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Strengths: Good picture, great amount of features, TV Guide, PIP
Weaknesses: No sound switching on PIP, no swivel base
Summary: 2005-10-11 16:23:59 Picture quality is great although close up you can see some blockiness. I have to compare with my brother's Sony Bravia XBR to see if I notice just as much. Quality is still great from far away. We sit about 10 feet away from the TV.
It has a bevy of features. The PIP function is great. You can do Picture in Picture, Picture outside picture, which is just two screens next to each other side by side in 4x3 size. They have a Picture (Main) and 3 channels(Sub). The 3 channels would occupy the right side switching between your cable input but it doesn't show moving pictures for the 3, it would switch between each channel every few seconds freezing on the ones that's not selected and moving on the one that is. You can't switch sounds between PIP and you'd have to do a swap to get the sound. Sound is only for the Main input. Also you can only switch between Cable, ANT input and the composite Video(probably S-video) but not Component. If I have my PS2 on component, I can't swap pictures between my Game(Component) and TV.
It has about 5 different video settings. I normally keep it on the brightest which is custom where my brightness and jacked all the way up.
I can't comment on sound since it sounds pretty standard. My little brother says it sounds muffled but it could be cause the TV is farther back than our old 27" TV. Probably cause of the LCD's smaller occupying back space :)
Haven't tested the PC input yet.
The buttons on the TV are hidden for maximum style. You can't see the lettering at all from where we sit and you have to look less than 1 feet away and at an angle to read the letters. I guess they really want to hide the buttons. It's just for aesthetic purposes and I don't mind it cause I like the sleek look.
Analog cable looks alright but I'm not complaining. HDTV picture quality looks great as always though I have to say if I don't set on the brightness all the way the colors doesn't look as vibrant.
I love the channel label feature. Instead of your usual Text like MSNBC, TNT, TBS and so forth, they have pre-stored network logos for nearly every major network you can have. There's about 30 or more different network logos from ESPN to ABC to PBS everything. It's just a little feature but I like it very much.
Overall I'm very satified with the TV. The picture is satifactory but the features sets it apart.
Update, the TVGuide feature just took a few days for it to propagate so it's now working fantastically.
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