CG Holiday 2007 Recommendation: Insignia 26-inch 720p LCD HDTV for $399
- December 10th, 2007
- 2 Comments
After somehow destroying my 20-inch LCD TV in a cross-country move, I needed to face down the task of replacing it.
I didn’t want to spend a ton of money and I didn’t need a huge TV but I did want something a little bigger than 20 inches.
This TV has been a great replacement. There’s a built-in HD tuner, two HDMI connections, two component inputs, two composite inputs, VGA connection, and an S-Video hookup.
The picture is very nice, surprisingly nice for a sub-$400 TV. The regular price is $549 but it’s been on sale quite a bit since it’s a Best Buy brand — it’s been as low as $379, as referenced in an earlier CrunchDeal.
If you’re looking for a great TV for a bedroom or den, this is an outstanding, inexpensive option.
Insignia® - 26" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV [BestBuy.com]
pete (Who am I?)
8 months ago
i bought the 32″ version of this TV at best buy about a month ago, and we couldn’t be happier. The HD channels look beautiful, the sound is decent, and for the price ($530 for the 32″) we think we got a great deal.
My review:
http://onebigswede.blogspot.com/2007_11_11_archive.html
Simon (Who am I?)
8 months ago
I bought this TV a month ago and I agree it’s great for the money. I was surprised how good the speakers sounded because most LCD speakers are lame but these actually sound decent, better than the speakers on my 50-inch Samsung plasma in the family room. I also like the way the TV handles SD signals because usually the images appear blurred and stretched on most budget LCD’s but on this one it is a fairly sharp picture. Watching in HD is great. I found the best picture setting for me for contrast and brightness was to set the contrast to 100% and then turn on a movie with a lot of black areas, then I moved the brightness until the blacks looked the blackest. I think my brightness is set around 30%. A TV calibration specialist once told me this is the best general method for setting up an LCD panel and I think it turned out pretty good.
I actually got this TV for $349 on the week of thanksgiving. Best Buy was also have a deal for Reward Zone members, you get triple points so in a month I’m going to get another $20 in discount vouchers. I think the deal is still going on until the end of December. I just can’t believe how the price of LCD’s is falling so quickly, last year I spent $350 on a no-name 19-inch LCD.