Konka A1386UB 13" TV (Blue and Silver)

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Summary: A nice TV, but it has it's problems.
Review: Konka is the biggest TV manufactuer in China. China as the biggest TV market in the world is also the most competitive market with all the Japanese and domestic TV makers fighting over it. Konka made their name in China with quality and price, winning customers back from Sony and Panasonic and Toshiba and JVC, going from a tiny outfit ten years ago to one of the biggest company in China, and now they are in the US! It's a exciting fresh force in the US TV landscape. But because of its novelty, and lack of promotion, not much American people know it. But trust me, they sell tens of millions of TV sets in China every year, they are famous and big, and they can be trusted.

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Summary: The company
Review: Konka is the biggest TV manufactuer in China. China as the biggest TV market in the world is also the most competitive market with all the Japanese and domestic TV makers fighting over it. Konka made their name in China with quality and price, winning customers back from Sony and Panasonic and Toshiba and JVC, going from a tiny outfit ten years ago to one of the biggest company in China, and now they are in the US! It's a exciting fresh force in the US TV landscape. But because of its novelty, and lack of promotion, not much American people know it. But trust me, they sell tens of millions of TV sets in China every year, they are famous and big, and they can be trusted.

Rating:
Summary: A nice TV, but it has it's problems.
Review: Where to begin? It's a nice set, don't get me wrong, but I had problems with it. Good for gaming, but not great.

It has an aspect ratio of 4:3, but the rounded screen defeats the purpose of this (most annoying in games where information can be displayed there). It has two sets of Stereo AV jacks, but the AV channels can only be accessed by remote (unless you want to fiddle with the menu).

The screen is not very bright (only corrected if you plan on cracking the thing open and fiddling with the insides, thereby voiding the warrenty). My biggest peeve, if you shut the TV down on a AV channel, when you turn it back on, it will start on a TV channel (especially annoying considering I bought this set just for games).

The unit I received also had the screen itself off-center (from the opening in the case), obscuring part of the picture (I corrected this myself, but I don't reccommend anyone else do so).