Mintek DTV-233 23'' LCD TV/DVD Combo

Mintek DTV-233 23'' LCD TV/DVD Combo

Mintek DTV-233 23'' LCD TV/DVD Combo

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Mintek's graceful, slim, and lightweight DTV-233 combination 23-inch widescreen LCD TV and full-function DVD player is suitable for placement anywhere in your home or office. DVDs slide easily into a side slot for space-efficient integration. Just 3.4 inches thick without its stand, you can even mount the DTV-233 on the wall, picture-style, using an optional wall-mount bracket. It's suitable for use as a PC monitor, too.

All DVD functions are accessible via the supplied remote control, and the unit plays DVD-Video, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 CD, MPEG-4 video, and JPEG digital photos stored on recordable CD. A combination SD (SecureDigital), MMC (MultiMediaCard), and Memory Stick memory-card reader is perfect for viewing your digital photos fresh out of your camera and right on the TV screen.

LCD screens offer a number of benefits over CRT monitors and televisions, including general ease of use, freedom from eye strain (no screen flickering or radiation emissions), quiet operation (no high-pitch "flyback" noise, an issue with CRT TVs), accurate image geometry (no curvature distortion or susceptibility to magnetic interference from, say, speakers), long screen life (with no risk of image burn-in), space savings, and light weight/easy positioning. They also tend to be cheaper and, to some eyes, slightly more natural looking than their plasma flat-panel counterparts, which usually "spec" higher (higher brightness, higher contrast ratio).

The set offers 1,280 x 768 native pixel resolution with impressive ratings for both contrast (450:1) and brightness (450 cd/m2). Its wide-angle clarity extends 176 degrees vertically and horizontally, so the screen is easy to see from just about anywhere in the room. Mintek's Digital Pure Video Engine analyzes audio/video signals and ensures that the display reaches high-definition levels fast while addressing 6 key aspects of video: detail, color, contrast, dynamic (response time), brightness, and levels of shading.

The set's stereo speakers are driven by an ample 6 watts each. Connections include 1 each composite-video, high-definition component-video, coaxial RF, and VGA PC (15-pin D-Sub). The set also includes a USB interface for a direct digital connection with your digital camera and digital camcorder.

What's in the Box
TV/DVD player with detachable stand, a remote control, remote batteries, and a user's manual.

Product Description:
This Mintek TV combo delivers high definition-ready TV in an attractive cabinet. The 23" LCD TV Combo with DVD offers 1280x788 WXGA pixel resolution staged on a 23" high definition, digital LCD display. The sleek contemporary cabinet features a built-in slot-in DVD player and 3-in-1 memory card slot that is SD, MMC and memory stick compatible. The multi-media DTV-233 also offers a built-in TV tuner, USB connecter and VGA socket for PC connection. DVD player handles DVD, CD, MP3, CD-R, CD-RW, MPEG4, and JPEG discs.
Mintek DTV-233 23" LCD TV/DVD Combo
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • No Customer Service
  • Poor service, poor quality
  • what a great hdtv
  • Defective
  • Mintek DTV review
 Mintek DTV-233 23" LCD TV/DVD Combo

Manufacturer: Mintek
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:
  • 23 Inch LCD TV
  • Plays DVD/CD/MP3/CD-RW
  • HD Digital LCD Panel
  • 1,280 x 768 native pixel resolution; high 450:1 contrast ratio and high 400 cd/m2 brightness
  • Digital Pure Video Engine enhances detail, color, contrast, response time, brightness, and levels of shading

ASIN: B00069T8EO

Product Description

Mintek DTV-233 is a HDTV Ready 23" Wide Screen TV with DVD.PRODUCT FEATURES:DVD / DVD-R / DVD+R/RW/ MPEG4 / MP3 / CD / CD-R / CD-RW / Kodak Picture;CD;23" 16:9 HD Digital LCD Wide Screen Monitor;HDTV Ready;Super Slim, Super Light Weight;Built-in Slot Load DVD Player;Built-in Dual Stereo Speakers;Headphone Jacks Input;USB Interface for Digital Camera Card Reading;3 in 1 Memory Card Socket;VGA Socket for PC Monitor Capability;Audio / Video Input and Output;Antenna Input.

Amazon.com Product Description

Mintek's graceful, slim, and lightweight DTV-233 combination 23-inch widescreen LCD TV and full-function DVD player is suitable for placement anywhere in your home or office. DVDs slide easily into a side slot for space-efficient integration. Just 3.4 inches thick without its stand, you can even mount the DTV-233 on the wall, picture-style, using an optional wall-mount bracket. It's suitable for use as a PC monitor, too.

All DVD functions are accessible via the supplied remote control, and the unit plays DVD-Video, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 CD, MPEG-4 video, and JPEG digital photos stored on recordable CD. A combination SD (SecureDigital), MMC (MultiMediaCard), and Memory Stick memory-card reader is perfect for viewing your digital photos fresh out of your camera and right on the TV screen.

