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15.6" Westinghouse w1603 720p Widescreen LCD HDTV - 16:9 500:1 5ms 1 HDMI ATSC/QAM/NTSC Tuners (Black) - B

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I am very satisified with this little TV. I was looking for something manageable in size to have on the corner of my desk in my home office and this unit has really worked out great. I have it connected to cable and the picture is respectable with standard analog cable channels, but where it really shines is on the hi-def channels. Most cable operators broadcast local hi-def channels free and clear (not scrambled) and this TV has a QAM tuner which can pick those up - and they are really sharp. For the money (its available at Sam's Club for $169), you really can't beat it.

This is just the size I needed for my kitchen counter. Very clear picture--good sound--but the onscreen "menu" display is disappointingly small. I sit 5 feet from the screen and cannot read the 1/4 inch high, medium blue letters on dark blue background. To maintain the same picture quality in order to adjust the brightness/color/etc., too much clarity lost if I remain standing in front of the screen, so when I move closer to see the display--at about 2.5 feet from the TV--I must stoop over with my nose to exact center of the screen. Just because it's a small screen (7.5 inches high) does not mean the menu display had to also be small. Even changing the letters from medium blue to yellow would have been an improvement!

The only good thing I can say about this is that it's one of the few small LCD tv sets you can find for the night stand, and it's not very expensive. That said, you get what you pay for! The manual is really worthless without any explanation of terms. It has a very small angle for viewing. You can't get a real 16:9 picture. You get standard, fill, and overfill. What the heck is that? I would not buy this again or recommend it to anyone.