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I bought this television last week and it arrived shortly thereafter. My husband and I purchased it to put in front of my treadmill. After reading the reviews, we decided on this brand and size. Many people complained about the "tinny" quality of the sound. Out of the box it DID sound "tinny" but as soon as my husband went into the "sound options" and moved around the bass and treble, it sounded PERFECT. People also complained that they couldn't get all of the channels on this TV - well when we hooked it up we couldn't either - UNTIL my husband switched the setting for how the cable comes into the TV (I think it was the CABTV setting?) - now we get all the same channels that we get on all of our other TVs. The picture quality is amazing for such a small and inexpensive TV and we love the sleek design. As long as you have someone who knows that they are doing with the settings you will love this TV also!

For best picture quality, use the S-Video input cable if you can.In the "personal"mode adjust contrast to 99 ,brightness to only 10 , color to 58, tint to 0 and sharpness to 50.I run my Direct TV Satellite Rcvr right into the S-Video Connection and the picture is gorgeous at those settings.It is "Cable-Ready.

This was great for my son to take to school. fits perfectly in a very small dorm room. Nice picture and sound. video games play well on it also (so I'm told my my son) he says it's "sweet".

The TV has a clear, sharp picture and was the right size for the chest of drawers it was to sit upon. The sound was not very good, but reasonable for such a small set. Unfortunately, it was DC powered (not AC). It could not pull in the major TV stations whose towers are about 20 miles away. It should work fine in the city.

I have found this good for what I had planned it for.

I wanted a 'portable'DTV for my car along with a VGA and composite inputs and that
would run off of 12 volts supplied by the cigarette lighter if I needed. This little
TV does exactly that.

I have had this for the six months and have had it a lot of places during my travels
and it hasn't failed to pick up those 'weak' signal stations. It does pick up a LOT
of stations even with a coat hanger cut to 19" and stuck into a cb antenna magnet
mount on the car. Not the best type of antenna, but I have been able to tune in DTV
stations from 60+ miles away with this setup. Not the best signal for those distant
stations but enough that this TV will detect them while scanning and allow me to
hook up a better antenna if I want to. This past weekend was able to pick up plenty
of stations outside my TV market area (Detroit) with an outside antenna at 30 feet.
Was able to scan for stations in Cleveland (117 air miles away), Bowling Green, OH
( 65 miles away), Flint ( 43 miles away ), and South Bend, IN ( 139 miles away ).
This is the only gripe I have with the TV is that I can't scan in one direction and
then point the antenna in another and rescan without loosing what I already scanned.

The screen is a little smaller than I expected for use for a VGA monitor, but it
works for what I use it for.

I would recommend this DTV for anyone who wants a portable setup that would run off
of 12volts in the car and needs to view weather radar or keep up with local events
while mobile.

As a reminder, you will not be able to use the 'digital' portion while in motion as
the timing of the signal causes the picture to pixelate while in motion and it won't
lock onto the signal.