Westinghouse Electric SK-19H210S 19" HDTV LCD TV
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- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9)
- Display Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels
- Response Time: 5 ms
- Broadcast Format Displayed: 720p (HDTV) 480p (EDTV) 480i (SDTV)
- Contrast Ratio: 1,000:1
- Digital TV Standard: HDTV Television
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Very disappointed
Pros
excellent image; compact design; acceptable sound; flexible connections
Cons
digital tuner fails to operate with remote (both sets); sound volume too low
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
The QAM tuner/remote does not operate correctly with a direct cable connection. Will return.
I purchased two of these HDTVs. My purpose was to connect them directly to my cable (Cablevision) without the box so that I could watch their clear-QAM digital signals.
Both HDTVs did correctly detect all of the clear-QAM signals available from Cablevision during the autoscan.
Quality of the screen image was excellent; sound was acceptable.
But, digital mode:
The tuner/remote did not work as expected.
Two major problems:
selecting 2.1 from the remote did nothing (2.1 does exist).
Selecting 11.1 selected 9.1.
Annoying problems:
The info button did not work when watching digital stations
The digital channels were not organized in sequence by channel by rather by cable frequency so, for example, the "channel up/down" function on the remote would go from 4.1 to 13.1 to 7.1 (you get the idea).
I could select, for example, 2.1 when using the "Program Guide" function of the remote. So, with some effort, I could get the tuner to select the channel I wanted to watch.
Both of the HDTVs exhibited the same problems.
Analog functioning was perfect.
Westinghouse support said that the problem was with my cable company. They went on to say that digital signals could not be detected by their HDTV unless it was connected to an antenna rather than to a cable. I have another HDTV from another manufacturer also with a QAM tuner and it works perfectly in the identical configuration as the Westinghouse.
I cannot recommend this system.
Both HDTVs did correctly detect all of the clear-QAM signals available from Cablevision during the autoscan.
Quality of the screen image was excellent; sound was acceptable.
But, digital mode:
The tuner/remote did not work as expected.
Two major problems:
selecting 2.1 from the remote did nothing (2.1 does exist).
Selecting 11.1 selected 9.1.
Annoying problems:
The info button did not work when watching digital stations
The digital channels were not organized in sequence by channel by rather by cable frequency so, for example, the "channel up/down" function on the remote would go from 4.1 to 13.1 to 7.1 (you get the idea).
I could select, for example, 2.1 when using the "Program Guide" function of the remote. So, with some effort, I could get the tuner to select the channel I wanted to watch.
Both of the HDTVs exhibited the same problems.
Analog functioning was perfect.
Westinghouse support said that the problem was with my cable company. They went on to say that digital signals could not be detected by their HDTV unless it was connected to an antenna rather than to a cable. I have another HDTV from another manufacturer also with a QAM tuner and it works perfectly in the identical configuration as the Westinghouse.
I cannot recommend this system.
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