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Welcome to the WESTINGHOUSE
LVM-37w1 37" Video Monitor Review page:
First I would begin with stating
that this is a MONITOR but with all the "upscaling" / "upconverting" features
of a TV. The only ommision from this monitor is a TV tuner.
Who wants a tv
tuner anyway. I connect to my dvd player using the component video cables, my
computer using the VGA and my Settop box using the DVI cables. THis set has ample
number of video input connectors 2 DVI !! 2 Component video 1 VGA and the regular
svideo and composite video jacks.
A tv tuner in today's generation would
be a waste of money as any high quality video would have an equivalent receiver
(Like a set-top box).
To talk more about the picture, The resolution is
phenomenol and so obviously U can see hi-def channels very clearly. But the question
is always with the standard def channels that we all see. The answer for that
is it is phenomenol too! The upscaler built into the monitor does a great job
on that. If you see a set in a store with lower quality, then probably it is not
tuned properly. There is abundant video tuning available like the usual brightness,
contrast, hue, saturation and one more ... Backlight ! Remember the standard-def
channels will show in 4:3 format (though there is a fill function available that
will "strech" the image). That means U will see 2 solid bars on the left and right.
But again, this is an LCD monitor. So there is no fear of screen burns.
I
have bought this monitor a couple of days back and I am happy having bought this
Item. Being somewhat of an Audio Video buff, I tried out lots of stuff and to
my surprise all of them work fine !
If you have a hometheater or are planning
to build one or upgrade yours, this is the right choice as it is very "componentized"
if I can use the word.
There is a word of caution though, if you have
a non-learning universal remote, it may not be able to pick up the codes for the
Monitor. I got a set of codes from the customer service, but they did not work.
I went to best buy and bought a philips learning remote ($20) and it works perfectly
fine then.
If you are thinking about the customer support, Beleive me
it is great. I have bugged them a couple of times when I was trying out a lot
of stuff with the monitor and not once anyone was rude or was un-knowledgeable.
I got all the answers I needed promptly.
Buy the WESTINGHOUSE LVM-37w1
37" Video Monitor
