Audiovox VE-640 Ultra Slim Drop-Down LCD Color TV
Zero stars if they had it!
Wow...  I was attracted by the price and turned off by the constant problems.  Although the Video is decent straight on  that's about all it offered. <br /> <br />Problems: <br />1) Sound - cut out all the time, on all 4 of these I've had, including my current one.  I believe this is a model deficiency.  Even when it's working (unplugging usually \\"resets\\" the sound) it's not the best sound, the speaker can't come close to filling the kitchen at normal listening levels and if you crank it up, it gets tinny really fast. <br />2) Move more than a few degees off of perpendicular and the video suffers.  A few more and you can't see anything.  Same goes for horizontal viewing... yes, sitting down at eye level looks okay, but standing up warps the view.  Only the cheapest LCDs are this bad <br />3) The remote.  It seems neat at first (a credit card size), but the buttons are bubble type and don't offer any real feedback when they are pressed.  Kind of easy to lose even with the magnet on the back <br />4) The Controls...  oh man, where do I start.  Every single one of these I've had has failed in some way on the controls... couldn't store the channels, setting the time is pointless because it stays on the defalt time permanently, the lcd flashes, etc.. <br /> <br />I've had to learn to live with all of the above because I'm stuck now.  I had the sound problems and control/LCD problems on every single one I've had.  I'm on the 4th... I finally gave up. <br /> <br />For starters Audiovox Customer Service sucks wind.  Just plan on frustration if you buy this.  The first one I returned to Amazon and to their credit, they sent me a brand new replacement.  Too bad the quality was so horrible that the second new one failed worse than the first.  I literally couldn't get it to keep any settings more than 5 minutes.  That one I ended up having to send back to Audiovox (of course all of these were on my dime for shipping).  Audiovox sent me back what was obviously a refurbished replacement... grrr...  You don't spend this kind of money and want someone else's \\"fixed\\" return!  Well, this one wasn't fixed and was just as bad as the first two.  After sending this one back I just gave up... what's the point?  Now I have a TV where the sound goes out almost daily (for those in the same boat - pull the power and plug it back in).  The clock is permanently stuck at 12:40, and I pray my cable company doesn't change the channels on me or I'll have to go through the 3 hour nightmare to set everything up again.  I try to leave it alone as much as possible. <br /> <br />This is the WORST piece of \\"technology\\" I've bought in recent memory and the \\"customer service\\" is non-existent.  I wish I had my money and time back.  I'll never buy another Audiovox item again and I've told everyone I know to avoid them.  Since I work at one of the world's largest technology companies that's not a small or unimportant group.