Kitchen Lcd Tv

Review by Carolyn : undercabinet tv

I love our new Coby undercabinet tv. It was easily installed in the kitchen with no problems. It is compact, convenient and the picture quality is excellent. We previously owned a smaller screen, but the 10.2 is much better. It's also a big plus to have the DVD/CD player included.

Review by Dr. Janet Bobby : Great Addition to My Kitchen

I love this little under the counter TV. It is connected to cable and operates fine. The radio isn't working very well only because I do not have the antenna high enough in the room. Hard to do in the cupboard.

Review by M. McDonough : Flimsy but does the trick!

My first impression of the Coby Under-The-Cabinet TV/DVD player is that it is flimsy and cheap. The screen is a bit loose and just doesn't feel like it's put together all that well. I'm afraid that one of these days when I'm putting the screen up or down that it's going to break so I have to be very gentle with it. Now with that said, it has a pretty good picture when watching TV and an "OK" picture when watching a DVD. Don't know why it would be different, but it does seem to be. Maybe it's the DVD's optics. The sound is GREAT when watching TV, but I had to crank up the volume all of the way when I was watching a DVD. Oh, and there's no headphone jack on this. Yes, where I have this mounted I would like a headphone jack even though MOST people who buy one of these really wouldn't care. OH, and it's REALLY a 10.2 inch, not 10. Amazon needs to change the description. All in all it's a pretty decent unit. I'd recommend it.

Review by Craig Carpenter "CMC" : Coby -- so far it's great!

I ordered this TV for my newly renovated kitchen and have used it for a month. So far I love it -- have not used the radio or DVD yet. The only thing I will say negative is that they did not supply any plastic mounting spacers that go between the TV and the underside of the cabinet to keep the TV mounted under the edge of the cabinet. I cut some 3/4" thick wood pieces to take us this space and it worked fine. Picture qulaity is very good using Verizon Fios cable.

Review by Richard Arthur Brothers Jr. "Rbrothers" : Excellent Product for the Money

After reading all of the other negative feedback about this item, I decided to give it a try myself. It arrived very quickly. The box itself is constructed rather thin so I did tear it partially when I picked it up around the handle. That would be why there is a handle there... Don't forget to use it. I opened the box and everything was there except the mounting template... Oh well, I am a man so I continued... I immediately read the instructions. I did not like the instructions. The installation was easy; however, the wording in the installation instructions appeared funny. It explains to use the mounting template, which I could not find right off the bat because it was wrapped in with the screen under the packing foam. The mounting took about 5 minutes. I forgot to check the side of the cabinet and the size of the player and it turned out I had to offset the player to compensate for the cables coming out of the player on the back wall. I had to mount the front of the player about a 1/4 inch out away from the bottom of the cabinet to give about a 2 1/2 inch gap between the wall and the back of the player. After all the connections were made, I powered up the tv. (NOTE: There is a FM Radio attenna which I could not plug in. It was as if the attenna plug was smaller than the plug on the player. I ended up not using it and have to make my own antenna to use the FM radio. The programming portion scared me a little. In many of the other reviews many people said that if you programed it wrong it would brick the player and you could only use if for DVD/CD and FM/AM Radio. After reading the programing instructions I can see why. The programming portion I believe could be aggrivating to some people but it looks very common sense based so there is some guessing with common sense involved. I think to make it easier, they should explain it in better detail and include a step by step photo guide. Auto Progamming the tv took about 5-8 minutes. Be sure to let it run and stop on it's own do not cancel out of it if you think it hangs. The picture quality is not that bad for a 10.2" however it is somewhat smaller. I started to think about returning it for a 15" but now that it's installed I am going to keep it. I added some photos of the player after I installed it. The TFT display does the normal straight on view. At an angle the screen can appear dark or blank which is normal. The speaker quality was good and clear. There however is no lows in it. It's about mid range. If you're used to the bass in a surround sound station you would be disappointed but this was for my son to mainly watch so I am not all that worried about it. There is a little delay when changing modes from DVD/CD - TV - AV - FM/AM and DVD/CD play loading takes a few seconds to perform. All and All not a bad buy. Recommendations to you before buying: 1. Be sure there is a cable outlet next to the power outlet (I had to install the cable outlet.) 2. Measure the cabinet space and then subtract about 2 1/2 inches from it to accomodate space for wiring. What you have left over is the true space you have to work with and compare that with the player. Also, you will need to take into consideration as to whether or not there is a lip under the cabinet if so, you need something for spacers to make sure the player is flush on the bottom of the cabinet. I hope that you find this review helpful and good luck to you on the installation!! 3. Follow the instructions. Meaning read them first a few time through before the installation.