JVC AV-20120 20" TV

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Summary: Perfect TV
Review: At 20-inches diagonal width, and about 50 pounds, this set is just right for a single woman like me to handle. It's neither too big nor too small, and seems much larger in the living room of my small apartment. It's got great sound (which I can't play too loudly because I'm in a small apartment), the picture is great, and I've never needed to adjust it. I love the sleep timer. I don't watch that much TV, just PBS for a couple hours in the evening, so I set the timer to turn itself on at 9:00pm and turn itself off at midnight. Works great! It automatically loads up your channels, and when you get new stations, you can re-do it. I use a Panasonic VCR with it, use the coax for the hookup rather than the video and audio jacks, works fine. I don't have cable, use rabbit ears (Phillips brand), so I have trouble with one station coming in well. That's not the fault of the TV though. I've had it since November of 2000, never bought the service warranty, make sure to turn it off during T-storms, and so I haven't had a lick of trouble with it. I expect years of service with it (or at least until they make me buy a digital TV), just like my mother had with her JVC 36-inch. I'd buy one again in an instant.

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Summary: Great buy, great picture, better than my 5 year old Sony!
Review: The picture quality on this TV looked great right out of the box. I admit I was worried though when I received it. This item was shipped to me upside down by UPS. Now back to the TV I hooked it up to my DBS system and the pictures were great. Sharp with lots of contrast. Unlike the Panasonic that is sold at a similar price this TV does not have a washed out look or a picture that is uncentered. In addition, the picture quality through the AV inputs rivals a Sony Trinitron. The only fault I find with this TV is that it does not have a front panel button to change between cable and AV inputs. You can only do this through the remote. And although the JVC does only have the rear AV inputs, the similar Panasonic model only allows you to hook up one AV source at a time. Go for the JVC 20" in white or black and unlike the Panasonic you won't want to send it back!