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I know. My cheapo Philips set doesn't have it. The Panasonic PL1 was
regarded as one of the best flatscreen TVs when we got it, but I'd
sooner watch the Philips anyday

TBH I bought our Panasonic without taking the process very seriously. My
suspicion is that with factors like digital terrestrial transmissions and
recordable DVD formats things are currently changing quite swiftly. Hence I
regarded the TV as an 'interim' item. I suspect that in 3-5 years it will
be replaced with something better that may well have an inbuilt digital
receiver, etc, and may be LCD or similar. [1] For watching films from DVD
the Panasonic is 'better' for me than the old B&O as that was, alas, simply
too small a screen. The Panasonic also supports stereo, so is better in
that respect, albiet its inherent sound is poor in my judgement.

Slainte,

Jim

[1] And if the force is with us, may even have a decent gamma :-) Mind you,
the one LCD computer montior I tried, I hated. So I have my worries about
visible pixels and glare from LCD TVs... My suspicion is that the CRT still
has 'legs'... But time will tell... :-)

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