TV Reviews

I've had my Hitachi for over 4 years now. I have used it with DVD, VCR, satellite, and broadcast TV (never had cable during this time). Every picture (except bad reception broadcast) has been near perfect. The color is wonderful and the remote's controls are easy to understand. I will say i have a few minor problems with this set:

1) There are only 3 inputs on the back, which meant my VCR had to be connected to the front inputs when i had satellite (running a wire in front of my system looks unprofessional).

2) The writing on the front of the TV (for the front controls) is very hard to read unless you bend down and look closely. Basically, i say stick to the remote.

3) The audio programming for the remote control is too limited to control any but the most basic receiver functions. I still have to use my Onkyo remote for my receiver.

4) The menu is a bit cumbersome (but at least you can watch TV while adjusting it, unlike my Sony VCR).

However, the great features far outweight any of these little issues:

1) This thing can really pump out loud and clear audio! I play DVDs like Terminator II, Predator, Speed, Buffy, Xena, and Star Trek on a regular basis. The sound is CD quality and i've never heard distortion. Using it with a receiver, it can even take the place of a center speaker.

2) When i play CDs, i can use the TV sound in addition to my room speakers. Gives the sound more body.

3) The dual PiP is supreme! I love how you can switch between the big and little pictures and even make the pictures the same size.

4) You can control your VCR, cable/satellite, and CD players with the remote (almost universal).

The only reason i would ever sell this TV is to move up to a digital/HDTV set. It handles all of my other TV needs as is.

I have had this TV for over 2 years now and I couldn't be happier. All you need to do is find a store that has one on display so you can compare the difference in picture quality to other models.

Most people that come to my home assume it's a digital TV but of course it's analog.

I bought this TV few weeks ago and it is amazing. Keep in mind that it offers 1000 (! ) lines of resolution and nothing on the analog market can beat this, not at this price. Because this TV offers DIGITAL filter which you can only find in SONYs for 4000+$, this is by far the best TV for its price. I have my Sega Dreamcast hooked up via S-video and when my friends visit their jaws simply drop. Im not sure how many lines of resolution Sega is putting out, but this TV can handle anything. Any movies on my Sony DVD player look simply amazing, the closest to Digital TV I have ever seen. This TV has Dolby Surround and you can hook up your stereo, wireless speakers and even a subwoofer directly to it. 5 stars no question about it.

The JVC AV27260 27" Color Television includes great features, including a 3-line Comb Filter, Hyper Surround-Sound, MTS Stereo, Picture-in-Picture, Auto Closed-Captioning on Mute, a Sleep and Wake timer, a nicely thought out Universal Remote Control, and more...
- A great overall value.

This TV has both a great clear, sharp picture and sound, as well as a lot of features, for a 27" stereo TV.

The features include its 3-line digital comb filter, dual-tuner picture-in-picture, hyper surround, separate bass and treble adjusters, 3 sets of a/v inputs(2 rear, 1 front), 1 rear S-video output, 1 set of a/v outputs, true hi-fi life-like stereo sound and more.

It has a lot packed into it for a very reasonable price. It is one I highly recommend.

OK, its not a flat screen HDTV capable set--but for the money, you get a great picture. Just as good or better than the equivalent Sony for alot less [money].

This is JVC D_series television "Welcome the digital age with open arms". The main features attracted me are its reduced curvature CRT (not as flat as Sony wega, still its good), high resolution, natural colors. You may feel the skin colors pale (natural) when compared to Sony/Panasonic, which has red shade dominating. Picture quality is very good (crisp and sharp). You can adjust the picture sharpness from soft to sharp. On screen menu is simple and user friendly. Hyper surround sound is good, but upgraded speakers (more watts) would have been better. It's definitely a good buy with the features, performance and good price range.

A stunning receiver with all the necessary features. Extra sharp and clear picture quality coupled with the best front-firng speakers on the market! DVD ready. The remote control works like a charm and is user friendly with my system (tape and DVD).

A friend of mine steered me to this model...I am glad he did!

I selected this particular 27 inch set pretty much on the recommendation of Mr. Rajkumar (above). I wanted a state of the art set to work with my new Comcast digital cable. Compared to the 11 year old JVC set upstairs in my computer den, the new set downstairs is like a fine magazine illustration compared to a very good newspaper color photo. Now why didn't I buy a cheaper 27" set? Good question. I was influenced by Rajkuman's statement that this is the set for the digital age. So until I get a HDTV format set, this one should do nicely. Also liked the feature of controling my VCR from my new JVC remote. Plan to add a DVD set next week. I'm a retired Foreign Service media producer having served in the USA and abroad and I have watched TV take over the world. I just love TV and the better it looks the better I like it.

