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Good TV, right price, undependable and bug ridden2
Posted by:
SteveRrrrrr from Rochester, NY on
05/18/2012
I have had a Dynex 55 for 5 weeks. First it "blinked out", Had Geek squad (great by the way) come and replaced both boards. Good for few days, then went out and had to turn off then on to make it work. Fed up, went to store to get different brand. Got an Insignia, only one near the price. Dynex had more features and built better but just didn't work.. Most other choices online were not really available and it wasted a lot of time and effort. Store was nice and all, but didn't offer any help with a replacement and offered no discounts or special offer on comparable set for the time and trouble. Jury out on Best Buy AND Dynex. Great price for a 55 if it only worked, would probably not recommend the Dynex or maybe even BB.- Internet Connectable? : No
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Great entry level tv for the price5
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ddp5150 from on
05/16/2012
Overall good tv for the entry level price point. The tv has good sound and works well with other components.- Internet Connectable? : Yes
- Connected to the Internet: : Yes
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Great TV for everyday viewing.5
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55tvman from Sandy Springs, GA on
04/19/2012
We put this TV in our den and watch it every day. The picture is excellent and the sound is very good. Very easy to set up. It's heavy so we had to get help to put it on top of a 5' high entertainment center. We bought it on sale for more than $200 less than the regular price.- Internet Connectable? : Don't Know
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Excellent TV for the price5
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TeamDM3 from on
04/18/2012
Had the Geek Squad set it up over fireplace, perfect for our front room. Got the LCD since it was supposed to be better with lots of natural light, excellent picture.- Internet Connectable? : Yes
- Connected to the Internet: : Yes
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Great TV for the Price but read all the reviews3
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scottsdale74 from Scottsdale, AZ on
04/17/2012
Obviously this is allot of TV for the money, we initially wanted to buy the Sharp Aquos but after hearing the hype on the DYNEX from the sales person we just couldn't justify paying twice as much for the Sharp and brought the DYNEX 55'. Just before our 30 day return policy was up we did take it back and get the Sharp. Although the DYNEX isn't a bad TV the picture quaility varied so much between the TV channels and movies that we were constantly having to adjust the picture, which we never had to do with our 42' LCD LG TV. I'm glad we spent the extra money for the TV we really wanted and so far I couldn't be happier even though my wallet isn't... Read all the reviews but the botton line - the price is unbelievable.- Internet Connectable? : No
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Awesome flat screen TV5
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razzle0146 from California, MO on
04/13/2012
This TV went way beyond my expectations. I figured for the money it would be k and the picture would be so so, but let me tell you, I was totally wrong. The picture is crystal clear and the sound quality is perfect. I am very impressed with this tv and that is why I am giving it such high reviews. No please note, when we got the tv it has a feature that makes everything look live on the screen and that made me almost take it back, but after I figured out how to shut that off, the tv has been perfect. It is by far the best tv purchase that I have made and I have 4 flat screens so I know my tvs.. Anyway if you want a gigantic flat screen for a reasonable price, this is it...- Internet Connectable? : No
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Very easy to install and user friendly5
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moneygirl from Sheboygan, WI on
04/12/2012
For the price you get a high quality picture and hardly any reflection from sun coming through the windows...it can be seen even from a side view angle, user friendly, easy to install and hook up to any other device. I would recommend this brand over and over again. I originally purchased a 32" Dynex for my son two years ago for video game playing....the tv is still in excellent condition and picture quality is outstanding on both tvs. Because the tv is so big and I live upstairs in a townhouse, I had it delivered through Best Buy. They were fast, on time and very professional!- Internet Connectable? : Yes
- Connected to the Internet: : Yes
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Great TV5
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Mrsgarciaics from Florida on
04/11/2012
I use this TV with my Apple TV and it works great. Picture quality is fantastic and size is perfect.- Internet Connectable? : No
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Great tv, at a great price!!!5
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redwingnut25 from HockeyTown, Mi. on
04/06/2012
We've been wanting a new tv for along time, but wasn't able to afford it. This tv, for the size and quality is great! Highly recommend!- Internet Connectable? : No
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Great TV for a great price!5
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jessaroni from on
04/06/2012
Easy to set up though we did have some issues with having to choose home mode and and cable set up each time we turned it on. This lasted for about 2 weeks and it finally stopped. Other than that it has been fantastic!1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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For the price this is a GREAT tv5
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terrybigdogz from Loranger,La on
04/05/2012
