RCA F27615 27" TV
GOOD REPUTATION GONE BAD
WE BOUGHT THIS RCA TV WHEN OUR TV FINALLY DIED AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 11 YEARS.  WE DECIDED ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL BECAUSE WE LIKED THE IN-STORE PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITY.<br />WE LOVED THE GUIDE PLUS FEATURE. WE COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS COMING ON NEXT, WHAT IT WAS RATED, WHETHER IT WAS A RERUN, ETC. JUST BY PUSHING A BUTTON. SOMETIMES THE GUIDE PLUS DIDN'T WORK AND WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO UPDATE TO OUR LOCAL NETWORK.  SOMETIMES THIS WAS DUE TO A POWER FAILURE, OTHER TIMES IT JUST HAPPENED.<br />HOWEVER, THE SOUND HAD BEEN ACTING A LITTLE FINICKY AND FINALLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT THE OTHER DAY.  I CAN GET A TAPPING NOISE WHEN I ADJUST THE VOLUME, BUT THERE IS NO OTHER SOUND.  I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER TV RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I THOUGHT RCA HAD A GOOD REPUTATION.  I THINK FOR ALL THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL, WE COULD MAKE APPLIANCES THAT LAST LONGER THAN A FEW YEARS.<br />IF I DO GET ANOTHER TV, I WILL LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS A/V JACKS (WHETHER ON THE BACK OR FRONT) AND MAYBE SMART SOUND.  IT WOULDN'T HURT TO HAVE A GUIDE PLUS FEATURE, TOO!  BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE RCA.