Westinghouse - 50" Class (49.5" Diag.) - LED - 2160p - Smart - 4K Ultra HD TV

First of all, I got this TV for $250 on Thanksgiving, so this is a 5-star value for sure. The picture is excellent and Picture Mode presets are actually good. INPUT LAG FOR GAMING can, I repeat, CAN, be resolved by simply setting the Picture Mode to "Game". Here is the quirk - you cannot make adjustments in the picture menu after this. Any adjustments will cause the picture mode to change to "User" and will automatically remove the input/performance benefits of Game mode. Once you set game mode, leave it alone and there will be no input lag. PICTURE QUALITY - Did I say excellent yet? The picture is great, just as good as other televisions at higher prices. The only difference is (and why this TV is able to be cheaper) is that there are fewer adjustments that can be made. The only available adjustments are Bright/Contrast/Sharp/Tint/Color/Temperature and White Balance and Color Space. Motion Interpolation (MEMC, aka MotionPlus, aka TruMotion) - Yes, this TV has this feature, but it has it in two places, and it may actually have the nicest implementation of it I have yet experienced. There is a dedicated MEMC option (off/low/medium/high), but it seems that there's also a minor implementation built in to the Sharpness menu. This was hard to figure out at first, but I believe I'm right. I hate enhanced motion personally, so I almost always want it off. I turned off MEMC, but still noticed substantial motion smoothing. Finally figured out that it appears that the higher the sharpness setting, the higher the amount of motion smoothing, even with MEMC turned off. So now I leave Sharpness down to default or a bit lower, and I found that it is just right to leave natural motion for most cases, but some smoothing periodically. I know this sounds unlikely, but I swear that is the case. Either way, I have MEMC turned off and default sharpness (previously I kept manually adjusting it up to perfect the picture, but then I kept getting a stronger smoothing effect). I do recommend this TV. It is cheaper because it lacks certain pro tuning features for picture, but the default modes work very well. Also, the AC plug is not removable, and the bezel and overall construction seem basic, but the trade-off for price is well worth it.

Please don't take this lightly- This is a terrible choice if you plan to play video games or watch a lot of movies. The input lag is unforgivable. With my game console connected, I'd move the controller and a second later it would show on screen. I'd pull the trigger button and a second later the on-screen character would fire. Even in "game mode" it has this terrible lag, and while the games looked beautiful they were almost impossible to play like this. Equally jarring is the movie-watching experience. With the movie mode on it has a profound soap opera effect-- everything looks cheap and shot on videotape. Motion is strange. With these effects turned off, there was terrible screen tearing and blur. It was literally nausea-inducing. If you only watch sitcoms and dramas, you'll probably be perfectly happy with this television. However, if you're looking for something for gaming, movies with any sort of action in them, or sports, look somewhere else. Westinghouse has one of the slowest, laggiest panels I've ever seen on a television, and this is saying a lot because I used to sell televisions. I highly recommend that you live without 4k for now if you're shopping in this price range, and instead put the same amount of money into an Insignia 1080p, since they're made by LG these days and don't have the lag issues of Westinghouse, Hisense, or other cheap panels. Low-cost 4k panels aren't at the point where they're right for gaming or action yet, and that's OK because most games are just fine at 1080p anyway. Save the money, get a full HD screen, and wait another couple years for the Samsung, LG, Vizio, Insignia, Sharp, and Sony 4K televisions to drop in price. Just DO NOT buy this TV if you want to play games or watch any action.

There is nothing that causes you to have more of a headache by by have a 60hz tv vs a 120 or 240hz. Technically, sports action is the ony area where you may see a difference. 60 frames a second is still very fast. The issue is how your brain interprets motion. Because it's your brain, everyone is going to see motion resolution somewhat differently. Some people don't notice motion blur. Some people aren't bothered by it. Some (like me) notice it quite often and are bothered by it. There are two primary ways to fool the brain into seeing better detail with LEDs: backlight flashing (also called backlight scanning) and frame insertion. Even so, you still probably won’t notice a blur during and NFL game, or basketball game. Following a hockey puck is tough no matter what. Backlight flashing is what it sounds like. The most basic version of backlight flashing is the backlight going dark in between video frames. This moment of darkness is much like how a film projector works: an image, then darkness, an image, then darkness, and so on. Done slowly, this can result in flicker. Done fast enough, and you don't notice it. A more advanced version, called backlight scanning, dims sections of the backlight in sequence with the video. In either case, the side effect is a loss of light output (sometimes significantly), because there are sections of time where the backlight is literally off (or close to it). There is another way of doing this called black-frame insertion, which shows a black image in between the real frames, but that doesn't actually manipulate the backlight.

