Panasonic CT-27D12D 27" TV
Unhappy with the picture
Hi,<br />I am usually a fan of Panasonic, but this TV has disappointed me.  The panablack tube is great, but as other people have experienced it, the picture was rotated anticlockwise.  Very noticable if you are watching CNN news ticker or wide screen DVDs.  The red colors also seem to be bleeding a little, and I I found the black picture tube a little too dark, but may be I should change the room lighting conditions.  I tried playing around with the picture settings (color temperature, tint, contrast etc.), but couldn't set it to my liking.  Also, there is no menu to correct geometry problems, except perhaps in the service menu.  But again, only high end TVs have geometry correction menus.<br />The remote seems pretty fragile, the buttons are too small. The remote that came with my workhorse panasonic vcr is much sturdier and with more substance than this.  Also, there is no single button to pull up a list of your favorite channels, and chose between them.<br />One thing great about this though is the sound, my what a terrific sound.  I think you'll be fairly happy with the speakers on a DVD even if you don't have a 5.1 speaker set.  The video input skip function works great, and so is the AI sound control, which keeps the commercial volume down.<br />The tuner is ok. I only use on the air channels, and it just can't pull up KDKA tv, my local CBS affiliate.<br />I would give this TV somewhere between 3 and 4 stars.  I am returning this TV, BTW and trying my luck with Toshiba 27A42.  Sony's are absolutely the best, but I've had some reliability problem with a sony purchase, so I'll try something else this time.  Plus sony's are expensive.