Haier's 47-inch HL47K LCD HDTV gets reviewed, doesn't fare so well

When you think of top-tier HDTV brands, there's a phenomenally good chance that "Haier" isn't in the top five ten. Thus, it ought to be no surprise to learn that the outfit's latest LCD HDTV didn't receive the highest marks in CNET's recent review. The budget-minded set had a fairly decent design and an equally delicious price (just $1,599 MSRP), and the three HDMI inputs (plus one PC input) were certainly adequate. However, the unit displayed "significant uniformity issues including uneven backlight and discoloration across the screen," and when coupled with the light blacks, less-than-accurate color temperature and the inability to change aspect ratio with HD sources, critics were left with no choice but to call the kettle black. Looks like it's back to choosing which Vizio you really like, huh?

[NotZura Posted Nov 13th 2008 11:49PM]

The real question is did anyone expect this thing to do well?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 14th 2008 3:05PM]

WARNING, HAIER IS JUNK ! STAY CLEAR!


Just like their refrigerators. No service either. A friend of mine owns an appliance business. They had trailer loads of Haier refrigerators which were all defective and they had to give every customer a more expensive American brand as a replacement

Haier refused to do anything and they ate the entire loss.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 5th 2008 1:15PM]

Not sure it's even fair to compare this junk to Vizio. Especially with their new VP505XVT that has all the fun of 1080p, 120hz as well as HQV processing and TruSurround HD - they are competing with Samsung, Panasonic, etc. not this stuff. I guess price still signals things to people though. I would much rather spend the money on something where you actually get some bang for your buck! :)