Westinghouse 27 inch LCD?

[Ragtop]

My brother is in the market for an LCD TV and found this one. I have never researched LCDs and was wondering if anyone had any information on them or this one in particular. Westinghouse is not a brand I am familar with. Thanks in advance.

 

[mw86]

Westinghouse LCD's

Ragtop,

I just ordered the 32" version of this TV (Westinghouse LTV-32w1). I first came across the Westinghouse LCD's in this month's sound&vision mag. They had rave reviews (price vs. performance) for the LVM-37w1. Albeit, this is a 1080p LCD but a lot of the guts should be the same. For instance, Westinghouse says each of these models have Faroudja DCDi de-interlacing which is from what I understand to be excellent quality.

Here's a link...

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=989&page_number=1

Over thanksgiving there was a manufacturer's rebate of $400 off of the 32", so it was listing for $900 at multiple retailers (BB, Cruthfield, J&R/Amazon). They must've sold quick b/c by Saturday, the price had gone back up to $1300. I got mine from J&R via amazon.com.

Plus: 1) excellent price/performance; 2) easy setup, also supposed to look great right out of the box w/o much tuning.

Minus: 1) cheezy remote; 2) no HDMI connections, only DVI; 3) I've read of some people having trouble with the DVI connection and actually getting better PQ from the components.

Good Luck.

 

[BostonMark]

I bought and reviewed that TV

I purchased the Westinghouse TV with scepticism for a replacement for my TV and Computer monitor in my living room. I wrote about my experience with this TV on epinions where I write as shopaholic_man. Rather than repost the article, heres a link to my review, hope it helps.

Refrigerators, Dishwashers and .... HDTV?

 

[eddiem67]

I can get you a good deal on one, if you interested.