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Samsung TXN2034F 20" Analog Flat Screen TV

Samsung TXN2034F 20" Analog Flat Screen TV

List Price: $249.99
Your Price: $219.99
Product Info Reviews

Features:
  • 20-inch DynaFlat CRT screen minimizes image distortion and picture-degrading glare; TV is 22.9 x 18 x 18.9 inches (W x H x D)
  • Digital comb filter removes blurred edges between colors; velocity-scan modulation improves definition at picture edges
  • 4 picture modes, black-level expansion and white-peak limiting for enhancing vividness and picture details
  • RF, composite-video, S-video, and high-end component-video inputs accommodate high-end and standard-quality video devices
  • 5 watts per channel stereo sound with simulated surround sound, Turbo Sound enhancement, and 4 audio modes


Description:

This snazzy, compact 20-inch set uses Samsung's DynaFlat picture tube, which not only looks cool compared to a conventional, bulbous screen, but also provides a high-quality, high-contrast picture through the screen's ability to reduce reflected ambient light and its built-in velocity-scan modulation technology. Velocity-scan modulation improves the definition at picture edges, creating sharper images by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam's horizontal scanning during demanding work--say, when rendering transitions from light to dark parts of an image--and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas.

The TXN2034F's digital 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 unit offers an Invar shadow mask, too. A shadow mask is a thin sheet of perforated metal behind the screen that restricts electron flow, each hole in the sheet corresponding to a single pixel. An Invar mask uses an alloy that's especially resistant to the high temperatures generated by the electron beam, allowing in a brighter, clearer picture.

A component-video input grants optimum connection with a compatible DVD player, while S-video, composite-video, and RF inputs accommodate all DVD players and other AV devices. You can choose between a set of rear AV inputs and a set of side AV inputs for extra convenience when hooking up a camcorder or gaming console. A rear-panel fixed-level audio/video output lets you hook the set up with a surround receiver. 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.

The 55-pound set is easy to move between, say, the kitchen and a bedroom. It also features a trilingual onscreen display (English, Spanish, French), closed-caption display, V-Chip parental control, a sleep timer, an on timer, nonvolatile memory to protect your picture settings even through a blackout, and a full-function remote control. A side-panel headphone jack affords private listening.

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

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