TVblink Scores

The new TVBlink scoring system is designed so the community can help others make a better purchasing decision.

In the PDF booklet you will find a number next to every test. If your HDTV passes a test, score that number.
There are 5 sections (A,B,C,D,E), add the numbers for each section and share!

TVblink Score Form

Your Name/Alias
HDTV Make	Sony Samsung Panasonic Sharp Toshiba Philips LG Westinghouse Olevia Sylvania Magnavox JVC Mitsubishi Insignia HP Hitachi Pioneer Dynex Polaroid Model* Size 71" 65" 63" 61" 60" 58" 52" 50" 47" 42" 40" 37" 32" 30" 26" 23" 22" 20" 19" 17" 15" 8" 7" 5"
A- Panel Integrity	10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 points
B- Color	10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 points
C- Field Rendering	10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 points
D- Scaler/Resolution	10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 points
E- Video	10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 points
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TVblink Score Results

TVBlink Score is calculated by averaging all five sections.

LG	hds	32"	6	8	7	8	8	7.4		as
LG	32LB4D	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Everything thing played fine for me, just insure you use the User1 setting for video settings to get the most outta the view, but this tv is killer!	Josh
LG	42PC3DVH	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Cesar
LG	42PC3DVH	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Cesar
LG	50PC55	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Ron
LG	47LB5D	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Smokey
LG	37LG30R	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Nice TV	Alvaro
LG	m228wd	22"	10	10	10	10	10	10
LG	Modelo 42PG60	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
LG	LC7R	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Jane
Magnavox	15mf050	15"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Magnavox	15mf050v/17	15"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Olevia	aquos 42	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Olevia	747i	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Olevia	542i	42"	10	9	10	10	10	9.8		Rafael Sanchez
Panasonic	TX-32LXD700A	32"	10	10	7	10	10	9.4	suffered with Field Rendering but other tests passed with flying colours.	tmu
Panasonic	px70	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Panasonic	42pv70	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Panasonic	test	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Panasonic	70pv	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Panasonic	TH-50PZ700U	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Tested over HDMI and Component	William
Panasonic	42PV70H	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Simply AWESOME!	Benedict
Panasonic	42PV70H	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Great picture quality and color rendition! Worth the investment..	carlo evangelis
Panasonic	50pz80u	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10		pfc
Panasonic	50pz80u	50"	10	8	9	10	10	9.4		pfc
Panasonic	42py800	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10		typoon
Philips	37pfl7332	37"	10	10	8	7	7	8.4
Philips	9632	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Philips	pfl9632	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Philips	42PFL7403D	42"	5	6	7	7	8	6.6		zee
Philips	pfl7403d	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10	terrific display--no moyion blur and vivid colors
Philips	42pfl7403d	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10	terrific display--no motion blur and vivid colors
Philips	pfl7403D	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Philips	42pfl7403d	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Philips	42pfl7403d	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		marko
Pioneer	42pfl7432d	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		roger
Samsung	Ln-t4071f	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10	This TV has phenomenal picture quality. It does suffer from the triple ball effect but this should be fixed in a firmware update.	Mike
Samsung	HLS5086WX XAA	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Gill
Samsung	LA32R81	32"	10	9	7	9	9	8.8		VVAT
Samsung	HLS5086WX XAA	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Cathy Couture
Samsung	LN-T3242H	32"	9	8	8	8	9	8.4		pallmall
Samsung	q97	42"	10	10	10	9	10	9.8		Tobbe
Samsung	LNT4071	40"	10	9	8	10	10	9.4	Color smoothness was not bad but could have been better. Field Rendering V yeilded checkerboarding in lower half of stripe when yellow.	TNT
Samsung	LN-T3242H	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10		xxxxx
Samsung	lnt4053	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	le37r8	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	LN-T4071F	40"	10	3	2	3	6	4.8	...also 2 pixel high clearish white line above and below top and bottom letterboxes respectively.	Dynamic
Samsung	4053h	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	4051d	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	4071	40"	10	9	8	10	9	9.2	Superb dark details. Meticulous view: Color Smoothness=transitions slightly splochy; V Rendering=Intermittent half line in yellow + fastest had thin lines; Game=Occasional slight ghosting on quickest movement	newki
Samsung	8084p	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	46a650	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	SyncMaster 223	22"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	LN52A650	52"	10	10	9	8	10	9.4	excellent television - it is amazing out of the box and even better with slight calibration. Using HDMI, viewing Time Warner HD cable - fantastic - BluRay: unbelievable	samuahil
Samsung	LA32sh81	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	ln46a650	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10		sparkydawson
Samsung	LE-23R71 B	23"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	le37r8	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	LE-46A956	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Samsung	ln40a630	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Luiz
