Sony Bravia KLV-S26A10 26-Inch LCD HD-Ready Flat Panel Television
My ten plus year-old Magnavox looks better!
Let me start off by saying I have never written a review on Amazon or any other site.  I feel compelled to do so for this product, in an attempt to warn people of the poor quality.<br /><br />I agree totally with Dustin's review, as I experienced the same result.<br /><br />While the external product is beautiful to look at, the picture quality is horrible.  In the two days I've had it, I've spent a large amount of time with different configurations and cables in an attempt to make it work.  None did.  This TV is a lemon, plain and simple.<br /><br />I have DirecTV and have tried regular cable, composite, S-Video and component cables.  All produce a grainy, flat picture.  The only picture that came close to acceptable was the component video cable through my Toshiba Tivo DVR.  But even so, it isn't acceptable to me and isn't worth settling for.<br /><br />Another thing that I found disappointing was that you are buying a 26\\" TV, but you don't get 26\\" worth of viewing area!  The best (and it isn't great) picture comes from a \\"normal\\" mode that cuts a good two inches off of each side.  \\"Wide\\" view is too distorted to watch comfortably.  I'm used to a TV displaying the picture on the whole screen.  I'll admit to not being totally up on the aspect ratios, but it still seemed to be a rip off to me.<br /><br />Although you save a lot of money through Amazon for this TV, I think it should be discontinued.  It's in the box, waiting for UPS to take it away.<br /><br />My suggestion would be to do what I'm going to do:  Hook the 10 plus year-old 19\\" Magnavox back up and go back to hunting for something worthy of your hard-earned money.