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For TVs, it’s a good time to go long

With prices falling, football fans, others purchasing larger TVs

By Erin Ailworth and Gail Waterhouse

 |  Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent  

  February 04, 2012

For Patriots fan Victor Ortiz, 50 inches was not enough for the biggest football game of the year. So, on Tuesday, he walked into Paul’s TV in Reading, and walked out the proud owner of a 55-inch screen to replace his smaller set. Ortiz is among the many football and non-football fans heading to electronics stores to take advantage of what is one of the best times to upgrade a TV.

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