Polaroid 1913TDXB 19" LCD TV/DVD Combo

We have a tiny house and little money, so I am always looking for good deals on small things.  We've had a regular tube TV for years, but with the "digital revolution" coming, we knew it was time to upgrade.  We didn't have much money to spend and we don't have much room in the house, so my goals were to stay within our modest budget, get something to fit the space or take up less space and get something that had us digital ready.  I don't want a big screen.  There is so little on TV that is worth watching anymore and I'm not going to allocate much space for the junk they are selling.  I can see the news and my PBS shows just fine.  I don't need to see every booger in every major league pitcher's nose.  I very much value reliable products and I'm pretty hard on companies that make junk.  I don't mind having no bells or whistles, but it had better work and they had better stand behind it.

I really like this TV.  Polaroid was always a good camera manufacturer.  They were generally trustworthy and reliable, even if the film was expensive.  They just worked.  That was why I leaned toward this TV in the low price market.  I also liked the built-in DVD player, as it saves space in our tiny house.  I was able to get rid of the TV stand altogether and just put the TV up on top of a built-in bookcase.  That saved us six square feet in a living room that is less than 150 square feet.  It is a bigger picture than our old TV in about an eighth of the space.  The picture is clear and bright and you don't get much glare on the screen.  There really isn't any place in the room from which you can't see the picture, and I've seen other flat screens have that problem. 
 
This TV has other features that I haven't even explored yet.  It can apparently be hooked into a computer to serve as one of those digital picture frames.  That might be a nice feature when we are having friends over.  

I understand that some people have had problems with reception with this TV.  I did use it off the air for several days until I figured out how to program it.  I didn't have that problem, but I'm in a semi-urban area and not far from the local TV stations.  Most of the time, it is hooked into cable and not an issue.  Programming it is probably easy for anyone under 30, but for an old fossil like me it wasn't easy.  I finally called the cable company and they talked me through it.  This might be a good resource if you run into problems that you can't resolve by talking to tech services.

The downside is that the DVD player only worked for a few months.  Fortunately, I hadn't thrown out the old one.  It may be repairable, I haven't looked into it.  But this violates my principle that a product should just work.  You shouldn't have to buy extended warranties.  To me, offering an extended warranty is a vote of no confidence in their own product.  If the product is junk, go back to the drawing board and build something that does before you put it on the market.
I would buy another Polaroid TV, but not one with a built-in DVD.  I believe they make this model without it, and that is probably what I'll get next time.