Zenith L23W36 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel HD-Ready LCD TV (Silver/Gray) | 
| Brand: Zenith
Category: CE
List Price: $1,999.99
Buy Refurbished: $599.00
You Save: $1400.99 (70%)
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 78282
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 23
Shipping Weight (lbs): 30
Dimensions (in): 27 x 23 x 12
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: L23W36
Model: L23W36
UPC: 044642005634
EAN: 0044642005634
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 23-inch HDTV/PC monitor with built-in NTSC tuner and PIP; 23.6 x 17.5 x 3.3 inches (W x H x D) without stand | | • | 1,280 x 768 resolution, high (400:1) contrast ratio, 450 cd/m2 brightness, 3-line digital comb filter | | • | High-definition progressive-scan input renders seamless, flicker-free pictures from progressive-scan DVD players and HDTV set-top boxes | | • | High-resolution component-video, S-video, RF, and RGB inputs | | • | Super IPS technology for wide, 176-degree viewing angles (H x V) |
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Product Description
The L23W36 Widescreen HDTV Monitor, designed around Zenith's first 23-inch LCD screen, features Super IPS technology, Faroudja DCDI De-Interlacer processing, and a 50, 000-hour longer-life internal lamp. Its 1280 x 768 W-XGA native resolution makes it suitable for both television and computer display. The high-performance picture is enhanced by superior 400: 1 contrast and an exceptional peak brightness of 450 candelas/square meter. A built-in NTSC tuner accepts cable/antenna, HDTV, satellite dish and NTSC video sources. Standardized VESA-mounting compatibility adds convenience.
Amazon.com Product Description
The L23W36 widescreen HD-ready TV, designed around Zenith's first 23-inch LCD screen, features Super IPS technology, Faroudja DCDi De-Interlacer processing, and a 50,000-hour, long-life screen lamp. This innovative television lets you switch from TV to PC viewing at the touch of a button, and it uses a truly flat LCD (liquid-crystal display) to deliver razor-sharp, distortion-free images. p table align="right" cellpadding="8" tr td table border="1" bordercolor="000000" align="right" tr td table align="right" width="255" border="0" cellpadding="5" TR TDdiv align="center" bThe Benefits of HDTV /b /div /TD /TR TR TD height="0" /TD /TR TR TD div align="center" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/gateway-sdtv.jpg" /div /TD /TR TR TD ISMALLBStandard TVs (SDTVs) display a maximum of 480 lines using the interlaced scan method, which creates a picture with alternating lines of information. /B/SMALL/I /TD /TR TR TD height="25" /TD /TR TR TD div align="center" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/gateway-edtv.jpg" /div /TD /TR TR TD SMALLIBEnhanced-definition TVs (EDTVs) display a maximum of 480 lines using the progressive-scan method, which creates an image using consecutive lines of information for a crisp, flicker-free picture. /B/I/SMALL /TD /TR TR TD height="25" /TD /TR TR TD div align="center" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/gateway-hdtv.jpg" /div /TD /TR TR TD ISMALLBHigh-definition TVs (HDTVs) display a maximum of either 1,080 interlaced lines or 720 progressively scanned lines for the sharpest possible image. /B/SMALL/I /TD /TR /table /tr /td /table /tr /td /table The set receives NTSC broadcast signals for off-air viewing, while its ample inputs accept feeds from cable/antenna, HDTV set-top boxes, satellite dishes, and of course your personal computer. Pictures render in extremely detailed, 16:9 aspect-ratio 1,280 x 768 resolution, which is perfect for HDTV broadcasts and progressive-scan DVD outputs and video games. You also get high brightness (450 cd/m2) for a vivid picture even in light-drenched environments. Inputs include high-resolution component-video, S-video, computer RGB, RF, and composite-video/analog stereo audio. p Super In Plane Switching (Super IPS) technology (made by Zenith's parent company, LG Electronics) delivers unprecedented horizontal and vertical viewing angles of 176 degrees--virtually equaling those of CRTs--all the while ensuring better, clearer pictures from off-center seating positions than previously possible with an LCD. Super IPS uses a switching mode that treats light passing through the display at an angle virtually the same as light passing straight through the display. As a result, the set renders brightness, contrast, and color much more evenly, regardless of where you sit. p Picture in picture (PIP) lets you watch two channels at once, imposing a full-color inset picture in a corner of the main picture. A three-line 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). p The set also uses Faroudja's DCDi Processor, which upconverts standard video signals (480i) to progressive-scan 480p signals, eliminating the jagged edges along diagonal lines. Progressive-scan signals create a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional pictures, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. p Parental control with V-Chip (a programmable feature that uses the U.S. standard content-advisory system to exclude viewing of specific programs or program types) helps you keep young eyes off mature content. Other features include Dolby Virtual Surround processing for simulating surround sound from the set's two 7-watt speakers, an onscreen graphic equalizer for tailoring the sound to your preference, and a long, 