Philips 20PT643R 20" QuadraSurf Flat Screen TV
Worth every penny!
(Judged using an RCA RC5220P DVD Player connected with a 2ft. S-Video 2 Monster Cable.)<br />I wasn't buying a TV just for the heck of it; granted, I didn't have a huge amount of money to spend, but I wanted something good.  With the money I had set aside to buy a new TV, the dilemma eventually came down to 24&quot; or 20&quot; flat screen (for around the same price).  Now that this television is in my home, I'm in heaven.  The picture I'm getting is more astonishly impressive than it was in the store.  &quot;24&quot; [starring Keifer Sutherland] has never looked better.  The television is so clear in fact that even the movie &quot;High Fidelity&quot; blew me away, visually - and that's not the type of movie I'd normally use as a test.  Video testers are usually movies like &quot;The Matrix,&quot; &quot;Lord of the Rings,&quot; &quot;Unbreakable,&quot; &quot;Toy Story,&quot; etc. . . . but for a movie with no particular visual flare to still make my mouth drop, that says something.<br />The great thing about it is that a complaint I've had for years - when I watch a DVD, I want the black bars on the top and bottom to be as black as possible without darkening the movie itself.  With this television, the blacks are black and the whites can't get any whiter.  The colors pop and the sharpness almost refuses to look pixelated, thereby resembling film cells.  Lots of control over video and sound, so you can tweak them to your liking.  Easy and efficient remote control and menu system.  Top it all off with inputs ranging from RF all the way up to the highest standard, component, along with the PHILIPS brand name and you got yourself a television well worth 200 bucks.<br />[Think 20&quot; is too small?  Go with the larger versions of the same: 27&quot; Philips 27PT643R and 32&quot; Philips 32RF82S.  To big? Try the 14&quot; Philips 14RF50S.]