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4.5 stars
"Excellent 1080P set"
Pros: Great viewing angles, bright, adjustable back light, flexible inputs
Cons: No 1:1 pixel mapping on lower than native resolution - explanation below
Summary: This is a fabulous set.
First off, it's a Super-IPS panel which provides phenomenal viewing angles, and consistent colour throughout those viewing angles. A side benefit is that Super-IPS panels have a lower dead pixel or sub-pixel occurrence in my experience. My set has ZERO defects. No clouding, banding, uneven backlight. Screen quality is excellent.
A little background: My screen is being used as an HDTV, computer monitor, PS3 and Xbox 360 TV. It is excellent with all. I am using 1920x1080 pixel perfect resolution with all three, and the sharpness (while adjustable) is as good as ANY LCD monitor I have ever seen, and at this size of 37" there is NO such thing as eyestrain. Another benefit is that this screen is tuned to display movies well and it does over any of these three devices.
It even includes a 10 minute auto-shutdown setting, so that if the current input has no signal for 10 minutes the TV will shutdown automatically, saving both power and wear/tear, very similar to a computer monitor.
The only reason I did not give this TV a "perfect 10" is because when I used it on my PC and play games at lower than 1920x1080 resolution, it will not show black bars around the edges in 1:1 pixel mapped fashion, which is typical of a computer monitor. But due to the fact that I'm using it in a "customized" fashion (ie. not just as a TV) you could score my set in particular a 10.
