Dynex DX-L42-10A 42" LCD TV
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- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9)
- Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Response Time: 6.5 ms
- Broadcast Format Displayed: 1080p (HDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 720p (HDTV) 480p (EDTV) 480i (SDTV)
- Contrast Ratio: 2,500:1
- Screen Size: 42 inch
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An absolute bargain
Pros
Picture and number of inputs are very impressive for the price
Cons
Rotten speakers; my old video game systems look awful on this.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
This set is hard to beat for the price.
Tragedy struck our home a few weeks ago -- our beloved and trusty RCA 29" tube television died on us. It was a sad thing, indeed.
I had hoped to replace that one with another standard definition, tube television (more on my reasons why later), but we decided to go ahead and get an HDTV set. We did some research and, since I'm a cheap bastard, we decided to pick up the Dynex DX-L42-10A LCD television. Folks, this thing is a steal for $600 dollars and we've been very happy with it.
What do you get for that $600? A 1080p television (1920 x 1080 resolution) that is very light (50 pounds), is mounted on an incredibly durable and sturdy base and throws a fantastic picture. Yes, you just can't beat the picture for the price. As I understand it, that has something to do with the high brightness levels (400 cd/m-squared) and contrast (2500:1). No, I have no idea what the numbers mean, but I do know this set looks very good -- you've got a big, bright screen that has no problem with glare and reproduces images very well in about any lighting you can imagine. We're not running HDTV yet, but this set does wonders with our Dish Network, standard digital receiver. We've got an up-converter DVD player plugged into one of the sets HDMI ports and the picture looks fantastic on this set.
I do know the value of a lot of inputs and this set comes with a generous number of them. You get 3 HDMI inputs (for high definition signals), a PC video input (VGA), 2 composite video inputs, 2 component video inputs, 2 S-video inputs and even the old RF cable input. The video inputs, of course, are matched with the appropriate audio inputs.
One of my favorite things about this set is that it comes with an optical audio out jack so any sounds that are pumped into this television can be sent to a surround sound system with ease. That is very important as Dynex obviously made the decision to put rotten speakers in this set. You get two, 10-watt speakers and they just sound tinny and cheap. That's not much of a problem as who buys one of these television and doesn't get a decent surround sound system to go with it?
With all of those inputs, it is a bit difficult to set up everything. Fortunately, it's easy to customize the signal running into each port and you can change the zoom level from normal to wide to cinematic and such with ease. I love how easy it is to make those changes as I seem to be fooling with this set quite a bit (i.e., I might have brightness and contrast levels set differently for sports than for other broadcasts, switch to a normal view for 4:3 broadcasts and choose a wide view for 16:9 broadcasts, etc.)
So, this television represents a great value for the dollar. The picture is huge, colorful and clear and all those inputs mean there's plenty of room to grow.
Sadly, however, I almost wish I didn't buy it. Why? I love my old video games, but my NES, Super NES and Sega Genesis look like garbage on this thing and there's not a whole lot I can do about it. When playing those old systems, I put them in their native 4:3 aspect ratio and run the SNES through the S-video port. Those old games just don't look great due to the fact their native 240p resolution doesn't up-convert well to this set. That, however, is a common problem with HDTV sets.
Still, it's an annoying problem. I love to stay up and play video games in the living room while the wife and kids are asleep, so the fact my vintage systems look so horrible is a problem. My Sony PS1, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Gamecube and Nintendo Wii all look great on this set, but I do love the classics. I feel a bit cheated in that regard and have found myself engaged in the futile attempt of trying to find something fun to do with my Wii instead of playing those old games I love (the novelty of the Wii wears off in a hurry -- believe me on this, kids).
Hopefully, someone will figure out a way to make older gaming systems look good on an HDTV. Until then, I suppose we'll be either abandoning those old systems for the new ones or installing S-video mods and hoping for the best.
Still, this television is an absolute steal for the price and anyone considering a decent LCD, widescreen set should at least give it a look.
I had hoped to replace that one with another standard definition, tube television (more on my reasons why later), but we decided to go ahead and get an HDTV set. We did some research and, since I'm a cheap bastard, we decided to pick up the Dynex DX-L42-10A LCD television. Folks, this thing is a steal for $600 dollars and we've been very happy with it.
What do you get for that $600? A 1080p television (1920 x 1080 resolution) that is very light (50 pounds), is mounted on an incredibly durable and sturdy base and throws a fantastic picture. Yes, you just can't beat the picture for the price. As I understand it, that has something to do with the high brightness levels (400 cd/m-squared) and contrast (2500:1). No, I have no idea what the numbers mean, but I do know this set looks very good -- you've got a big, bright screen that has no problem with glare and reproduces images very well in about any lighting you can imagine. We're not running HDTV yet, but this set does wonders with our Dish Network, standard digital receiver. We've got an up-converter DVD player plugged into one of the sets HDMI ports and the picture looks fantastic on this set.
I do know the value of a lot of inputs and this set comes with a generous number of them. You get 3 HDMI inputs (for high definition signals), a PC video input (VGA), 2 composite video inputs, 2 component video inputs, 2 S-video inputs and even the old RF cable input. The video inputs, of course, are matched with the appropriate audio inputs.
One of my favorite things about this set is that it comes with an optical audio out jack so any sounds that are pumped into this television can be sent to a surround sound system with ease. That is very important as Dynex obviously made the decision to put rotten speakers in this set. You get two, 10-watt speakers and they just sound tinny and cheap. That's not much of a problem as who buys one of these television and doesn't get a decent surround sound system to go with it?
With all of those inputs, it is a bit difficult to set up everything. Fortunately, it's easy to customize the signal running into each port and you can change the zoom level from normal to wide to cinematic and such with ease. I love how easy it is to make those changes as I seem to be fooling with this set quite a bit (i.e., I might have brightness and contrast levels set differently for sports than for other broadcasts, switch to a normal view for 4:3 broadcasts and choose a wide view for 16:9 broadcasts, etc.)
So, this television represents a great value for the dollar. The picture is huge, colorful and clear and all those inputs mean there's plenty of room to grow.
Sadly, however, I almost wish I didn't buy it. Why? I love my old video games, but my NES, Super NES and Sega Genesis look like garbage on this thing and there's not a whole lot I can do about it. When playing those old systems, I put them in their native 4:3 aspect ratio and run the SNES through the S-video port. Those old games just don't look great due to the fact their native 240p resolution doesn't up-convert well to this set. That, however, is a common problem with HDTV sets.
Still, it's an annoying problem. I love to stay up and play video games in the living room while the wife and kids are asleep, so the fact my vintage systems look so horrible is a problem. My Sony PS1, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Gamecube and Nintendo Wii all look great on this set, but I do love the classics. I feel a bit cheated in that regard and have found myself engaged in the futile attempt of trying to find something fun to do with my Wii instead of playing those old games I love (the novelty of the Wii wears off in a hurry -- believe me on this, kids).
Hopefully, someone will figure out a way to make older gaming systems look good on an HDTV. Until then, I suppose we'll be either abandoning those old systems for the new ones or installing S-video mods and hoping for the best.
Still, this television is an absolute steal for the price and anyone considering a decent LCD, widescreen set should at least give it a look.
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