My VIZIO broke after only a few years use. It was smaller and we paid alot more for it. So I needed a TV and couldn't afford to spend alot. This TV was on sale and for the price you can't beat it. The picture is VERY VERY nice and sound is awsome. I know it doesn't have alot of the FANCY bells and whistles but I didn't need bells and don't care for whistles. FOr a good TV I am please as punch. In fact My son and a good friend liked mine so much they went and bought one.- Internet Connectable? : Yes
- Connected to the Internet: : No
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Very Suprised5
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5star from tucson, az on
04/04/2012
We purchased this TV and we already had an LED but when we got this hooked up man it's pic is soooooooo awesome! Every time I watch it I am amazed!.- Internet Connectable? : Don't Know
- Connected to the Internet: : No
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we are satisfied, beautiful picture, works great5
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pressy from bowman,sc on
04/02/2012
we always wanted a new tv, we never thought we would get one this big, until we seen it online, onsale. we drove 52 miles to pick it up. it was well woth it. we are completely satisfied.4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Good Deal5
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mike101200 from Fresno on
04/02/2012
I was skeptical about this before I bought it, only cause of some of the reviews I read. I went ahead and purchased the TV and I don't regret it. The picture quality is great, and so is the sound. I expected the sound to be terrible after all the reviews I read, but it's actually not bad at all. I still intend to buy a sound bar to beef it up a little, but it is very operable without one.- Internet Connectable? : Don't Know
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tough to beat for the price5
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mitchellbg from Harrisburg, Pa on
04/02/2012
Start up is a little slow, but for price I can wait 5 seconds. Picture is great and sound is what I expected.- Internet Connectable? : No
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Perfect for our family!5
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Lily1012 from McKinney,Tx on
04/02/2012
We got this & it has been great, we havent had any issues. The quality is great.- Internet Connectable? : Don't Know
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BIG AND CLEAN4
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grrrrrrravy007 from california on
03/22/2012
DYNEX HAS A STRONGER AND BETTER OVER FEEL THEN THE ELEMENT 55' THAT WAS RETURNED . THIS 55" DYNEX DOES NOT FREEZE LIKE THE ELEMENT ,,,AND OVER ALL BETTER PICTURE AND QUALITY THAT SURPASSES THE ELEMENT BRAND. PICTURES COME IN CLEARER AND DIGITAL IS CRISP . SHARP PICTURE FOR BLURAY TYPE MOVIES . WOULD BE GOOD IF IT HAD A USB PORT , BUT YOU GET THE FEATURES YOU PAY FOR THE PRICE. OVERALL NOT A BAD T.V. FOR THE PRICE AND HAS GOOD DARK PICTURE CLARITY ( LIKE HELL BOY 2 ) . I WOULD RECOMEND THIS TV. 10 TIMES MORE THAN THE ELEMENT BRAND,- Internet Connectable? : No
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Picture Quality was Awful!!!!1
Posted by:
Kit0321 from Denver on
03/21/2012
We ended up returning this TV for a Sony. This TV was a great price but the picture was awful. It would have to catch up to itself which made it all blurry.- Internet Connectable? : No
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Good price but only moderate picture quality3
Posted by:
Graystone55 from Mesa, AZ on
03/21/2012
I previously owned a 32" Dynex LCD TV and upgraded that TV to this one. The previous 32" Dynex was a great TV and hence the reason I again went with Dynex.
I went in to a store to buy a 47" non-internet TV. I saw this one on display and was priced at $590 #cheaper than the 47" I was looking at#. The store I went to didn't have hardly any large TVs in stock and gave me the address of one of the stores that did have this one about 30 miles away. They had it put on hold for me till I got there.
Unfortunately, this 2nd Best Buy store decided the correct price was $750! I learned of this after they brought it up to the counter and wanted to put an over $800 charge on my card! I told them about the price tag at the other store and they wouldn't even check with that store. Their computers said $750 was correct and wouldn't budge. It still looked like a good deal and I was not wanting to start the process to hunt down a unit they had in stock all over again. So I reluctantly paid the higher price. I got home, looked it up on the online site and it said $589.99. I was going to complain to the store today but now I notice that today the online store shows it at $750 again. So strike one for Best Buy's changing the price up/down.
This is a TV with some serious flaws that can be mostly minimized by choosing the settings carefully. Even with the optimum sttings some of the problems still occassionally show up.
1st: With its default settings, this 55" TV has the same 1080p resolution and pixels as a smaller one. This means you have to set farther away from it to not see artifacts like ghost trails and noise patterns. If you watch a lot of 480i sources you will hate this TV as it looks absolutely awful in anything less than 720p modes. I expected some of this as all larger TVs show faults in the original programming more prevalently than smaller ones. However, if you leave this unit as set by default, it really looks bad. It took a full day of tweaking the setup options to get a better picture. Frankly, I had to shut off the features said to fix noise and such as well as tweak sharpness/color/tint. Turning on the 120Hz modes or noise reduction modes or auto contrast #on by default# actually makes the picture quality far worse. After starting from an "all features off" mentality, I was then able to get a stable picture. Occassionally, there are still issues with fast moving images blurring or leaving ghosts for a few milliseconds.
