Blurs the line between TV & reality (if there is a line left)
589749
Reads like an episode of the TV show Castle only with the names changed and a bit more sex than network TV will allow.

The author's bio is, of course, Castle himself which is a bit tricky considering he's fictitious.  I can only assume that the "sherpas" referred to in the introduction are the actual ghost writers for the book.

I won't spoil plot points, but, if you like the way the characters and dialog works on TV, you'll like this go-along novel.

Now, on to read the second one...
740418
Create more glare coming off lights at night, plus tint them yellow, which is distracting. Mad at myself for falling for this "As Seen on TV" gimic
4086523
It has a great clear HD-like picture on the channels it gets.  The problem is that it doesn't get all the channels that my cheaper antenna gets on the TV in the next room.  I can't even get the NBC affiliate using this antenna...but I get it in the next room with a cheaper antenna.  Neither one gets the local Fox affiliate, which inhibits football and American Idol watching.  Fortunately I have cable in a couple other rooms.  I was expecting more channel coverage.
4912318
The picture's a little fuzzy, but more importantly, this TV is a case study in manufacturers adding features just to get checkboxes, not to add functionality.

There's a composite input, an S-Video input, component input, and a side composite input.  But as it turns out, there's only one audio input on the back, so you can choose just one of composite, S-Video and component.  And if that weren't enough, the side input overrides the back input.  So even with four supposed video inputs, to watch more than one device, you need to swap cables or an external switcher.

On top of that, the users manual was only in French.  I had to trawl through Philips' site to find an English copy to figure out why it wasn't working as any rational person would expect.
1683375
I  can  skip commercials,ff/rw/pause/record 1 show while watching another. I  can  also go thru  the tv guide a bit quicker than waiting for it to change on it's own.
3918270
picture is "stretched", no option to change from wide screen to full screen to try to remedy.  ie; everybody has gained 30 lbs and cars look like stretch limos.  also no available option to turn on captions.  I watch lots of very late night tv and prefer to keep the volume down.  on/off button and a few other "buttons" are located under rt front edge of tv...forget trying to see them.

I take it all back...sorry Samsung and seller, not until I called a store today and reached a helpful and knowledgable sales person who didn't mind giving out advice even to a non customer (yep, they still exist) did I learn that the changes I complained about were easily remedied...just not by using TV's controller.  the adjustments were addressed by calling my cable company (comcast) who instructed me on simple procedure (tho a bit obscure to find on your own, layman wise) to make small change in a set-up menu on cable remote.  There is also a toggle on same page to turn  captions on and off...problems solved!

i spent several hours researching review and product info before deciding on this one.  seemed to have the best reviews...always some negative experiences too, of course, but looked the best for what I wanted.  I was specifically looking for a hdtv (many smart tv reviews didn't look good).  it does have usb port as well as hdmis, so I can always add means to stream movies later if I want.  Nice picture.  I haven't noticed any problem with the sound either.

Now it remains to see how well this set holds up for reasonable future.

now time will tell how well this tv serves into the future.
3753856
Thanks for filling in the few blanks I missed!  Life imitates reality TV, except this time we won't get a do over.
3866674
Seems to work well overall, but catches more glare than I would like. I've also had some trouble getting it to work with an HDMI switcher, which is something my older MEGA TV managed without issue. There are posts out there about this--it seems to be a common problem with this particular TV. If the device isn't already on or active before you try to switch to it, it might not connect to your TV. This is kind of a pain at the beginning.
4473825
I don't know if I got a slightly defective one or what but the picture is fine until whatever I am watching has a scenic view where cars and people are smaller. The cars and people look like they are bouncing down the road. It's very annoying. It does this with most objects that are red in color as well. I have the home unit about 10 feet away from the receiver. No walls or anything obstructing the view.
309368
Unrecognizable by tv. This is the 2nd such device of 3 that had this issue.
1253446
I use dozens of HDMI TVs commercially for in house signage.  Off the powered splitter, the picture from this cable was perfect.  Even using it as the source cable from a media player gave only a slightly garbled picture.  So if you're having picture issues, it's likely the signal could be better going into the cable.
4127383
It was an awesome tv it showed with great quilty .until I came home one day and my tv had a line going down the screen. I pretty bumb out about It because it make the screen of my tv look ugly.
2867044
My new TV had a moving wave picture distortion that vas very annoying. I finally figured out that the picture cleared up every time I muted the speakers. Apparently there is inadequate sheilding between the speaker and the display circuitry. As a work-around I connected a set of amplified computer speakers through the headphone port. As lone as I leave the TV muted the picture is fine. I'm satisfied enough but it was a pain-in-the-neck that could have been avoided with a bit of quality control at Haier.
1351190
Just thought i'd let you know that this TV although a great deal and image for viewing movies or gaming it's not going to be perfect as a monitor.

