That is what I am counting on. As a newb HDTV buyer and a newb LCD-TV buyer this critter was a big leap for me. The Costco free extended warrenty and the 90 return policy made is what clinched the deal.

Too bad it doesn't have PIP, but none of my other TVs do, either.

evilwon said:pdiggity said:lzpoof said:ebet said:2000:1 Contrast Ratio...... I'll Pass


well, first off you do't even know if that's native or dynamic. If it were native then it would be a very good number. It's a little confusing there cause some previous westinghouse models had 1000:1 native ratio and the TX series had 1000:1 native/4000:1 dynamic. I'd guess it's dynamic but then why wouldn't westinghouse just artifically boost the dynamic numbers like they (and all the other companies) did on their other models?

To say 'I'll pass' without even clarifying that is really ignorant.

And as far as the number, compared to the budget line TV's you really won't notice much difference. Heck I turn my dynamic either low or off on my samsung A630 and I would if I had a budget one too..... I hate the screen constantly brightening and dimming. So if 2 budget TV's both had 1000:1 native contrast but one had a huge dynamic contrast I'd probably never see the difference anyway nor would a majority of buyers.

ALSO, please show me another 42" 1920X1080 PC monitor for $700 ? I'm sure there's going to be a lot of buyers that want it specifically for computer usage even a 1000:1 native contrast would beat most PC monitors.

I'd agree - It's going to take a while to bring up the native contrast on LCD's , the technology is almost there but not quite affordable yet. Dynamic contrast really does help from what I've seen - I have a 22" LCD with 1000:1 native, but 4000:1 dynamic, and it's an impressive improvement especially in games. For most people lower contrast ratios aren't an issue with a computer monitor, but more so with a TV that used mainly for TV and movies -- 42" on your office's computer desk is a bit ridiculous I think , but maybe for a nice HTPC setup. Good price though.

You're missing the point. You can spend far more than this on a lot smaller "computer" monitor. Give me this for this price or (maybe) a Samsung 26" "computer" monitor for a little less...I'd take this.

One last thing, while you may think it is too big, plenty of others do not. You opinion on what is too big/small is not relevant to the topic. Personally, if I was still in my gaming hayday, I'd love to be playing some TF2 on a 42" monitor mounted on my wall.

Great price...wifey would kill me if I came home with another TV/monitor though...Unless you have your office's computer desk mounted on the wall, you're missing the point!

I have a 47'' and i am so happy with it. I dont need another 1. but for 699 i am thinkingggggggggg......

i was just worried that perhaps it wouldnt support a good enough res in pc computing. can you connect HDMI port to the pc?

might have to go check this out but concerned about hte lack of hdmi connections.

Is $699 the normal price on this tv, or is this a sale price?

its your vga card. that or neuter the id pins on the vga card and manually select the resolution.

when my 8600GT (it was new back then) nvidia released a bad driver that didn't do the right resolutions. a few days later they fixed it but during that time i couldn't do 1920x1080 without pulling the pins out that are used to (basically) pnp the display to the o/s.

rigor said:its your vga card. that or neuter the id pins on the vga card and manually select the resolution.

when my 8600GT (it was new back then) nvidia released a bad driver that didn't do the right resolutions. a few days later they fixed it but during that time i couldn't do 1920x1080 without pulling the pins out that are used to (basically) pnp the display to the o/s.

I have a Radeon 9600, are you saying the drivers are bad or that I need to get a new video card? I tried two different drivers. The original one and the most recent release.

With regard to the computer input, I have my Compaq F730US laptop plugged into the Westy right now. Comes up as 1920 x 1080 and works great. Just watched a Little Brittain episode via Netflix on demand.

jonrule said:evilwon said:pdiggity said:lzpoof said:ebet said:2000:1 Contrast Ratio...... I'll Pass


well, first off you do't even know if that's native or dynamic. If it were native then it would be a very good number. It's a little confusing there cause some previous westinghouse models had 1000:1 native ratio and the TX series had 1000:1 native/4000:1 dynamic. I'd guess it's dynamic but then why wouldn't westinghouse just artifically boost the dynamic numbers like they (and all the other companies) did on their other models?

To say 'I'll pass' without even clarifying that is really ignorant.

And as far as the number, compared to the budget line TV's you really won't notice much difference. Heck I turn my dynamic either low or off on my samsung A630 and I would if I had a budget one too..... I hate the screen constantly brightening and dimming. So if 2 budget TV's both had 1000:1 native contrast but one had a huge dynamic contrast I'd probably never see the difference anyway nor would a majority of buyers.

ALSO, please show me another 42" 1920X1080 PC monitor for $700 ? I'm sure there's going to be a lot of buyers that want it specifically for computer usage even a 1000:1 native contrast would beat most PC monitors.

I'd agree - It's going to take a while to bring up the native contrast on LCD's , the technology is almost there but not quite affordable yet. Dynamic contrast really does help from what I've seen - I have a 22" LCD with 1000:1 native, but 4000:1 dynamic, and it's an impressive improvement especially in games. For most people lower contrast ratios aren't an issue with a computer monitor, but more so with a TV that used mainly for TV and movies -- 42" on your office's computer desk is a bit ridiculous I think , but maybe for a nice HTPC setup. Good price though.

You're missing the point. You can spend far more than this on a lot smaller "computer" monitor. Give me this for this price or (maybe) a Samsung 26" "computer" monitor for a little less...I'd take this.

One last thing, while you may think it is too big, plenty of others do not. You opinion on what is too big/small is not relevant to the topic. Personally, if I was still in my gaming hayday, I'd love to be playing some TF2 on a 42" monitor mounted on my wall.

Great price...wifey would kill me if I came home with another TV/monitor though...Unless you have your office's computer desk mounted on the wall, you're missing the point!

$699 for this or $699 on a 25-27" monitor. Don't think I'm missing the point...unless there is a huge premium on space, bigger is better and this has more functionality. Ridiculous is what was said...which it is not if it is a similar price point AND it has more functionality to boot. It does not have to be mounted on a wall to enjoy it....it would fit on my desk just fine.

I'm waiting for my local costco to get it in stock. You could easily mount this on a wall as a tv/monitor, hooked up to a computer. With a wireless keyboard and mouse, you could just put a desk across the room.