Panasonic PT-50LC14 50" Widescreen HD-Ready Television
Great TV for price
Have owned this unit for a year now and it has been great. This television is great for its price point. Looked for about 5 months before deciding and consider myself very technical. Loved this product for the following reasons: <br />1) Number of inputs. Look anywhere and you will not find a set with more VGA or component inputs. This was important to me. The number of component and VGA inputs is the most of all sets I evaluated. Also support for DVI which is great for my computer coupled with a the versapoint rf wireless keyboard/mouse <br />2) Resolution. Really is 1024*768 but is great for computer. Have compared both DVI interface and VGA and found the DVI interface to be noticeable superior.  <br />3) Overall design of the unit <br />4) Split screen picture n picture <br />5) Weight of unit. Very light.  <br /> <br />Some drawbacks have been: <br />1) Recently bought Epson 835t projector. This projector has it's own internal battery that allows unit to cool bulb after power has been cut. Wish this model had same feature. Suspect issues with bulb life people are talking about have to do with the cooling of the bulb. <br />2) Remote is okay but could be better. <br />3) Wish unit had support for tuner card so cable provider box would not be necessary. <br /> <br />Have recommend to a friend and his experience has been great. None of the problems with bulb life. I would recommend a backup power supply for power surges and bulb cooling.