PCW Shop & Compare

« Back to product pricing

You are viewing User reviews for...

Olevia Olevia 537H 37" LCD TV
Price Range
$689.99 - $893.28

Avg User Rating
Specs • Add Your Review

« Back | 1 2 3 | » Next

Viewing items 11 - 20 of 30

- SORT BY DATE
- RATING
Overall Rating
5 Star Review

Reviewed by: AngelArs

Updated:05-14-07

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Picture quality. Built in ASTC/QAM tuner, Upgradeable firmware.

Weaknesses: Remote a little hard to use. Manual on CD.

Overall Evaluation: The 537H has the best picture of any 37" LCD bar none, even among TV's costing many times more! At times you'll swear the picture is 3 dimensional. On the bad side the remote has some quarky features, like for example the 'Audio' button. The blue LED is really not that big a deal, as many electronics manufactures are using them these days. Having the owners manual on a CD was much more of an annoyance because everytime you wanted to look something up, you had to boot up your computer. All things being equal though this is one of the best values in a HDTV that there is on the market!
Overall Rating
4 Star Review

Reviewed by:

Updated:05-12-07

Duration of ownership:7 Months

Strengths: Great picture, built in HD, HDMI, Easy set-up

Weaknesses: Sound out put, Little thicker than other LCD

Overall Evaluation: Bought this TV in Nov. 06. Heard good things from a friend and read many positive reviews. Paid about $300 to $400 less than most 37" sets. Picture is beautiful. I have a Philips home theatre hooked to it so sound is improved. I love it and highly recommend !!!
Overall Rating
5 Star Review

Reviewed by:

Updated:05-06-07

Duration of ownership:3 Days

Strengths: Love this TV. It looks great. Remote is easy to work with. The price can't be beat at slightly over $740 total.

Weaknesses: Hmm, can't really find any yet.

Overall Evaluation: Can't say much more other then this is a great TV at a great price. Tons of connections to add pretty much anything you want for a signal feed. The remote is very easy to use and laid out great. I plan on buying a second identical one in a month or so.
Overall Rating
5 Star Review

Reviewed by:

Updated:04-14-07

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Excellent Picture Quality. HD is beuatiful and Standard TV is also excellent. I've read, researched, and seen for myself and this TV is by far the best deal on the net! I've been using it for 1 month

Weaknesses: There are NONE. Do not hesitate like I did. GET IT

Overall Evaluation: I own a 50" Sony rear projection LCD too. The olevia is in my bedroom. I like the olevia better! The picture is brighter, colorful, and just oh so sweet. My sony rocks too but this tv is tight! If your picture flickers a bit at the top on some channels, you can adjust the screen in the menu to move up a hair and it goes away. I think it was my cable. Worked beautifully!
Overall Rating
2 Star Review

Reviewed by: turboramjet

Updated:03-05-07

Duration of ownership:4 Months

Strengths: picture

Weaknesses: remote split screen

Overall Evaluation: Good price ($800) good picture. I had to take the 1st tv back as it worked for awhile, but then the remote wouldn't work. The 2nd set worked fine. My main problem is the design of the split screen/PIP. If the tuner is the main source then then other source can only be the hdmi input. Don't know why they designed it this way. Since I don't have an HDMI input this means the split screen is useless. I can't watch a dvd while having the ball game on the split screen or the PIP ( picture in picture) I found the manual not to be up to date to explain the menu choices. I called the 800 number several times and was able to get help within 5 minutes or so. Their basic solution to any problem is to replace the tv. Doesn't seem to be any service available. The sound level at the lowest volume is probably too loud for a bedroom.
Overall Rating
5 Star Review

Reviewed by:

Updated:02-26-07

Duration of ownership:5 Days

Strengths: PICTURE, COLOR, VIDEO OPTIONS, PRICE

Weaknesses: THE MANUEL ON CD.

