Unreliable product
I understand the good reviews for this TV on here now. If I had posted this review a week ago, I would have written good things as well. However, it is currently 8 months after I got this TV, and it started having a burning smell yesterday. Then, while I was watching TV today the Screen went black, and nothing but a high pitched whine came from the speakers.
After trying to find a fix for the problem online, I found that this model is notorious for this problem. It is extremely unreliable, and mine ended up lasting longer than most others have. The problem is costly to fix and will likely recur, so I strongly recommend finding a non-Sylvania brand TV to buy as this one is not only unusable after a short period of time, but a potential fire hazard from what I can tell from the smell it makes.

disappointed
I loved the tv until the remote ran away from home. I've tried six remotes, even two that did not need programming for Sylvania TV's. Nothing worked. Then I had cable installed yesterday and it isn't compatible with the remote control feature. Cable man said it was normal with Sylvania and Emmerson. Yikes! Now I have even more channels to change manually.

Not so good
This was supposed to be a gift and it turned out to not be such a great tv. They returned it and found something better.

Great TV!
I've had this TV since October of 2009 and have had no problems with it. We got it right before we moved into our new house and didn'y use it until we moved in. The DishNetwork man just set the dish remote to control the TV too so I haven't had any issues like the other reviewers have. No strange smells, either. Just a good TV! We got it for 0 at Target and couldn't be happier with it!

Great TV for the price
I purchased this TV in Dec 2009 on Sale at Target for 9.00.
Great picture, okay audio, I use my surround sound system to listen to it.
Overall experience with this TV has been great!