I have seen two LCD tellies for sale at $299, whilemost other brands are $400 to $500 for their smallmodels. The $299 specimens had a terrible picture.For one of the cheapies, I saw the specications,which included contrast ratio of 700, but itlooked more like a 7:1 ratio.Why are the cheapies so bad? Is the manufacturerusing reject components or what?

** Makes and models - please.** Had an " AWA" brand LCD monitor/ TV here in my workshop a week or two ago. The pic and sound were really excellent. Customer bought from Big W for $ 299....... Phil

hi, cause you only look at ONE lcd tv and think its great.try looking at others, for instance on the sont the refresh rate is very poor, also , say theres a person wearing a shirt , u naturally have light and dark areas, because of shadowing , with the sony , most of the time its just one color, with no shadowing.the very latest sony is crap , refresh rate is poor , , , also for instance , say a person is wearing a shirt , u naturally have light and dar

why are cheap LCD televisions so dismal?

Sep 28, 2007 43 Replies

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mark krawczuk 18 years ago

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Ian Galbraith 18 years ago

I have looked at lots of LCDs. If you compare the refresh rate to plasma of course it looks poor. LCD has other advantages though, you don't like the LCD picture fine, I personally prefer it to plasma.

"You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. If there's any kind of fiction better than that, I don't know what it is." - Joss Whedon

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David L. Jones 18 years ago

Dave.

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Alan Rutlidge 18 years ago

I've found it impossible to get any spec regarding the refresh rate on any domestic plasma display. So what is the typical refresh rate on plasma screens, say in the 50" size and where can this info be read?

Cheers, Alan

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