Sylvania 6615LE 15-Inch Stereo LCD Flat-Panel TV

by Sylvania

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 15.2 x 14.5 inches ; 7.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0001KV4YU
• Item model number: 6615LE
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,664 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Videophiles with an eye for convenience will want to take note of Sylvania's compact 6615LE LCD television. The 15-inch set offers compatibility with progressive-scan 480p video signals (such as those from select DVD players and satellite receivers) as well as full 1080i high-definition TV signals from DTV set-top boxes. Now you can enjoy great picture quality in your kitchen, bedroom, or office without sacrificing a whole wall to a bulky TV or monitor.

The 6615LE offers a slim, 3.3-inch profile and an internal NTSC tuner for convenient broadcast-television viewing with features like auto channel setup, V-Chip parental controls, SAP (second audio program), and closed-caption decoding. Image quality benefits from a 3-line digital comb filter (which removes blurred edges between colors and reduces "dot crawl") alongside the set's native high brightness (500 candles/square meter), a high contrast ratio (500:1), and wide (170 x 155-degrees) viewing angles.

The main benefits of an LCD screen include the crystal clarity of images and their extremely compact form factor. The space-saving design of the 6615LE enables you to view television in any room of your home. And like all LCDs, this unit is immune to the distortion and negative color balances one may encounter when using a conventional CRT television near fluorescent lighting or speaker systems.

Two elliptical speakers radiate stereo sound from either side of the screen. For connections, you get 1 composite-video input for your DVD player, VCR, or other audio/video device, 1 S-video input, and a set of component-video inputs for your progressive-scan DVD player or DTV set-top box.

The onboard 181-channel tuner offers PLL frequency-synthesized tuning, picture controls (contrast, brightness, color, tint), and you can access its handy onscreen menu from the TV's front panel or from the supplied full-function remote control. Auto sleep timer/power off saves energy after a preset period of inactivity, while resume power-on will recall the set's power state following a brief power outage. The 6615LE is Energy Star-compliant.

What's in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Product Description

SYLVANIA 6615-LE, 15 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

140 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great TV for the money, December 22, 2004

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Brian Fuchs (Thousand Oaks, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sylvania 6615LE 15-Inch Stereo LCD Flat-Panel TV (Electronics)

Pros:
Extremely lightweight (even lighter than most 14").
No Power Brick! Attached cord plugs directly into wall.
Can accept a 'standard' 100mm wall mount.
At $299, an absolute great buy.
Not bad sound at all.

Cons:
Extremely bulky and clunky Remote.
So-so black levels (not great contrast/brightness levels)
Poor viewing angle (especially vertically)

Okay, so I don't know much about LCD TVs. I first saw this one on display at Best Buy. It was in an array of 20 or so TVs. For some reason, this little guy stood out as having a great picture. Even so, the viewing angle was not very good - when all of the TVs were viewed from an angle (to the right or left), most of the screens turned milky - including this one. Keep in mind that many of the $1500 TVs also milked out as well. This one suffers from vertical angles as well. If you look dead on, it looks great. Crouch down and look at, and the screen has faded halfway to black. By contrast, the LCD monitor I am looking into right now is outstanding from all angles. Expect to spend 20 minutes or so adjusting the picture. There are no presets (i.e. movie, sports, etc.). Finally, there are three backlight settings.

Best Buy had it listed at $399 (plus tax). Amazon has it for $299. The next lowest 15" is currently well over $400. In my opinion, that makes this a good deal for now.

The thing that really stands out about this TV is the light weight and the lack of a power transformer. I'm telling you, this thing is light enough to hang from a nail in drywall (not that I recommend it). It was BY FAR the lightest TV on the Best Buy display rack; every other TV (even the 14-inchers) weighed at least twice as much. Add to that the fact that most 15" LCDs require a power brick. If you are planning on wall-mounting an LCD or Plasma, the last thing you want to have to do is cut a hole in the wall to recess a transformer. The integrated power supply is a strong Plus for this TV.

The datasheet lists the speakers at 1W per channel - extremely underpowered. However, I was surprised at the sound it delivered. No chest-pounding bass by any means, but not tinny. This TV was never meant for serious A/V viewing anyway. There are no treble or bass adjustments. You get Stereo or Mono - that's it. There is decent stereo separation, but don't compare it to your 32" with surrpond.

The overall thicknes of the TV is just under 4". If you wall-mount it, you will not have any surprises. None of the connectors point out the back of the TV; they all point out the left side. They are far enough away from the left edge so as to accomodate cable dressing; no right-angled connectors are needed.

The inputs are everything a mid-range TV has:
75 Ohm coax
Component
Composite
S-Video

For outputs, there is a Headphone jack, but no video or audio RCA out.

The TV has a picture-frame type stand (arm that angles out to hold the TV up). Most LCDs have a stand that keeps the TV perfectly vertical, allowing slight angle adjustments. This one is a little more manual. You can adjust the vertical angle by extending or retracting a metal extension. The arm is not removable.

If you are looking for an inexpensive LCD, this is a great bet at $299. I wouldn't pay anything over $325 for it, though - certainly not $399 as Best Buy suggests.

Amazon is offering a 17" SVA for $299 as of this writing. I am wary of any PC monitor that has a built-in TV tuner. I would stick with the dedicated LCD TV like this one.

By the way, I purchased two of these for Christmas 2004. Amazon got them here well within their gauranteed delivery time. If you are buying one as a surprise, they are shipped in the actual manufacturers box (not in plain cardboard), which lowers the surprise factor...

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good small LCD TV for the money, December 27, 2004

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B. T. Roberts "robisc4" (Athens, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sylvania 6615LE 15-Inch Stereo LCD Flat-Panel TV (Electronics)

For around $300 this is a good deal, and probaly the bset small cheap LCD TV you will find. This little TV is now in my kitchen, and the picture quality is pretty good considering it is hooked to my cable and not my satellite, the latter of which has a superior signal. The viewing angle is OK and the darks are a little to light. Now the biggest problems are (1)the remote, it is huge, considering this TV has no major extra features and the remote has only the most basic features why is it so big? I mean it is larger than my Kenwood audio receiver remote and it has proabably 50 buttons, I am going to replace it with a small basic universal remote. (2) The other major "bad" with this set is the stand, it is like a picture frame stand so the TV always will have to lean back somewhat, it can't stand up straight like do most LCD TVS and LCD monitors. All in all a good buy though not without it's faults.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little TV, April 15, 2005

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Stephanie A. Spanbauer "huszvar" (neenah, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sylvania 6615LE 15-Inch Stereo LCD Flat-Panel TV (Electronics)

The TV is small, light and very good looking. It has a great picture and the sound is good. It is much more than a good value for the money. I read the other comments before I purchased it so I thought I was prepared for a cheap little kitchen TV. There are no negatives. Unbelievable value.

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