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Old August 5th 07, 08:32 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
Cass Lewart
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Default Vizio lower price or you get what you pay for!!!

TopHaT ) wrote:
: Thanks for the input Cass. Man I can't belief people are so cheap that they
: will go to the trouble of packing and returning a set and then unpacking and
: setting up the new one to get 50 bucks back.
: What about the humming I keep reading about? Does yours hummmsss? I keep
: reading that it's from the back of the set and loud enough to be very
: bothersome.
: Thanks

There is no hum in my set. I hooked it up to my HiFi with 5
speakers and a subwoofer. The effect is like sitting in a
concert hall.

Cass
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Old August 6th 07, 04:04 AM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
NadCixelsyd
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BTW I never saw a TV where you can add
selectable channels after scanning. How would you be able to
enter e.g.. 13-3?
Cass


I have two Philips and one Panasonic. Each is capable of adding
stations after autoscan, but you must know the real channel number. In
my area, digital channel 28 broadcasts on channel 22. Let's assume
autoscan failed to pick up this channel.

On the Panasonic, I manually tune to channel 22 and all the 28.x
stations are added to my listing. On the Philips, one must be in weak-
channel-installation mode before tuning to channel 22. On each, I
then have to manually delete the ones I do not want.


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Old August 6th 07, 04:35 AM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
N. Morrow[_2_]
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Default Vizio lower price or you get what you pay for!!!

"TopHaT" wrote:
Question for you Vizio owners, every time I go to Costco I see more people
returning Vizio sets than going out also what is the deal with the humming
sound that I keep reading about?
I was set on the Hitachi as it had good quality reports every time I read

up
on it but after seeing it at Sears side by side with the rest of the sets
the colors look dull and faded compare to even the Vizio.
I'm looking/willing to spend around 1300-1700 bucks on a plasma set any
thoughts recommendations?
Like most folks I'm looking for the most bang for my buck and the
reliability to go with the bang...
Thanks


Certainly, the 'you get what you pay for' slogan is usually 100% true. That
having been said, I recently replaced my dead 12 year old standard def RCA
with a Vizio VX32L and have no regrets. To be frank, it was the cheapest set
that I could find in that size with a decent picture. I originally brought
home a Sylvania from Circuit City. What a piece of crap! It went back the
next day and was replaced with the Vizio. The picture from an HD source
(720p or 1080i) is stunning. There are enough inputs to choke a horse. My
god, there are 47 buttons on the remote. It has PIP, although the selection
of what 2 sources you can watch simultaneously is a little funky, eg, you
can't view a composite input like VCR alongside the TV tuner input.

As far as the humming, I believe that some owners have complained about
noise from the backlight circuit when the brightness is turned down. I
haven't experienced that.

Not wanting to stagnate in my cheapness, I found a Philips 3960 upconverting
DVD player with HDMI output at Walmart for $45. It's a solid little player
with just one or 2 aggravating features. Shoot the output from the Philips
to the Vizio and you have one cheap (faux) high def viewing experience.
N.Morrow




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Old August 6th 07, 03:44 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
Cass Lewart
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Default Vizio lower price or you get what you pay for!!!

Cass Lewart ) wrote:
: TopHaT ) wrote:
: : Thanks for the input Cass. Man I can't belief people are so cheap that they
: : will go to the trouble of packing and returning a set and then unpacking and
: : setting up the new one to get 50 bucks back.

Never underestimate the will of the American public to save a
buck.
Cass
 




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