Samsung	LE40A656	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	lc42d62u	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		ian
Sharp	LC46D92U	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10		C
Sharp	LC46D62U	46"	7	10	7	10	9	8.6	Very very good set. But suffers from faint banding.	pp
Sharp	lc37d62	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10		THEGM
Sharp	42d62u	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC46D64U	47"	7	6	7	2	10	6.4		Steve
Sharp	lc-46x20E	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10	no competition at all ;]	Mackps2
Sharp	lc-46x20E	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10	no competition at all ;]	Mackps2
Sharp	lc 32d62u	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC32D43U	32"	10	9	10	9	10	9.6	Great Tv, and great price.	Chris
Sharp	lc46d64u	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC46D62U	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10		runner
Sharp	d64u	42"	8	8	7	9	7	7.8	a little ghosting	Eric
Sharp	LC-5264U	52"	8	9	10	8	10	9	Tested on S-Video cable on an old DVD Player Not on HDMI. Slight Banding not an issue. Great TV would recommend it.	Eric from Freep
Sharp	LC-42D64U	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Great Buy!	HDGuru
Sharp	LC-42D64U	40"	9	10	9	7	10	9		Steve A
Sharp	LC-42D64U	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC42D64U	42"	9	8	8	8	8	8.2		Edgar
Sharp	lnt 4671	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC-46D64U	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Bails
Sharp	LC-42d64u	42"	5	6	9	8	10	7.6	Banding evident	krmidas
Sharp	lc46d82u	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	aquos	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC-46D64U	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10		dubboxster
Sharp	lcd37d43u	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	Aquous	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	4lc46d64u	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC52SE94U	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC-52D64U	52"	8	10	9	10	7	8.8		JLBlair
Sharp	LC-32X20E	32"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC-46SE94U	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Sharp "Special Edition" 46SE94U with 8 Stuck Pixels	sth884
Sharp	LC-32GA5U	32"	10	10	9	9	10	9.6		William
Sharp	46SE94U	47"	9	9	10	10	10	9.6	it would be great if you had examples of what the best and worst is	Saturation
Sharp	LC37D64U	37"	7	8	8	8	9	8	Bad contrast, poor sound, vertical bands on dark screen, worst than a lot of no name brands	CL
Sharp	LC46D82U	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC-42D62U	42"	4	3	5	1	8	4.2		TAG
Sharp	X8E	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	Zx	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	x8e	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC37x20e	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC37X20E	37"	6	8	9	9	9	8.2	Vertical banding evident	CJ
Sharp	D64U	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10		RM
Sharp	se94u	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC52D82U	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LT-52144	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	lc52d64u	52"	9	10	8	10	10	9.4	weird, with that test i dont see the color bar problem i experience when i listening some tv show particulary cartoon.	Alexandre
Sharp	Aquos	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	LC-42D72U	42"	6	6	6	6	5	5.8		take-2
Sharp	klv40s400a	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sharp	lc-52d64u	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10		bob
Sharp	LC-52D82U	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10		otoniel
Sharp	lc42d62u	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	xbr4	40"	10	6	6	8	10	8	made a little mistake 1st time	re:ast
Sony	xbr4	40"	10	6	6	5	10	7.4	tested with default settings	ast
Sony	XBR4	52"	8	7	9	8	9	8.2
Sony	46XBR4	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	52a3000	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	KDL-40W2000	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10		Mitjap
Sony	KDF-E50A11E	50"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Perfect 3 LCD	AO
Sony	xbr4	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	SBR4	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	kdl37m3000	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	a2000	60"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	52w300	52"	10	10	10	10	10	10	z	Saeed
Sony	sbr4	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	w 3000	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sony	xbr4	47"	10	10	10	10	10	10	i kinda confused about the dvd player. i cant use the blue ray disc that came with the package it has an upconverting feture.rgraul@wi.rr.com	Richard
Sony	w3000	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10		beatmahoney
Sony	KDL40W3000	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10	Best TV I have seen so far, even SD channels would give you a 3D feel. Very impressive. I returned a Sharp Aquos for this one and I am goint to keep the Sony.	CL
Sony	klv40s400a	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Toshiba	37HL57	37"	6	5	6	4	4	5		LOL
Toshiba	42HL117 / 42HL1	42"	10	10	10	9	10	9.8	I saw stepping in one line during 1 second in one of the tests. Therefore put 9 for test D. However, picture quality of this TV is much better than LG 42" 1080p and most 46U/42U Sharps IMHO.	Mix1
Toshiba	40zf355d	40"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Toshiba	hl37	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Toshiba	37HL67	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10	The picture is sharp and very goood	d23
Toshiba	37HL57	37"	10	10	10	10	10	10
Westinghouse	tx-43fs0s	42"	10	10	10	10	10	10

 

FAQ

Q:
I downloaded it and attempted to burn the ISO file to DVD, but the program would only do so to CD. Should I uncompress the TVblink_v14.iso file and burn the VIDEO_TS folder instead?

A:
The size of the DVD data is below 400MBs so many burning programs assume that you are trying to burn a CD. You have to force the program into burning a DVD. If this doesn't work, try using another burning program.

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