Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at
2:48 am
Review : Sylvania LC320SLX 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV :
I’ve had this TV since October of 2009 and have had no problems with it. We got it right before we moved into our new house and didn’y use it until we moved in. The DishNetwork man just set the dish remote to control the TV too so I haven’t had any issues like the other reviewers have. No strange smells, either. Just a good TV! We got it for 0 at Target and couldn’t be happier with it!
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at
2:43 pm
Review : Sony KDL-46WL140 – 46″ BRAVIA LCD TV – 120Hz – widescreen – 1080p (FullHD) – HDTV – piano black – with DMX-NV1 Internet Video Link Module :
I thought I would write a review now even though I bought the TV on black Friday 2008, a year and a half ago. I think it may be of interest to others to know how I feel about this Sony KDL-46WL140 LCD TV after long term usage.
In one word, EXCELLENT, 100% positive. In the time I have owned it, this LCD TV set has given me many hours of most enjoyable experience, with a variety of programs including live sport on cable HD programming (NBA, tennis, soccer, football mostly) to Blu-Ray movies (latest one was Avatar, which looks absolutely stunning on this set) to video games. I have never come across a situation where I could fault the Bravia for anything. My children play games (I don’t) on the Wii and the XBox 360, and they appreciate the very fast refresh and absence of blur, judder or ghosting.
My only not completely positive comments go to the zoom feature when viewing non-HD cable TV programming. The zoom pre-sets do not always allow to adjust the picture size the way I would like, when viewing non-HD programming (programs that do not come natively in the 16:9 aspect ratio of the screen). When viewing HD programming, it is perfect without needing adjustment of course. Please note that this issue is not unique to the Bravia, I have not found one TV that gave me the type of flexibility I wanted for regular (old style NTSC TV programs), so do not use that comment as an excuse for not getting this set.
Also, the sound could use a little more bass, but there again, most TV’s built-in speakers have the same issue, they are simply too small for good bass. Other than the lack of deep bass, the speakers sound really good and natural. I do not agree with another reviewer’s comment that the sound has to be cranked up. Most of the time, my sound level is set around 30, I never had to go above 50 (out of 100 full scale). The TV has 22W real watts of audio power and that is plenty in my very large living room.
I like being able to rename the inputs to something more useful than the defaults, but you can only choose from a relatively wide selection of presets (such as “Game”, “BD”, “Cable box” and such), you cannot not make up your own names.
I like also being able to control the TV from the Sony BD player’s remote (a Sony BDP-BX1). However, the TV remote does not control the BD player, even though it has buttons intended for that purpose. The remote is not a universal type.
The TV has plenty of inputs and works extremely well as a monitor for my laptop, which I use to watch Hulu or other video programming, and occasionally for web browsing.
Finally, this TV looks good even when turned off. It has great style.
I know today you can buy TCD TVs that are thinner, but this one is fine as it is (4.5″), and a thinner TV is likely to have even less bass because there will be less space for the speakers, so before you fall for the “thinner is better” sales pitch, make sure you need it.
In summary, if I had to buy a 46″ LCD TV again, I would definitely get it again. You can get a refurbished one for about 0 and that’s a terrific deal in my opinion.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at
2:38 am
Review : Sharp LC60LE820UN 60-inch 1080p 120Hz LED Edge-Lit LCD HDTV :
We did a lot of searching around to find the right tv. This is it. Wow, if you want a 60in lcd, this is it. The color is incredible, I actually compared the color to a non quattron tv and you can see the difference in depth of yellow.
The contrast is pretty impressive as well for an LCD. Dark knight on blue ray looks so good, you can see the make up mistakes! What a great tv, would highly recommend it. It is very light and super thin, looks beautiful even when its off.
