Toshiba 57H83 57" HDTV-Ready TheaterWide Projection TV

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Summary: Blown Away
Review: No other way to put it... we are totally blown away by this tv. The picture quality, particularly when viewing a DVD, is absolutely astounding and the sound from the speakers is EXCELLENT. Consumer Reports top rated this tv and it's easy to see why.

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Summary: Broke after the first week-2 months gone by and still broke
Review: This Toshiba TV was rated the #1 buy by Consumer Reports. This is what motivated us to purchase this TV even though we had read alot of negative feedback from buyers who experienced breakdowns soon after purchase and long waits for part replacement. We shrugged off those reviews by rationalizing that out of the thousands of people who buy this TV, probably only the ones with a bad Toshiba experience take the time to write one. One week after buying the Toshiba however I turned on the TV and when the screen just showed solid green I had the sinking feeling I should have listened to the nay sayers a little more closely. It is two months later and all I get is "the part should be shipping Monday and then it will be 3-5 business days after that" followed by "I'm sorry sir, the part should be shipping Wednesday", and finally, "It's not going out this week but we show it should be shipping on Monday".
Toshiba customer service was unable to provide any help at all and they generally don't see a problem with someone spending $2000 for a T.V., using it a week, and then having them wait weeks and weeks to get it fixed. Again, it is a great T.V. if your are willing to risk having it break and waiting months for a replacement part. I would strongly advise anyone thinking of buying a Toshiba projection TV to think twice and read some of the things other people have written. It just isn't worth the frustration

Rating:
Summary: Broke after the first week-2 months gone by and still broke
Review: This Toshiba TV was rated the #1 buy by Consumer Reports. This is what motivated us to purchase this TV even though we had read alot of negative feedback from buyers who experienced breakdowns soon after purchase and long waits for part replacement. We shrugged off those reviews by rationalizing that out of the thousands of people who buy this TV, probably only the ones with a bad Toshiba experience take the time to write one. One week after buying the Toshiba however I turned on the TV and when the screen just showed solid green I had the sinking feeling I should have listened to the nay sayers a little more closely. It is two months later and all I get is "the part should be shipping Monday and then it will be 3-5 business days after that" followed by "I'm sorry sir, the part should be shipping Wednesday", and finally, "It's not going out this week but we show it should be shipping on Monday".
Toshiba customer service was unable to provide any help at all and they generally don't see a problem with someone spending $2000 for a T.V., using it a week, and then having them wait weeks and weeks to get it fixed. Again, it is a great T.V. if your are willing to risk having it break and waiting months for a replacement part. I would strongly advise anyone thinking of buying a Toshiba projection TV to think twice and read some of the things other people have written. It just isn't worth the frustration

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Summary: BIG TV, has all the current features, user friendly
Review: This TV is a strong solid performer. It's Consumer Report Magazine's #1 ranked projection TV. It has all the up to date features a HDTV needs ... it has the DVI option for HDTV, has Component Inputs for your DVD player, has S-Video for your satellite or similar, has several standard A/V inputs for your VCR or game system, etc.,. It has everything you need for your basic entertainment system. Additionally the picture quality is one of the best for a projection system. But be weary of that concept, this TV is huge...57", and with this amount of size, the picture quality on "smaller" objects is not going to be super crisp or sharp using even a satellite digital feed. But that holds true on all TVs this big...I think. So for example when watching basketball and you get the half court view the players are not real super sharp ... you can't really see those little details like face features, etc.,. You know it's KOBE but you can't pick up the eyes, etc.,. But for "regular" shows that usually don't have such small images, it's wonderful. Toshiba has made the remote and TV use very easy and user friendly. You can easily access video 1,2,3,4 etc.,. for the various electronic components you have. So all good. BUT ... one drawback was the amount of time it took for delivery from Amazon. It took a month although the initial advertised estimate was 1 to 2 weeks. I notice now, though, it says 1 to 2 days, but I notice it's coming from J&R not Amazon and the shipping jumped like $200 so maybe that isn't an issue now. Bottom Line: An overall high quality, full featured, 57" HDTV.