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Originally Posted by kf4rca
This is perhaps the oldest flatscreen I have ever found on the roadside. Its a 2003 model. As you might expect, it's NTSC only and HDReady via the DVI connector.
For a 26 inch, it is pretty heavy- about 50 lbs. Must have iron rather than aluminum for chassis panels. Even has a fan for ventilation. (Not sure what happened to the autofocus on pic2.)
Has 1980's style menu graphics.
The DEMO mode suggests that it can do splitscreen but I was unable to accomplish that.
It is surprisingly well built for a JVC!
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I'm curious to know how this TV will (or should) work on today's DTV standards. If it is set up for NTSC only, I don't see how it would work under today's ATSC standards unless a converter box is connected to it. I am asking this because you said the TV is NTSC only; this means, of course, it absolutely will not work without a DTV converter box. The only other use I can see for this set would be as a video monitor for a DVD player or a video game system such as an Xbox.
I cannot see how any flat-screen TV made in the 2000s would not work on today's standards; if there is a reason for this, I don't know what it could be, as most "NTSC only" digital TVs will (or should) work on modern standards using a converter box.
BTW, I am not sure exactly what you mean when you say this TV is "surprisingly well built for a JVC (television)." Is JVC a low-quality make of flat-screen TV which only lasts a year or so before failing permanently? JVC, after all, is or was (I think, anyhow) a subsidiary of the Japan Victor Company, which made very good TVs in its day. If their earlier televisions were of good quality, I see no reason why their latest flat-screen HDTVs would be at least as good, if not better, than the sets made for NTSC standards.