Kreisen's KR-370T LCD television brings big-screen, high-definition entertainment to an amazingly affordable price. The 37-inch widescreen set features a host of audio/video inputs, an internal NTSC tuner for convenient broadcast-TV viewing, and a 1,366 x 768 WXGA-resolution picture for crystal-clear imagery on an LG-Philips screen. A super-high (1,000:1) contrast ratio, a peak brightness of 500 candles/square meter, and exceptionally wide (176 x 176-degrees, vertical/horizontal) viewing angles guarantee a rich, exciting picture you can enjoy from just about anywhere in the room.

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 more affordable than their flat-panel plasma counterparts, which often (though not always) offer faster response times and higher contrast ratios.

The KR-370T's 3D digital comb filter enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt). Convenient one-touch picture modes include settings for dynamic, standard, mild, and user-selectable.

The set accommodates 7 video sources: high-definition analog PC (D-Sub 15-pin), 2 composite-video inputs, 1 each S-video and RF coaxial video (as for an antenna or an older VCR or cable box), a direct-digital DVI-I input (Digital Visual Interface for PC), and 1 set of high- or standard-definition component-video inputs.

The set's single-tuner PIP (picture-in-picture)/POP (picture-on-picture) feature lets you view one TV station and one video source (PC, DVD, etc.) simultaneously, either one atop the other or, in double-window mode, even side-by-side.

Other features of the KR-370T include closed-captioning, V-Chip parental control, high-power 15 watts per channel x 2 stereo sound from built-in speakers, a sleep timer (10 to 240 minutes), and a table stand for easy positioning. (You can also mount the set on the wall.)