Sony KV32HS510 32" Flat-Screen HDTV
We love it, except for the analog cable channels
My wife and I had to buy a new TV to fit our living room cabinet after the big power blackout: Our 13 year old 27\\" Panasonic set finally failed (The picture was beginning to buzz out prior to the black out).  We guess the set was over-taxed during the brown-out we had here in CT.  I was glad the rest of my hardware was well-isolated behind surge protectors.<br />My wife and I were content to buy a simpler 27\\" or 32\\" inch set, but when we saw this set in the showroom, we both agreed we ought to buy it.  We both enjoy DVDs, and we believed we would come to enjoy the set's extra quality.  The set seemed to outperform all the other 32\\" flatscreens (CRT-based) we looked at. The price was good for the features supplied too.<br />Well.  The set just fits our cabinet (the TV has wing-like speaker panel projections), and the image quality with our CD player and VCR is stunning. We have digital cable, and for the high-number channels (those >100), we get terrific picture quality. The sound from the extra-wide cabinet's wings is also quite respectable.  This is convenient as my wife gets frustrated turning on all my assorted audio gear to produce TV sound.<br />However, for the lower-number CATV channels, the incresed screen size makes cable signal imperfections more obvious.  I bought an exotic power conditioner for all my components to offset noise, but the CATV signal is still lousy. Apparently, with some digital CATV services, the lower-number channels are delivered in analog format and are subject to a lot of distortion.  All this makes a good case for satellite service(or a better capital improvement program by the local CATV supplier to make the system digital end-to-end...{Hope some product manager from Cox reads this some day}).  <br />The TV set also accepts memory sticks.  I have a new Sony DSCV1 digital camera, and it's fun to plug in the memory sticks and watch slide shows.<br />The set has lots of programmable features, an easy to read manual, and a high-tech remote.  Regrettably, my CATV remote does not talk to this TV. <br />We've had this set for a month now, and we're delighted.