Panasonic TC 32LX85 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
April 13, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Panasonic TC 32LX85 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
LX85 series includes three HDMI connections that enable multi product connectivity via the Viera link connection.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great TV, Great price, Great service!
This is our third Panasonic TV. This one is for my office (32″LCD) The others are a 42″ plasma (bedroom) and a 50″ plasma (family room). The quality of these TV’s are the best I have seen. No problems with any of them. We now have the whole family hooked on them. The price of my 32″ was great. $200. less than anything I could find around town. The servers was great as well. Had it here within one week.
5 Stars lcd tv
This is a great set, the color and the picture quality are fantastic,and it looks great from different angles,something I noticed some other sets did not do as well.We are very happy with our new tv and would recommend it to anyone.
5 Stars this tv is awesome
After reviewing other customer review i bought this tv so no regrets. It’s awesome great picture,and very good sound quality.For under $500 you cant beat that. Anyone shopping for a good tv go and get this one.
5 Stars panasonic tc-32lx85
This TV is great and exceeds all my expectations. the service at 6AVE WAS OUTSTANDING DELIVERY WAS PROMPT AND IT WAS DOUBLE PACKED. Thank-You Amazon and 6AVE. for a stress free shopping experience
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Toshiba 37AV502U 37 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
April 12, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Toshiba 37AV502U 37 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Marketing description is not available.nd value. It features DynaLight for a deeper picture, Native Mode and gaming mode for a better gaming experience, 2 HDMI digital inputs for improved connectivity, and Energy Star compliance. All of this comes in a thinner high-gloss cabinet that will blend into any room.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Very pleased from the order through the delivery (and still enjoying it!)
I’ll give you a few quick hits to start before adding some lengthy details at the end, including my thoughts on shipping.
PROS: Great picture, vibrant color range, numerous picture settings to find the best one for each source, plus it remembers your choice, easy to set up, included stand is sturdy, beautiful shiny black case, plenty of inputs (2 sets of component HD and 2 HDMI) though not the most in its class, great price, awesome starter HDTV, great with HD gaming systems, remote included is a universal remote, shipping was free and quick, and no sales tax.
CONS: Switching between inputs is not a one button process, you bring up a menu and choose the source from that, but that is probably due to the number of inputs. There is also no digital audio input, only a single output. This means that if you want to run your digital audio (DTS, etc) through the TV and only have 1 input on your receiver, you must use HDMI. SD broadcasts look grainy, but it is an HDTV afterall. If you do not currently subscribe to an HD package, you will want to shortly after making this purchase.
OVERALL: Definitely a recommended purchase. I have been fortunate enough to get to use several different makes, models, and sizes of HDTV, and I feel like I have made a great purchase with this Toshiba. The few negatives are far outweighed by the overall quality and picture of this awesome LCD HDTV.
Alright, enough of the quick and dirty. What follows are my thoughts and opinions on this television. I have gone into probably way more detail than needed, but I wanted to provide as much information in one spot as I could, to help others on the fence make a decision.
My wife and I decided to purchase our first HDTV as a Christmas gift to ourselves. I had been doing research online off and on for a while, and knew what I was looking for in a new set. It definitely helps to have an idea of what you are looking for before narrowing down your choices. Keep in mind that bigger is not always better, in my case 37 inches is prime for the size living room I have. Also, from what I have read, it isn’t until around 50 inches or so that you will start to see a difference between 1080 and 720. Simply put, the average person just won’t be able to tell a difference, so it isn’t worth the extra money (I never was able to tell in a store).
I decided on Toshiba for its reliability and picture quality. If you have not been to a store to do a side by side comparison of different TV’s do it, but bear in mind what you see in the store may be different than what you see at home. Ask the salesperson to show you a few different movies, maybe some video games, and hopefully some TV. When I turned this TV on the first time, it asked if I was using it in a retail display or at home, and I can only imagine the settings are different for the two (with the retail setup being more vibrant but burning out quicker maybe?) so keep that in mind when window shopping.
One of the reasons that I purchased this TV was with the intent of using it with my XBOX 360. I have been floored at how much better the picture is on the new TV vs. my old one. I have had no issues with lag or anything else while playing, so have no fear if you are planning to play games on this set.
This TV has the standard features you would expect, like a sleep timer, but one of the neatest is a half mute setting. When you press mute once, it cuts the volume in half. Press it again for full mute. A third press restores the volume. From half mute, pressing up or down on the volume restores it. A really handy feature for loud commercials or if someone is talking to you from the other room and you want to pretend to listen but still pay attention to your show (just don’t tell my wife!).
