophomore. Lauridsen said he got the TV on an after-Thanksgiving sale for $1,000. Along with the big screen, they have a surround sound system to add to the experience. Lauridsen owns one of the 360 systems, which he said cost about $400. Laursiden talked about the reason he bought it all, "I was a film major and I have about 400 movies, and I wanted a big screen to watch them all."
Keeping an eye out for bargains on entertainment systems can turn your pad into the place to be for that favorite weekly show or for the big game.
Lauridsen isn't the only student out there who cashed in on a good deal on a big screen. Jim Erickson, Overland Park senior, owns a 60-inch big-screen TV, which he said he and his housemates got for a good bargain. "It was originally $3,000, but the lady was trying to get rid of it, so we bought it from her for about $500," Erickson said. Like Laurisden, Erickson
If you don't want to or can't spend too much money on an entertainment system, here is a list of some prices from Wal-Mart:
DVD Players: $34.97-$69.84
27-inch TV: $198.97
26-inch Vizio HD TV: $474.00
24-inch RCA: $189.96
50-inch big screen TV: $748.00-$998.00
RCA Home Theatre System - $98.96
Sony Home Theatre System - $193.67
and his housemates have a surround sound system, but they use a Playstation 2 system in order to play DVDs. Erickson said that he and his housemates had movie nights periodically. Using a computer or game system to play movies is an easy way to avoid buying a DVD player.
However, Erickson said they most notably played host to Super Bowl parties. He said they had about 80 people come over for the Super Bowl. Erickson said that they even had stadium-seating couches in their living room for when they had guests come over. Lauridsen gives this advice for anyone who might want to buy their own entertainment system, "Get it on sale, especially the day-after-Thanksgiving sale. It was the cheapest for me."
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APRIL 3,2008