I bought one to hook up to my computer, which I did and via HDMI for 1920 x 1080 resolution there is a white border around very fine lines (including text) on certain background referred to as 'vertical' ringing or edge enhancement.

I have literally tried EVERYTHING to fix this issue and finally connected via the VGA port (not perfect either). Maybe Panasonic will notice this post and the many just like it where this issue is brought up and implement a fix in a firmware update because that would make this panel PERFECT! Just search for the L32U3 which is the same panel just smaller same feature and menus as my manual came also for that model.

Don't want anyone else to make the same mistake I did. Either way I'll sell an older TV I have and use this in it's place.
3541065
Back in the dark ages televisions were 4:3 ratios of horizontal pixels to vertical pixels.  In those days televisions were also made of vaccuum tubes, weight hundreds of pounds, and you rented movies on VHS (or Betamax).  After everything started to get digitized screen resolutions changed to a more movie friendly 16:9 "widescreen".  That 16:9 perspective is the native proportions of over the air hd television, cable, satellite, almost all laptop screens, that flatscreen tv in your living room, dvds, and blu-ray discs.  Basically anything you have bought in the last few years is 16:9 (except Apple, but they are closer to 16:9 than they are to 4:3).

Still, somebody has it in their head that computer projectors still need to be in 4:3 ratios that nothing that plugs into them prefer.  They also keep putting old connectors on them like s-video and rca analog video.  Hey, the 1950s called, they want their RCA connector back.  The "computer" port is an analog vga port that dates back to 1987 as well.  In their lone admission to the march of progress they do put in a single digital hdmi port, but no other digital ports like DVI or display port.

The native XGA 4:3 resolution of 1024x768 gets chopped when displaying any modern 16:9 picture down to 1024x576.  For reference this is better than a DVD resolution of 854x480, but worse than HD of 1280x720 (720p) or 1920x1080 (1080p).

So what you want is a native 16:9 aspect ratio projector with 720p or better yet 1080p native resolution resolution.  The problem is that it will cost you more.  At the time of this writing the 16:9 720p Acer-H5380BD is a C-note more than this Epson VS330.  The equivalent Epson is the 16:9 720p HC725HD and it will run a C-note and change more expensive than this projector.  Both are good options and in my opinion are worth the extra money.

The color is very good on this projector, as is the brightness.  The features like being able to project from the side are nice.  I think it is worth paying the extra C-note to step up to 720p, but if your budget is limited and you can live with the slightly better than DVD resolution then this projector will work out well for you.

While this projector would be OK for presentations I do caution against using this projector for a home theater.  It is not HD, and more importantly all projectors have loud fans (to cool the 255 Watts running up your electric bill) and bulbs with limited lifespan.  Unless you are willing to pay way up it is a better idea to go get a budget flatscreen tv that will have better resolution, be quieter, and save your electric bill.
254443
There is quite a bit of swearing.  When we watched it on tv, way back when, they censored the swearing out.  I liked it better that way.  It doesn't add to the storyline.
2945483
I thought that it was pretty hokey when people would say that Tivo had completely changed the way that they watch TV. I am now a believer. I didn't realize that it would help me with my wife too because I am not worried about when stuff comes on, so if she wants to talk then so be it - I'll start the latest episode of Lost once she is done talking. So much less stress!!