Mintek DTV-173 17-Inch LCD TV/DVD Combo
Pretty good, So far.
I just purchased the DTV-173. On 1st look, the unit appears to be well made and has a good look and feel. The remote is very functional but all features do not appear to be easily accessible from the console without the remote. I am very impressed with the auto formatting and the quality of the image. When I pulled it out and hooked it up to my digital TV service, the screen automatically formatted to the \\"fill\\" mode. On other 16:9 TVs I have seen, the fill mode causes the picture to become distorted and makes everything look shorter and wider. This TV seems to apply the formatting in a way that keeps the picture resembling a normal image. When I use the menu to switch back to the \\"Force 4:3 mode, the picture is noticiably different, but not to the point that I need to continue watching with the bars running up and down the sides. Another good feature is that the TV remembers your last setting and keeps the format the same when you turn off the TV. In the forced 4:3 mode, the side bars are filled black, which is  better than other models I have seen that keep a light gray color in the unused space. The image when using the DVD player was very impressive. the full action scenes in my Star Wars DVds cause no pixation or image jitter. The Player and card reader mode have a seperate set of settings for the aspect ratio and A/V adjustments. When I popped in a DVD and watched in full screen mode and then switched back to TV mode, the screen went back to the format I had set when I last watched TV. It even maintained the different britness and contrast settings in each mode. The DVD player plays all of my media, which includes DVD, DVD+RW, and SVCDs. Some of my SVCDs use a none strandard bitrate, but this player played them all without a hitch. The picture is very clear and bright, but I did need to do a little tweaking when I first set it up. I am only giving a 4 star rating because I have not had it long enough to rate it on reliability. Overall 1st impression is great.This is a good value and packed with features for the price.