*Price now $80* Sylvania 19" Class 720p 60hz LCD HDTV - Black (LC190SS2) $89.00 + Free Shipping

Quote from djprez : It's there. I had to zoom to find it http://i2.lulzimg.com/b35c0c6c1f.jpg

lol that is hard to see thx and repped

[QUOTE=tennis8363;50556430]On this size? Who cares?[/QUOTE

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My local cable company only provides access to 10 stations if you have a TV w/o a QAM tuner. I need an external box to get any other stations. Just a real PITA.

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Quote from wassabe : I don't think you need QAM for OTA, The government demanded ATSC tuner for all TV sets built after 2007 but no regulation on QAM tuners, it would be dumb to only demand ATSC on tv sets if both QAM and ATSC are needed for OTA channnels. I could be wrong since we all know how "smart" the governments are, but i think ATSC tuner is all you need for OTA and QAM is for cable, anyone with more insight care to chime in?

It has ATSC for over the air digital/HD channels for sure. Like you said it's required by FCC. After reading the previous thread, I don't see a definite answer that it doesn't have QAM. I don't see where anyone actually physically tested the TV , they were assuming it didn't have QAM because it wasn't listed. I might order it to verify if it has QAM. Below is a interesting comment found on the previous thread.

I bought the Sylvania LC195SLX during a Target Sale @ ~$135 ~2-3 years ago to 'Experiment' with HDMI (my other TVs were CRTs).

My TV has a NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner.
It worked fine with Comcast and continues to work fine with FiOS. The only problem, with most QAM 'Auto-Scan' devices, is that they detect way too many 'Fake' channels that you have to manually delete, one-by-one.
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The HDTV picture (720/1080) is fine - the SD (480) not so much. My newer Panasonic TC-L32C3, also 720p, is much better with SD (i.e. better internal scaler). My wife watches DVDs I burn for her (480p) of movies from about 6' away and she's fine with it. I added one of those Altec Lansing 2.1 PC speaker systems that were on sale 'all-the-time' several years ago plugged into the earphone jack - I believe I have 5, along with 2 Creative Labs; most ~$10-20 IIRC; 2 Altec Lansing 5.1 systems were ~$40 each (from ~$400 10 years ago) and they sound great.
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There is a USB port on the side but it's for 'Service', not JPGs or MPEGs.
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Mine has a S-Video port on the top of the side view - it appears they removed it.

All-in-all, I consider it a fine 'El Cheapo' HDTV - from $135 to $89. I'd buy it again if I needed it for the shop or computer den. Not many TVs list QAM tuners, but, AFAICT, they all have them. Maybe it's some kind of deal they made with the cable companies who want to FORCE everyone to rent a STB for *EVERY* ATSC/NTSC/QAM device they own.

In for one, thanks op. repped

Was primarily looking for a cheap monitor ..this fits the bill perfectly....glad i came across this..Thanks! OP

Quote from scsiguru : My local cable company only provides access to 10 stations if you have a TV w/o a QAM tuner. I need an external box to get any other stations. Just a real PITA.

Most cable companies limit the unscrambled "Clear QAM" channels to your local and a few others. Even though I'm in the city I don't get a good signal for ATSC, so the QAM tuner is important for me. I only get basic cable, so the QAM tuner gets in everything I pay for. In most cases if you have more than a basic cable package the QAM tuner won't be as relevant, if you still want to use the TV and get your whole package. Meaning it will still require a cable box.

Awesome price, thanks!

In summary, this TV is GOOD for use with an antenna for over the air digital channels. (So ok for CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, etc.)

It is NOT GOOD for digital cable hook-up. (So, NOT for Comcast, Time Warner, Charter, Cox, etc. NOT for ESPN, CNN, Discovery, DIsney ..., etc.)

Quote from chevron7 : In summary, this TV is GOOD for use with an antenna for over the air digital channels. (So ok for CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, etc.) It is NOT GOOD for digital cable hook-up. (So, NOT for Comcast, Time Warner, Charter, Cox, etc. NOT for ESPN, CNN, Discovery, DIsney ..., etc.)

Great, thanks for summarizing. Mind to add this to wiki so people is easier to check?

ordered one, this will do great for my deployment! Thanks OP!

Quote from chevron7 : In summary, this TV is GOOD for use with an antenna for over the air digital channels. (So ok for CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, etc.) It is NOT GOOD for digital cable hook-up. (So, NOT for Comcast, Time Warner, Charter, Cox, etc. NOT for ESPN, CNN, Discovery, DIsney ..., etc.)

...but, if I get the free box from Comcast I should have no issues, right?

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