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Jan 11, 2012 Ms. Mad at Sanyo     I bought this TV 2 years ago. Just before the 2 year mark, the screen went black...

Jun 6, 2011 Danielle     I love my Sonya i have had it for two 1/2 years and it works great i have a 50" ...

Mar 12, 2011 Lisa     DP42848 model i cannot even find this model numb on sanyo site,lol,why?I had the...

Sep 30, 2010 Kristin     I bought my DP42848 in February 2009 and had to send it for repair because there...

Sep 28, 2010 markgam     Sanyo DP42848 screen is going black after 19 months. Do not buy!. Spend a little...

Aug 10, 2010 Jazzdrummer     After 19 months of using it about 18 hours a day, the picture quality, brightne...

May 31, 2010 Hubby     Just bought it for wife ($488 Walmart). Great for the price. Runs cool (for a pl...

May 14, 2010 robbie     have had for just over a year,loved it until lately,wish i would have paid for e...

Oct 18, 2009 odom602     I bought this tv over a year ago and am satisfied completely. I use it primarily...

Aug 31, 2009 Adam     The television is nice, big and cheap. A good deal from a fairly decent brand. H...

Mar 24, 2009 John     I am pretty satified with my TV for the price. The only thing I don't like about...

Dec 27, 2008 Mark     We purchased this TV yesterday and paid $848 at Walmart. We are very happy with ...

Aug 26, 2008 Brad Weber     I purchased this TV from a local Wal Mart and have been very impressed with the ...

My Experience: The television is nice, big and cheap. A good deal from a fairly decent brand. High definition television over-the-air and on satellite looks great, and DVDs also look spectacular (we have it hooked up with component cables). Good picture controls, but after running a calibration dvd I pretty much left them where they are. Nice defaults Sanyo!

Problems: The only problem is an issue called overscan (Good on the boob tube, bad on LCDs). With HDMI from our satellite box and from our blu-ray computer, the picture is stretched bigger than the screen itself, making computer use on the Sanyo entirely impractical. It of course distorts the picture slightly and cuts off some of all four sides of the image. In short, you aren't getting a true, full HD picture....still better than standard definition, but not the best.