Westinghouse LVM-37W1 37" HD Ready Flat Panel LCD Monitor

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• Item Weight: 60 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 73 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B0009FTMLO
• Item model number: LVM-37w1
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,834 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 17, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With more than 2 million pixels, the state-of-the-art 37-inch Westinghouse LVM-37W1 LCD HDTV monitor offers a 1920 x 1080-pixel progressive scan display that brings you the ultimate in high-definition video. This set is specifically optimized for use with the latest high definition sources. Multiple high-bandwidth digital-interfaces (mounted along the side) mean you can have HD digital cable, HD satellite, and a digital game console all plugged in at once. Additionally PC and notebooks users can enjoy the same fat pipe and the industry best Genesis Display Perfection technology. With a silver bezel and stand as well as removable speakers mounted below the screen, the stylish LVM-37W1 is a great addition to any room. It has a built-in 181-channel NTSC tuner and it's capable of displaying high definition TV signals with an optional receiver or cable/satellite set-top box.

The LVM-37W1 has a 16:9 aspect ratio, 12ms (millisecond) response time, 176-degree viewing angle, 550 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating--perfect for viewing colorful details in even direct sunlight--and 1000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) It's capable of displaying 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i high-definition video.

The 3D comb filter separates brightness and color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. It performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the color from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl, resulting in a razor sharp image.

This set also performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture. Other video processing features include 3D noise reduction, color temperature adjustment, and a cross-color suppressor (which softens diagonal lines). Other convenience features include an adjustable backlight for ambient lighting and power savings, picture-in-picture capability, closed caption decoding, and V-Chip parental controls.

It has two removable, bottom-mounted stereo speakers that produce 20 watts of total audio power (40 watts per channel). It offers the following connection options:

• Composite AV (RCA): 1 in
• S-Video: 1 in
• Component Video: 2 in
• DVI: 2 in
• PC VGA: 1 in

Tech Talk
Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

DVI (Digital Video Interface) provides an uncompressed transfer of high definition video from a digital video source to a digital display device. This universal standard for connecting flat-panel monitors is also used for data projectors, plasma displays, and digital TVs.

HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is a system for protecting DVD content outputted via DVI/HDMI from being copied. It provides a secure digital link between a video source (PC, DVD. etc) and a display device (TV, projector, etc). Content is encrypted at the source device to prevent unauthorized copies from being made.

What's in the Box
LCD TV, remote control (with batteries), tabletop stand, power cable, printed operating instructions

Product Description

With more than 2 million pixels, this state-of-the-art 1920 x 1080 progressive scan LCD display brings you the ultimate in digital video. A full range of inputs, including 2 DVI with HDCP connectors, lets you connect to a PC and the latest multimedia video sources.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Display, November 6, 2005

By	jcrutch72 - See all my reviews

Having been in the market for a flat tv for a few months I stumbled across this set last night on sale at Best Buy, the specs were much better than the sets i have been considering and it was hundreds cheaper. I wanted a 1080 resolution and the only other i had seen was the 45" sharp which is around $4500 i believe. So I came home and read reviews all night and went back to by it today as the sale ended today, picked it up for just under $1500 and opted for the 4 year service plan for $159 extra.

As part of checking this set out last night i looked at it in electronics express directly beside a 37 Olevia and the new 40 Sony XBR and the XBR was only slightly better looking. To my surprise the Olevia looked as good but has hideous speakers that arent removable.

My biggest fear when i went to get this set today was the remote, in other reviews and on westinghouse's website i read that there is no certainty of ever getting another remote (at least a non learning one) to work with this thing but by some twist of fate when i plugged it into my tivo, dvd plyer, etc in place of my 10yr old 27" sony and picked up my sony dvd remote to turn on the dvd to inspect the picture the LCD powered off, baffled i looked at the dvd remote and saw it was set to tv so i hit power again and it was right back, not believing what i was seeing i picked up my tivo remote and the power, volume, and input buttons all worked.

Sorry if im wasting anyones time with one of lifes small victories but this makes the unit complete, anyone challenged by the remote codes should be able to just use sonys codes for at least the basics that i use.

The dvd picture was incredible by the way, i am totally pleased and the 4 year plan gives confidence in the somewhat unfamiliar brand name. Cant wait for my HD cable box and the XBOX 360 to launch so i can get the most from this thing. May build another media center pc for it as well for the dvd library

I hope my experience helps persuade others that like myself almost passed this unit up because of brand recognition and assuming cheap meant no good.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LVM-37W1 Makes a Wonderful Computer Monitor, July 26, 2005

By	Andrew C. Zacharias "Zack" (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This 37" LCD monitor can be driven by a Matrox Millennium P750 card VIA DVI. You must download Monitor Manager from Matrox to configure the card's driver. The Matrox card MUST be plugged into DVI1 on the LVM-37W1 if you want 1920X1080 resolution. DVI2 only achieves 1600X1200 on my setup. I do not know why. I do CAD work and the LVM-37W1's image is excellent! I'm not a gamer and do not know how the system performs with games. The HDTV picture is good. If you need a big screen computer monitor with 1920 X 1080 resolution, I recommend this combination. I do not think you will be disappointed.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent monitor for any use, October 22, 2005

By	Neal Hornaday "hi-tech enthusiast" (galion,oh) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazing price for such a versitile monitor. You should be able to get it for $1850 at best buy. I recommend the $400 4 year service plan as I believe this monitor may have very few, if any, reparable components and would be replaced if any major failure occured. The extraordinary variety of inputs makes this ideal for any application, including 1080p which may appear in 3rd generation game consoles or HD-DVD or computer displays. The native 1080i resolution matches Hi-Def cable, which other displays convert to 720p because they don"t have the sheer number of pixels this unit is capable of. A recent article in Home Theatre magazine stated that one could not tell the difference between a 720p and 1080i display unless your screen was very large. I differ with that opinion, this picture at home (not in a store with a degraded source for display) will blow you away, and any sensible enthusiast should wonder - why pay twice as much for half the resolution and the need to downconvert material from 1080 to 720? Other comments: The ability to adjust the backlight brightness is a big advantage for viewing in a variety of room lighting conditions. Like all lcd displays, this has absolutely no problem with reflections or glare from room lights or windows, this is a BIG difference from CRT or plasma displays and is a very important thing to consider when choosing a display. This display is no better than most LCD'S for off center viewing. Brightness, contrast and detail fall off considerably as the viewer sits further from the center of the screen. I only mention this because this is very difficult to evaluate in a showroom and the uninformed may be unpleasantly surprised when they get their new tv home and find that the best viewing is only within perhaps 60 degrees of center. I find that the speakers positioned below the screen an advantage in reducing width in a crowded installation, perhaps to be removed later. In conclusion, for my modest sized home theatre, this 37" display is perfect and seems to be the most advanced display available today at a very low price.