Westinghouse LVM-37W1 37" HD Ready Flat Panel LCD Monitor
Best bang-for-buck LCD TV on the market
First, a brief note on the reviewer's experience below whose TV's power supply and light sources went bad: I don't think that experience is typical at all.<br /><br />I did my research with this set. I looked for HDTVs for 4 months or so, and had more-or-less settled on the Sharp Aquos line (and also resigned myself to paying $3000+ for a 42\\" TV) when I went to Best Buy with a friend to do some more looking around.<br /><br />The Westinghouse caught our eye at the same time. We wandered over to it and were very impressed by the quality of its HD picture. It was side-by-side next to a Sony Wega 27\\" TV, which seemed to have better analog performance, but was actually very comparable for HD.<br /><br />I looked at those two pictures side-by-side for a long time. That $1499 sale price tag sure did seem enticing. Ah, what the heck, I figured. Let's see how it does. If I don't like it, I can always return it.<br /><br />It's been 5 months since I bought it. And it's a great TV.<br /><br />Pros: HD picture quality! It has a plethora of inputs, and 2 DVI inputs. Great contrast ratio--guests will exclaim at the quality of fine white fonts on a dark screen in a program's credits in INHD, for instance. Did I mention how cheap it is?<br /><br />Cons: analog picture is bleah. Blacks are a little soggy, whites can be washed out sometimes, too. Edge lighting is a bit uneven. In a dark room, my set has a brighter \\"blob\\" in the middle of the screen. It's not noticeable unless you know it's there, though. The remote is dinky and should be scrapped for a decent universal ASAP.