My brand new LT26WX84 finally arrived a few days ago. I was so excited. First of all, I have to say this LCD looks very attractive on the exterior. It looks almost as good as the Hitachi 42" plasma where the front is all black except the speaker grill on the bottom which is silver. Just like most of the other LCDs, all the AV connections are on the side of the unit except the digital DVI-D interface which is at the bottom. There are a total of 3 sets of connectors although I am not sure why the components for Input 1 are on one side while the RCA audio for Input 1 are on the other side. This poses inconvenience if your component cable also has audio, which is the case of my PS2.

I have Dish network at home, but no HD yet. For standard definition (SD), the picture quality is slightly better than my 9year old JVC 27" CRT (my viewing distance is about 8 ft), but it's only on par with Sharp 22" Aquos. I was slightly disappointed in that. To put things in perspective, you can't expect an HD set to perform miracles on a SD source. The display can only be as good as the source. One thing that it definitly outshines the Sharp is the viewing angle. For the Sharp unit, the brightness of the picture changes significantly with the angle, but for LT26WX84, it's quite consistent (although still not approaching the CRT yet). The black level also appears to be slightly better than the Sharp by a hair.

Next, I tried my DVD source. Due to space consolidation, I was using my PS2 to playback DVD video. The PQ is quite nice--vivid colors while showing a lot of details. I am sure if you have a progressive scan DVD player, it will look even more amazing. Nonetheless, my PS2 games also never looked better. I am sure Xbox will do even better since it is HD capable. Regrettably, I don't have an HD source, so I can't comment on the PQ. But, based on what I have seen in the store, it shouldn't be short of breathtaking.

The only problem with this set is the red color. It appears that red looks a little bit fuzzy esp. for SD source. I tried to adjust the Tint, and it helped a little. But still, red is not as good as I hope it'd be. If other folks have the same set, I'd like to know your settings. Mine are (tint, color, picture, bright, detail) as follows: -8, -10, +10, +4, +10. Overall, if I were to rate this unit, I'd give it a solid 4 star. It needs some tweakings, but excellent bang/$ value.

very sharp colors
excellent multiple view screens

Exquisite sharpness! However none of the four factory display settings (Standard, Dynamic, Theater or Game) produced a fully satisfying display--the colors were too saturated and a bit too red. I played around with various possibilities and once I made the following changes the display was perfect for me: Tint 00, Color -12, Picure +7, Brightness 00 and Detail 00. I now recommend this wonderful television with no reservations whatsoever.

I had actually planned to buy a rear projection tv (hdtv, 16:9, etc), but plasma screen prices have come down quite a bit lately making it competitive with rear projection....

Anyway, back to Fujitsu. The 4209 is a fairly good screen, although the technology is 2-3 years old. And they are literally screens since they don't have a built in tuner or audio. You need to supply an external tuner (cable or satellite box) and a home theatre system to get this up and running. Something to consider.

For those needing the tuner and audio, the PDS4229 is a better choice. The 4209 is more of a corporate/trade show type monitor rather than a consumer home theatre monitor. Also, while the 4209 is hdtv compatible, they don't have the 3:2 rollup feature, as in other later models, to down convert from 16:9 to the current 4:3 screen aspect ratio. Another consideration point.

Plasma screens can also have some setup work to properly distinguish the input source (dvd, sat, vcr, cable, pc) and display the proper color settings. The majority of the time, the setup is automatic though.

Finally, mostly all plasma screens have problems generating "a good black" color like for night time or space movie background scenes. Instead, of displaying black, the plasma screens display more of a dark, dark, gray due to the plasma gas still being electrically charged. Because of the constant charging of the plasma cells, the lifetime of the TV is estimated at 20,000-25,000 hours (at this point 50% of the plasma has been discharged). If this bothers you, you might want to stick with direct view or projection.

In conclusion, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Plasma can offer one of the best, brightest pictures around, but there are some drawbacks as with anything. And with anything in technology, the prices can only go lower over time.

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The Fujitsu 4209 is great, for the price and the picture quality is better than more expensive TV models like the Sony Plasma's and Panasonic Plasma's... I am really happy with my screen, the various imputs make it easy to switch back and forth, I like that I can alos hookup my computer to it, for presentations...
(Family presentations of downloaded pictures on a 42" screen). Plus it was allot better than the "Sampo" made TV's that GATEWAY.com is offering, plus I don't have to wait 3 months for mine. For the peace of mind of the Fujitsu name brand, and picture quality, I realy am happy with my new TV.

Built good. Great reception. Can't complain at all. Durable and lightweight.

It is very nice to have arond the house because if there is a weather alert you are notified quickly!

