Philips tv auction

[dougbnj2]

The text for the bidding reads at 1000 oodles for a bid...while the graphic reads 500. Maybe its 750? hmmmmmm

[EmmyScarlet]

I entered the auction (though I know I have no real chance of winning, sadly). It's 500.

[squishmar]

With the auctions, it really is a complete waste of your oodles if you don't have enough to bid to have a fighting chance to win. You are just throwing them away with the auction fees. I have not a doubt in my mind that that TV will go for *at least* 750,000 oodles. Better to enter a sweepstakes several times for those 500 oodles where you at least have a *chance* (however small). Who knows? You could get lucky. With the auctions, it's not about luck... if you don't have the highest bid, you don't win.

[itsthatgirl]

I don't think the TV will go over 600,000 oodles because did you notice it said WIDESCREEN TV. You're not going to see a whole lot of picture on a 32" widescreen TV, so I'm going to pass on this auction. Maybe someone can start a poll and get a ballpark figure on how much oodles everyone has.

[squishmar]

There was a thread asking just that --how many oodles does everyone have?-- a while ago. Someone could resurrect that one or start a new one. The problem is, I don't think a whole lot of people (percentage-wise) come to these forums. It's pretty much the same core of names all the time (and occasionally, new people will become regulars).

Aren't all TVs nowadays "widescreen"? I thought that just meant that they were rectangular in shape. That seems to be all I see for sale today. I don't know the difference (if there is any) between those and widescreen. All of my TVs are so old. They're still working fine but they're all square.

[wakedaddy820]

You're not going to see a whole lot of picture on a 32" widescreen TV

Aren't all TVs nowadays "widescreen"? I thought that just meant that they were rectangular in shape. That seems to be all I see for sale today.

@girl, I disagree with your statement. . . . Widescreen is the current standard - more specifically 16:9 aspect widescreeen. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a uniform standard between TV manufacturers and film producers/creators. Whereas the TVs are 16:9 (rectangular), most films are produced in 2.35:1. Do the math and the film comes out to be 21.15:9, which explains why there's still a "black bar" above and below the picture. Using zoom settings on the TV will remove the bars but will also cut off the edges of the picture, therefore, not seeing all of what's presented. Furthermore, watching on a "standard" TV (square) reduces the size even more and that is where I would say, "You're not going to see a whole lot of picture." I hope my explanation is clear enough as to why I think widescreen TVs are better. I also hope I didn't offend; I just had the urge to put out this explanation because there seems to be a confusion with the formats and I just had to make adjustments with my DVD player and 1080p 24" LCD TV (with a little difficulty) in order to see the picture as intended.

[itsthatgirl]

wakedaddy, I understand what you're saying. I'm just spoiled when it comes to TV size. I have a 52" JVC which I've had for almost 7 years and I don't ever see me getting a new TV under a 42" And,when it comes to DVD movies, I avoid buying widescreen DVD's only because the black space above and below the movie would always annoy me . You are right about widescreen being better, but it's not for me and no I'm not offended. Good luck to all of you who are bidding on the Philips 32" TV As of today I have 485,000 oodles, I wish I could go back in time and buy that GSN Sony 42" TV for about 465,000 oodles. Oh the good old days.

[wakedaddy820]

When I get the money, I intend to buy an overhead projector . . . solid 1080p picture at 80" or more with no worries of a screen being "used up" by a black bar . . . `cause there is no screen! lol Picture being projected on a wall (or other suitable screen, etc.) that brings the term "home theater" to true existance. Movie theaters don't use monitor devices so why should we? That's my thought. hehehe

Regarding oodles, I only have about 25000. I also enter the daily $250 sweeps so I'm pretty much breaking even each week.

[squishmar]

Oh, "girl", with my old square TVs (like you I also have a 52-inch one that I bought many years ago) I HAVE to have the movies letter-boxed or I miss 1/3 of the picture. Seriously, you don't at all get the image that was intended... entire characters are cut out of scenes. I love when I see the black bars above and below because then I know I'm at least seeing the movie how it was intended (to an extent). But I guess everyone has a preference.

wakedaddy, I would love a true home theater too. About 90% of my television watching is watching movies (old and new). Someday!

[dougbnj2]

my bid of 943,796 was not enough to win......oh well

[pamalam62]

my bid of 943,796 was not enough to win......oh well

Wow!! Thats crazy...Just another reminder that the good ole days are gone..I wonder how many people have over a million oodles to bid with?
Sorry you didn't win this one ..But surely you will get a decent prize sooner or later with that many oodles.

[squishmar]

Thanks for the info doug. I was being conservative when I said it would go for at least 750,000 oodles. I was really thinking it would be over a million.

[momcjf1297]

ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME???? 943,796 was NOT ENOUGH!!! At my current rate it would take me 4 YEARS to earn that many oodles, and I am a dedicated oodler who logs in daily (not that it matters any more with no log in bonus), does all the promos, trivia, weekly win it and even some leaderboards. 4 years for a small tv that they value at $750, but realistically you could get for $400 (was it 1080p? if not you could get it for under $300). That is....wait for it...a grand total of $100 a YEAR. If someone offered me $100 a year to do something for five minutes everyday (I probably spend wayyyyy more time than that), I would laugh in their face and walk away. If I was able too save up that many oodles and actually won that tv, I would hate looking at it. How do people have so many oodles???Are there hackers?? My only hope is that there are only a few holdouts left from when oodles were easier to come by...that they will soon be gone and auctions will come down..fat chance....GSN should let us GAMBLE with oodles...CASINO GAMES WITH/FOR OODLES..or TOURNAMENTS FOR OODLES...let someone actually be able to WIN SOMETHING with out having to wait 4 YEARS....I would rather lose all my oodles gambling than this nonsense..at least I would get some excitement out of it...Someone please break me of my oodle habit...Is there an Oodlers anonymous?

[squishmar]

I hear ya, momcjf. I just had my oodles-earning potential cut-down by about 2,500 oodles per week because they changed the leaderboard on the game I'm really good at--Mahjongg Alchemy.

I still look for a good Book of the Week that I want and I'm happy they have the Entertainment Weekly subscription available again too. I'll add another year to my subscription and be paid up through July 2015! But there's not much else to buy outright.

[plaskey]

Grats to jesse3000 for winning the t.v. I'm guessing he used all 1.2m oodles to win. For those wondering where i got that number i use jesse3000 to challenge myself on the leaderboards. He's almost always at the top of the boards on the games i play. So being curious i checked his total a bit ago and that is what he had. So he probably bid a lot more.

I'm with you momcjf1297. I was trying to save for a shot at it but didn't think the amount needed was anywhere near what actually is needed. It would take me ,at the rate I'm going, 27 months to reach 1.2m oodles.

GSN please add more and better buy it now items. For the majority of us we have no shot at actually winning anything good unless we get lucky in a sweepstakes