TV Reviews

Teerible tv. It has a terrible picture. I bought this tv a couple of weeks ago and I dislike it. The day I got it I happy because I have very little to do in my small college room, it was ok the first day, then the next day the tv did not respond. I changed the channal and it took 5 seconds before it respond, the 20 seconds before the sound came out. The voulme it took 10 seconds before the volume changed. I had to unplug it for it to work again. I am not the only one 3 of my friends bought this same tv and they have the same problems I was the only one who bought it online the rest in a retail store. I think it is ok it is only for college but if I had bought it for my home then I would have return it, the other person to rate this pruduct says this tv is a good one i think it is terrible, I did not gave this tv a one becuase it was sufficiently good to keep.
But don't buy if you are planning to get a tv. I wish now that some one would have advice me this.

So of course I love this TV. I put it in the kitchen but I think I'll get another for my bedroom. The front jacks make it easy to hook up my game systems. I also like the earphone jack so I can crank up the volume and not bother anyone.

This is a great looking television! The blue finish is sort of metallic which gives it a different look than ordinary black TVs. I put it in my bedroom and it is the best picture in my house. It has a remote that is easy to use and a lot of automatic features that I love! Great gift for someone!

Teerible tv. It has a terrible picture. I bought this tv a couple of weeks ago and I dislike it. The day I got it I happy because I have very little to do in my small college room, it was ok the first day, then the next day the tv did not respond. I changed the channal and it took 5 seconds before it respond, the 20 seconds before the sound came out. The voulme it took 10 seconds before the volume changed. I had to unplug it for it to work again. I am not the only one 3 of my friends bought this same tv and they have the same problems I was the only one who bought it online the rest in a retail store. I think it is ok it is only for college but if I had bought it for my home then I would have return it, the other person to rate this pruduct says this tv is a good one i think it is terrible, I did not gave this tv a one becuase it was sufficiently good to keep.
But don't buy if you are planning to get a tv. I wish now that some one would have advice me this.

So of course I love this TV. I put it in the kitchen but I think I'll get another for my bedroom. The front jacks make it easy to hook up my game systems. I also like the earphone jack so I can crank up the volume and not bother anyone.

This is a great looking television! The blue finish is sort of metallic which gives it a different look than ordinary black TVs. I put it in my bedroom and it is the best picture in my house. It has a remote that is easy to use and a lot of automatic features that I love! Great gift for someone!

Teerible tv. It has a terrible picture. I bought this tv a couple of weeks ago and I dislike it. The day I got it I happy because I have very little to do in my small college room, it was ok the first day, then the next day the tv did not respond. I changed the channal and it took 5 seconds before it respond, the 20 seconds before the sound came out. The voulme it took 10 seconds before the volume changed. I had to unplug it for it to work again. I am not the only one 3 of my friends bought this same tv and they have the same problems I was the only one who bought it online the rest in a retail store. I think it is ok it is only for college but if I had bought it for my home then I would have return it, the other person to rate this pruduct says this tv is a good one i think it is terrible, I did not gave this tv a one becuase it was sufficiently good to keep.
But don't buy if you are planning to get a tv. I wish now that some one would have advice me this.

So of course I love this TV. I put it in the kitchen but I think I'll get another for my bedroom. The front jacks make it easy to hook up my game systems. I also like the earphone jack so I can crank up the volume and not bother anyone.

This is a great looking television! The blue finish is sort of metallic which gives it a different look than ordinary black TVs. I put it in my bedroom and it is the best picture in my house. It has a remote that is easy to use and a lot of automatic features that I love! Great gift for someone!

Where the hell is it...I haven't even gotten a confirmation from J & R & I need to give the gift on Sunday & although I have speedy PAID delivery...J & R doesn't deliver on weekends????

The product has nothing to do with the delivery of one company. This innovative product deserves 5 stars. Finally someone got it right!

Hello,

This is one well thought out piece of equipment. DVDs load and
play well. The remote works well and is convenient. What's
really amazing about this unit is that unlike many LCD screens
this one can actually provide pretty satisfactory black levels.
As a result, the picture looks *great*, not just "good for an
LCD screen".

Using the "Avia" test/set up DVD this unit performs quite well.
Black levels can be accurately set, Gray scale tracking is quite
good, color accuracy is also quite good. The backlight control
is very adjustable so the LCD looks great in all lighting
conditions and the black levels are appropriate.

Despite what the manual says, this player can actually playback
some DVD-Rs. Four of the five DVD-Rs I have load and play
correctly.

The tuner also works well and has MTS stereo and SAP function.
No closed captioning. Using cable TV produces a very pleasing
picture. The tuner also receives pictures off the air. The

tuner seems to be quite sensitive and all local and some
weaker distant channels are received.

I wish Panasonic had gone just a bit further and incorporated
a radio -- it would have been a complete unit then! Cannot
play MP3 discs.

The TC-11LV1 isn't cheap but it is unique, eye-catching device
that also happens to perform quite well. Highly recommended.

