Olevia 37 inch LCD reviews/recommendations?

[dx23]

K-Mart has on its ad this 37" LCD HDTV for $650 and I was wondering if this is a good buy?

[SoSpacey]

model number?

[dx23]

237t

[Bluelitespecial]

I don't own one, but I work at a kmart right now. It has a great looking picture, but I think it has only one hdmi port, and its a 1080i output.

[SoSpacey]

Owners thread at AVS (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=854946)

[SoSpacey]

I don't own one, but I work at a kmart right now. It has a great looking picture, but I think it has only one hdmi port, and its a 1080i output.


well, 720p native. no need for 1080p on a set this size.

1 HDMI slot can be fixed with a switch from monoprice, or with a receiver with multiple hdmi connections and 1 going into the tv.

[johnnykiss]

I picked up this TV a couple of weeks ago for around $750 and absolutely love it. Picture quality is great and I would definitely recommend it especially at that price. For what it's worth mine has 2 HDMI inputs. I believe this model originally had one input but all newer models should have two. Not sure which one you would end up with at Kmart, though.

[Sdallnct]

I put an 27" Olevia in the bar. Got to say while I thought it was "nice" I wasn't overly impressed. It is bright. Very bright. And sharp. But I thought pretty poor black levels and it seems a tad harsh, almost digital looking. And tho a small picture I don't get that "3-D" look I get on my other HD displays. Now for the bar that is really a bright room (4 windows AND 4 skylights) it was a good choice.

I got a Samsung LCD for the living room at Christmas (46"). Much better blacks and more of that 3-D look I expect from HD. But of course it was almost double the price you are looking at.

[dx23]

Picked it up yesterday and it looks great. The K-Mart nearby only had the previous model, so I went to another one 15 minutes from my house and they had the newer one with the 2 HDMI inputs. I already plugged the PS3 and the HD player and both look fantastic.

By the way, thanks for all the replies. The help was much appreciated.

[Sdallnct]

Go to the owners thread in AVS to get ideas on settings and calibration. Typically one of the first things to do out of the box is turn down the brightness.