46 inch Sony bravia or 52 inch Olevia LCD?
Sunday, March 8th, 2009Question: I have a chance to get a 46 sony bravia or 52 olivia LCD.. same price approx: $1100 … any good/bad reviews?
Answer 1: I have a 37 in. Olivia LCD and have no complaints. I’m not an electronics expert, but the picture and sound seem great to us. My wife often turns the volume as high as it will go and there are no pops or crackles or anything like that.
Only negative is we’ve never been able to get it to work with a universal remote (ie: comcast remote, one4All remote). Apparently they are secretive with their remote codes.
Answer 2: The remote thing is a huge pain in the ass, otherwise, I love ours.
Answer 3: Love my Olevia and did a lot of research on them before I bought it a cpl yrs ago. There was an interesting piece in the TIMES where they explained that Olevia and LG for example had their chassis and other parts built by Synatx Brillan etc. Consumer Reports rated Olevia the best for the $ at the time as well. Of course like most HD the sound basically sucks so you need to get a cpl external speakers and a woofer for the floor. I use the JBL creature speakers made for computers and NOT as $ as these $$$ systems they push in the Audio stores. The sound is great.
Answer 4: I have a 37″ LCD. Love it. Has a better picture than most of my family friends’ higher priced, more name brand TV’s. They all say it when they come over for games etc. I have had it for 2 years and really can’t recommend it enough.
Answer 5: Are you comparing a low end Sony to a high end Olevia? Comparing brands is useless, without knowing which models. Every brand has their ‘entry level, good, better, and best”. So those with an Olevia who say there’s blows away their neighbors brand name TV, there could be your explanation.
Food for thought though, I believe Olevia went bankrupt a while ago? If so, understand your warranty may be worth the paper it is written on.