ViewSonic N3760w

ViewSonic N3760w

N3760w Review, by Roy Santos October 24, 2006

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• Latest User Reviews 1 review
• Reviewed by: walts36

  Duration of ownership: 2 Years

  Strengths: none

  Weaknesses: service? absolutely very poor

  Overall: Caution! make sure you want a "VIEWSONIC LCDTV DISPLAY".I have a N3250w LCDTV Display since Dec. 2005. The first 9 months, we were pleased with the picture using the 16:9 option even though we didn't subscribe to Cable HD Service.Then we saw what I call 'burn in" that just got worse each day. That became dark bands outside od the 4:3 display and eventually also have dark blotchy in rest of screen. I called Viewsonic Service and they could not help me as we were outside the 1 year warranty. They asked if we had the extended warranty and of course we did not! "SORRY" was the only reply given, outside of service station in California for repairs that I would have to pay myself. Everyone should check extended warranties to find out that "BURNOUT" in not covered in all cases. I've have been told and know of others that burnout occurs on both PLASMA and LCD tv's.A family relative had this happen to his 51 inch rear projection tv as well(with the Channel's logo) etched on his screen. I will look for a CRT (proven) set that also has HD resolution as my future selection. Sony and Samsung have these in the 32-34 inch screen. Buyer beware of Viewsonic and other manufactures of this unwanted feature called "BURN IN"

• Reviewed by: mandt

  Strengths: good picture for the price

  Weaknesses: remote doesn't work for 2 minutes after you turn tv on, intermittent problems with volume and picture

  Overall: We bought this TV at Costco. The remote won't work right away when you turn on the TV, so you are stuck watching whatever channel and whatever volume for a few minutes until the TV and remote decide to communicate with each other. But sometimes it does work right away, and sometimes not at all, you just never know. Sometimes you can't get volume at all, even though it is showing the sound is supposed to be turned way up. Another day, there was no picture just a grey screen, and we couldn't turn the TV off - not even with the actual power button on the tv. We thought, okay this MUST be defective so we returned it (no problems there, Costco is great) and bought another identical unit. SAME PROBLEMS. Can't take the frustration anymore, this one is going back too and we'll just have to spend more money. I don't think I'd ever take a chance on Viewsonic again.

• Reviewed by: Davee2

  Strengths: Picture is good speed is good enough for high speed sports satelite through DVI

  Weaknesses: No remote codes in spite of advertising on THEIR website It is not universal remote You can use a learning remote & I advise you do this as a back up

  Overall: Have not seen anything about Pic in pic in the menus & manual is extremely basic. Will need more time to evaluate but the no code issue is a big disappointment

• Reviewed by: Jammerdez1

  Strengths: Excellent price, lots of features, plenty of connections

  Weaknesses: Only 1 HDMI

  Overall: Buying a TV can be a long and complicated procedure- much like buying a car. No one type is right for all people. If you're looking for a large, widescreen TV that can display HD content and has several diferent types of connections (composite, component, HDMI), then you're at least looking at the right TV. The Viewsonic is a great TV with plenty of different viewing formats. It can also take 2 different coaxial inputs. For an LCD TV, this is a great model for the price. Everywhere that I have found this, it is priced at the same level that most other 32" TV's are priced. I have owned this TV for a couple of months now and have no qualms with it. My best suggestion to any of you thinking about buying this is if you can find it somewhere that has a liberal return policy (such as Costco), buy it from there and then try it out at home. I think you'll be pretty happy with it though.

• Reviewed by: caid

  Strengths: okay color

  Weaknesses: bad services, not hornable to do business with.

  Overall: I just brought a brand new ViewSonic LCD TV with built-in HD tunner. It came with problems that the HD tunner has to change channel from high number to low number, or it will not show the TV program. Say you want to watch channel 5, if you were at channel 4, move up to 5, the TV shows no program. But if you move up to channel 7, then move down to 5, TV will show the program. It also often drop out the programs, while our other HDTVs made by Toshiba, Samsung, Screpter all working fine, this TV suddenly stop showing the TV progam and display "no signal". It is DOA, means it like this when we get it. I called ViewSonic for replacement. They asked for my credit card number to setup an advance replacement. I gave them my credit card number. But they shipped me a refurbished unit that was returned and repaired in the past. I paid a new TV price, ViewSonic wants me to accept their refurbished TV. I called their support, and talked to their manager. The manager told me that actually they had changed their policy again, since they shipped the refurbished TV to me. They no longer send out replacement any more. When you have a DOA, they will only repair it now. I had experience with Viewsonic repair in the past. One LCD monitor we sent last year for repair took over four months came back. Another Viewsonic HD12 HD tuner sent for repair got lost, after six months, they sent me a replacement. I am not sure I will buy another Viewsonic product any more.

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  Strengths: Picture quality, Price, VGA monitor

  Weaknesses: PIP is useless

  Overall: Despite its quirks, you'll quickly learn to appreciate this monitor. The picture is really good, as a computer monitor it is excellent. I hooked up my widescreen laptop and it is awesome. What's disappointing is that if you want to hook up a computer while watching over the air HD channels, you're out of luck. However, for the same price of many 32" tvs. This is a steal.