Westinghouse TX-52F480S 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Review by Barry Blancq for Westinghouse TX-52F480S 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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The packaging was adequate. No frills , but thats how I like it. Cut costs where it doesn’t hurt.

Weight, Heavy but manageable. Me and a little creativity put on top of my mantle.

Bezel and overall appearance are great. The Bezel trim is glossy but not mirror glossy like my Vizio.

Setup was simple.

Menu is very intuitive and easy to navigate.

The remote is also no frills , I like this too. However it is very light and one of the most comfortable I have held in a long time. Very easy to operate without looking.

Picture quality is far better than the westies I am used to seeing in the retail locations. Not gray at all. The night before I watched Spider Man 3 via Blu ray on my friends 52″ Sony Bravia. Last night I played the exact same movie and used the same player. I, nor my wife could tell a difference. Maybe side by side there ” may” have been a difference but nothing we either noticed. I surely saw no $1200 difference!

The spine/ waterfall design came in very handy as I hooked up various connections. I still have not tried my HTPC.

When displaying OTA content natively there is a row or two of pixels of “snow”. I beleive others have posted about this. However at my distance “FILL” and “OVERSCAN” do just fine.

Menu has a ton of options as well.

Cons

Have found none yet! I will update as I do.

Review by Y. Li for Westinghouse TX-52F480S 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I’ve had this TV for about two months. Like the picture quality. Don’t expect the sound to be as good as a $3000 TV, but it is good enough in general. Or you can always hook up a home theatre with it. It seems to have a feature of self-shut-down after an electric shortage. You’ll have to unplug and plug the power cord physically to reset it. I am not sure what is the mechanism, but it is not very convenient. Other than that, I think it is the best 52″ TV I could find for under 2k.

Review by Y. Bitton for Westinghouse TX-52F480S 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I have had this television set since June 2008. I had 90 days to return it to Costco and get all of my money back. Costco is down the street from my house. For 75 of those 90 days I swore I was taking it back.

Somewhere between day 75 and day 90 I realized this is a freakin’ awesome TV. Once I got over the “I must only buy brand name TVs that electronic geeks think are best for me” insecurities, I was able to fall in love with the picture quality on this set and enjoy it more each day.

Every brand will have quirks. If the features on this Westinghouse suit your needs, don’t hesitate because you think the lower price will mean substandard picture quality.

Absolutely nothing wrong with this TV.

Review by A. Tse for Westinghouse TX-52F480S 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I was hesitant to venture away from the big Sony, Toshiba, Sharp, Samsung, and LG brands. But professional reviews from PC Magazine and UltimateAV.com highly recommended this TV for excellent contrast, color, and brightness so I took a “risk.”

Ends up that it wasn’t that much of a risk. Apparently Westinghouse is the largest maker of LCDs under 32″ and has been pushing really hard to become one of the big players for large HDTVs (I read somewhere that they are the fourth largest LCD maker overall in the US). Whereas other big name manufacturers experiment with different feature combinations in their various 52″ panels to maximize money out of consumers (think BMW and their various “series”), Westinghouse focused on getting the major features right for a great price and create happy customers.

I really like the picture quality. Very crisp 1080p with exceptional contrast. Basically no need to adjust color as it’s nearly perfect out of the box (just about every other HDTV needs professional calibration). Extremely bright even when surrounded by four windows. No issue with screen glare from overhead lighting. No ghosting issues that I can see. Instant on when energy saver mode is off.

I would have liked to see 120 hz processing although that is still a mostly unproven technology from my understanding (I can’t really tell the difference at my local big box retailer) and HDMI 1.3 (this one is 1.2a) w/Lip Synch. All this can be had from the big names for about […]…way more than the ~[…] I paid for this unit.

Review by Wade Campbell for Westinghouse TX-52F480S 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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Great TV. It would be unwise to pay more money for higher end models. I

have seen higher end models and really can’t see a difference. The sound

on this TV is just fine. I guess the other reviewer expected this TV to have a bose surround sound built in. I am very happy with my TV and Cructhfield for having the lowest price anywhere. I have done extensive research and found this TV to be the best bang for your buck. I don’t see how you could go wrong with this TV. It might not have features like PIP or some other silly feature people want thats never used. This TV has all the features I need. It has a great picture and looks good. Don’t get caught up in specs;this TV is great. So far im very pleased. I have another westinghouse 32″LCD and 20″ computer monitor that are 2 years old. At this point im very pleased with them thats why I decided to buy a 3rd from them. Long as this TV holds up like the other two I will be very pleased.