HD TVs don't have Picture in Picture (PIP)?

Question

We are replacing our 5 years old tube set TV and were shopping for a new TV yesterday. All the sets are now flat screen HD TVs. The salesman told us that they stopped manufacturing TVs that have the Picture in Picture (PIP) feature a few years ago when the TVs all went to HD TV. Is this true? Maybe its available on high end models, but we are looking at sets that cost around a grand. If you can, maybe you could recomend some brands to buy, and brands to avoid.

Answer 1

Sadly, the salesman who told you that was a certifiable moron.

For example, all of the following HD sets have PIP:

http://www3.shopping.com/xPP-flat_panel_televisions-lcd_hdtv--picture_in_picture_with_pip

Answer 2

Here are the facts. Most manufacturers will be phasing the PIP/POP feature out of their tvs. Why? Not because consumers don't want it. People love the PIP/POP feature. They are phasing the feature out because retailers don't want it. It will help keep the cost of the tvs down and they don't want to have to train their salespeople to explain the feature to customers. Although there are still alot of PIP tvs on the market, most companies WILL be ending the feature. Sorry to burst your bubble folks.

Answer 3

Not true at all!!! PIP is still alive and well. This link shows you a bunch of flat screen tv's with PIP

http://www.shopping.com/xPP-flat_panel_televisions--picture_in_picture_with_pip

Answer 4

mine is a philips and its hd and has pip and its a very big screen tv 60"

Answer 5

thats a lie, i have a brand new television that has PIP and its a sony high def... sounds like that kid didnt knwo what he was talking about~ keep looking.. Try walmart for best price believe it or not~