Customer Reviews
DO NOT; I REPEAT, DO NOT PURCHASE THIS TV!!! 
2008-10-06
I purchased this HDTV just over a year ago. Out of the box I was impressed with the picture and thought I had received an amazing deal on this value-priced 1080P HDTV. Then after about a month I started having problems with the HDMI connections. More often than not the TV would not recognize the DVD player connected via HDMI unless I restarted the TV with a powercycle. Over the course of a year between my wife and me we put maybe 500 hours on it, which is quite low. About two weeks after my one-year warranty ran out I was watching TV, hit one of the "Favorites" buttons and the TV became stuck on one channel. I pushed nearly every button on the remote and got nothing, so I tried holding the power button in for 10 seconds to do a power-cycle restart. The TV restarted, the white Westinghouse symbol popped up for a few seconds and then the screen went black while the power lights remained on. Unplugged/replugged in the TV several times and got the same results.
Emailed the Westinghouse customer service a couple times and was told they'd never heard of this issue before. Googled the issue and found a few others with the same problem, but no solution, so I called up Westinghouse for help. Took a looong time to get through, but finally got someone to try a couple fixes with me...no luck. As soon as I mentioned the TV was a couple weeks out of warranty the phone call came to a drastic halt and was told I had to find a local repairman. Thanks for the $1,500 brick Westinghouse!
Took the TV to the only LCD repairman in the area and he told me I should have bought a Samsung or a Sony because Westinghouse uses cheap crappy parts. TVs been in the shop for almost three weeks now. Repairman thinks it's a bad circuit board.
Learn from my mistake...buy something else!
47" Westinghouose LCD issues 
2008-07-28
I was looking for a great deal and TV, thought I fould it with the Westinghouse. My issues is not with the TV, understand things happen (hate when it is with me) but my issues is with Westinghouse's customer service. My TV worked great till after 3 weeks no picture....nothing not even the Westinghouse screen. OK it's under warranty...giving the readers digest version it's taken me over 7 weeks of calling Westinghouse (oh year each time you call you must start at step 1...frustrating, but not the poor customer reps fault. Finally after waiting for them to approve getting my TV repaired, waiting for the service tech to come to my house...to my last call where I was told that "if you don't get any picture we just replace" Yikes...so with 7 weeks w/ no TV I had to shell out $200 to ship it back and am now waiting on another week for them to ship me, hopefully. a new one. Again I may have got the "made on Friday TV"...and I can understand that...but the customer service at Westinghouse just beat me down...they never returned a call, and I was very nice each time I called.
So...my great internet deal went all to he%%...so as I look to replace my living room TV with a 52"...Ii am sad to say it won't be a Westinghouse and I'll purchase it locally
Watch out for disgruntled owners 
2008-07-25
This is my fourth hdtv and it is a great value. I think there is at least one or two angry owners, perhaps writing multiple "one star" reviews. I guess we have all been there when we get a lemon. This unit offers a lot for the money. 1080p is for Blu-ray, the winner in the hd dvd war, so there is good reason to get this level of screen for that reason alone. It has an extensive array of inputs which is handy when you have cable, dvd, and other sources to feed the tv. I was most amazed at the tuner. I am in a lousy area for reception. My other units need an outside antenna. This set uses an indoor bowtie and gets all the channels (28 of them) with minimal dropout. That is phenomenal. The LCD tvs have a problem with black, but it is much less noticeable in HD and slightly annoying with coax reception for standard definition. This is true for all of the LCDs. My best picture is on my first HD, a direct view flat crt. This is the better choice and easy to live with. Price is lower than any in its class.
Westinghouse product breaks - Company Does not stand behind its product 2008-06-06
I purchased a Westinghouse TV and within 4 months the TV was broken. At that point I called customer support and they were NOT willing to stand behind thier product. I asked if they found it reasonable for a TV go out in 4 months, all they said was that they could not help me.
I guess, if yours work it is 5 stars for the price! 2008-04-24
I see that most of the 1 star reviews are from people that had problems, which is understandable. However, if it works likes mine, it is a 5 star tv for the price. (update, I have this for 1 month now, watch my bedtime shows about 2-4 hours every night with it without any problems. There was a power spike 2 weeks ago in the house that took me 5-8 tries to unplug and power back on, but eventually it worked. Oh well, still a 5 star rating until is stops working.)
