The beast arrived today, which was a little later than we'd anticipated but still great for free shipping (and considering it's size.)
Amazingly enough it only weighs like 65 lbs.
And since Argie had a really long day at work today, I put on my SuperMom cape and rearranged the living room myself. (I'm a human bulldozer anyhow - add coffee and I'm better than Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons...)
The TV is very easy to set up and reaching the input jacks in the back was simple. I'd read reviews where people complained the TV didn't have enough features but I found it to be just right for us - maybe our needs simple. Considering we're going from an old CRT (28", I think) to this... well... it seemed like too much TV at first.
Because the TV has a bulb I had let it warm up in the house - it sat for about 8 hours before I took it out of the box and wrap. I hooked up the cable, VCR, DVD system, and Wii with no problem. I still have room for another analog device, a USB line, and 3 HDMI ports. I turned it on and a simple, 4-step menu greeted me with simple choices (language, time zone, etc.) and then...
WOW
Great picture. Pretty good sound (I haven't tested that out yet - I'll play with that tomorrow..) and it's just easy to use. Everything just worked like it should. There's a slight delay when you turn it on to when you see a picture - like 6 seconds or so - but that's nothing, really. I have no complaints. Zero.
Argie got home at 9:30 and forgot to complain about the living room being changed... I guess I've done good.