I love to check the weather as I often work outdoors. What I wanted was a user friendly unit that brought in the NOAA stations clearly and strongly. This GE unit is the surprise of the year. It is sturdy has great reception; and I live in a congested area. It also has this great feature that allows me to set a radio station and still be able to immediately get the weather with a press of a good sized button on the top of the radio without touching my music station. The sound is clear and pretty good. Even the style is direct simple. Analog tuning lets me fiddle with the settings for better reception. I am totally delighted with this battery or ac plug powered little wonder. I think most people not going out in the perfect storm might be as well.

Had this product for over a year and it worked great until I installed a Logitech Webcam, and the two devices don't like living together. The Logitech deleted the drivers and software for the Win TV card. I reinstalled the TV card using the newest drivers downloaded from Happauge and it kicked out the webcam. I made the decision that I'd rather have the webcam but Happauge should definetely make a patch so that their products get along with everything else.

I was reluctant to purchase an internal card, but the Hauppage WinTV DBX was my first choice if ever. I initially got a Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB...and it wasn't any good! The resolution was poor, and the sound had a 'distinctive hum' when increased. Returned it to the seller, and told them I'll exchange it for the WinTV card - and twas a good thing I did have it replaced!! This card has great resolution, and has all i need (video and still capture, input for ext. a/v devices).

The DBX sound is great too, and no more 'hums' - plus i got mine with a promotional free IR remote! So now i can chat, surf, and not have to get off my seat to watch (or record) tv! Highly recommended (specially the unit w/ the free remote included). Running the unit on an AMD Athon 1.33GHZ w/ 640MB DDR RAM, and a 64MB nVidia GeForce 2 video card.

I've had this card for about a year now, I use it everyday, I never watch TV on a television anymore. This TV tuner has many features and great software. One feature I like a lot is that you can take snapshots, this is great if there is a number or address that is displayed too quick to write it down. The snapshot feature is real nice because it doesn't take bad quality interlaced pictures, it enhances them so you have a high quality image without any lines. Also, I like how you can resize the TV screen and have it at the bottom of your screen while you do other stuff. I really recommend getting this card!

This is an excellent TV to have for the kids to play video game sor to have as a second TV in the bedroom. The only flaw is that the picture quality is not as crisp or sharp as other brands. I was also not crazy about the exterior of the TV being white, but overall - it serves its purpose. And for the price, this is a great value!

This is not a review, but I would like to ask you a couple of questions concerning this TV. I will buy one if it is white and it will fit into a hole 21" in all directions. If so, please send me one and give it 5 stars! Please reply ASAP by email. Thanks.

A very nice looking TV that is great for any bedroom or a studio/small 1 br apartment. It has the perfect features for me: initial set ups (time, channels) are exremely simple; from thereon, it wakes me up to CNBC every morning; it automatically shuts off after I've fallen asleep; and the color and the picture are superb. I highly recommend it.

DVD's look sharp using component video input, but satellite tv picture suffers (using S-Video input). Solid colors appear with blocky artifacts. Ghosting occurs with some text when on a contrasting background.

But, for the price, the TV offers a good set of inputs and decent sound. Also, the other features like PIP, on/off timers, audio out, etc make this a good buy for the money. But if you're a stickler for a good picture, spend more and get a Sony.

I payed $320 for mine. Mine is the one with 3 Digital Comb filters. It is kind of a dissadvantage not being a flat screen but if you dont have the money for one this tv is an awesome replacement. I had a DVD player with regular cables and component cables hooked up to it. It was great, and I had S-video cables for my xbox. This tv didnt really need any setting up or adjustment outside of the box other than plugging it in. Great deal I definatly recommend it.

Well, let me start by saying, the TV is awesome! I have a DVD player and a Playstation 1 hooked up to it. The picture is sharp and the colors vibrant! The sound is great too, nice levels. The only thing i wish was that it was perfectly FLAT, but that would jump up the price (...). If your not able to go FLAT, this is a wonderful bargain.

I have to second what a previous reviewer said:
This TV smells terrible!
I have been patient for six months waiting for the smell to fade, but it just keeps on producing that foul odor just as it did the day I bought it.
I will be getting rid of this TV ASAP because of it.
Apart from the stink, the TV is perfect.

Great picture. Best in class. One thing to be aware of is that the TV puts out a kind of "burnt rubber" odor from back of TV when new. We had to take ours back and get another set. This is probably a short term thing as TV breaks in, but it was bad enough to replace set.

I bought this TV for my girlfriend at Circuit City for Christmas. I'm very impressed with it's crystal clear view. This TV goes great with the JVC HRXVC1U DVD/VCR Player. I was considering a combo tv/dvd/vcr but as I saw combo units on display, I see that the doors break off on the TVs, DVD players stop playing, etc. So if that happens you're out a TV if you have to send it back. I'd rather have a separate dvd/vcr unit than a built in one for that reason. If there is one thing I'd improve with this TV it'd have to be the remote control. In the dark it'd be cool to have the entire remote lite up. Other than that, this TV is perfect.