Customer Reviews
Filled the bill!
What I needed was a simple analog monitor. Since this unit had an input for composit video, I was hopeful it would suffice. Thankfully, it filled the bill. I would have preferred that the connection were on the back, but can live with it as is. The picture is clear and sharp even if slightly cropped from the CRT mask.
P.S. Some months later -- After only a couple months the picture started to lose color and sometimes would tear badly (picture distortion). Other times it would lose all color. Usually turning the power off and back on would correct it, but not always. Very disappointing.
Good 13" TV
The Sansui DTV 1300 is a very good small TV. Nothing very fancy, but everything works as advertised.
What's the deal with channel selection?
I bought this set because it had the biggest picture size that would fit under my kitchen cabinets. Picture quality is good; sound is OK. But selecting channels is a real hassle: apparently it can only be done by marching up or down via channel selection buttons or by entering 2 groups of three numbers separated by a hyphen (i.e. 000-000). Just pressing the channel number does nothing.
Unless I'm missing something really obvious, this has to be one of the most bone-headed control schemes ever.