After opening the box, I attached the stand, which actually uses 4 screws for attachment rather than just clipping on like other stands I have seen. I feel that this gives a much better attachment, and lessens the chance of accidental tipover. It may all be in my mind, but it makes me feel better.
I have not had to change the settings of the TV at all so far, the picture quality with factory settings is perfect for my tastes. The viewing angle is good from all the seating positions in my living room, and even in a brightly lit room it is easy to see the picture. The images and colors pop off the screen, and it really is immersive. Even the cabinet of the TV looks great, it’s black shine is modern and sleek.
The biggest gripe I have is swapping between inputs. You press a button, a menu comes up, and you must choose the proper input from the menu. I liked being able to set up my old TV to be a one button press to go between my gaming system and the TV, but this is a minor complaint. Being able to label the inputs makes this a much simpler process. Also, for each input you choose the picture type that you want, aspect ratio, etc. It makes it easy to optimize your picture quality for each different input type you have, and it lets you see what it will look like before closing out the menu. Also, once you make a choice, it remembers that choice after you change inputs, so you can set it and forget it. I have not needed the game mode setting, so I can’t speak as to whether or not it works. I have had 0 lag issues with this TV playing all manner of games.
Also, the lack of digital audio inputs on the back of the set is disappointing to me, though an HDMI cable will solve my problem. My satellite receiver does not at this time provide an HDMI out, only digital audio and S-Video, so I have to do without surround sound when watching regular TV since my receiver only has 1 digital input. Hopefully when the HD satellite box gets here, that problem will go away (I have not specifically said it yet, but HDMI carries the digital audio and HD signal in one wire instead of multiple wires).
The universal remote is a nice touch, but my satellite remote has buttons I can’t live without. In fact, I have never had a cable or satellite remote that could have been replaced by a different remote, but in my case the Sat remote is universal as well, so it was an easy fix.
One feature I haven’t mentioned yet is that the TV will freeze an image on screen, which is a neat trick, but the audio continues to play and you can’t fast forward or rewind, only go back to live TV. Pretty well worthless, it won’t replace a DVR.
I would also like to take a moment to discuss my experiences with the shipper, CEVA. I bought this TV from Amazon because they offered to ship it for free and did not charge me sales tax. In my state, that saved me nearly $65 over buying it locally, not to mention the cost of gas, etc. However, after making the purchase, I began to worry. For starters, Amazon told me that “This shipment does not have an associated tracking or delivery confirmation number.” I was alarmed that on a purchase of this amount that I would be unable to track its whereabouts! The original email from Amazon also stated that I would receive the TV in about 2 weeks at the earliest! That was alot longer than I had anticipated but I was willing to deal with it. After doing a little research on the shipper, I was even more nervous, because there are a ton of horror stories online about how bad CEVA is. Let me tell you, all of these concerns were for naught. A quick call to CEVA and an email to Amazon resulted in a tracking number for me. Not only that, but CEVA had the TV to me in a grand total of 3 days, 10 whole days before Amazon’s best case scenario. CEVA called to set up a delivery time, and the driver was very friendly. He brought in the TV, showed me where there was a little damage on the box, and helped me set it up and run through a few things to make sure there was no damage (there was not, the TV is perfect and we absolutely love it!). I have come to the conclusion that happy people are busy enjoying their TV, and the only ones that take the time to complain are the ones that had a negative experience.
In closing, let me say, from soup to nuts I have been very pleased with this purchase. I would not hesitate to do business with either Amazon or CEVA again, and I would not hesitate to purchase an identical TV should the need arise. For the money, I do not think you will find a better TV. In fact, unless you are a total videophile, you may be hard pressed to find a better TV. The average consumer should be well please with this purchase. I hope my review has helped and that it did not bore you too much! Good luck in your shopping.
4 Stars Wonderful picture, hum from the power supply?
This TV goes in the bedroom. The picture is fabulous. The sound is fine. The remote is good and reasonably intuitive. Our configuration is just the TV, a network media playback device and a laptop, occasionally. No cable box, no DVD connected. The TV is directly connected to the household digital cable line.
I’m perplexed by the combination of audio and video inputs that don’t work together. For example, a 2 month old laptop with HDMI out doesn’t send audio over the HDMI cable, rather, a stereo jack must be used. Fine, until you attempt to have the TV play the sound. It won’t. HDMI doesn’t support any audio input that isn’t included in the HDMI cable. Having HDMI video and listening to the audio on laptop speakers sucks. Booo.
