Olevia 37" LCD TV $547 + ship @ Outpost/Frys.com

[Avalon]

Didn't see this posted anywhere, and it looked like a great deal to me.

http://shop4.outpost.com/product/5060095

Came out to about $570 shipped for me, for a pretty decent TV. Doesn't appear to come with a tuner.

 

[Slick5150]

This pops up on frys.com every month or two. Unless you need a tuner, this is an incredible deal.

 

[mshan]

How's picture quality compared to the 37 inch Westinghouse LCD?

 

[kaborka]

There's more discussion in the earlier thread. I looked at this in-store, but they were feeding it from the video out from another tv, since it has no tuner, and I couldn't judge the PQ.

 

[habib89]

so i'm pretty much a hdtv noob.. do the comcast dvr boxes (motorola) have built in hdtv tuners? so i wouldn't actually need a hd tuner for this? is the hdtv tuner only for over the air channels?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: habib89
so i'm pretty much a hdtv noob.. do the comcast dvr boxes (motorola) have built in hdtv tuners? so i wouldn't actually need a hd tuner for this? is the hdtv tuner only for over the air channels?

Correct you won't need an HD tuner if you're using cable, satellite or an HTPC.

 

[habib89]

ok, so this says it's 1080i... is that the best? what kinda cables do you have to get for this?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: habib89
ok, so this says it's 1080i... is that the best? what kinda cables do you have to get for this?

The very best is 1080p but 1080i is still considered HD and looks fantastic.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/13/st...le-difference-between-1080i-and-1080p/

If your Comcast DVR offers HDMI (I think it does) you'll need an HDMI cable.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

What do I need to hook my 360 up to this? Also my Wii.

 

[jarfykk]

I have the TV. It rocks, incredible picture for the price. Only reason you 'need' a tuner is if you're hooking it to a standard definition cable TV signal. If you're using a cable box, satellite, digital cable, etc. you will be just fine. It has one HDMI, one component, VGA, composite....essentially one of each kind. Built-in speakers are just fine for a smaller room, but would be nice to upgrade to a receiver/speakers setup down the road. TV has all the basic light/contrast/aspect features, a sleep timer (nice for me). Pretty much a nice TV, made great by the price. Fry's had a 3 year on-site warranty for $47 (don't know if available over the web). I bought it even though I normally don't because I didn't know the Olevia brand and figured it wasn't very much. If I was buying another Olevia TV now, I probably would pass on the warranty.

I use it with an RCA dvd burner which has a TV tuner built in, and then upsamples it over HDMI in case anyone is wondering. When I move into a new apartment in late June, it will be hooked to a Cox (Scientific Atlanta) 8300 HD-DVR...unless something nicer comes out with Cox in the meantime.

A good purchase for anyone is one of those Logitech Harmony remotes btw....so nice.

 

[matrix5646]

Thanks OP. GF just ordered one for her bedroom. Going to use the VCR as the tuner. Thanks

 

[mshan]

Using the tv tuner in the vcr is a great idea!

I think I'll order one for my sister too.

 

[HKSturboKID]

Give it another month or so and we should be good to go as Manufacturer's are require to build TV and vcr with ATSC tuners.

ATSC Tuner Important Dates

July 1, 2005: All TVs with screen sizes over 36" must include built-in ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2006: 100% of 25-35" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of 13-24" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of all interface devices must have an ATSC digital tuner (VCR, DVD, DVR, ect)
February 17, 2009: TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.

 

[BackgroundMan]

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Give it another month or so and we should be good to go as Manufacturer's are require to build TV and vcr with ATSC tuners.

ATSC Tuner Important Dates

July 1, 2005: All TVs with screen sizes over 36" must include built-in ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2006: 100% of 25-35" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of 13-24" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of all interface devices must have an ATSC digital tuner (VCR, DVD, DVR, ect)
February 17, 2009: TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.

How do these dates affect monitors like this one?

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Give it another month or so and we should be good to go as Manufacturer's are require to build TV and vcr with ATSC tuners.

