Mitsubishi LT-46149 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV Review
Mitsubishi LT-46149 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV Review from Jody bigdumptruckdotcom. Superior sound and picture for a standalone system! Nice looking, too!, I cannot stress enough how impressed I am with the picture on this television. My only previous experience with watching an LCD television is on a 42″ LG. The LT-46149 is light years better than the LG, for both picture quality and sound, and I didn’t think it was possible for one LCD television to be noticeably better than another.
My setup – we have a Wii, an XBox 360, a DirecTV HD DVR and a Panasonic DVD burner (not HD) hooked up to the television. Hooking everything up was incredibly easy (a plus) but what I absolutely love about the Mitsubishi is the fact that I can go and set up the television to recognize what’s hooked up so things can be controlled by the one remote. But almost better than that is a tiny touch that has made a huge difference – when switching between inputs, I can NAME them, so no longer do I have to remember if the XBox is on HDMI 1 or 2, I can pick “XBOX” from the list. As I get older, that is the kind of thing that makes you realize someone really took usability into consideration. (Huge Plus)
Sound wise, the LG couldn’t hold a candle to the 16 speaker “Sound Projector” system. Right out of the box, we could hear details while playing Halo 3 that we had literally never heard before. It made the game MUCH creepier! The weapons used to mostly sound the same, and now you can actually tell the difference between them when they’re being shot. I thought the speakers on the LG were better than on the Sony we originally had, but no contest, the Mistu blows them away. For a family that hadn’t previously invested in a full surround-sound setup, it was really nice to be able to get high quality right off the television itself. We added a single subwoofer to our setup, and the sound became theater-like. I may never have to leave the house to watch a movie again, literally. I am already back on Amazon shopping for a Blu Ray player and some high def movies just so we can really start movie night off with a bang.
The picture quality of the DirecTV feed is noticeably better on the Mitsu. It isn’t often that you watch a cartoon and ooh and ahh over the way it looks, but the first show we watched was the Flapjack cartoon, and everyone in the family agreed the picture was MUCH crisper. Even the non-HD channels have seen an improvement. We gave the old LG system to my parents, and had to caution them that the quality of the picture they were seeing in our living room (Red Sox game on HD) was NOT what they would see after they hooked up the LG. I didn’t want them to think their new TV was broken in some way when it didn’t look as good.
Other plusses and one small minus – controls for the television, including on/off and volume, are provided on the top of the unit. This is very helpful for turning off the TV (or turning it down when the phone rings) without having to hunt down the remote. The small minus related to this is that if you hang the TV on the wall, you won’t be able to reach those controls. I still think for tabletop, this is MUCH better than having to bend over to look at the button labels if they’re on the bottom of the television.
In conclusion, I would recommend this television to anyone looking for an LCD TV, and I would recommend the Amazon.com White Glove service to deliver and set it up. (The only nit pick I have with them is that they didn’t call to arrange a convenient time, they called to tell us they’d be at the house “between 11 and 3 on Thursday”) Still, they did all the work of setting it up and even offered to remove the packaging (which I always keep in case I need to return the unit). I will consider using them again for large purchases in the future.
The whole experience, from beginning to end, was excellent.
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