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 Stunning Picture! December 9, 2008
I've had the Westinghouse TX-42F430S for a little over three weeks now and am very pleased with the HDTV. I have been thinking of buying a 1080p LCD HDTV for some time now, perhaps as many people have and finally purchased this one and thought to add to the reviews for what it is worth.
Many people have expressed the pros and cons, problems, or none, concerns and such, and I thought to try to add to that list, though the list by others is rather exhaustive in some respects.
The picture is stunning with 1080i content, and even 720p is impressive as well, the standard 480i is weaker for the most part, but that is to be expected as I suppose, but still watchable if one desires.
It has great clarity, loose threads on clothing can be seen, heavy makeup on women, the little bumps, hairs on peoples skin, veins in eyes, mottled appearance of skin, freckles and such, or lack thereof. It's terrific and am very pleased with that.
Colors seem true, and the panel itself to the eyes not busy, but quiet, with very little pixel movement on quality feeds and proper lighting.
It exhibits great depth of field at times. Good quality photography can bring out a three dimensional feel.
Other things: it changes channels rather quickly for digital, appearance is a personal thing, but I like the way it looks,
I receive broadcast over the air, so that is all I can comment on, but that is where is supposed to shine anyway.
Content such as evening prime time shows in 1080i are very pleasing to watch, The Today show, the Tonight show, and Letterman, Saturday Night live and things of that nature one has to be impressed with the TV.
Football has its variations depending on the feed, the cameras used, the stadium and lighting, night games, and such. But overall very pleased and that is just because of the limitations imposed by the conditions, not the TV itself. With poorer feeds there can be some pixeling on long shots, replays and such, but on good feeds, and lighting, and cameras barely noticeable. Overall I would think a sports fan would not be unhappy with this HDTV.
Here is something that might be of help to those that have been trying to find a video profile to use that is pleasing, well, pleasing to me at least. I did I take some time to research video profiles, finding one on a review at Cnet, and have modified that video profile, and am pleased with that for most viewing.
I took one of the profiles, Game in this instance and modified it as follows. Brightness 55, Contrast 50, Saturation 42, Hue 48, Sharpness 15, Backlight 100, Color Temperature (Neutral), on the next menu (Calibration), Deinterlace (on), 3D Comb Filter (on), Skin Tone 55, Color Temperature (Neutral), Dynamic Contrast (on), Black Adjustment 55, White Adjustment 50, Saturation 42, Hue 48, Sharpness 15, Backlight 100. (By the way the Dynamic Contrast on mine does work.) You can try this if you like, and see if it works for you. I do get deep blacks this way, and people look natural, and scenes in dimly lit areas still come through, it has a very natural look to it, not a punchy look to draw attention like store displays. It's not overly bright for dimly lit rooms, and all this, of course, in my estimation.
Others have expressed a weakness with Blacks, after video profiling I have no problems with the blacks not being black enough.
Anyway, its late in the game for this model, and I mainly wanted to add the video profile for others that may be looking for one. Enjoy your viewing if you happen to have one, or are thinking about purchasing one.
Oh, by the way, this is my sixth Westinghouse LCD Product and have been very pleased with them. Very pleased with customer service as well.
 Best value for the money out there for 1080p November 30, 2008
Got this myself about a year and a half ago at the brick'n'mortar yellow tag store. And have to say the value for this has been excellent. Especially after $1,050 I paid. Left some room for my killer 360 Pro w/ HDMI. Absolutely perfect picture, and all the connections are just added bonus.
On odd occasion the set may give a fit, but a simple power down and reboot of the system's self test always fixes the bug. Haven't brought myself to flash through it's USB port....don't want to find myself with a 70lb brick. And no big deal hitting a simple switch on the surge protector.
Paired with my 22" PC monitor from Westinghouse.....nothing but great value's for the money.
Now if they would only come out with a 1080p 32" for my bedroom...
Excellent picture. August 8, 2008
I bought this TV a week ago. I like the TV but it is a little buggy. One reviewer said that it didn't remember things from the remote well. I thought that was a jest but I've had the same experience. You enter stuff on the remote but it's different when you go back sometimes. Weird. It has easy to use menus however and it will eventually remember the settings correctly if you put them in a time or two. Maybe I did something wrong, I'm not really sure. It could be that you have to do it a certain way for it to remember the setting.
My biggest two problems so far with the TV are the service port will not load updated firmware and the default picture quality. Westinghouse is working on the issue with the service port. They've called me several times now. Since I don't have a big problem with anything hardware related I'm not all that concerned about that one.
The second annoyance is the default picture setting SUCK. It's a monitor though in essence with a tuner and as such it can be adjusted to a perfect picture unless something is really wrong. I own a spider used to calibrate monitors but so far I have not used it. I just used someone elses settings from a forum and the picture is VERY nice after making the changes. It seems stupid to me Westinghouse would ship it with uncalibrated settings as the "default".
The picture is beautiful though. It makes non HD DVD's look poor quality after watching HD for a while. It reminds me of going back to VHS at times. It really shines on good HD signals.
It is a very good TV July 22, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am surprised by the reviews of others as their reviews aren't about this particular TV, but about a Digital Picture frame and one even left negative reviews about other TVs he didnt even own. I have this TV and I think it is a very well made TV. Don't pay more than you have to for a TV. All these manufacturers buy their LCDs from the same place. So all you are doing is paying for the marketing. I work in the Computer hardware industry and most, if not all companies buy OEM to cut costs. Don't think because you bought a Samsung or Sony that it is any better than the others.
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