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I have been keeping an eye on this monitor for a while. I finally made my purchasing when it fell below [$$$] ([$$$] to be exact). It come in with a relative slime package, and the monitor itself is quite compact too. The stand can be fully folded to the back, unlike other LCDs, which come on top of a bulky stand. The CT1702 has everything I wanted: TV tuner, DVI, S-video, RCA, and Audio-Out ports. With the TV tuner and the remote, I feel like that I am watching a real TV set. It is perfect for my bedroom. As a mornitor, the CT1702 is also a pretty good one. There is no dead pixel. two out of my other three LCD have two dead pixels. The screen is very bright, I have to turn down the brightness so that it will not hurt my eyes. Some adjustment is also needed to optimize the desktop display. The horizontal viewing anger is great. I felt that the contrast is on the weak side when comparing with top in line LCDs, but the response time looks quite good to me (rated at 25ms, which is common for good LCDs). The speakers is weak, and sounds cheap. This is not really a problem since I actually prefer to output the audio signal to my mini system.
The only things I am not completely satisfied is the slow transition in mode changes. I would also like it have PIP function. For less then [$$$], CT1702 offers the most feature you can get for a LCD. There are some other "brand" LCD offer much less for much more $. I recommend this LCD if you want something more than just a monitor. The price for LCD is dropping quickly, and supply seems ample. You are probably looking for a unit for [$$$-$$$] in the near future.

The monitor for a computer is very nice but for the CATV it is ok. If you hook it up using coaxial then throw the monitor in the trash can or sell it on line. If you use the s-video then it gets the job done and it is ok. I will try the DVI to see if it changes anything else. When I originally bought it I figured it would support PIP, but it doesn't (costly mistake). I can't figure out why Cornea didn't drop PIP along with it. It would have made much more sense and gained much greater popularity.

---No PIP, (Picture in Picture) so you can work on your computer and watch the news.
---No V-Chip Function, which I believe makes this monitor illegal to sell in the US, and is against FCC regulations, what this means to you the consumer.
---No Tri, or Bi Lingual language support.
---No Close Captioning. This, at least to me, is a big deal, I like to put the news in PIP, and turn on the close captioning, if a story interests me and I am on the phone, or listening to the radio, I can read along, if it is really interesting, I can turn the sound on. But this monitor does not support Close Captioning.

Obviously if you are Deaf, and/or speaks a foreign language this is not the Unit for you.

---No PIP, (Picture in Picture) so you can work on your computer and watch the news.
---No V-Chip Function, which I believe makes this monitor illegal to sell in the US, and is against FCC regulations, what this means to you the consumer.
---No Tri, or Bi Lingual language support.
---No Close Captioning. This, at least to me, is a big deal, I like to put the news in PIP, and turn on the close captioning, if a story interests me and I am on the phone, or listening to the radio, I can read along, if it is really interesting, I can turn the sound on. But this monitor does not support Close Captioning.

Obviously if you are Deaf, and/or speaks a foreign language this is not the Unit for you.

CT1503 came in DOA. Tech support didn't seem at all surprised.