Component video inputs will only support TOS-link (optical) audio input - no L/R stereo audio and no coax-digital audio. This means we’re forced to use SVideo instead. Booo.
Then there’s the hum. Whenever the TV is on, there’s a high pitched hum. Constant - drive me crazy hum. Nobody else notices it in the house. It isn’t anywhere as loud as an Xbox-360.
On our cable system, clean QAM channels get moved every few months. NBC-HD gets moved. According to the manual, rescanning all the channels will wipe the channel names we’ve entered. Booo. 96-804 is NBC-HD; next month, 98-807 is. Huh? The first evening we used the TV, we scanned all channels. Over time, some channels have simply disappeared from the TV list. We didn’t remove them. Booo.
Rescanning shouldn’t wipe existing channels. It would be really nice if we could say to scan between 90-001 and 98-890 QAM. Booo.
Just changing channels on normal cable channels is slow and there’s no way to “fast change” except to enter the next desired channel
Aspect ratio control is the normal Toshiba Theater-wide 1/2/3 plus “Natural” and “Full”. I was able to set the input from our media player to be “Full” always even with just an SVideo input (due to component audio only supporting TOS-Link audio).
Let’s be clear, the picture is fabulous, the sound is good, but I won’t recommend anyone else to buy this TV. Many of my complaints are probably cable system and legacy hardware related - why are they allowed to move digital channels around so much? If I had HDMI everything to connect to this TV, I suppose life would be easier?
Four stars since our setup is a little different than most and normal DVD and digital cable box connections will probably be fine.
5 Stars Toshiba’s capable value leader
Like many shoppers who buy their first HDTV, I did my homework. I determined what size screen I needed (37 inches to 40 inches) what size screen would fit in my space (40 would been tight) and whether I needed a 720p or 1080p LCD. When a TV salesman told me I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between 720 and 1080 on a 37-inch screen - and I verified that in his store - I found myself basically left with a brand-name issue.
Fortunately, I was able to view my major brand name choices - LG, Sharp, Sony - side by side. That’s when I discovered the Toshiba 37AV502U. Compared to off-brands and the LG, it had a distinctively radiant picture. Could have been the settings in the store. I’ll never know. But it did give me the confidence to include the Toshiba in my online shopping.
Even in the stores, I cold see the Toshiba was priced lower than the Sharp and the Sony. When I found it online (Amazon and elsewhere) for about $150 lower than in-store prices, I was sold.
The TV came promptly and was easy to set up with the clear and concise manual. The on-screen adjustments and choices of inputs are simple to follow. The variety of inputs (component, composite, HDMI, PC, S-video, audio, cable) and outputs are complete enough for most users. The only complaint I have is that the remote’s electronic commands seem to be a little weak.
That ends up not mattering a whit because in today’s environment you actually interact much more often with the cable receiver through its remote than with the TV. In fact, I am surprised that more manufacturers are not producing monitors without tuners for use with cable and satellite feeds.
The Toshiba works perfectly with my cable receiver and, so far, has produced clear, sharp images from analog, digital and HD sources. And I have about $150 extra in my pocket.
4 Stars Good general purpose HDTV, but definitely not hight end
I bought this TV from Best Buy on sale right after Thanksgiving. It is my first HDTV and overall I’m pretty impressed.
The good: the picture on this TV is great. My Xbox 360 is razor sharp and HD content like Blu-Rays look wonderful in native 720p. It has a huge assortment of connections on the back. Even the integrated speakers sound decent for what they are.
The so-so: The dynamic contrast is pretty useless. It end up making the picture look very artificial and amplifies digital noise from some sources (DVD’s in particular). The menu system is comprehensive but a bit annoying to navigate. Instead of one master picture menu, you have three separate areas with different settings. Also, settings like the noise reduction and MPEG DNR are applied across all inputs and are not independent. It does have a high pitched whine when in operation, which seems to be related to the ballast on the CCFL backlight (hint, lowering the backlight level does decrease the noise).
The bad: The black levels are fairly poor. There is a lot of light leakage around the edges of the screen (I can see it on the floor of the room) and as a result blacks are always grey. If there is ambient light in the room it’s not so bad, but in a dark room it isn’t very pretty. The HDMI inputs also seem a bit twitchy. I have an Onkyo receiver hooked up to one and my cable box hooked up to the other, and sometimes the cable signal will distort quite badly (even to the point of locing up the TV). Turning on the amp clears it right up. Not sure why this is happening, but it is incredibly annoying having to have the amp on even when not being used.