I got mine from the local BB, and it works. I wanted a 120htz tv, but it costs 30-80+% more. For the price, I could not resist this one; plus, the convenience of getting it on the spot makes it more tempting.
I have bought a 32" westinghouse lcd tv for my mom several years ago, and it seems to be running. Also Westinghouse seems to have one of the higher quality picture in the low-cost tv range.
My next tv after this one may be for the 60" sony xbr 120hz, but only when the prices come down. This will be good to tie me over until then.
I have a 1080i hd-dvd player plugged into the hdmi (I think there is 4 possible) connection--works great, no skipped frames. My dvd player is plugged in with components (2 possible); my sat/directv is plugged in the video (only 1 possible).
Nice features:
auto shut off when there is no signal
automatic switch when there is a new signal (I can watch the TV, but when I turn on the DVD player, sat, or hd-dvd, it automatically switches over without fiddling with the tv. however, when I turn off the hd player, it goes through auto-off because there is no signal--it doesn't try to find another available signal.)
the internal hd tuner picks up my local channels with rabbit years. (I have an amplified antennae which works better, but I was able to use another non-amplified antenna to get all of my local channels. The rabbit years are pointed funny to get better reception than the amplified ones, but it works.)
I can still see that the samsung / sony's get a better picture from the color tricks that they do; however, if you do not have the higher quality tv sitting next to this one when you are watching it, it is hard to tell the difference when you are standing 6 feet away.
Pros:
47" big screen, cheap price, high quality picture in the low-cost class
Cons:
only 1 video input (I personally would rather have 2 video input and 3 hdmi instead of 1 vid and 4 hdmi).
the "energy off" produces a low freq hum. (this off mode is also set off when you use the sleep function). I simply turned off the energy feature--however, the hum after I used the sleep function still annoys me when I wake up in the morning. (maybe when I get older, I will become deaf to lower frequency noises--ha!)
Overall, I am currently giving this a 5 star. Rest assured, if this thing breaks on me within 2 years, I will definately take it down to 1 star (or less)!
Westinghouse tvs stink 2008-04-22
1920x1080 Resolution / 5000:1 Dynamic Contrast / 8ms Screen Response / 16:9 Widescreen / 4 HDMI in / PC input / Bottom Speakers / ATSC NTSC
Love it 2008-04-13
I picked up one of these from Crutchfield about a year ago and just love it. I should say, I just love the price! I took a look in Best Buy where they had one side-by-side with several others and honestly couldn't really seem much of a difference between the LCD sets when watching general TV. But the price was a full $1000 less than comparable models. I think when you look at price and look and performance, if you are at all price conscious, you will really like this LCD.
Fantastic 2008-03-08
Have had this tv for a few months now and with the exception of what may be the most frustrating remote control in the world (but really with the exception of the on/off button everything else is done with a different remote) this is probably the best television I have come across. As a huge movie guy and sports guy I was tempted to spring for "top of the line" sony televisions, but thought twice when I saw how this performed side by side a 3,000 dollar sony. If you are looking to pick up a nice tv with plenty of options there is really no reason to not pick this one up.
Great Purchase 2008-02-18
I got this T.V. a few weeks ago. Paid $1050 for it and it is a great set. The 1080p is good. The only thing I do not like about it but it doesn't make a difference is the SD Quality. I got it for PS3 games and Blu-Ray that are 1080p not in SD. I would recommend this set for anyone that is on a budget and wants a decent LCD.
A piece of garbage 2008-02-17
I really wanted this set to work. It was the right price and had all the right specs... on paper. In practice, I was only able to get a good picture from an HDMI input. Over a period of 45 days the set would not play a 480p signal from any source or input without dropping sync every 20 or 30 seconds. PC display was pale and had diagonal waves that travelled across the panel. The subwoofer and advanced audio items on the menu were grayed out and would not work; tech support told me this model didn't have those items installed (!?!?!?). I refuse to play ping-pong with multiple 47" sets in hopes that I actually get one that works. I returned this set to B/B and bought the 46" Sony Bravia that I should have. I haven't looked back since. Bottom line is: There are far better choices in this price range.
