Astar LTV-2701 27" LCD HDTV
Super value for the money
This TV has styling and functionality usually only found on products costing at least half again as much. The picture is clear, sharp and bright with excellent contrast and great performance displaying action scenes. There is no noticeable \\"ghosting\\" of images so commonly found on cheaper LCD displays. The styling is phenomenal, a real thing of beauty. It adds a touch of class to our wall. The included wall mount (a big deal when wall mounts bought separately can cost $100 and up) is of excellent quality and simple to install. It took us 15 minutes. The software in this unit is higher-end as well, incorporating a \\"smart\\" setting to adapt 4:3 broadcasts to widescreen with minimal \\"fattening\\" of the image. It supports every I/0 interface you could want, including a full set of audio/video out, which is lacking on many TVs. We only have two minor gripes: The closed caption settings do not include a cc1-when-muted option and the remote is a bit cheap and less sensitive than it could be. You have to aim it right at the receptor. Except for those two items we would have given it a wholehearted 5 stars.    *** UPDATE *** Exactly one year and one week after we bought this thing it started acting up. It became slow to start, often going into some software neverland, you had to power it off and try again. It got more and more difficult, to the point where we just had to leave it on all the time to avoid trying to start it. That worked for about 2 weeks, and then it failed completely and now it does NOTHING AT ALL. Thrilling to spend $1000 on a TV and have it die in one year. We've got 15-year-old tvs that we paid a lot less for. WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK