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"The catch with this TV is?"
Pros: It?s just a great screen with lots of inputs
Cons: It?s just a great screen with lots of inputs
Summary: OK, I don?t usually write reviews for the stuff I buy, but in this case I will because it might actually help some of you clueless consumers out there (joke!, if your researching you?re not so clueless are ya?)
I?m an engineer who works in this field so I know a few of the ins and outs of why stuff costs so much or so little. There is a catch with this TV? it?s not really a TV, it?s more of a PC monitor!
The reason it?s so inexpensive is not because it?s an off-brand, shotty design or poor customer service? the reason for the price is because it?s a PC monitor with TV benefits!
You see? the FCC got lobbied/bribed into mandating that all HDTV sets be ?Digital and cable ready? by the big TV makers? Sony, Toshiba, Philips, Sharp and many more. Their objective was to add features to their TV?s that they could force the consumer into paying for? the cable/satellite companies make a lot of money when they rent you their boxes so it made a lot of sense for them to try to take over that business.
So today, if you look at the HDTV scene? you see exactly that. Toshiba, Sony etc.. trying to sell you their integrated tuners and cablecard slots (and their cost of development and bribes) for about $400 to $600!
Westinghouse made a brilliant move? they figured most people already have all that stuff around _outside_ the TV so they could just provide the best screen available with lots of inputs? for lots less money.
I love it when crooked business practices backfire under consumer scrutiny. If you?ve already got a cable/satellite box and you can?t imagine a TV antenna sticking outta your roof in the foreseeable future? I?d buy this inexpensive, high resolution screen. The specifications have already been covered in previous reviews, you _can?t_ beat 1080p native? frankly I can?t believe people are still buying the 768p sets for more than this TV costs!
For those of you who don't know the catch in the 768p sets: these sets tell you yes I can do 1080i... what they actually do is they grab a nice detailed 1080 picture and crunch it down into the 768 lines that the screen can actually show.
So? those are the catches. Hope they helped. Oh! Hit the ?useful review? if I helped clear any doubts? think of it as signing a petition
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I have read the negative reviews on this product (the few that are negative) and they probably would have had their problems answered by reading your review.
Most people dont understand the difference or what to look for. Thanks. -
i really enjoyed reading your explanation as to why this TV is so resonable priced