LCD screens offer a number of benefits over CRT monitors and televisions, including general ease of use, freedom from eye strain (no screen flickering or radiation emissions), quiet operation (no high-pitch "flyback" noise, an issue with CRT TVs), accurate image geometry (no curvature distortion or susceptibility to magnetic interference from, say, speakers), long screen life (with no risk of image burn-in), space savings, and light weight/easy positioning. They also tend to be cheaper and, to some eyes, slightly more natural looking than their plasma flat-panel counterparts, which usually "spec" higher (higher brightness, higher contrast ratio).

The set offers 1,280 x 768 native pixel resolution with impressive ratings for both contrast (450:1) and brightness (450 cd/m2). Its wide-angle clarity extends 176 degrees vertically and horizontally, so the screen is easy to see from just about anywhere in the room. Mintek's Digital Pure Video Engine analyzes audio/video signals and ensures that the display reaches high-definition levels fast while addressing 6 key aspects of video: detail, color, contrast, dynamic (response time), brightness, and levels of shading.

The set's stereo speakers are driven by an ample 6 watts each. Connections include 1 each composite-video, high-definition component-video, coaxial RF, and VGA PC (15-pin D-Sub). The set also includes a USB interface for a direct digital connection with your digital camera and digital camcorder.

What's in the Box
TV/DVD player with detachable stand, a remote control, remote batteries, and a user's manual.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars No Customer Service .......2007-05-29

DVD stopped working a week after warranty was up. No one ever answered the customer service line. Do not buy this TV....it is a waste of money; spend the extra money and buy one from a known brand with a customer service department

1 out of 5 stars Poor service, poor quality.......2005-12-23

This is the worst TV I have ever purchased in my life. Without using the remote, the unit goes into overdrive searching for the source it prefers -- tv, dvd, pc, etc. -- and you cannot watch television. When I have called to get help with this, I have been thwarted at every step. I would recommend that no one buys anything from this company.

5 out of 5 stars what a great hdtv.......2005-10-16

I love it. I don't have the problem with the remote like other people. I do not use a universal remote. Its great. When I stick in a DVD, it turns off the TV tuner by itself. I can turn off the unit in the middle of a DVD and the next day, I can pick up on the DVD right where I left it just by turning it on. Very simple. Color and picture are great. Price is great. Have had no problems.

1 out of 5 stars Defective.......2005-06-04

I ordered this tv but I had to return it the next day because it was defective. It wouldn't give me about a dozen of my channels. Instead it just flashed the picture, then turned all white with an asterisk showing on the side, and kept alternating between those two things. It was unwatchable.

I tried having it redo the channel search again. I noticed that when I clicked the up and down arrows, all those channels were skipped. It still didn't work.

I then plugged the cable wire into my old tv and it worked fine.

Another complaint that I have with this tv is that there were horizontal lines going up the screen. The instruction manual says that may happen if you have a radio in the room, not turned on, just in the room. Who doesn't have a radio in the room? My other tv doesn't have that problem.

Another complaint I have with this tv is that it foreshortened the faces on the screen. I changed a certain setting from "fill the screen" to "normal" and it seemed to fix that problem. It seems that it was stretching the window sideways, making everyone's head look wide and short. Then when I turned on the tv later, all the faces were foreshortened again. Sure enough, the tv had reset itself to "fill the screen". I changed it back and it seemed fine.

When I gave up on the tv, because of its inability to receive a lot of channels, I turned on my old tv and I appreciated the picture quality of the Mintek more. My old tv's picture really didn't look as good as the Mintek did. It makes me realize how artificial all these images are. We tend to think of them as being accurate but they are not.

I don't have high definition cable. I just have regular cable. That may have something to do with it. Maybe HDTV would at least get rid of the horizontal lines going up the screen.

I give Amazon 5 stars. I packed up the box, taped it up, brought it to a UPS store, and Amazon paid the postage and all. Amazon is giving me a full refund. I highly recommend shopping with Amazon. I have bought dozens of books and records, and various other things, through Amazon, and I have always been so pleased with the service that my first reaction is to buy everything on Amazon.

Later ...

Revisiting this review, I see that someone gave my review a Thumbs Down. What idiot would do that? My tv was defective. It didn't pull in all the channels. Isn't this supposed to be a place where we share our experiences with the products we buy on Amazon? What kind of moron would give this report a Thumbs Down? My tv was defective, I'm telling you so, and I get booed for letting you know? Maybe the negative reviewer is a Mintek employee hired to occasionally scan the Amazon reviews. Something similar happened to me on Epinions when Delta Airlines let me down, and a Delta employee actually was hired to scan the Epinions reviews and defend his company.

4 out of 5 stars Mintek DTV review.......2005-04-02

After alot of research on Mintek we decided to give it a try. The tv is great, DVD player works well. Cutomer service STINKS, I called numerous times and no one ever returned my calls. My main question was about codes for a universal remote. Finally found out there are none, but did purchase a remote ($28-Best Buy) that "learns codes" and am now able to use 1 remote for TV and DirectTV reciever.

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