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This is one of the best and cheapest TV's around... well it seems not anymore on amazon. But I had bought this in CA, where I used it continuously for 1 yr, then moved back to NY with it in my U-Haul truck, and it still works to this day some 3 or 4 years later. The picture is crystal clear and the inputs for this TV have been fantastic... and when I ran out of inputs I bought a simple break out box to connect more stuff too. Can't say enough good things about this television... oh yeah, and the buzzing is real... but it goes away after a minute or so and is not too disturbing that it detracts from my TV viewing, but it is noticeable.

I bought Jensen 2749 as an after-Thanksgiving special for $199. The lowest price for all 27" flat screen TVs. My biggest discovery is not the super low price and very good picture quality but that it has PAL playback function. I have some PAL DVDs and when viewed with my old GE TV, the pictures were black/white. (My pioneer DVD player does not have a PAL-NSTC converter) Now they are with beautiful colors! What a super buy!

The TV broke in less than 5 months! When I was watching Boston Marathon, I heard a spark noise from inside the TV and then the picture became foggy with insufficient contrast. Difficult to find service and I would have to pay the labor cost. After some efforts I returned it to the seller and bought a Sony 27 flat. When watching DVDs, the Sony is slightly better but it does not support PAL. When watching TV program (without cable), the Sony is not as good as Jensen.
I hope it will last much longer than my Jensen.

I've had my Q2749J for a couple months now. It seems to work great; the picture is clear, the sound works fine (although I use an external sound system). Since the first day, however, whenever there is a lot of white on the screen, the tube makes a weird grinding noise. I can't seem to find any warranty information and jensen.com is down at the moment. Of course watching tv at loud volume levels covers this noise up, but it doesn't seem to be a problem to ignore.

This might be a decent TV set if it works at all, but it's not a sensible or safe purchase.

Mine worked adequately for a few days and then failed. It has now been four weeks and it still functions only as a paperweight. Although Amazon advertises this product as having an in-home warranty, you should be aware that the support may be of no value whatsoever. Jensen has only recently begun selling TV sets and does not have a functioning service network for them. Although they say that they have been trying to find a service provider in the Washington DC metro area, they have been unable (unwilling?) to do so over several weeks. Verifying this with an independent service tech, I've been told that many parts are available only from Jensen. The only warranty contact information provided is a telephone number for a voicemail box and an address. which seems to be a drop-box for a company in British Columbia, Canada. It is EXTREMELY difficult to get them to return phone calls. The first sign of life came one week after I began sending emails and leaving messages. The Jensen parent website reveals no contact mechanism at all. If you poke around the internet, it turns out that Jensen has become Recoton in FL, with an email address that returns all mail as undeliverable.
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Hard to beat the price vs the quality. Wonderful picture, easy to operate with VCR & DVD. All around a very nice TV.I am very tempted to give it 4/5, but the TV is just too nice to give it a less than perfect rating.