Westinghouse LTV-32w6

Reviewed by: pavlofitz

06-30-07

Duration of ownership: 13 Months

Strengths: Competitively priced; decent picture

Weaknesses: Went kaput after 13 months- no light, no sound, no pic, nothing. Checked all the connections, nothing. No support from Westinghouse;. Local repair shops won't touch it because Westinghouse doesn't support it.

Overall Evaluation: Do not buy - We kissed off $1000; even if the price is lower now, you don't want to drop $500 once a year on a new TV.

Reviewed by: sarreiro

Updated: 07-Mar-08

Strengths: None

Weaknesses: Audio problem

Overall Evaluation: After a little over 1 year that I bought the TV, the audio started presenting problems. We have to wait up to 5 minutes to start hearing anything (just like the image on old valve TV's). The warranty has expired and tech support confirmed there is nothing they can do. Tough luck I know, but no more Westinghouses to me (and friends and family...)

Reviewed by: jerrycrabb

Updated: 26-Jan-07

Strengths: Price, nice picture (for a while)

Weaknesses: After a few days LCD begins to suffer serious issues.

Overall Evaluation: after about five days of use, the LCD will sometimes refuse to power on, until it is unplugged from power, and then plugged back in. Also, it seems that after about 30min of use (sometimes sooner,) the video quality becomes choppy (like viewing a flip-book.) When this occurs, the LCD's controls (Both remote and on the TV) become unresponsive. At this point, the only way to power off the TV is to remove power.Today I returned the TV to Best-Buy for a new one (hoping that this is an isolated incident.) I have not had a chance to set this TV up yet, but I have been reading reviews that document my exact issues. Most reviews report issues with not only their first TV, but also the replacement.I am not looking forward to replacing this TV again.

Reviewed by: lindguini

Updated: 25-Jan-07

Strengths: Excellent image quality, attractive design, good menus, numerous control settings

Weaknesses: None significant.

Overall Evaluation: I've read a lot of LCD TV reviews over several months. I've noticed that most people with negative comments about their new LCD TV complain about factors unrelated to the TV itself: fluctuating volume when switching inputs, inability to lock on to HDTV broadcasts, image quality problems, etc. Most of these problems are introduced by improper setup of DVD players, video game consoles, antennas, and the TV's own image settings. Garbage in, garbage out. For the most part, a decent LCD TV will display excellent images once people take the time to check and adjust their setup. No TV will perform magic on crappy inputs.That said, I did a lot of research looking for the best 32? LCD HDTV. Our primary use is to watch DirecTV and DVD movies and so excellent image quality (including low black levels), various video inputs, and plenty of display settings (for image calibration) are important. We also wanted a TV that has an attractive exterior design and that included a b...

Reviewed by: SoaringFool

Updated: 28-Dec-06

Strengths: Price and size

Weaknesses: Volume control, audio ouput

Overall Evaluation: The price, it's shape (speakers on bottom) and picture are very good. However flipping between the DVD, VCR, Dish receiver inputs will have you scrambling for the volume control everytime. We're talking a big difference in volume between the the different inputs. Audio out is useless. It may be broken or poor engineering, not sure. But my external 70W amp couldn't do anything with it. Had one instance where upon turn-on, had audio but no video. Remote wouldn't control it and the side buttons wouldn't turn it off either. Had to unplug it. Its worked fine since. Scary though...