AKAI PT 5499HD

image quality, value for money, sound

60% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Let's set some things straight. Some of the reviews make it sound like there is only an RF port on the back of the TV. This is not the case. I bought mine from Sam's club five years ago. It has two component video ports (red, green, blue - RCA),...

Let's set some things straight. Some of the reviews make it sound like there is only an RF port on the back of the TV. This is not the case. I bought mine from Sam's club five years ago. It has two component video ports (red, green, blue - RCA), one...

Any review of this TV is now a moot point for purchasing decisions, as it does not have an ATSC (digital) tuner, so cannot be sold since a year ago. However, one might find this model available from owners who are changing to digital tuner wide-screen...

We purchased this set from Sam's club in 2002. Hardly used until recently. It is broken after only 5 months of active use. Pictures and sound are good. However, I found out it breaks easily, difficult to find parts.

I was looking at this TV, but after reading the reviews here, there is no way that I'm paying all that money for a TV that I have to drill holes in. Anyone that drills holes in a new TV must have a hole in their head.

At this time I'm sure Akai has come out with a new model with good reason. The lack of connections on the back of the set makes this one a poor chose unless you are moving up from a old black and white set and the only thing your hooking up is a VCR....

At this time I'm sure Akai has come out with a new model with good reason. The lack of connections on the back of the set makes this one a poor chose unless you are moving up from a old black and white set and the only thing your hooking up is a VCR....

The last Reviewer is being unfair to the T.V. The picture looks great below is a quote from CyberZach's review I believe it's pretty clear on the S-Video subject about cracking open the T.V and his review seemed pretty right on with the T.V. I bought...

The last Reviewer is being unfair to the T.V. The picture looks great below is a quote from CyberZach's review I believe it's pretty clear on the S-Video subject about cracking open the T.V and his review seemed pretty right on with the T.V. I bought...