Westinghouse - 55" Class (54.6" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - HDTV

I went into Best Buy with no intentions on purchasing a TV. My wife was looking through the ad and seen this television. I was in another part of the store, when she found me and asked me to come over to check out this TV. The first question I asked was, "How many HDMI ports are on this TV?" She stated, "Three." Three HDMI ports on a 55" TV for $399? That is pretty good in my opinion. I whipped out my smart phone to see if I could find any reviews on this TV. I didn't find any revIews in the small amount of time I looked. l bought the TV and brought it home. I set the TV up a week later. The base is substantial and weighs about 10 pounds. The rear housing of the TV is metal, not plastic. Only the surrounding bezel area is plastic. The TV had no scratches and was in perfect condition. The picture is vivid and bright. It is a little oversaturated, giving reds and greens a bright color contrast. This is easily fixed in the menu options. The sound quality is pretty good for this TV. This TV has two 8 watt speakers that fire down towards the base of the TV. I hooked up an over the air antenna and picked up 37 digital channels. The sound quality the TV outputs depends on which channel you are watching. For channels that have an HD signal, the sound is loud and clear. For channels that broadcast in SD, the sound is pretty low and muffled. You can turn the volume up, but the sound will still be muffled. I also hooked up a chromecast to the TV. The chromecast picture and sound are very good. I cast a movie to the TV from Netflix and I was very impressed. This TV is not in my main living area, but my office area on the 3rd floor of the house. If you are on the fence on whether you should purchase this TV or not, I say, give it a shot. You can't beat the price and it has a good selection of inputs for all of your electronic goodies. I may add a sound bar in the future to this TV, so I get consistent sound quality from the antenna output. Overall, I am very impressed with this TV.

This TV comes with almost all the up to the minute specs. First, input and output: they are all there. 3 HDMI input to hook up to your Blueray box, your cable box and your XBox, plus the good old Red-White-Yellow in case you want to hook in a DVD machine (I actually did, and the picture quality is still ok with the 1080 resolution). It also has the the external sound output so you can hook it to your sound bar or hi fi. The picture quality is very good. Now the black is not super duper dark even if you adjust the contrast and brightness, but it is more than acceptable. The rest of the colors are vivid enough even during day light. This is where the high priced sets differentiate themselves, so if you want color rendition above reproach, you can spend double the money and be happy. For my viewing, this TV does not disappoint. What's more, this TV has no blind spot. You can view from anywhere in the room (the front part of the TV, that is). This feature used to be reserved for the high end sets. When turning it on, the set requires about 12 seconds to boot up before displaying picture. That's a little slow but within acceptable range. I mean, normally when I am in the house the TV is always on anyway, so this is no big deal. Finally, the sound. While it is not high fidelity sound to write home about, it surprised me that it is not too weak. If you turn the volume 3 quarters of the way up, it fills the living room nicely. Mind you, there is very little base, so while it is loud enough, it is not substantive. I have mine hooked up to a sound bar, but the TV's native sound can serve in a pinch. To sum up: full hardware spec, good picture quality, marginal but ok sound, with a very frugal price tag. What's not to like? The only thing missing is the smart TV internet capability. That can be easily added with many options out there for very little money. After all, that is exactly what that USB input behind the TV is for!

Let's see, where to begin...on time and friendly delivery and haul away. Display was completely shot out of the box, returned to the store a couple of hours later and helpful staff surprisingly didn't make matters worse, as was the case the last time I was delivered a damaged TV around the holidays (different brand) this time no third degree questioning, inspected old and new and I was in and out in an hour. Display on second set is surprisingly good, bordering on exceptional and I haven't come close to figuring out how to sort out the settings #lots of color settings, maybe too many). Sound is everything folks on this site and elsewhere have said, hard to believe a large TV didn't offer something more than transistor radio speakers or speakers intended for a 19 inch TV. Tinny, hollow and inconsistent sound from channel to channel, though over time it'll likely not be enough to matter. Surround sound, sound bar is mandatory for anything more than casual channel surfing. Everything about this model must factor the cost. It is beyond a deal for the size, 1080p, perfect for bargain hunters. The setup menu program was fairly straightforward. The stand's screws simply didn't fit on both sets so a definite factory defect, thankfully I had other screws handy but may have to buy different screws later on. What else, did I mention the cost? It's a four star all day for that reason. Oh, fairly light to haul around if need be. Not a lot of bells and whistles and that's a good thing, I could see this set with smart streaming being an issue or not on par with other brands. If you overlook the manufacturer name you'll easily save hundreds and no one knows who's making what overseas these days. Good luck.

