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Panasonic CT-20SL13 20" Pure Flat TV (Silver)

Panasonic CT-20SL13 20" Pure Flat TV (Silver)

List Price: $249.99
Your Price: $227.99
Product Info Reviews

Features:
  • 20-inch, fine-pitch RealFlat picture tube and 5 watts-per-channel stereo sound; 24 x 18.8 x 19.7 inches (W x H x D)
  • 3-line digital comb filter sharpens images, reduces "dot crawl"
  • Component-video, S-video, and composite-video inputs accommodate a range of televisions
  • Channel labeling and recall/rapid tune simplify input and station selection
  • Channel lock and game guard let you control use, and a programmable timer powers the set on or off at specified times


Description:

Panasonic's silver, 20-inch CT-20SL13 uses a Tau PureFlat picture tube, which not only looks cool compared to a conventional, bulbous screen, but also provides a high-quality, high-contrast picture owing to the screen's ability to reduce reflected ambient light. The set may be small in size, but its 600 lines of horizontal resolution render high-quality images.

The CT-20SL13's three-line comb filter further enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt). The set's horizontal and vertical edge correction sharpens the edges of pictured objects, working in conjunction with the dynamic sharpness control and velocity modulated scan to produce clean, crisp images and reduce video noise.

Through channel labeling, you can assign an ID of one to four characters (such as KIRO or WNET) to up to 30 different channels. This feature comes in handy when cable systems assign different channel numbers to familiar network stations. Channel banner captures information transmitted with each program and places it onscreen in a semitransparent banner. This information includes TV station identification and the V-Chip rating for the current program.

The set gives you stereo audio (with 5 watts per channel) from broadcast programming via Multi-channel Television Sound (MTS), which permits broadcasters to encode stereo audio within the video portion of TV programming signals. BBE High-Definition Sound improves speech intelligibility and restores the dynamic range of compressed musical passages.

A component-video input grants optimum connection with a compatible DVD player, while standard composite- and S-video inputs accommodate all DVD players. You can choose between two sets of rear AV inputs and a set of front AV inputs for extra convenience, as when hooking up a camcorder or gaming console. A rear audio (switchable fixed-/variable-level) output lets you hook the set up with an integrated amplifier or surround receiver. The set also features a trilingual onscreen display (English, Spanish, French), closed-caption display, V-Chip parental control, a sleep timer, auto off, and a universal remote control.

What's in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries, and user's manual.

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