Westinghouse Black 32″ LCD HDTV for $424.99

Maybe you’ve been sitting on the fence for awhile waiting for flat screen prices to drop — here’s your chance to get on board the non-tube TV bandwagon without forking over a painful amount of cash. Newegg.com is offering a recertified Westinghouse Black 32″ 16:9 8ms LCD HDTV with ATSC Tuner (Model LTV-32W6 HD-8) at an awesomely low price of $424.99. The screen boasts a ton of great features, with a wide 176º viewing angle and side-mounted inputs for all of your connection needs (1 HDMI, 2 component, and 1 VGA, all supporting 720p and 1080i so you’ve got free reign on nearly all of the HD programs that are all the rage).

So what does “recertified” mean? The factory seal’s been broken on the originally shipped product, but this isn’t a set that’s been sitting in someone’s living room for a year and then shipped off to you. Newegg takes open-box products, retests them to ensure compliance with the original manufacturer specifications, and then passes the savings on to you. Typically these recertified products are items that have been used in field tests or demonstrations, have been returned for warranty service (and brought back to spec), items where the box was damaged during shipment or orders that have been cancelled — basically a scratch-and-ding set that means the packaging may not be off-the-rollers pristine, but the product is exactly as promised by the manufacturer. Think of it as the Best Buy clearance stack of electronics available online — your friends will be so jealous, and you’ll still have money left over to enjoy a weekend out.