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I purchased a warranty through Best Buy when I originally purchased the set, and they gave me a refund when it went bad to apply to a new tv. I was really shocked especially after reading all the good reviews (especially the high rating at Consumer Reports). The Westinghouse was a GREAT tv, with a crystal clear picture. For you techies out there - I have a HD DVR box connected via HDMI and was testing the set on 1080i broadcasts. I also connected my PC to the set and once again, you could really see how it didn't give that crystal clarity that my old Westy had. This one is going back to the shop, and I will likely avoid Samsung sets in the future. Overall, the picture was bright and had very good color, but the clarity was really lacking on this set - everything just had a slight softness to it - definitely not the full HD experience I was used to.
I was getting a great picture on my Westinghouse with the same exact setup. It did not look very good on the factory settings. I also tried a different HDMI cable to see if I got any difference - to no avail. The picture looks exactly the same. ALSO - I returned the tv thinking it was a dud, and got a replacement. I then spent a great deal of time tweaking the picture settings to try and get it to look good - all to no avail. I purchased this tv when my old Westinghouse LVM 42-w2 failed on me.
I turned off all the "bells and whistle" settings just to see the bare bones picture, and it was disappointing. I picked this model really at random - I didn't do the oodles of research I did on the Westy, trusting that it would be good at the price point. When I got home and set it up, I was really disappointed. If you've never had full HD, this set might work for you, but if you know the full potential HD has to offer, this falls short of the mark.
The colors are bright and crisp. The picture is so clear. I'm very pleased with this television. I noticed the exceptional quality of the picture especially while watching the summer olympics this year. My wife and I watch a lot of television and I know that we will enjoy watching it more now that we have this LCDTV. The picture quality is fantastic. Family and friends have come over and they were as amazed as we on the performance of this television.
Although we do not have high definition ($$$) the tv looks awesome. I would recommend getting a surround sound system to increase the volume.
Took 3 or 4 days past the delivery date, which I was able to track. Otherwise it was as advertised, a very nice picture, although I didn't know that I had to get a different box from Comcast for more money to get HD. That never seems to be in their ads for how much HD you get with cable. I almost bought the TV at Cosco for $1800 + but couldn't fit it in the car. Went online and gotth set for $1440 "out the door". Suprise, pay more.All in all a great TV at a great price.
We bought a Vizio before and there is no comparison. The delivery service was also very smooth and they called ahead of time to make sure someone was at home. My wife is hard to please, but even she said this is a great TV. Very happy.
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