Price Paid:  $350.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I agree with the previous posts. My 27" Advent lasted about a year before I noticed problems. It first started out as taking a few moments for the picture to come through. Then it began to slowly deteriorate to a point where the picture would come in, but the colors were off and only after about 1/2 hour of "warm up time" the picture would finally come through. After 2 years of owning the set, the standard definition channels totally crapped out and no longer work and I only get HD channels (and that's only after about a 1/2 hour of "warm up time"). I feel like it's only a matter of time before they crap out as well. I think next time, I'd go with another brand. I mean, c'mon! I know I bought an HDTV for cheap, but only a year without problems is rediculous!

Strengths:
Great picture
Cheap price

Weaknesses:
Longevity, BIG TIME!
It's not worth it! Even at the low price!

Price Paid:  $400.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
Just like everyone else that bought this piece of crap TV, it worked fine for about 10 months and then the picture went out. I didn't even get the dreaded blue screen. The Tv just will not turn on. Press power and it makes noise like it's going to turn on and then it just shuts off. Advent is absolutely the worst brand of TV I've ever seen. If anybody is thinking about buying a TV, I recommmend spending the extra money and buying a brand worth paying for. Advent products are not good and their customer service is even worse. I too called and spoke to one of their reps who took my info and said someone would call me back. Well it's been six months since. Had I been holding my breath, I would have been dead a long time ago.

Strengths:
Good picture but what does it matter if you pay hundreds of dollars for 10 months worth of viewing.

Weaknesses:
Very very very poor quality and the customer service is even worse.

Similar Products Used:
None from Advent, thank God.

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Unknown

Summary:
I recieved the q2035a as a birthday gift in 2002 after my RCA 13" T.V. broke after two or so years of use. I love the image quality I get from the T.V. and the side video and audio in ports have been useful in many cases. I noticed all the reviews for this T.V. has been low and with complaints about getting a "Blue Screen of Death" but that has never happened to me.

I'm a part of the military now and when I got my car from home I grabbed my Advent T.V. as well. With all the moving I've done in just the past two years, this T.V. has taken a lot of abuse and the only thing I have a problem with is on some occasions the power button on the TV itself does not work.

Strengths:
Clear image
Good sound

Weaknesses:
Power button grew faulty after three years.
It's size makes it annoying to move frequently

Similar Products Used:
RCA, Sony, Zenith

screwedbyadvent

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $150.00 from Kmart

Summary:
Purchased Advent 20 inch flat screen (model # (M2055A) and it worked great for about 10 months. Then the dreaded blue screen with no picture appeared. I have called Advent for the last 4 months with no help from customer service. The times I actually spoke to anyone at Advent I was told that someone would call me back. Each time I have called, my calls were not returned. I would not buy any Advent television at any price. This company just doesn't seem to care about customers. If you have allready purchased an Advent television you can save yourself a lot of time by just tossing it out when it stops working. Please don't take my word for it, but see other reviews on the Internet before you are even thinking about buying Advent products.

Strengths:
Good picture for about 8 to 10 months

Weaknesses:
Very little realibility.
Even less customer service

Similar Products Used:
RCA, Sylvania, Sony and Panasonic.

Tricia1856

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $450.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I wish I had known about this site before I purchased my 27 inch HDTV Advent television! The TV was delivered on May 31, 2004. It got a lot of use. About 3 or 4 weeks ago, it started to revert to the dreaded "blue screen". However, I just turned the TV off then on again and it worked fine. This happened for two days. On the third day, I lost the picture completely. I did have sound. I turned it off and on several times to no avail. I called Advent and was asked if I had the extended warranty. I did not. Basically, "Vic" told me I was out of luck. After much whining and complaining on my part, he told me to send him an e-mail explaining the circumstances and he would see what he could do. I sent the e-mail and received no response. I sent a follow up e-mail. Still no response. I guess he was right the first time: I was out of luck. We just brought the TV for a "free" estimate for repair. Hopefully, it's something simple and not too costly. I would never, never, did I mention never, buy this brand of TV again!

Strengths:
It did have a nice picture for a short time!

Weaknesses:
See above comments!