Suggestions please

[NPYYZ]

Hi all, My Mother is losing her eyesite due to a cancerous brain tumor. (She and I actually had radiation treatments at the same time last may and june) Anyway a few months ago I brought my 32" standard tv to her home so she could see it better than the 20" she was using. Well now she is having a hard time seeing the 32" and she wants to buy a larger wide screen flat panel TV. She is not going to get the high def cable box she just wants a bigger screen. I don't think it will make a difference but she wants to get one. She's got to watch her Red Sox games lol. So is there anything decent she can get 35" to 45" wide screen for not a ton of money? I've been looking at the Vizio's and they seem to be priced right, this one's do-able (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Vizio...oductDetail.do) are they any good?

[Jon Liu]

I know my friends got a 42" Visio from Costco a little while back for a pretty dang good price. I'll try to find out more about theirs and what price they paid.

The brands like Insignia, Visio, Westinghouse, etc. are very good choices for "bargain" shopping. I hear great things about each of them, especially at their price point.

Either way, I'm sorry to hear about your mother, though!

[ZoomZoom71]

A friend of mine bought a 37" Vizio LCD display and is very pleased with it. I have a 32" Insignia LCD that I'm pretty happy w/ as well. Cheap brands are probably an OK way to go.

[D_Litch]

Westinghouse sets are great even though they are bargain. Insignia also makes excellent sets.

37" for $699

42" for $899

[MadBryan]

I'm sorry to hear about your mothers problem, maybe couldn't she get some magnifying eyeglasses of some sort. I know most wear them for seeing text better while reading and it seems like the same or stronger would work.

[lovekeiiy]

I've done a little research recently on LCD TVs. Vizio, for the price, is a good deal. The picture isn't peferct--some small blurring and not the blackest blacks. A friend of mine has had a Vizio 42" for a two yeas or so. I've watched a couple NFL games on in in high def, and played some 360 on it, and I thought it had a good picture.

Another side bonus to Vizio, is they're suppose to have really good customer service. Given some of our experience with certian electronic devices, this may be appreciated more by others. And prices you see on their website is exactly the price you see at Costco.

For the size you're talking about, you can get a better picture from major brands such as Sony, Panasonic, and so forth. Of course, some models are a lot more expensive too.

[JohnW]

I'd NEVER buy a Vizio---but that's only because I'm a snob audio/videophile.

I recommended it to my parents for their first HD set--and they love it. Great value, Vizio.

[NPYYZ]

Well I've been very busy at work so my sister took my mother out to look a TV's. I suggested they check out the Vizio line. With her eyesight failing she really doesn't need a top of the line set. Anyway my sister called me at work from Sam's Club. She said they could get the 42" Vizio LCD for $800.00 but it was a display model. I told her not to get it, but they got it any way. So after work I went to my moms to set it up for her. It looked quite good with just standard cable connected to it. My mother said she wanted to get the high def cable box and check out high def so yesterday we got the box. I connected everything to the tv and the high def looked like total crap. Every thing had a greenish tint to it, to pitcure was all fuzzy looking, it was much worse then the standard cable picture. I did some adjusting of the setting but I could not get rid of the green tint look. So the high def box is going back and she's just going to watch the standard cable feed.

I'm curious why the high def looked so bad. She has Time Warner Cable and I have Direct TV and my high def looks amazing so I'm guessing it was the TV and not Time Warner. I'm guessing since it was a display model some one must have messed with the component settings and screwed them up some how. Oh well.

[ZoomZoom71]

Yeah, being a display unit might have had something to do w/ your experience. Maybe you can "center" all those settings and start from scratch, unless there is a "default" button to serve that same purpose.

[lovekeiiy]

that's wierd. My buddy has a early version of the Vizio 42" and it looked fine with the HD cable box. He's in SD, so he's either Cox or Timewarner; I don't know what Carlsbad is using now.

I think something is off on the TV. Did you try calling Vizio? They're suppose to have really good customer service. I would also suggest try switching the cable box. Sometimes they go bad; I've had to switch three boxes in the last four years.

[pickleL7]

I have A Vizio 42" I got it for my son to play his wii on (BRAT) but I have had it about 4 months and so far i'm happy with it.But HD looks like crap on his to.
I have A 52'' LG .Same cables same set up so it just might be the TV