50,000-hour estimated lamp life. p BMore about DCDi/Bbr DCDi (Directional Correlational Deinterlacing) eliminates the jagged edges (also known as "jaggies" or "the staircasing effect") that appear when standard interlaced video is deinterlaced and viewed on a progressive-scan display. p table align="left" cellpadding="8" tr td table hspace="10" border="1" bordercolor="000000" align="left" tr td table width="150" align="left" TR TD img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/dcdi-tomato-feathering.gif" /TD /TR TR TD BISMALLThis animation is an interlaced representation of a tomato in motion. DCDi technology eliminates the jagged vertical edges that are inevitable when interlaced video is viewed on a progressive-scan display. /SMALL/I/B/TD /TR /table /tr /td /table /tr /td /table Moving film to digital video is a complex process, wrought with inherent limitations. The most notable visual artifacts (an artifact is an unintended visual flaw created by some underlying technical process) are jagged edges. This undesirable effect is now proactively eliminated, during playback, by angle-correlated vector interpolation algorithms. p Typical motion video processing relies on something called intra-field spatial interpolation to generate the missing lines of video from interlaced sourced material. This approach successfully suppresses motion artifacts; however, moving images and diagonal edges (actually, all edges which are not strictly horizontal or vertical) create jagged edge artifacts. While missing lines are successfully generated, the information generated does not exactly match that of the edges of the object originally filmed. p DCDi takes the idea of interpolation to a much higher level. It interpolates based on how objects are moving in a scene, basing its calculations on the "big picture" instead of relying on a limited mathematical model. More specifically, it identifies all of the moving edges in a scene while adjusting the angle of interpolation at each pixel so that the interpolation always follows the edge instead of crossing it. This revolutionary approach not only eliminates jagged edges, but also achieves something that has not been available in affordable systems until now: true-to-life looking images from an interlaced source. p BWhat's in the Box/Bbr TV, swivel stand with tilt, and a user's manual. p clear=left
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| Customer Reviews:
 Amazing Picture Reasonable price January 19, 2007
Sittingduck (Kansas City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I looked and looked at my local electronics stores comparing every lcd tv they had and when I saw this one it was a WOW moment. The picture on this is amazing to say the least. I have a buddy who is a die hard sony fan. He saw this and couldn't stop talking about it. Cons are video switching is slow... no hdmi.... and audio is bad..... but who cares about audio. If you are going to be spending the money that this costs I would bet that you have a surround sound system already.
What a bargain July 5, 2004
Andrew Tugwell (The Woodland Tx)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was looking for 17 to 19 inch flat monitors for my pC that had PIP capabilities with Television included. I was disappointed in the choices and quickly saw that to get all the features I wanted I had to look in the $999 to $1400 range. While shopping I found one of the Zeniths that had been recently returned and was on sale as an open item @ Best Buy for $1500.brI jumped on it (and the $200 BB warranty). Came on Amazon and could not believe how good a deal I actually got. Enuff braggin. pSetup a breeze. PIP choices are many and awesome. Great on PC, TV so far. Can't wait to run video ins, hook to DVD or X-Box, etc. No complaints. Highly recommend for your next monitor choice. brIt really looks very cool sitting on my desk too!
 Great Product - but the switch panel stopped working May 6, 2004
H. Chandran (Philadelphia, PA United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The switch panel was not working after I tried it, 38 days after purchase. My mistake that I didn't test when I brought it. Kept using the remote control. Amazon refused to take it back after 30 days, so had to fall back on warranty. The product has now gone back to LG for repairs. LG support was pretty good though - so far.
Great TV at this price point. April 24, 2004
Ken Nightingale (Clovis, CA USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am very happy with this TV. I currently had a very old 1983 Commodore 13" monitor as my video monitor and eventually wanted to replace it with a 40" plasma monitor. I decided to buy this LCD-TV while I saved money to buy the plasma monitor. Great idea! This LCD-TV is the perfect stop gap measure for me. It has the resolution I require (1280 x 768) for my HDTV set top box and DVD viewing needs and the computer input allows me to display my laptop computer which, while I originally had no plan to do so, is a nice feature. If you need a high resolution monitor at a medium size, this LCD-TV is a good buy at this price point.
Best TV find of my life March 27, 2004
Edward J. Twomey (Laurence Harbor, N.J. United States)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I can't say enough about the picture quality of this Zenith.brBetter than the 23 Sony when viewing side to side. Nice styling and easy to use. I just love this television.
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