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Title: Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: Krynos on August 16, 2003, 01:18:55 am: I've been looking for a suitable TV for my cab project... of course I can't find my perfect one which would be...

Black
Speakers below the screen
25"
Not a flat screen
Svideo
Not deep
Turns back on with power
Retains Svid setting
Good picture
Cheap

With 25" the options are severly limited... all the perfect ones seem to come without svid, or just right but flat screen which just doesn't look right - gah.

Well I found a TV I would be happy with in Best Buy last night.

It is a KLH Digital 24" set for $159.00

It's silver - my bezel will cover that though
Speakers at the side --- slim though - total width = 26"
24" --- 1" off, I can live with that.
Nice curvy screen
Svid in
Not very deep at all... 17.5"
Doesn't power back up after power removed
Sometimes remembers being on svid... odd that
Very good picture with svid
Good price on a ~25" TV

All in all given the options in this size range which are limited this seems like a good set to me.

Purchased in S.CA

- Krynos
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: originalself on August 16, 2003, 10:25:08 pm: is this the one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051806303676&skuId=5336237&type=product (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051806303676&skuId=5336237&type=product)
Looks like a good find krynos. And S&H are free right now.
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: Krynos on August 17, 2003, 12:51:59 am: Yeah, that's the one :)

- Krynos
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: BombProofPlane on August 17, 2003, 03:14:05 am: why not get one of those arcade monitors off of ebay

you can get one in a tv case for 180 if your affraid of the electric shock
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: CitznFish on August 18, 2003, 01:48:20 am: will it stay in S-video mode after the TV is shut off and turned back on the next day?
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: rock345 on August 18, 2003, 11:29:53 am: what vid-card you using?
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: Krynos on August 18, 2003, 02:31:21 pm: It does not seem to turn back on in svid mode after being off for some time - I can live with that, but I would much rather it remembered.

I am using an old Radeon VE with Svid out.

- Krynos
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: rock345 on August 18, 2003, 03:39:46 pm: would almost be perfect if not for that losing channel settings?

where you get your card at?
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: Krynos on August 18, 2003, 06:41:16 pm: I got it at CompUSA Spring 2001. Had it a while now, it was just gathering dust in my parts box.

- Krynos
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: IG-88 on August 19, 2003, 12:55:38 am: Quote from: BombProofPlane on August 17, 2003, 03:14:05 am
why not get one of those arcade monitors off of ebay

you can get one in a tv case for 180 if your affraid of the electric shock

Got a link to those?
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: CitznFish on August 19, 2003, 01:21:21 pm: I like the Toshiba's at Best Buy. But it's about 80 dollars more. The toshiba will retain S-video after powering off.
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: gnateye on August 19, 2003, 01:43:53 pm: the klh is the exact same tv as the apex 24" so it doesnt retain the video settings when you shut it off, but other than that it is a nice tv, i took the bakc off mine and although i was super nervous it was easy and made a huge size difference.

for the money it rocks
Title: Re:Pretty Good TV at Best Buy
Post by: TalkingOctopus on August 19, 2003, 02:22:28 pm: Watch for open box items at best buy. I bough a 27" sharp that was normally 260 for 190 because it was the display model. It fit like a glove in my cab and and looks great -- superb s-video image quality.