HP 42 LC4276N |
| Written by televisions.me | |||
| Monday, 10 December 2007 00:52 | |||
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The HP LC4276N LCD television has a look that makes you want to snatch it up and buy it the moment you see it - but when you take a moment to really study the way it was designed and the look that it offers you when you watch a picture then you may find yourself thinking twice. As we said before the look of the television is very appealing. When it comes to the inputs you will find that some are located on the back and on the left side of the television. This makes it easy for you find them and to plug in anything you need without any hassle. There were two inputs that we found difficult to get to - the PC and audio inputs - which were located on the back. The only way that you could utilize them easily is if you were to place the television on the wall. Of course this isn't always such a bad idea.HP has made it easy for people to use and even offers on screen controls that will help you to set it up. Their menu is easy to use and helps you to figure out the way you want the picture to look. The picture quality isn't the best that you would expect from an LCD television. This doesn't mean that it is completely worthless and a waste of money. The only real problem that we notices was that the coloring was a little off. In really bright scenes some of the colors will stick out as they should - but there were times when the rest of the picture would be washed out. This requires you to do more tweaking in your menu than you would want to. A television like this is best used when watching HD or Blu-ray DVD's. You'll notice that the picture quality will have drastically improved. The coloring is accurate and you will be able to see every detail on the screen. Most LCD televisions are offered with different features that make it more appealing to consumers. We were disappointed to see that they did not have as many features as we would have hoped. One of the most popular features that they left off and that we found appealed to most consumers was the ability to support picture-in-picture. This television also has no jack for your headphones or a USB port. This means that if you are into listening to your music and viewing your pictures on your television than you will have to find another way.
The HD LC4276N ranges from $1500 to $1700 - which is a bit high when you think on the features that it is missing and the improvements that can be made on it.
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