Good Large LCD TV
Written: Sep 05 '08 (Updated Sep 05 '08)
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Pros: Large image, computer input, good loud sound, good for widescreen movies
Cons: Image zoom cuts off regular aspect ratio images
The Bottom Line: Good large screen LCD tv, with versatile input options, good sound
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| doning2's Full Review: Envision Monitors L32W761 32 in. TV |
We bought this TV during the Christmas sales in 2007 and started using it when we moved into our new apartment in January 2008. So far it's worked very well. The television is a large TV and the image quality is quite good for such a large TV. The speakers in the TV are also able to put out enough sound to annoy the neighbors in an adjacent apartment, but don't ask me how I know this.
Set up was quite easy since our apartment has cable TV service. I only had to plug in the cable and our DVD and VCR players. There are the standard RCA plugs along with S-Video, F-connector, and digital input. Then to get the tuner to work correctly, I went into the setting menu and chose the TV input as cable. I told it to scan and it scanned through the available channels to know which channels were OK and which weren't. If you don't do this scan, then some channels won't show up when you try to tune in and your cable service company will think you're a putz when you complain about missing channels.
The other inputs for DVD and VCR are selectable by changing the selected input source with the remote. Even my 6-year old daughter can do it when she wants to see her Disney videos.
One good feature I have not seen in a TV before is a VGA input. You can plug a standard VGA cable from your computer into the Tv and watch your computer on the TV. I figured this had to do with business applications where people would want to do presentations, but it works fine for showing friends and relatives your family photos stored on your computer. I used my laptop computer and showed digital pictures to family friends on the large LCD tv instead of having everyone crowding around the 15" laptop screen. I also played video clips from Youtube off my computer on the TV. Fun only a geek can appreciate.
The video has a zoom feature to allow resizing of the video to fit the whole screen. Here's the only bad thing about the TV. When zooming a regular aspect ratio movie or show to fill out the whole wide screen, the top and bottom edges of the image get cut off. Zooming up only works well for the widescreen movies on DVD's where the TV's screen is won't cut off the top and bottom of the image. So, when looking at a regular ratio TV show without cutting off the top and bottom, the image is the same as a 27in diagonal TV. When looking at a widescreen movie, then you can zoom it up to fill the entire 32" screen without the black bands on the top and bottom, and the image fills the whole screen.
Since we've been using this TV for just over 8 months, we have not had any problems with it. The unit is heavy and I don't think I would want to mount it on a wall, partly because it seems perfectly happy sitting on a TV table we bought at IKEA.
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Amount Paid (US$): 570
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