I had The Philips Magnavox Web TV Plus Internet receiver, I got it as a Christmas gift in 1999 or 2000 and I loved it. Before that I had an old computer that was on it's last legs so when a friend who has Web TV told me about it and that it was cheaper then buying a new computer I made plans on buying one for myself so I was very happy when I got one as a Christmas gift. I loved so many things about The Web TV Plus, one thing was putting the html sigs in my email but I think what I really loved the most was being able to watch TV while I was online and I even had it set up where I could watch a DVD or video while I was reading or composing email or reading or writing reviews on Amazon, etc, and even though I'm not a person who watches TV all day long I really loved getting my weeks worth of TV Listings and setting reminders of movies and TV shows I wanted to see so I could set my VCR timer and tape them or watch them while online but Unfortunately my Web TV Plus broke and for some reason Philips and also Sony are not making them anymore so I had to downgrade to a classic Unit. We now have two computers in the house and I use them but I still much prefer using Web TV which I find to be much more convenient and enjoyable and even though I had to downgrade to the MSN TV Classic Internet TV receiver and I preferred the Plus receiver I still prefer it over a computer. Buying a used or refurbished Plus receiver just wasn't an option for me but if some company ever starts making a new Plus receiver I will buy it and either give the classic receiver away to a reletive or I will sell it. Now even though the Plus receivers aren't being made right now you can still get the Plus service so if you have a Plus receiver take great care of it and hold on to it. I'm really hoping that they either make the Plus receiver again or what would be even greater would be one basic unit where you can choose to have either the classic or plus service. Also now if you also have a computer you can have your MSN service on both Your MSN TV and computer and you can check your email, etc, on both which I might consider doing someday. FYI: Web TV and MSN TV are the same but the service is just called MSN TV now.

There are various reasons why I love my webtv. First of all...so much easier than a computer and does basically all the same things. You can email, send and receive photos and voice mail recordings, print,surf the net, build web pages. You also do not EVER have to worry about viruses or upgrading. Webtv upgrades automatically when they have something new. Our latest is instant messaging which is great!!

I have both the phillips and the sony models. My girlfriend and I send photos and recordings all over the world. We like the sony a little more because it is faster. But we reccommend both. You are going to spend a little more for the sony because of the larger memory and speed. I tried to email and download photos on a computer and it takes 4 times as long just to figure out how to do it. With webtv I'm allready done.

Cabinet a beauty and pix quality great, but I have had continued service problems with my unit. First the convergence was a problem, In house service attended twice to fix. The screen saver has bowed and does not fix well. On Oscar night the unit stopped working and I have been waiting over two weeks to a part. Poor quality and poor service from Pioneer. The unit has been out of service more than in service.

If I could do it over again, I would go with the Mitsubishi. I saw them physically next to eachother in a store and knew I had made a mistake. The Elite is really nice though and very functional, the only serious irritant being the "gray bars" on the side of a 4:3 standard TV signal (because the screen is actually 16:9 - wide screen). I called Pioneer and asked if there were any possible way of getting rid of them and they said "why would you want to?" My response was of course "would you like to watch a movie with gray bars on the top and bottom?" Alas, you cannot change the gray bars. That being said, this is a great TV with very sharp images when watching DVD's. But, if you plan on watching alot of VIDEO TAPES -DO NOT GET A REAR-PROJECTION TV! They are un-watchable, grainy and just all around horrible. Something about a picture tube (a regular TV) makes tapes much more watchable. If you do plan on watching tapes, I recommend the Sony Wega 32", 36" or 40".

Couldn't be happier w/ this TV. Great picture and very reliable. Would recommend to anyone.

The consumer comes last at DirecTV. The last time DirecTV changed the cards in our receivers they sent a DEFECTIVE product. The rep in tech support told me the first round of MASSIVE FAILURES occurred weeks after the cards were shipped. Despite the hundreds of calls from irate consumers, the company refused to issue a recall. Now they are experiencing yet ANOTHER round of failures, but management stubbornly refuses to issue the necessary recall. I thought corporate America had finally learned the importance of customer service; I stand corrected.

I have owned this system for over 2 years without a single problem. As an earlier reviewer stated so well, anything that frees you from the local cable company is a Godsend. I love Direct TV and my RCA system that gives me access to it.

The system was easy to install, and only required a simple plumb line (string with a weight attached)and a few basic tools to install. Buy with confidence. You won't regret it.

Outside of the Napster vs. Record Companies debate, probably nothing generates accusations of greed and profiteering more than a simple mention of your local cable company. Yes, all the accusations are true! My "last straw" so to speak was when I ordered cable thru one of those free-installation specials offered on TV. I waited and waited and never received the call I was supposed to from the ONE cable company servicing my area (so competitive!) After calling them personally to ask why, the order taker simply said "oh, we don't honor those offers because we don't need to." "Because you're a monopoly, right?", I asked. "Yes", was the response.

