Yamaha Home Theater
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3.0 stars
"decent for the money"
Pros: Alright picture quality, light years ahead of old tube tv. Cannot beat $899 cdn at Costco for the size and # of HDMI inputs. A lot less bulkier than rear projectors.
Cons: see section below
Summary: Let me just say that you get what you pay for. I use this for my master bedroom TV/2nd monitor and it does a great job in this respect. However, when I compared the colours on my Viewsonic 20 in lcd, the LCD TV really showed its shortcomings. Fleshtones are paler, less sharpness, blacks not as detailed. I was under the false impression that Viewsonic would put the same amount of quality control in their TVs as their monitors. Ooops. I have a THX optimizer, hopefully I can squeeze some more colour perfomnace outta this thing.
The remote control is so poorly designed ergonomically. Our fingers spend most of thier time on the channel/volume button. They are so far down, that the bottom of the remote has to rest in the middle of your palm,with only your index and middle finger to support, which is uncomfortable for me. I prefer to have all four fingers supporting the lateral aspect of the remote with the thumb comfortably in the middle where the vol/channel buttons should have been placed. The buttons feel cheap and loose.
The PIP is a joke. Words cannot describe how useless this feature is on this TV.
Speakers are pathetic. However, if you have an external setup like I do, this is not an issue.
As stated earlier, unless you have a $200+ Harmony remote (they support over 25,000 codes and update regularly), universal remotes like the ones incl. with our Satellite/Cable boxes are rendered impotent.
This is an excellent 2nd TV and is VESA compliant. However, if you want great performance, namebrands like Sharp and Sony stomp a mudhole in this thing and walk it dry.Updated
When you mute the TV volume, the mute icon stays on permanently. If you are using your external speakers, you always have to manually turn down the volume to 0. This is one of those attention to detail items that should have been caught.Updated
I am very disappointed after 3 months of ownership. This TV's biggest weakness is reproducing human beings accurately. Tanned skin is overcompensated with too much red, white skin looks bleached, blonde hair detail is lost because this TV over-whitens it, black details in general (most notably Eva Longoria's hair) are lost, and finally red hair is a lost cause on this TV. Not to mention the grainy picture, which is very pronounced with tanned skin.
As I stated earlier, you do get what you pay for. Fortunately, Costco has the best return policy in North America. After seeing other LCD televisions and plasmas in action, I would rescore this TV a 4/10.
