SpacemanVT said:anyone know where to get DVI->HDMI converters at a B&M?

Bestbuy has them on their website, you can see if your store has them in stock from the website.

Overpriced

Way overpriced for what it is

SpacemanVT said:anyone know where to get DVI->HDMI converters at a B&M?

they sell them at frys rather cheap,

also NOT the best computer monitor imo, the text against white. wasnt as sharp as my lw37, so I switched back to the 37" (im realizing this is the PERFECT pc monitor, 42" on my desk was just toooo big lol)

on movies its about 8/10 or so, about as good as vizio, with a little less black still need to tune the pic, so ill post back if there is interest

all in all good buy for 699, the most visually anal will want to go for the 120hz imo though

thanks to the OP by the way

Rob669 said:Yeah Xomp is right. I tried the product registration website and it also didn't recognize the serial number. So I couldn't download any new firmware for it. Going to email Westinghouse to see if I can do it via phone or mail.

Just exchanged it today. The new serial number doesn't check out on the website either. Westinghouse taking out the trash, at Costco .
Same ghosting/ringing/whatever effect when looking at text or dark-on-light colored objects (1920x1080, nvidia 7800gt, monoprice dvi-hdmi 28 gauge cable)
Going to call within the next couple days. Hopefully they have a firmware or something that will fix this!!
The firmware build date is Dec-10-07, version 5710_1.6.0

Got one of these yesterday in Atlanta Costco. Having problems when viewing local channels from antenna input. Some channels display the closed caption info at the top of the screen and you get these annoying white/black dots jumping around. Only way around that I can find is to press the FILL button to stretch the picture out. Anyone else having this problem?? I called Westinghouse to check on a possible firmware fix but they said there wasn't any new fw for this tv.

-Ken

newtitan said:SpacemanVT said:anyone know where to get DVI->HDMI converters at a B&M?

they sell them at frys rather cheap,

 

also NOT the best computer monitor imo, the text against white. wasnt as sharp as my lw37, so I switched back to the 37" (im realizing this is the PERFECT pc monitor, 42" on my desk was just toooo big lol)

on movies its about 8/10 or so, about as good as vizio, with a little less black still need to tune the pic, so ill post back if there is interest

all in all good buy for 699, the most visually anal will want to go for the 120hz imo though

thanks to the OP by the way

agreed that the 37" (i had the LVM37W3) is a better PC monitor...I get crisper text using a VGA cable rather than the DVI->HDMI connection from my 8800GT. I think someone mentioned earlier that they were not getting 1920x1080 from VGA, but mine recognized that resolution automatically.

xomp said:Rob669 said:Yeah Xomp is right. I tried the product registration website and it also didn't recognize the serial number. So I couldn't download any new firmware for it. Going to email Westinghouse to see if I can do it via phone or mail.

Just exchanged it today. The new serial number doesn't check out on the website either. Westinghouse taking out the trash, at Costco .
Same ghosting/ringing/whatever effect when looking at text or dark-on-light colored objects (1920x1080, nvidia 7800gt, monoprice dvi-hdmi 28 gauge cable)
Going to call within the next couple days. Hopefully they have a firmware or something that will fix this!!
The firmware build date is Dec-10-07, version 5710_1.6.0

xomp: keeps us updated when you call in. im curious as well.... havent got the cables yet to replicate your issue but will soon.

nm156 said:I just called Westinghouse because my serial was not recognized. The CSR told me that this TV is still fairly new having come out in May of 2007 sometime. Anyway, she explained that when you receive a message saying "serial # not found", it simply means there are no firmware updates available for that particular item. She also had no ETA on an update for this TV.

Just thought this would help some people. As for me, the TV looks great for both TV viewing and as a PC monitor, but I'm no TV expert.

They consider 1 year old electronics "fairly new"? I guess.. haha
Are you using the VGA connection? I'll probably test that out when I get home. The TX had a pretty shaky black @ 1920x1080 when using DVI->VGA adapter (I just used any cheap VGA cable), but I would still prefer the DVI->HDMI to be working well.

KenInAtlanta said:Got one of these yesterday in Atlanta Costco. Having problems when viewing local channels from antenna input. Some channels display the closed caption info at the top of the screen and you get these annoying white/black dots jumping around. Only way around that I can find is to press the FILL button to stretch the picture out. Anyone else having this problem?? I called Westinghouse to check on a possible firmware fix but they said there wasn't any new fw for this tv.

-Ken

I had this TV since January, and notified Westinghouse. Waiting patiently for the firmware fix since then. I won't hold my breath waiting for them to deliver a new firmware.

nm156 said:Yea, VGA for now. I will switch to the HDMI connection once I get a cable. BTW, there are 4 hdmi inputs on this tv, not 2 as per the specs.

even the sticker on the front says 2 HDMI inputs even though there are 4...

Newb here. Found the site while looking for info on this model.

Just picked this up from Costco in Phoenix yesterday afternoon (East Mesa Sossaman store). Interesting that they setup a floor display about 40 feet from the HDTV section. However if you back up far enough, you can compare the display model with the others, for a semi-decent comparison. There were about a dozen boxes left. Buying it with the AMEX card for the extended warranty was an added bonus.

Looks terrific watching the U.S. Open. Looking good on my laptop as well (Nvidia 8400m GS running 1280x1024) with a VGA cable. Streaming MLB TV.com games come in clear. Text and graphics from Firefox look good too; no shifting, ghosting, or other issues mentioned in previous posts.

Model build date is 2007 Dec 10, ver. 5710_1.6.0.