This TV is a great value for the money, if you can tolerate an occasional purple or orange face, or occasional green hair. The built-in ATSC tuner is great for cord cutters, as it pulls in some of the weakest OTA channels, where other tuners fail. The 3 built-in HDMI ports are great for expandability, as most other HDTVs only come with 2 ports. The picture quality is razor sharp, just like any other HDTV. The color, however, is TERRIBLE. Sometimes when you think the color is all set, you turn to a different channel, and see either purple or orange faces, and then have to futz with the color settings all over again. In some cases, the color can not be fixed. There is NO tint control for all digital and HDMI signals, so you have to play with the Red, Green & Blue gain controls. The component and composite inputs are combined into one, so you have to choose only one method. I chose composite, so I had to downgrade the picture quality on my Wii. If you can live with the color problems, it's a good buy for the price. It is one of the few non-'smart' TVs still on the market, so that is a bonus. But if you're a videophile who prefers a *perfect* picture, then look somewhere else.

My boyfriend and I were looking for an inexpensive TV for our living room, but we wanted something large. Having had bad experiences with Westinghouse devices in the past I was very hesitant to purchase this television, but I thought for $400 I couldn't pass it up and if I didn't like it then I could always return it. We had it delivered because the box wouldn't fit into my Cruze (didn't really expect it to#. It was very easy to set up with our Amazon Fire Stick and game consoles and we were watching tv within 30 minutes of it being delivered. The picture is great, the sound is pretty good in my opinion. We've been able to watch all of our movies and shows with just the speakers built into the TV and we're pretty satisfied with them, although the volume does vary depending on what you're watching, so if you're flipping through channels you may find yourself constantly adjusting the volume. Overall, this is a really great television for the price #probably the best you can find for $400 - $420) and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a large inexpensive tv.

When our 50" LED TV passed away recently, we wondered whether we could replace it with a similar TV. After much searching, we stumbled upon a deal on a 55" LED TV that we could not pass up. We were not interested in any "smart" features, nor did we feel we needed the latest 4K TVs, so this was the one we bought. I find the picture to be vibrant and sharp, even more so with HD Channels. It comes with 3 HDMI inputs, as well as composite inputs. The thing that really really sold me is the one feature missing on so many other TVs these days. It has a "Digital Audio Output", which was essential to connect it to my Surround Sound System. The single most important reason for this is that the 8W speakers included in the TV are too small and tinny sounding to really enjoy fully soundtracks from movies. Overall, a great TV for the price.

I had bought this television knowing it was a bargain. I was pretty dissapointed once I set it up...dull picture, needed so much calibrating (which didn't work for me for quite a while) and the sound was horrendous. I did read the reviews and felt it would have been a good television for my living room. About a week later I finally found the best picture I could get. It looks pretty amazing now so I dont regret getting it. I have a surround sound system already so that fixes the speaker problem and the price went down to 399.99 so I got a refund after paying a bit more and even less since I had gotten a 10% off card. It's a great tv for under 400. Over...I wouldn't say so. Still, its a great tv. Just need to spend time and set it up to what makes you happy. Advice: use the movie setting and work the settings out through that mode.

Within a week of buying online I wanted to return and they told me I couldn't. I would have to talk to Westinghouse. Sound quality is horrible and had to purchase a sound bar to hear it. Now I have a pink dot in the screen and a place that looks like a 4X4 smear in the left bottom corner. Westinghouse has been giving me the runaround for 8 weeks saying my receipt is NOT valid because I purchased online. Best Buy has furnished a receipt to them as well and they still say its invalid. My year warranty just ran out this past week and I started the claim in July. I am now filing a claim with the Better Business Bureau. Buy a TV from a better known manufacturer. Cheaper is not always better!! Best Buy was NOT at fault just Westinghouse!!