Coby CX-TV6 5" Portable Black & White TV with AM/FM Radio
Best for the price
It would be hard to find a usable TV cheaper. I bought 2 of these along with 2 CyberHome CH-DVD 300S mini DVD players (about $35 each) to use for my video show I do outdoors & in clubs. Just as a DJ needs headphones to cue up the song, a VJ needs monitors to cue-up & find the spot on the DVD to play on the big screen (two 26-foot wide screens).<br /><br />Unlike many portables, these do have A/V jacks in the back to plug equipment into. So I send the RCA jack from the players to the TVs, then use the component or s-video jacks to send the video to a switch box going to the DLP projectors.<br /><br />Oh, I have color LCD portables... just the type of thing someone will walk off with if your back is turned or break banging around on the road... at $199 each! Also, unlike LCD TVs, I can see the picture clearly when I'm off on an angle from the front of the TV.<br /><br />I can fit the 2 players, 1 projector, the 2 TVs, cords, & DVDs in 1 backpack!<br /><br />They've been running 6 hours a night, 4 nights a week in extremely hot & cold conditions. They've been upacked, banged around, & repacked tight 4 nights a week. They still work fine.<br /><br />On movie night, I've either seen the movie or it bores me to death. In my projection booth I can tune in the local TV & radio stations during the movie to pass the time.<br /><br />Reception is acceptable but worse than a $200 unit. The TVs are sensitive to RFI & not very good with RF image rejection, except for AM... which is average. Otherwise, for the price I would have given it 5 stars.<br /><br />The tuning indicator is almost impossible to see unless the light & you are on a perfect & precise angle. Someday I'll take it apart & paint the tuning indicator white or silver.<br /><br />The tuning knob is really hard to turn. Turning it so hard, sometimes one would skip right over the station as it jumbs from the force needed to turn it.<br /><br />I haven't used batteries in it. I always used AC adapters. I use LCD TVs for running on batteries, the batteries will last much longer. All CRT TVs will use up batteries real fast... even high capcity batteries.s. I use LCD TVs for running on batteries, the batteries will last much longer. All CRT TVs will use up batteries real fast... even high capcity batteries.