5 comments about Sharp LC-37DB5U Aquos 37-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV.

1. I love this TV. Bought it for $1750 (floor model). Had an initial problem with the TV turning itself on and having a frozen screen where we couldn't shut it off unless we unplugged it. We called SHARP and they contacted a local repairman to come out and fix it. I guess this is a common problem with this model. The repairman came out yesterday and said he's already done this "firmware upgrade" to 15 others like ours. Hopefully this will solve our problem.
   Otherwise it's awesome. Great visually and has a lot of options. We're in Indianapolis and are dropping our cable bc with a roof antenna we get our local channels in HD. Looks much better than cable!
   Only gets 4 stars bc the price is still outrageous on technology is that supposed to be mainstream. Not everyone has $2k to drop on a TV.



2. This TV looks great, sounds fantastic, and has a stunning picture - in HD anyway. The regular standard-def picture is ok, but seems a little pixelated or "artifacty". This could be from the cable company and/or the TV's upresing. Either way I really only try to watch the HD - as I mentioned it's stunning.
   
   I wish it had an additional HDMI port, but I don't need it yet. It would also be nice if they somehow hid an additional RCA video input on the fromt of the monitor, so I don't have to mess around with the giant panel of inputs in the back just to hook up my video camera.
   
   It's amazing how even though the screen is so big, thee flatness of the TV actually makes it seem to take up less room than my older, smaller CRT TV.
   
   Sturdy and beautiful all-around.



3. This is a nice looking TV - I have this in my home sitting on a mantle over a fireplace. The picture is great, though I think it does suffer from the same issue as most LCD displays - black levels that could be more black. This is especially apparent when viewing a movie in the dark.
   
   Also, oddly, it seems as though the volume control is ignored for the first few seconds the TV is turned on. This can be a problem if the set is turned on and the volume is too loud for the time of day (perhaps others in the house are sleeping).



4. I agree with other reviewers that this set is excellent for viewing. In the last few months, though, we've started having problems with the remote. When the set is first turned on only the on/off feature will work for about five minutes from ten feet away. When we move to within a couple feet the remaining features start working, and after the short wait period. We've changed the batteries several times and made sure the send and receive ports are not blocked to no avail. We've had the set just over a year and no other problems. We've no children or pets that chew on these things. I just emailed Sharp customer service describing the problem and haven't heard anything back. One way to troubleshoot this would be to buy a universal remote and see if it works any different. So far the nuisance factor hasn't driven us to do anything else. I'm prompted to write this because several reviewers noted what seems to be a remote control problem.



5. I've owned this TV for over a year. It works very well if this is the size you can use (I prefer a larger screen and will move it to a bedroom, eventually). I will not articulate all the features that are covered so well by other Reviewers. But beware a few glaring irritations.
   
   1) Low speaker volume.
   Try all you want. There's no way to raise the speaker volume to a high-enough level to be heard over ambient noises in a household setting -- and I live alone! I am researching add-on third speaker units, right now. But at the cost most of them run I may decide on a new TV, instead.
   
   2) Weird power loss and reset issues.
   I've never experienced such a bewildering issue of losing control over a TV due to a power outage or brown-out. I'm sure it's a built-in safety factor. But periodically the TV has to be completely unplugged, then reconnected and reset to resume normal operations. I attribute this to local power outages in the neighborhood. But it completely mystifies me. And I have it plugged into a surge protector. Nothing else on that protector is affected in this way.
   
   3) Limited controls.
   The Mitsubishi HDTV that this one replaced had far greater controls available for tweaking the picture quality, etc. Maybe I'm expecting too much on a 37" LCD. For $1200 to $1700 Retail, I wanted more.
   
   However, I must add, at the time I bought this LCD I compared it side-by-side to others on the market and felt it had the best picture, with the most-natural skin tones, etc. The Sony ran a very close second but was selling at a price well above the Sharp.
   
   Here's a hint for those comparing between LCD and Plasma: To me, Plasma looks a lot sharper (especially the Panasonic), but if you have glare from overhead lights or windows, choose the LCD format. For some reason, they are now touting LCD screens with glass shields in front to get that glossy look, which they claim increases the picture quality. It seems to be defeating one of the strongest reasons for buying an LCD, to me. On the rear-screen projection Mitsubishi that I owned (53" screen), the main selling point was I could remove the clear acrylic protective shield and gain the sweet non-glare look of an exposed LCD-like viewing experience. You may notice that a lot of your friends mount their Plasmas up high on a wall and then tilt them downward. I think it's because they are trying -- in part -- to avoid that glare. Most people coming late from the traditional TV experience don't even realize the best advantages of LCD -- the lack of irritating reflections.

4 comments about Sony BRAVIA XBR KDL-70XBR3 - 70" BRAVIA LCD TV - 120Hz - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV - high-gloss piano black.

1. Clearly SONY is trying to capitalize on LED hype and the relatively few who offer a 70" screen size, but $30K+ for this TV, the term OFF YOUR ROCKER does not even begin to explain the logic of justifying this purchase, SAMSUNG already has LED backlights and and 120Mhz processor for image production for 1/4th the price. SONY needs to lower the price of this to the $8K to $10K range and then it will be a great buy, until then SONY is SMOKING the good stuff, to try and price at this level.



2. The reviewer who is building their "showcase" house and looks down on those who live in apartments and dorm rooms, should learn the phrase "diminishing returns."
   
   I have met these kinds of people many times in my travels. They believe all you have to do is throw massive amounts of money into something and it'll be exponentially better for it. Wrong. There comes a place where beyond a certain price point the display unit will not provide the eye and the brain with even an incremental increase in visual quality.
   
   I understand that when a person is ultra-wealthy they don't want to let money be an obstacle, but how gauche is it to waste $40,000 on a TV! $40,000 is enough to build a large, and VERY nice, VERY stylish theater.
   
   $40,000 would be enough to have an acoustically treated room; high-end pre/pro and multi-channel amps; very nice speakers (in-wall or otherwise) that would fill a 3,000 cubed foot room with rich sounds; a virtually silent 1080p ceiling mounted front projection system with an acoustically transparent 120" permanently torsioned screen; in-wall wiring of course; upconvert DVD player, blu-ray player, HD cable/sat receiver, and finally an integrated media-center PC.
   
   I admit that theater seating and the popcorn machine would be extra.
   
   Point is this. If you're so rich you can buy that TV... don't. Make a gorgeous theater for 40 or $50,000, and give the rest to a worthy charity. Oh by the way, I to could afford the TV =)



3. Regrettably, I agree with D.D. Martinez. Alas, I tried quite extensively to fit this into one of my 14 luxury estates...but could not. I felt that even though having an HDTV is cheaper, I still must opt for paying live actors to perform on stage in my living room 24/7. Even though they aren't quite up-to-par when performing at 3AM, nothing compares to the real thing. I would take to watching flesh and blood with my Dom Perignon and caviar over a sterile, impersonal thing like an HDTV any day of the year. If you'll excuse me, I must now go cleanse my hands in my 24K gold laundry room sink, as I feel I have dirtied myself by reviewing such a mediocre "entertainment" appliance.



4. I tell you what... I bought this damn thing at a whachucallit damn electro-store and they told me that the monster truck rally would be in super-duper high-speed picture stuff and they pulled my leg right outta socket. I hope them workers that sold me this crap get runned over by the same monster trucks they told me would come right outta the screen if I bought this TV. YOU GO TO HELL AND YOU DIE! Thats what I say.

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5 comments about Toshiba 26HLC56 26-Inch LCD Tunerless HD-Ready Monitor.

1. I checked botht he Amazon product review and Toshiba website before buying and deduced, based on the size, that it was VESA 100 and bought a VESA 75/100 mount. There is nothing on either site that indicates which it is. Unfortunately, it is VESA 200 compliant only.
   
   In addition, please be aware that the weight w/o the stand is 24.5 lbs. This was also not clear on either site. I had purchased the Sanus Systems VM2s w/o the 200 mm converison plate and now have to go back and buy it.
   
   Aside from that, the TV arrived quickly and in good condition (shipped from Beach). I have not used the TV yet but assume, based on previous experience with Toshiba, it will be great. It is a very nice looking TV.



2. Very good LCD Monitor/TV with superb sound but one flaw regretably, did I mention the sound is great. This product is a 2006 manufactured of the Toshiba "Custom Series" LCDs. Incorporates SRS WOW sound effects, stable sound & 1\2 mute, and most of all five apect ratio resizing modes to choose from with an auto aspect ratio selectable in it's menu. Can also connect to a PC VGA (standard 15 pin RGB connector) with working compatibility modes of 640x480, 800x600,1024x768 and 1280x1024 all at 60HZ refresh rate; ie. to say only of viewing the entirety of your desktop in these four modes. However will also display widescreen resolutions of 1360x768 (max resolution of this model) and a few other resolutions but PC settings from within the monitor's menu will become disabled (I wonder why Toshiba made the firmware like that ???). Don't let that be a flaw you have to stick with, powerstrip software takes good care of that.
   Quality is outstanding, I had to add this paragragh because I didn't get the cable I ordered for the first time review. My computer is connected to the HDMI through an "Atlona High-quality Dvi to Hdmi Cable", I dropped the VGA connection. You must be technical somehow before hooking this up as to knowing in which DVI category your video card lies. The DVI pins on this cable look somewhat like this - ::: ::: (Digital) rather than the custom :-: ::: ::: (Analog+Digital). The pins that would normally fall in the middle like :-: :::::::: are for digital audio. So to say your video card DVI must be DVI-I or DVI-D, not DVI-A but the cable must be DVI-D. HDMI is Digital only, not compatible with analog (RGB). With this hookup 720p and 1080i is possible, my inexpensive recommendation to you who would need to change your video card is an EVGA FX5500 card or later model.



3. I bought a Toshiba because the 26HLD56 was the top rated model for its size from Consumer Reports and Amazon was offering a very good price. The only difference between that and the "C" is the lack of a tuner. But if you're only going to watch cable and DVDs there's no need for a tuner, so save some money.



4. TV has very good picture and sound. If you don't need the tuner, why pay for it. Yes, you can get a cheaper brand with a tuner for not much more money, but to buy a tv of this quality with a tuner is at least $400 more. I use it exclusively with a cable hook up, DVD, VCR. I say, if you're not going to need the tuner, why pay for it. I am Very Pleased.....



5. Being the typical Engineer, I did a lot of research before purchasing any HDTV. Due to documented Quality issues with Sharp, Samsung, and Sony, I concentrated on Toshiba and a very few other brands.
   
   Since I have Dish, I really didn't need a set with a built-in tuner, so the Toshiba monitor was the logical choice.
   
   I was aware of Consumer Reports selection of the Tosiba HDTV as the best in class. Now that I have this monitor set up and running, all I can say is WOW!!! CR was right as were the previous reviewers here on Amazon and various AV forums.

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