Akai 27" LCD Flat Screen TV/DVD Combo - LCT2721AD

Comment: I have had this tv for 3 years now and its on its last leg. The picture quality is good but other things are going out on it. The remote will not turn on the tv now, you have to turn off the main power button the turn it back on then push the side power button for it to come on. Then you have to wait for several minutes before you can adjust the volume. Also the screen is getting dark swirls on the left side. If I were to do it again I would not get this TV.

The Dvd player is not a very good one, I use another player and dont us the built in one very much at all. Picture quality is good, except for the black swirles. Sound is bad, so use different speakers.

This set is ready to die after only three years of use. What happened to the days where one could count on their TV to last between 10-20 years?

Comment: This piece of junk lasted 2.5 years. After about a year the screen quality degraded with black smears in various places. At 2.5 years it quit working completely. Since I paid about $750 for the piece of junk that's a cost of $300/year. What a deal.

Comment: I've had the TV for about a year and a half or more. The DVD player never worked from day one, so I'm not judging by that, I have an Up-Converter with HDMI anyways. But the TV is great. Picture quality is great, shows in 1080i (I have the 32 in), has HDMI input, and HD component cable input. My beefs with it are that it will randomly switch between mono and stereo sound, and I have yet a way to figure out how to make it stop. After about 9 months, you could here a small crackle in the sound every once in a while. And now, there is a dead/dying pixel. But honestly, for the price I paid for a 32 in HDTV.... phenomenal.

ps. The Start up takes a long time..

Comment: I've had this Akai 27" for over 1 1/2 years now, so my review is based on extensive use and long past the factory warranty.

It's just as good as described by all the happy customers who've posted their comments here.
I don't know what to add, except that after 20 months it's still going strong.

The DVD player works fine, except of course it's not as good quality as the more recent DVD players that have come out during the past year. Still, the convenience is wonderful, and the quality is as good as anything I've been watching for the past five years on DVD.

My only complaint would be that the sound cannot be turned up to a loud volume: small room volume only.

This TV/monitor is being used about 8 hours every day, and I could not be more pleased.

Comment: My husband and I bought the 32" version of this tv and everything was fine until 16 months after we bought it. One night the display suddenly went screwy and then to the snowy fuzz screen. The whole time it sent off this high pitch noise that was deafening! We tried turning it off with the remote and with the buttons on the side of the television, but nothing worked except to switch the breaker off. When we tried turning it back on nothing would work. After working with it for 2 hrs my husband was able to get it to come on, but within a matter of minutes it would freak out and nothing would work again. My husband went online to see if there was someone that had the same problem and maybe had a solution for it. Instead he found a LOT of people with the same problem and a $300 solution from a technician. It seems everyone's television started having problems just months after the manufacturer's warranty expired.

Of course when our problem started the manufacturer's warranty had also expired, so we took it back to the store. We were lucky and got our money back because it was a reputable store and I think they were embarrassed that they sold such a crappy television.

But my advice to anyone considering this television is to save yourself the trouble and get a brand you know and trust and one that works!