Do all LCD TVs suck this bad?

I saw a lot of Toshiba TVs in Yodobashi Akiba, I think the Regza sets are pretty big in Japan.

As for Sylvania, seems they were a reasonably big player in the early days of TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6V3qgnxVrc

 

S Japanese Toshiba TV are higher quality than those sold in the West. This is why they cost more. Cheaper parts are used for a cheaper economy. Simple as that.

 

haha mod one in? or change the speakers / add a cheap amp and better speakers :mad scientist:

 

I'm always scared to work on TVs. CRTs make me run away...

 

Just putting my 2 cents in on Westinghouse since it got a lot of bad rep here. I actually own a Westinghouse. I did a lot of research before buying my TV, and from what I gathered it has the exact same internals as a Toshiba TV. (They are made in the same factory and run same/similar model numbers) Toshiba owns Westinghouse and uses it for there "cheap" brand.

To keep the Toshiba name as the high quality brand if they have an expiring TV model they re-brand it as Westinghouse. That way they can sell the TV's without "cheapening" the Toshiba Brand. The new released TV get the Toshiba name, and the old model gets branded as Westinghouse and they can sell it at a lower price.

 

I can guarentee you, this coming from an insider perspective - westinghouse and toshiba are sold to stores by different distributors.

 

Samsung does the same thing with Vizio, at least with screens. The circuitry may be different. I typically pick between Samsung or LG. The new LG 4k TV's look nice, although i have nothing that can play 4k.

 

I have a 42" Panasonic plasma I bought around 4 years ago and I think its great. I have no problems using it for gaming, other than occasional faint image retention (from high contrast things that don't move in games i.e. HUDs), which doesn't bother me enough to want something different. I do enough different things with the TV to keep it from becoming a problem. It's pretty much garbage for SD gaming, but I don't care about that since I have a PVM for that, which will beat any big screen flat panel display.

I think buying a TV, especially from a big store, can be extremely difficult. Stores are so bright, and they generally crank up all the settings on display models so its hard to judge them objectively when you're planning on using it in a (most likely) much dimmer environment. I know a lot of people with LCD TVs that have the colors cranked up waaaay too much and they all like to use 120Hz (interpolating frames to make motion smoother, which I personally can't stand). It drives me crazy when people can't figure out how to set up their TV properly and just use it when the picture looks so bad.

 

Samsung does that with panels a lot - they're a huge OEM for TVs. So does LG and Panasonic.

 

I mean, I can sort of see why Toshiba would do that. The brands carry different Warranties, Customer Service, and where these TV's need to be sold (i.e Westinghouse you are more likely to see at Walmart and Costco versus Toshiba which you'll see all over Best Buy) Also Toshiba likes it keeps its ownership of Westinghouse quiet as they want consumers to buy the new (I'm guessing higher profit margin) Toshiba TVs.

 

Soniq TVs sold in Australia have Samsung panels in them. Think most panels are Samsung

 

I had this problem with the last TV I had - no line out. A lot of modern TVs lack an analog line out. However, I've found most TVs that lack a line out at least have an optical (toslink) output, and you can buy a small DAC - like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Audio...TF8&qid=1380529828&sr=8-3&keywords=geffen+DAC - to convert toslink to stereo RCA. I use this even on my newer TV, which has a line out, since it has relatively good sound quality. That particular model only supports PCM, which should be fine as long as you have your TV and/or other devices set to output PCM. They also make ones that support AC-3.

 

I am really amazed how nobody is mentioning sharp, as from what I remember when I was buying my bravia, a sharp was the second option. I chose Sony because I trust the brand. But man, my neighbor has a sharp tv and it's picture quality is just stunning

 

I have a 50" sharp aquos TV in the living room. To tell the truth, the Toshiba I use in my games room is a much better TV.

 

Really? I haven't seen a sharp I liked...EVER. Even their higher end models. And I'm not talking in a Best Buy "HEET WALL". I'm talking about dim showrooms with optimal settings (not that super bright mode used for display typically). Their partnership with Pioneer are better but nothing compared to a Samsung/LG panel.

I'll give it to Sharp that they actually make their own panels. Most companies don't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_liquid-crystal-display_manufacturers

With LCD Televisions (not including small devices which most of those companies actually make, cell phones, etc). Most TV panels are made by LG, Samsung, Hitachi, or Sharp. This includes other "Big names" like Toshiba and Sony.

 

I had a really bad run with a particular Sharp LED LCD TV model, each one of them had at least one stuck pixel. Went though three of the things before I decided to go plasma instead. I'm glad I did!

 

In all honesty what i think really needs to be improved in TV's is speaker quality. I really don't care if they come with shitty internal speakers, but at least design the filter circuits to keep power noise out of the audio signal. I can't tell you how many tv's i've heard with a faint low volume hum or buzz coming out of the speakers, even if the volume is set to 0.

 

Were they plasmas? Because that's from the panel on plasmas.

 

when buying a tv either go for lg/insignia samsung or panasonic. pan has highest satisfactory rate

 

Insignia? You know that's a generic brand by best buy right?