 An Amazing TV For An Amazing Price! |
| Review Date: April 22, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Kaya Savas, Bethesda, MD USA |
Everytime I went to a store and saw TV's on display I would always gravitate toward the DLP's. I find their picture quality to be the best in comparison to LCD and Plasma. I got this TV for $1500 through Electronic Expo here on Amazon. The TV came in a week and my god is it amazing.
I've read some reviews on older Toshiba models about lamp problems, but this model came out in Feb. 2007 so I'm pretty sure Toshiba worked out the kinks. So far so good for me. The picture quality is extremely sharp. DLP is great because you can sit closer to it than you could with Plasma or LCD and still get a crystal image. The room we have it in isn't that big. I also have a PS3 hooked up through HDMI on this TV and gaming on this TV is just as good as watching movies. I've had no experience with the dreaded "rainbow effect" either. In my opinion this is the best buy for the money. The TV performs excellent, it's not deep in the back, and best of all it's very light so it's not a hassle to move around. Highly reccomended. |
Great value for a 1080p TV
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| Review Date: June 8, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Eric Carr, MN |
I was looking for a good price on a 1080p tv. The Toshiba TALEN 57hm167 DLP was the best value I could find. It is 57", very bright, and does 1080p. I play XBOX 360, watch some tv, and occasionally watch movies. I have spent the most time so far playing XBOX 360. Video games look awesome on this tv. The picture is great and it is very bright. I think 1080p makes a marginal difference in picture quality right now. However, I think playing games in 1080p will be very nice when I have the capability to do so.
I have only two complaints so far with my new tv. I can't input 1080p to my tv with my XBOX 360 pro because it doesn't have HDMI. The XBOX 360 elite has an HDMI connector, but the XBOX 360 "pro" and "core" versions do not. The Toshiba 57hm167 only accepts 1080p through an HDMI input. You can't input 1080p through component video or through the pc input. From what I understand, it is somewhat rare for a 1080p tv to take 1080p through the component video interface. However, a lot of 1080p tv's take 1080p through the pc input(also called VGA or D-SUB). Why my Toshiba 57" DLP doesn't is a mystery to me. My other minor gripe is that standard definition tv doesn't look great sometimes. Some channels, like comedy central and CNBC look fine. Others don't look very good. I don't care very much about that because comedy central and CNBC are the 2 channels I watch the most anyways. I have seen other high definition tv's that display standard def.(480I) on a high def.(720p or 1080i) screen better than my Toshiba does. Maybe the 1080p resolution makes a difference. It is a big jump in going from 480i to 1080p. Whatever the case, standard def. tv can look better on high def. television sets.
Overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase so far. I love the excellent picture quality of 1080p in a very modestly priced tv. I had a budget of $1,500 dollars, and I didn't think I could make that with a 1080p tv. Toshiba fills the modestly priced 1080p tv segment perfectly. There isn't much more I could have hoped for in my new tv besides the pc input being able to accept 1080p. The picture quality is great and I would highly recommend the Toshiba TALEN 57hm167 57" DLP to anyone that is looking for this type of tv. |
experience with customer service too
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| Review Date: August 8, 2007 |
| Reviewer: TLMK, Philly |
| Bulb went after 8 days. Called Toshiba Customer Service, they sent a new one immediately, returned the defective one in a prepaid box. Replacement was really easy, start to finish maybe 30 seconds. Despite the problem, this set is a great value. Awesome picture, all the features you could want. I would buy the same thing again and would recommend to a friend. |
Bang for buck... top notch
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| Review Date: October 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Jeff Wyatt, |
I can't write a glowing enough review for this tv. Yes, I have a few minor quibbles... Silk Screen Effect being the only one of significance (not that significant,really) but all in all, this is a fantastic set. Accepts a 1080p/24 input (reframes to 60, but does an impeccable job) means you can watch the new Hi-Def movie formats as they were meant to be seen. Standard definition tv when moved to the 4:3 format is tolerable.
I have mine hooked up to the HD-a35 toshiba HD-DVD player and I cannot tell you how many peoples jaws have dropped.
This tv, in all honesty, was a steal! |
Great Picture, Great Price!!!
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| Review Date: August 31, 2007 |
| Reviewer: M. ALBA, Austin TX |
| I stepped up from the Toshiba 52" version to this one and really like the picture quality! 2 dissapointment were that the TV doesnt have a clock (to show what time it is) like the previous Toshiba model and the remote doesnt have illumination like prior remotes. Overall the TV is great! It is easy to lift and move around and the selection of inputs, 3 HDMI allow me to grow into it. Looks great with my HD DVD player at 1080p! Amazon got it there on time and in one piece! |
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