Comments on: CG Holiday 2007 Recommendation: Insignia 26-inch 720p LCD HDTV for $399 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/cg-holiday-2007-recommendation-insignia-26-inch-720p-lcd-hdtv-for-399/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:19:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Simon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/cg-holiday-2007-recommendation-insignia-26-inch-720p-lcd-hdtv-for-399/#comment-540549 Simon Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:06:03 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/cg-holiday-2007-recommendation-insignia-26-inch-720p-lcd-hdtv-for-399/#comment-540549 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. 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.

]]> By: pete http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/cg-holiday-2007-recommendation-insignia-26-inch-720p-lcd-hdtv-for-399/#comment-537825 pete Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:06:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/cg-holiday-2007-recommendation-insignia-26-inch-720p-lcd-hdtv-for-399/#comment-537825 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 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

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