Samsung TX-R2035 20" DynaFlat CRT TV
No good for tennis viewing!
After just over a year, my fabulous Panasonic 20-inch TV started having problems. I've been confined to my home for 3 years and can't be without a TV so I purchased this one (Samsung TXR2035) because it seemed to most fit my requirements for physical size, cost, etc., and had to purchase/set it up before the Panasonic completely died. I bought it around mid-February and within 2 days I was spastic, wondering what in the hell I'd purchased. I tried to watch the French Open (played on red clay) and could never find a setting that worked so I could clearly see the ball in the far court. It was maddening as hell. After hours on the phone with Samsung, and anyone else I thought could help me, I went down the path of trying to return it. Of course, I couldn't return it because it wasn't  <br />\\"defective.\\" After much frothing at the mouth, a local Circuit City store said they would take it off my hands within the 30-day return cycle date. Problem was they had no other 20-incher to replace it, except the Panasonic model I loved so much, but they only had floor models (used for 12 months). The other major problem with this TV I read about in a review somewhere, but it was a 24-inch Samsung. I tried to find out if this model had the same menu problem and never could. So I went ahead a bought it. THe problem is that the bozo who designed the menus cleverly made them almost fill the screen and worse, they're opaque. So, when you select the menu to adjust the picture attributes, a large, solid square appears, almost covering the entire picture. It's hell trying to figure out what's happening as you try to adjust dozens of times through the many options, hoping you'll finally be able to see the stupid tennis ball. But, I had no success. I was frazzled! The other serious flaw with the picture adjustment menus (it has 4, which sounds great, but hold on a second)is that three of the four different menus do not hold your special selections, and instead default back to a factory setting, which seems absolutely arbitrary. So, I would spend minute after minute scrolling through these three menus trying different settings and then have to exit the menu to see what I'd accomplished. It usually didn't work properly, so when I'd go back to that menu it was back on the factory setting, not where I'd just set it to. It's enough to drive you totally mad. <br />This TV provides excellent quality video for all foreground images, however. But, background images are another kettle of fish! For example, I cannot clearly see even the first row of spectators at the tennis match, unlike the Panasonic, where I could not only see several rows back, but I frequently could even identify a celebrity in the audience!  <br />I've been told by several people that I should try replacing the regular coax cables I have with component cabling, which I'll have someone do for me soon. I hope that improves matters. If it does not, I guess I'm stuck with this one. One thing is for sure, this Samsung TV is no where near the quality of the Panasonic TV that started to go on  me. And, unfortunately, these 20 inchers are basically throwaways when something goes wrong, unless you can fix it yourself. <br />