Overall: this is definitely a good bargain for what it is. It has a great, finely detailed picture. But it’s not a high end model, as the black levels are poor, the backlight is noisy, and the native contrast (not the dynamic contrast) isn’t as high as other comperable models. If none of this bothers you, then this is a great TV to buy.
Panasonic TC 32LX85 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
March 13, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Panasonic TC 32LX85 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
LX85 series includes three HDMI connections that enable multi product connectivity via the Viera link connection.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars lcd tv
This is a great set, the color and the picture quality are fantastic,and it looks great from different angles,something I noticed some other sets did not do as well.We are very happy with our new tv and would recommend it to anyone.
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Go to gifts4xmas.info and sign up. Complete ONE offer - I would recommend Netflix
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I was a skeptic once but now I am SO glad I gave it a chance.
Many items to choose from: TVs, DVD players, Hi-Fi and many more.
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5 Stars Great TV, Great price, Great service!
This is our third Panasonic TV. This one is for my office (32″LCD) The others are a 42″ plasma (bedroom) and a 50″ plasma (family room). The quality of these TV’s are the best I have seen. No problems with any of them. We now have the whole family hooked on them. The price of my 32″ was great. $200. less than anything I could find around town. The servers was great as well. Had it here within one week.
5 Stars panasonic tc-32lx85
This TV is great and exceeds all my expectations. the service at 6AVE WAS OUTSTANDING DELIVERY WAS PROMPT AND IT WAS DOUBLE PACKED. Thank-You Amazon and 6AVE. for a stress free shopping experience
5 Stars this tv is awesome
After reviewing other customer review i bought this tv so no regrets. It’s awesome great picture,and very good sound quality.For under $500 you cant beat that. Anyone shopping for a good tv go and get this one.
Sony Bravia KLV 32U100 32 Inch HDTV Tunerless LCD Monitor
January 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Sony Bravia KLV 32U100 32 Inch HDTV Tunerless LCD Monitor
Not everyone needs an embedded tuner in a flat panel LCD TV, and the TL series “tuner less” feature gives you the flexibility to use your own set top box in combination with the KLV-32U100M monitor from Sony. This monitor features high styling and performance along with HDMI connectivity in a popular space-saving bottom speaker design, enhancing even the most sophisticated decor.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Pathetic Product and Pathetic Company
Like many other similar Sony sets, mine is completely fried after just a couple months of service. It was randomly turning itself on and off, then would only show a black and white picture and now doesn’t work at all. Sony’s customer service has done nothing to help rectify the problem and has failed to follow up as they promised. I’m very displeased with Sony and will never buy another one of their products. Unless you want tons of headaches and hassles, maybe you should stay away too.
2 Stars Keeping Our Fingers Crossed
Great picture and definition. The 32″ screen image is somewhat smaller than that on our ancient 26″ set which we hauled back into use when….
Less than six weeks after we bought this set, it died. Just plain died. When Sony finally sent a tech out (almost two weeks after we reported the problem), he called in a report saying it was dead. We’d already told them that. He ordered a new “A Board” and said it would take about two weeks for it to arrive. Two weeks came and went. When I called to inquire, I was informed that the part was in and the tech had been supposed to call us. The new board was installed on December 26 and we’re keeping our fingers crossed. We like the set and are hoping it will last.
1 Star Faulty Product
As described by many others, this unit is faulty and began turning itself on and off after a few months. My situation is different in that it took a little longer for the problem to materialize so I still had a tv that functioned 95% of the time while waiting the 2 weeks for the A board to arrive. Thanks to other people writing reviews I knew my tv would only get worse so I scheduled the repair as soon as I started experiencing only a slight problem. The sony contracted repair I used was actually very professional and reliable, the tv has been working flawlessly for a month now and I am hoping that will be it. The picture is great but I will be living in fear that it dies again outside the 1 yr warranty period. Avoid this unit.
Toshiba 26AV502U 26 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
January 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Toshiba 26AV502U 26 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Marketing description is not available.nd value. It features DynaLight for a deeper picture, Native Mode and Gaming Mode for a better gaming experience, 2 HDMI digital inputs for improved connectivity, and ENERGY STAR compliance. All of this comes in a thinner high-gloss cabinet that will blend into any room.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Not up to usual Toshiba standards
I bought a 37″ Regza a few months ago and like it but this smaller Toshiba is way inferior…the vertical viewing angle is limited to about 10 degrees…which makes for very poor pic quality if the watcher isn’t pretty much smack in front of the screen.
Not impressed.
