Avision 42AL69 Owners, Buyers, ans Sellers: Please read!
Guys, i just need to give this feedback regarding my previous questions regarding the Avision 42AL69's 120hz motion flow feature.
Last Sept 11, 2010, i bought the said model from electronics botique park square. I have done my research regarding this model and i was quite happy to hear that a lot of people were quite pleased with the picture quality, the 120hz motion flow feature and the incredible price of this unit. Cred card price was 40500 straight payment with free 22 inch avision lcd tv
I brought the unit home and tested it out with some PS3 and Xbox 360 games via hdmi and a few dvd movies via component cable.
True enough, i enjoyed my games and movies in true 1080p spleandor. I then began looking for the feature to turn on the 120hz motion flow. I could not find it.
So began my reading and questions in this forums and others.
I apparently was instructed to access the 'mjc' option from the menu: menu > picture > enhanced setting > mjc.
to my surprise, wala talaga syang MJC.
this went on for days, i mustve gone through every menu option and patiently waited for feedback re: my forum posts regarding this matter.
about 4 days after buying th TV, i then decided to call the distributor (Logitech Marketing) since i knew that if ever this TV had issues, it was them who was going to replace it and not electronics botique.
There were several phonecalls made, mainly to coordinate the arrival of their technician to check my lcd. The next day, i received a call from technician...
He had confirmed the "newer" releases of the 42al69 were only 1080p 60hz !!!!! and not 1080p 120hz -> which was necessary to enable the motion flow feature of the tv.
I naturally expressed my frustration (politely of course)
I paid for something that was advertised and verbally confirmed to me by the sellers and distributors to have certain features oonly to find out that it didnt! That was false advertisement and misleading consumers!
To make a long story short Logitech and Electronics botique coordinated with each other to replace the unit for me.
exactly a week after i bought the unit, i returned it to the parksquare branch and had to go to the electronics botique robinsons malate branch to claim the unit (which was confirmed to still be the 120hz model).
Just need to say this... yes, ako lang mag isa nag karga sa kotse nung 42 inch lcd -> all this with an injured left hand (8stiches due to an accident with a knife) in fairness the staff bothe from park square and malate were kind enough to assist me in loading and unloading the TV.
So what is the moral of all this?
I am not telling you guys not to buy this TV, as by all means it delivers good full HD picture quality (yes, kahit yung 60hz na unit swabe pa rin) at a good price. wag lang kayo umasa sa internal speakers because they are literally crap - as most speakers are for generic lcds.
Buyers: Check if you are indeed getting the 120hz model, you can check this pag meron syang MJC option sa enhanced settings from the picture menu: (menu > picture > enhanced setting > mjc)
Sellers/Retailers: Please check your current stocks and ensure that you are indeed carrying the 120hz model. if you are carrying the 60hz models, please make necessary revisions to the specs you show customers and set necessary expectations.
I am not pointing fingers here as to who is to blame... Electronics botique should have confirmed the specs of the LCD, Logitech should have confirmed this with their retailers, and avision should have confirmed this with logitech.
i just hope future buyers of this TV (which is still a great buy in my opinion) learn from my experience.