There is another issue with a few cable channels only. On these specific channels, audio will lead the video quite noticeably by a second or two. I would blame this on Cox except that the older 31" Dynex TV tuned to these channels does not show this problem. So I know it's happening within the processing in this TV. It doesn't happen that often but when it does, it's noticably annoying. I don't think any of the available settings will fix this occassional issue.
Several people on this forum have complained of poor volume. As it comes out of the box, it would seem to have very little volume even at the highest #100# setting. The key to fix this is simple. Go into the audio settings and you will see the default settings of all the volume sliders are at 0 out of 10. Slide them up to 5 or so and you'll have plenty of volume. Also enabling Surround sound and tweaking that equalizer to your own sound preference will help a lot. I actually found the 10 watt per channel output was quite good after the settings were tweaked. Again not sure why this wasn't set by default to be higher. Seems Dynex could have prevented some dissatisfaction early on by choosing their inital settings better.
The remote doesn't have great range #<20 feet# and so I advise to use a learning universal remote. The Dynex doen't have default codes for many universals but the ones that can learn from the TV remote should work. I have Tivo boxes. The remote without learning ability can't do the mute or input buttons while the one I have that can learn did all the main buttons. The TV's remote batteries included with this unit were already a little discharged when opened. So you might want to check them or replace them if you have poor remote control functionality. The remote demands you point it toward the left of the TV. It doesn't seem to have great range and isn't very good at extreme direction angles.
On the positive side, this unit has lots of input choices and it's pretty easy to select them through any of several methods. Of course it would be better if you can use the HDMI jacks as the quality of the signal will be better. A second choice would be to use the 5 cable component cable. The last choices should be the PC VGA or composite jacks. You can also access the whole setup via the MENU button as well as all the input choices via the INPUT button. Or use the PICTURE or AUDIO or 5 button picture type buttons to more quickly get to what you want to change. There are also 4 programmable buttons on the remote for channel banks.
There are two guides included with this unit. There is no user guide included. The guides included are just info on your warranty and how to clean the unit or install the base. You will have to download the User Guide from the Dynex site. That one isn'r great either and has limited information. It assumes you already know why you would turn on or off a feature without describing it much. I'd still advise you print it as it's a pain to have to go to the net everytime you have a feature question.
This unit is heavy. Over 100 pounds.
The unit with the stand is 52"W X 35"T X 4"D
The 55" diagnal measurement means you get a 47.5"W X 26.75" screen size. I was able to view the screen from either side pretty well. I notice if you leave the settings in the Power Saving Picture Mode, the colors will appear to wash out at very extreme angles. So have your settings set to standard or vivid type of settings if you are going to view at extreme angles. You need to be setting at least 15 feet away from any 55" TV and at that distance you will see a good picture. The biggest mistake people make is that they think a larger TV should look better than a smaller one. That's almost never true. In two TVs with equal resolutions #let's say 1080p# you will have to set farther away from the larger screen. Basically, because the same number of pixels are spread out farther on a larger set, you will be more likely to notice artifacts or noise. Setting farter back from a larger TV is necessary to avoid this. As I said before, you will definately want to tweak the settings immediately to make the display good for you. If you are a person who wants really great video quality from a 55" TV, you need to look at the $1200 sets and above. This unit is moderate quality only. When purchasing a TV don't get one too big for your area or distance you intend to set from it or you will be sorely disappointed. At close distances smaller screens tend to look better at equal resolutions. A TV of this size will not show 480i programs off well. If you are doing a lot of analog or SD programming sources, you won't like this TV. You will need to run HD #720p or better# videos and use HDMI cables to enjoy this large TV.
In summation: If you can get it at $590 it might be worth it to you. If you have to pay more than $650 dollars for this, I would suggest you choose another model with a smaller/better picture quality and less setup tweaking required. If you don't mind taking the time and effort to tweak the settings and will sit at least 15 feet from it I think you will be happy with it. I gave this item a 3 rating because it required more setup than some would want to bother with, But since the product can at times be bought very cheaply it is a great value at under $600. I would recommend this unit for a cost-conscious buyer who doesn't mind some tweaking.- Internet Connectable? : No
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Great Deal & Picture!4
Posted by:
TIMPsu from San Diego, CA on
03/18/2012
Great Deal & Picture! The sound is quite low, but you can hook up a sound system. Can't beat the sale price of $600!- Internet Connectable? : No
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