Zenith C27V28 27-Inch Multimedia HDTV TV

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 31.4 x 23.3 inches ; 108 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 121 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00006HCJP
• Item model number: C27V28
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #406,396 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The C27V28's 27-inch flat, high-definition, fine-pitch picture tube offers the highest resolution capability possible for viewing of HD content material in 1080i, 480p, or 600p SVGA formats. The fine-pitch picture tube (with Invar mask) provides the sharpest and clearest picture possible. An outboard set-top box is required for high-definition broadcast reception. The set's 3D Y/C comb filter combines the adaptive digital processing of a three-line digital comb filter with 3-D motion detection. Doing so eliminates hanging dots and color noise on stationary images and reduces overall picture noise and 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).

Two-tuner PIP (picture-in-picture) makes it possible to watch a second channel in the PIP inset screen while watching the main channel on the full screen, while aspect-ratio correction displays movies in their original widescreen format (16:9) or in regular TV format (4:3). Scan-velocity modulation dynamically varies the scanning speed of the electron beam to create clear, well-defined images for the sharpest picture possible. Dynamic Focus keeps red, green, and blue color beams accurately aligned.

Other features include color temperature control, Gemstar Guide Plus+ Gold Premium (an onscreen program guide), and built-in stereo speakers backed by 5 watts each. Input and output jacks include two RGB (XGA, SVGA, VGA modes) inputs, two high-resolution component-video inputs (Y, PB, PR), one RF input, three sets of S-video inputs, three AV inputs, one AV output, two RJ-11 (phone jack) ports, and one G-link terminal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best HDTV for the best price., January 29, 2003

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Stezen (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zenith C27V28 27-Inch Multimedia HDTV TV (Electronics)

I have bought the Zenith C27V28 HDTV for a little bit over a month & m happy about it (for the price, the graphic qlty, the feature, ease of use). I want to give it a 4.5 star but since I couldn't then I give it a 5 stars.

I bought the Sony KV27FV300 a few weeks before. If I have to compare the 2 products, I would said: (a) the sound on the Sony is better (100%) than the Zenith (70%); (b) the picture qlty on the Zenith is 100% and Sony (70%); (c) Feature with the user in mind: Sony (60%), Zenith (100%).

The Pro:
Analysis of point (c):

First Best feature : It's a HDTV for the price of a Sony regular TV!!!!

Second Best feature: The C27F28 can control the VCR to record the show I want it to record w/ a single button. I show a show I like, I click a button, and the TV turn on the VCR to record the show. Or even better, I can view the TV Guide and decide there is a show I want to record, I click a button ... and voila the TV is taking care of it!!!!

Third Best feature: I can plug a Computer on it and use it as a monitor with either 640*480, 800*600 or 1080i resolution, while the latest is not implement yet on the Video Graphic card of most computer ... for now!

Other best feature: Zenith's list surf channel is unlimited: I can program as many favorite channels as I wish to surf. (A surf list is a list of my favorite channel I want to see quickly without typing in the number of the channel myself. Example: my favorite channels are: 3, 5, 21, 32, etc.... So when I m in surf mode, by clicking 1 button I jump from channel 3 to 5 to 21 ... etc.).

The Flashback button is good both for PIP & the main screen, i.e. if I want to go the channel I watched before the one right now, I can do for both the PIP & the main screen. Wow!!!

The color setting on the PIP is difference than the main screen. I have the cable TV guide so that I can always get the info on the program I m watching.

The time on the TV can be self ajusted by the TV Cable cie, so I don't have to worry about Summer Saving time or not.

The Con:
(i) When changing channel, it takes several second for the screen to turn on.
(ii) The PIP screen does not accept HDTV, i.e., if I want to watch a HDTV show while looking at a show taped on a VCR, I cannot do that.
(iii) The sound, analysis of point (a) vs (b): According to me, the picture is more important than the sound, since I can always plug the TV on a better sound system. Like if u listen to a DVD, use the sound system from your DVD player.
(iv) The closed caption does not display well French accent (letter `è' cannot be displayed)!!!!
(v) Possibly the Caller ID (yes, I can plug a tel line in and see who is calling me on the TV screen!!!) is not made for other country than the US.

My Conclusion: If Zenith can fixed all the con, I would declare this will be the perfect TV for me. It well worth the money even w/ the cons.