I've purchased a 40" Westinghouse in 2013 and loved it. It was time to upgrade and I couldn't beat the deal on Black Friday for this 50" 4K TV. First off the picture quality is amazing. Very rich detail and it was instantly noticeable from 1080p, but I can see that some people (my wife) did not recognize the increase in clarity. The thing that is making me return this TV is the 60 Hz and Soap Opera effect. Its jarring to me and honestly gives me a bit of a headache. My wife notices it but it doesn't bother her as much. So I really think its just preference at this point. I tried to turn off the MEMC motion blurring, and tried lowering the sharpness as I've seen that has helped some others. None of that really helped and you start to close some clarity. One other drawback was playing Xbox. There was a very noticeable and frustrating lag.I know I have 4K compatible monster HDMI cables so that is not a reason. I had to mess with a decent amount of controller sensitivity setting to try and correct. I tried what I've seen online to correct but I did not help. Overall, if you are watching live TV like sporting events then this is a fantastic TV for you. It was stunning to watch football and the NBA on this the other day. Great for a sports den. If you do not care about motion blur, then get this TV. Great deal but just has a few drawbacks.

Buyer beware! I purchased this TV from best buy in January and am already having issues with it. Part of the picture will be color like it's supposed to be but then part of it will be gray or black and white. I've gone through every setting on there to try to correct this with no luck. Since I've only had the TV a few months and it's still under warranty, I called Westinghouse customer service. I was told that I'd have to ship this TV to them in California on my own dime for repairs. I'm on the east coast so it would cost me approximately $200 to ship this 50 inch TV to them!!! Then I'd have to wait up to 12 weeks for repair and to have my TV returned to me. This is absolutely unacceptable. The TV is under warranty, therefore I should not have to spend a dime of my money to have this TV repaired. Since they don't have a local repair shop that they utilize, my TV should be replaced at no cost to me. I will never again buy another Westinghouse product! Awful products with even worse customer service!

Purchased this tv from bestbuy.com on 11/28/2017, it was delivered on 12/07/2018. Tv worked fine until about 3 weeks ago May. Screen goes black, u can still hear sound, turn tv off and on several times, this resolves the problem for a short time, then i must repeat, turn off and on. I contacted best buy about manufacturers warranty. Was told i would need to email westinghouse, as i did not purchase geek squad protection...what??? It has a 1yr man. Warranty, I shouldn't need geek squad in this case. After several emails (no contact number for westinghouse), I still am stuck with this defective tv, to make matters worse, more than 10 emails back and forth with westinghouse (have requested to speak with a person, yet no resolve, as I was told in an email from westinghouse, email is the only option for communication). They are unable to open videos showing what the tv is doing, and will also not accept my proof of purchase from bestbuy.com, since I do not have a paper receipt. Should i just print one from my bestbuy.com account?? I have already emailed screen shots of proof of purchase...maybe email is not the best option for those who are not tech savy westinghouse! Again I purchased from bestbuy.com, it shows on my account that the product was purchased, price, sku, and model number. Worse tech. support/warranty I have had the pleasure of dealing with! Will not purchase another westinghouse product.

I purchased this TV on thanksgiving as a secondary TV for our guest room, and garage in the summer time. I ran it through a few tests...4k, sports, and gaming with the pre set picture settings - I am very pleasantly surprised at the quality of this set. I am comparing everything to my mid range 4K Sony X810C set, which I am very happy with. 4K looks great on this set, with very little motion blur. There is no HDR on this set, but the colors are still great. Sports look pretty solid, there is a little blur during fast paced moments, but nothing that would bother a casual TV watcher. The fields are uniform in color, which is a big deal. It performs well with gaming in "game mode", my PS4 Pro is well represented on this set. I haven't fired up any shooters yet, but all my sports games play very well. The Smart features are barely smart, you get your preset apps and that is it. You cannot add any additional apps. It has the majors like Netflix and YouTube. Lastly, the sound is garbage. Plan on having an additional audio source. Luckily sound bars are cheap now, and you can even hook this up to a small bookshelf audio system. All in all, this TV is a FANTASTIC value at anything under $449. It goes toe to toe with my Sony, which is quite a feat with a value set. I would buy again and again!

I've only had this t.v for ten months, I did not buy a warranty because I've never had a problem with any other TV I've had from any brand. I'll turn the TV on and I can see the screen but shortly after it will turn completely back. Sound still works, blue power light for the tv is still on, but a black screen. I put two pictures below, one in the dark to show the backlight is still on. Sometimes the screen will come back but most of the time I have to turn the t.v. off then back on. Sometimes I have to do this twenty times until it will finally stop and it's very frustrating. My tv still has the plastic around the edges and no scratches, pretty much perfect condition, but it seemed like it was built to fail. I wish I could just exchange it and pay the difference for a name brand t.v. but Best Buy won't let me so I'll never buy from them again or this brand. Don't waste your money on this.