Televisions: Reviews

According to user reports, the Emerson CR202EM9 is one of the best tube TVs still being made. Pluses include a flat CRT to reduce reflections and image distortion. The S-video input and digital audio output are features… you don't often see on budget TVs. Picture quality is good, as is sound. The Emerson TV can't display HD images in their full resolution, but the digital tuner means that this Emerson TV won't become obsolete when analog broadcasting ends next year. The 90-day labor warranty is short, but that's not unusual for TVs in this price class.

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This Sansui TV is the largest standard-definition TV currently available. Features are sparse, but the TV's digital tuner is QAM compatible, meaning it can receive unscrambled digital channels via cable without a… converter box. A digital audio output makes it easy to hook up the TV to a home theater system. User reviews are limited and mixed, though most seem at least somewhat pleased. If you want a large-screen standard-definition TV, this 27-inch Sansui model is your best -- and only -- bet, and it sells for little more than half the price of even the least expensive LCD TV options with similar sized screens.

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