Customer Rating: 
Summary: AWESOME TELEVISION!
Comment: I just purchased this Toshiba 42 inch 1080p television and have been blown away by the picture quality both in HD and SD. Set-up was about 15 minutes from the box to turn-on. The stand was easy to install and the set-up on the TV was a snap.I have it hooked up to my hi-def cable box and I am quite impressed by the clarity and sharpness of the picture. The HD is outstanding and the SD channels looke great! I am watching a standard definition DVD of a Boz Scaggs concert, which looks hi-def, and it is hooked up to the component video connection. There are plenty of audio and video inputs to satisfy anyone. I am not surprised by the beauty of this television, as I already own another Toshiba 42 inch HD TV with 1080p resolution, and I have always been happy with that set. My next purchase will be a hi-def DVD player to complete the HD experience. And by the way, the sound from the TV is actually quite good, so I can take my time to find a compact speaker system to connect this to. I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a great 1080p hi-def TV. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
Customer Rating:
Summary: very pleasant experience
Comment: I am extremely pleased with this tv. It met and exceeded all my expectations. The quality and features are perfect.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing!
Comment: I researched for over 6 months on LCD tv's and finally made the decision to go with this model. I am very happy to say that ive made the right decision! I compared this tv side by side with many other higher priced tv's and could not see a difference. I admit I was hesitant because the price was much lower than other tv's with the same size/capacities. I figured, my family owned a Toshiba tv that lasted for over 12 years so it was a brand I could be comfortable with.
After taking it out of the box, it took 10/15 minutes to install the stand with the provided nuts/allen key. afterwards, just plugged the HDMI cord with the cable box and it was all ready! Side note, I purchased a 25 dollar phillips hdmi cable from walmart. (Even that might have been too much to pay), and turned on the tv. The picture was good but a few setting changes were needed. Some picture settings were set all the way to 100 (I guess thats factory default). After moving around some settings, the picture looks amazing! Sports are fantastic to watch- from baseball to something thats faster action/movement such as hockey.
As far as sound goes, i have read some reviews that the sound was sub par. Personally i thought the sound was fantastic, especially with such a sleek speaker design. Unlike some other tv's, you dont have gigantic speakers protruding from the sides. Also, the mute/ half mute feature is nice to have.
The only con I had was when I first started the tv, there were a few delays in some sequences on the screen for like a second, but it was gone and has never come back which makes me think that it was the new cable box starting up and not the tv.
At around 1150/1200 bucks i think this tv is excellent and highly recommend it. Best bang for your buck!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth the price
Comment: I purchased this two weeks ago, I got to look at some of the newer Samsung tvs and Sony Bravias and found this to have accurate colors and better specs.
I currently use this with an Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and a Scientific Atlanta 8300 Explorer HD dvr and everything looks great
I have no issues with the tv and ghosting is not a problem with this tv that plagues the previous models from Toshiba.
Blu-ray movies are gorgeous, at the price I paid $1199.99 nothing came close to it. I think this is the best 42" LCD TV you can buy right now, so if you got the cash go for it.
One thing that I suggest is you invest time tweaking the color modes, the default modes are sub par so I suggest you dive in and find out what suits you best.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome TV for Price and Performance
Comment: I recently purchased this TV about a week ago. I am new to the "HDTV craze." I couldn't be happier with this purchase. The HD performance is great. This TV stood out to me the most when I was looking for TVs. The picture quality was crisp and clear. The black colors look black and darks are dark. You get the same performance as a $1,600-$1,700 LCD TV. The question is why not purchase this one? If you are not rich like myself this is a great TV for the price. Oh, and did I mention that the design is great as well. It is not too big and bulky like other LCD TVs.
I highly recommend this TV.
Summary: AWESOME TELEVISION!
Comment: I just purchased this Toshiba 42 inch 1080p television and have been blown away by the picture quality both in HD and SD. Set-up was about 15 minutes from the box to turn-on. The stand was easy to install and the set-up on the TV was a snap.I have it hooked up to my hi-def cable box and I am quite impressed by the clarity and sharpness of the picture. The HD is outstanding and the SD channels looke great! I am watching a standard definition DVD of a Boz Scaggs concert, which looks hi-def, and it is hooked up to the component video connection. There are plenty of audio and video inputs to satisfy anyone. I am not surprised by the beauty of this television, as I already own another Toshiba 42 inch HD TV with 1080p resolution, and I have always been happy with that set. My next purchase will be a hi-def DVD player to complete the HD experience. And by the way, the sound from the TV is actually quite good, so I can take my time to find a compact speaker system to connect this to. I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a great 1080p hi-def TV. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
Customer Rating:
Summary: very pleasant experience
Comment: I am extremely pleased with this tv. It met and exceeded all my expectations. The quality and features are perfect.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing!
Comment: I researched for over 6 months on LCD tv's and finally made the decision to go with this model. I am very happy to say that ive made the right decision! I compared this tv side by side with many other higher priced tv's and could not see a difference. I admit I was hesitant because the price was much lower than other tv's with the same size/capacities. I figured, my family owned a Toshiba tv that lasted for over 12 years so it was a brand I could be comfortable with.
After taking it out of the box, it took 10/15 minutes to install the stand with the provided nuts/allen key. afterwards, just plugged the HDMI cord with the cable box and it was all ready! Side note, I purchased a 25 dollar phillips hdmi cable from walmart. (Even that might have been too much to pay), and turned on the tv. The picture was good but a few setting changes were needed. Some picture settings were set all the way to 100 (I guess thats factory default). After moving around some settings, the picture looks amazing! Sports are fantastic to watch- from baseball to something thats faster action/movement such as hockey.
As far as sound goes, i have read some reviews that the sound was sub par. Personally i thought the sound was fantastic, especially with such a sleek speaker design. Unlike some other tv's, you dont have gigantic speakers protruding from the sides. Also, the mute/ half mute feature is nice to have.
The only con I had was when I first started the tv, there were a few delays in some sequences on the screen for like a second, but it was gone and has never come back which makes me think that it was the new cable box starting up and not the tv.
At around 1150/1200 bucks i think this tv is excellent and highly recommend it. Best bang for your buck!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth the price
Comment: I purchased this two weeks ago, I got to look at some of the newer Samsung tvs and Sony Bravias and found this to have accurate colors and better specs.
I currently use this with an Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and a Scientific Atlanta 8300 Explorer HD dvr and everything looks great
I have no issues with the tv and ghosting is not a problem with this tv that plagues the previous models from Toshiba.
Blu-ray movies are gorgeous, at the price I paid $1199.99 nothing came close to it. I think this is the best 42" LCD TV you can buy right now, so if you got the cash go for it.
One thing that I suggest is you invest time tweaking the color modes, the default modes are sub par so I suggest you dive in and find out what suits you best.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome TV for Price and Performance
Comment: I recently purchased this TV about a week ago. I am new to the "HDTV craze." I couldn't be happier with this purchase. The HD performance is great. This TV stood out to me the most when I was looking for TVs. The picture quality was crisp and clear. The black colors look black and darks are dark. You get the same performance as a $1,600-$1,700 LCD TV. The question is why not purchase this one? If you are not rich like myself this is a great TV for the price. Oh, and did I mention that the design is great as well. It is not too big and bulky like other LCD TVs.
I highly recommend this TV.