Overall Evaluation: I just bought this LCD in feb. 07 and love it. I looked around and read tons of reviews on all LCD in my price range. Now im not going to sit here and tell you its the best LCD you could possible buy. Its not and shouldnt be but i think from all i looked at in this price range it is. There were LCD up to 1500.00 that dont even look this good. I hooked mine up to a nice DVD player through componant cables and even at 480p it looks awesome. Also i just wanted to mention that i had read alot about how difficult the OSM (on screen menu) is to learn. Come on, if your smart enough to spell you name youll be fine. Awesome picuture and options for an even better price. I got mine for 750.00. Also did i mention it was assembled in USA?
Overall Rating
4 Star Review

Reviewed by: curvebald

Updated:02-08-07

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: This TV is a great buy for the money! Very happy with picture quality and screen size (not too big and not too small).

Weaknesses: The shortfalls are not too bad. The sound has gone out a few times (I use a separate sound system so not a big deal)and there is no universal remote to use with this TV.

Overall Evaluation: This TV is a good buy - the 37" is not too small! It survived the trip from California with only a small hole poked in the container - was packaged well. Out of the box, it was nothing to hook up to the satellite cable and play around with the remote until I got the program signal. The LCD picture is a great change from the old pixel TV's - I won't go back! After a few weeks a sound problem developed where a high pitched humm or buzz would come through for a few seconds and then go away (happened once or twice a day) when sound was played through the TV. The warranty will get it taken care of, but as for now, my external sound system makes this a great TV experience. I would love to have just one remote to run everything, but will have to settle for two as a model is not made yet. The remote was not hard to get used to as the on-screen set-up prompts are a rotating sphere. It is easy to adjust the picture as to a room or lighting. Also I like the zoom and freeze frame feature. I have heard that these TV's are giving way to newer models - but with Olevia you can't go wrong.
Overall Rating
3 Star Review

Reviewed by: jtamashiro

Updated:01-28-07

Duration of ownership:3 Months

Strengths: Great picture. ATSC Tuner is very good.

Weaknesses: Remote control non standard and menu interface clunky.

Overall Evaluation: Bought this internet mail order. The picture is great, especially using the ATSC tuner. One bad flaw ... (and this might only be particular to my cable box) when I use my cable box, I get a white "static" line across the top of the screen. This is at random. Tech support said something about a 37th (39th) line. This is supposedly the closed caption line which is broadcast by the major networks. They said they don't overscan and there is no way to get rid of this--beyond their control. Well you can adjust and move the picture up vertically to erase this line, however the setting does not stick. So when you power cycle the tv, the line comes back. I don't see this line using the antenna.The remote is clunky, but worse than that ... it doesn't follow the standard remote control guidelines, hence I cannot find any setting on my programmable cable box controller that will turn the TV on and off. So I have to live with 2 remotes or get a "soft programmable learning" remote control.So the pic is great ... better than some of the low-cost LCD tvs in the same price range. But they sure could do a better job at programming the firmware on the TV and their tech support is poor. They don't listen to you and are somewhat rude in talking to you.
Overall Rating
3 Star Review

Reviewed by: longtg

Updated:01-22-07

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Nice Picture & price

Weaknesses: can't be controlled by universal remotes, input sound level ignored, can't change brightness, horrible menu system

Overall Evaluation: It can't be controlled by universal remotes - you have to use olevia remote which is poor for controlling anything else. I use the HDMI input. The input sound level is ignored, basically on or off, so you have to use the Olevia remote for that. The menu system is horrible and I can't change the brightness for a dark room. I didn't have any luck finding or downloading a firmware update on my first attempt. Hopefully some of these problems can be fixed with an update.
Overall Rating
5 Star Review

Reviewed by: craigg1

Updated:01-18-07

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: Excellent picture quality, great value

Weaknesses: None

Overall Evaluation: This is my second Olevia TV and I have to say that I'm 100% satisfied. I won't repeat what has been said in prior reviews except to say that no other LCD brand offers the quality, picture, and overall value of the Olevia series of LCDs. There may be a few LCDs that may be slightly better than Olevia but they will cost you 2 - 3 times the price of the Olevia.