So I bought and alternative and I must say the picture and sound quality of Directv is nothing short of amazing - so good in fact that it shows the limitations of my recently purchased tv where I sacrificed picture quality for a larger screen size and lower price. Directv to cable (even digital cable) is like comparing dvd to vhs quality. There is only one local channel is my area that Directv doesn't carry and I can feel my eyes going "ahhhh..." as I switch from the grainy local broadcast back to their crystal clear picture.

If you just want "Basic" television with only the major cable networks, monthly service runs about $25/mo and gets you about 50 channels. The best deal of the bunch, Total Choice, costs $10 more and you get twice the channels as well as music channels in about every category you could imagine. The selection of music is mediocre at best, but music buffs will like the commercial-free radio. Directv probably has the best lineup of sports networks available including subscriptions to college football and basketball packages, but it's gonna cost you and you still get the same blackouts you'll experience on cable and local tv. If you have absolutely no life, you can get the Platinum package with everything for $82.99/mo.

PPV movies went up to $3.99 from $2.99 recently but I'm sure most people's salaries also went up 30% last year to compensate (sarcasm intended.) The movies offered usually hit the video store about a month or two before they're available on Directv but the most recent additions are usually on about 5 different channels at various times. Directv claims their satellites support surround sound technologies such as pro-logic and AC3 if you have the necessary decoding equipment, but I've had problems getting it to work on all movies. I'm still unsure if it's Directv, my stereo equipment, or the way I have it all connected.

Mom's got the Dish Network so I've had a chance to compare the two. The picture quality is great on both, but personally I prefer Directv's menu guide as it's more intuitive and you can still watch the current channel in the corner of the screen as you scan the guide for other offerings. The channels also seem to be arranged better as well, news channels are near each other, premium channels are in the same general area, etc... Although a special Directv edition of TV Guide is available, you really don't need it. Another nice feature is the ability to "block" certain channels so men can remove lame channels like Lifetime or Oxygen (just kidding ladies, sort of...)

Installation isn't too difficult in my opinion. Mounting the dish isn't difficult and you just have to cut a small hole somewhere to run a cable line into the house. From there it's a two person job as one shouts out the window as the other moves the dish to where the signal strength is at maximum. (Los Angeles and New York residents will have difficulty accomplishing this task without the use of cellphones, Nextel, or satellite enabled laptops with instant messenger.)

Finally, the only point of confusion I have found is deciding which Directv dish to get. It seems like they have a million different models available and I don't understand why. From what I gather, if you plan on getting HDTV or using Tivo or Ultimate TV (Microsoft's competing product) in the near future, you will want to invest in the 18x24" oval dish. If you want local channels but don't live in a major metropolitan area you may need this dish as well (check the Directv site or ask one of their sales reps on what you'll need for your location). Other than that, I say get the cheapest. That's what I did and I've been really happy - it is just tv, you know.

Hope my review helped!

I purchased this unit off of Amazon.com and discovered only later that it will not work with any DVD players. If connecting your television to a DVD player is important to you, do *not* buy this unit.

I bought this tv for my Mother when she insisted on a white tv, I was a little concerned because it was so reasonable. When I opened the box and plugged it in I could not believe how crystal clear the picture was. The sound is great too, I recommend it highly.

I bought this for my 89 year old mom and she loves it. She watches her videos, listens to the radio and sees all her shows without much fussing at all. She enjoys television more now that she has access to close-captions. Recently I needed to replace a television of my own and opted to purchase this same unit. I tried the Toshiba 19" tv/vcr combo, but it gave me grief after three days. This is the one I'd recommend.

I purchased this unit off of Amazon.com and discovered only later that it will not work with any DVD players. If connecting your television to a DVD player is important to you, do *not* buy this unit.

I bought this tv for my Mother when she insisted on a white tv, I was a little concerned because it was so reasonable. When I opened the box and plugged it in I could not believe how crystal clear the picture was. The sound is great too, I recommend it highly.

I bought this for my 89 year old mom and she loves it. She watches her videos, listens to the radio and sees all her shows without much fussing at all. She enjoys television more now that she has access to close-captions. Recently I needed to replace a television of my own and opted to purchase this same unit. I tried the Toshiba 19" tv/vcr combo, but it gave me grief after three days. This is the one I'd recommend.

This TV is great in every aspect except video games.Playstation looks horrendous on it. every single jagged edge shows upand makes u want to ..... Dreamcast looks ok but make sure to hook it up through S-Video. Evcerything else about this tv is cool but i recommend u buy the 50 in panasnic instead. END

This television provides incredible picture quality... I would say it is equivalent to computer monitors from 5 or so years ago in clarity. At it's best it is a preview of the future, when 12xx by 10xx resolutions will be the standard.

The plasma TV pales to none. The only problem is that it is too clear at times. The blemished of the actors really show up. Here in Japan we have High Definition TV and the High Definition is fantastic on it. Everything looks so real. You might want to view further than about 3 meters or so. The size and the light can give you a headache if viewed too closly for too long. But, basically that is about the same as any TV. Great buy!