ATSC Tuner Important Dates

July 1, 2005: All TVs with screen sizes over 36" must include built-in ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2006: 100% of 25-35" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of 13-24" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of all interface devices must have an ATSC digital tuner (VCR, DVD, DVR, ect)
February 17, 2009: TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.

That's just IF the thing is going to have a tuner at all. They can still sell these as "monitors" without any kind of tuner.

But as others have said, if you're using cable or satellite, you don't need the tuner anyways.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: BackgroundMan

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Give it another month or so and we should be good to go as Manufacturer's are require to build TV and vcr with ATSC tuners.

ATSC Tuner Important Dates

July 1, 2005: All TVs with screen sizes over 36" must include built-in ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2006: 100% of 25-35" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of 13-24" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of all interface devices must have an ATSC digital tuner (VCR, DVD, DVR, ect)
February 17, 2009: TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.

How do these dates affect monitors like this one?

Yeah, those dates only apply if it is marketed as a "TV". They do not apply to displays like this one that are marketed as HD-Ready Monitors.

 

[mshan]

$567.03 to NY.

DHL from Fry's Outpost has always been really fast for me, so I'm guessing it arrives Wednesday or Thursday, even with the selected Ground shipping option.

 

[TNshadows]

Woooooo Hoooooooo !
This deal even impressed the "house boss" enough that she "insisted" ahem..... I order one !

total $564.52 to Northeast Tennessee

Thanks !:thumbsup:

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
What do I need to hook my 360 up to this? Also my Wii.

Just used supplied component cable or hdmi (if you have the elite). For the wii just hook up the composite cable, but if you want better picture quality you should get the component cables for the wii. Though this TV has only set of component inputs.

 

[mshan]

Can anyone recommend a high definition set top box to receive OTA HDTV?

Older used model is fine, as long as the box is reliable, easy to use, and has good OTA reception sensitivity.

EDIT: think I found a good one (fifth generation tuner and HDMI):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

How does the picture look. Any reviews???

 

[Shlong]

337H Review

32" version review which is the exact same except the size & also has some pictures.

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: BackgroundMan

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Give it another month or so and we should be good to go as Manufacturer's are require to build TV and vcr with ATSC tuners.

ATSC Tuner Important Dates

July 1, 2005: All TVs with screen sizes over 36" must include built-in ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2006: 100% of 25-35" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of 13-24" TVs must include ATSC digital tuner
July 1, 2007: 100% of all interface devices must have an ATSC digital tuner (VCR, DVD, DVR, ect)
February 17, 2009: TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses.

How do these dates affect monitors like this one?

Yeah, those dates only apply if it is marketed as a "TV". They do not apply to displays like this one that are marketed as HD-Ready Monitors.

Gee, I wonder if we could blackmail Fry's into giving the tuner to us for nothing, since they're marketing this online as:

37" State-of-the-Art HDTV Ready LCD TV

???

Since they're calling it a tv, then by law, it's required to have a tuner, right? Anyone care to lay odds that Fry's would go for it?? :roll:

 

[SickBeast]

Man I just tried to order this and they want $250 to ship it to Toronto, Canada. :Q

Just a warning for the Canucks on here....

 

[pm]

I have the Olevia 537H - which several sites say is the same screen as the 337 but with the tuner. The picture is impressively good. The Olevia 537H took 2nd best in Consumer Reports HDTV round-up 37" LCD's. About the only two bad things that I can say about the remote is hard to use (Consumer Reports notes this too), and the onscreen menu is confusing as well. But if you are buying this for the picture quality - and nearly all of us are - it's a very, very nice display.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/elec...v-2-07/overview/0702_olevia-lcd-tv.htm

And, if you are subscriber:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/elec...-tvs/reports/ratings/ratings/index.htm

FWIW, I bought my Olevia 537H for $724 shipped from Mwave about 2 months ago.

mshan You asked how it compares to the Westinghouse 37"? If the Westinghouse 37" you are referring to is the Westinghouse LTV-37W2, then Consumer Reports gave it a score of 45 (versus a score of 70 for the Olevia 537H), and rated the LTV-37W2 as the worst of the 18 37" LCD HDTV's it rated.