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Review 2 of 2
Price Paid:
$3099.00
from Zone electronique Summary:
I finally hooked it up to an HD signal, man I don't know how I managed for so long ( 7 months ).
SDTV signal is just plain bad ( of course ) altough lowering sharpness makes it bearable.
As for the other signals,image is sharp, colors are bright, vivid and well balanced.
I think blacks show up nicely but the problem is that whenever two tones of black, or something relatively dark, are shown the contrast between those tones isn't great. Meaning that whenever something dark appears it's usually too dark. Example: if someone is wearing black and the background is black also, it's going to be really hard to tell the outline of is clothes, so sometimes you get the feeling that there's a face floating in the middle of your screen. And shadows usually hide some details that you feel are there.
Altough I got admit that I haven't finished calibrating it yet so maybe I can help it a bit without upping the brightness too much.
My panasonic dvd cp-67 player really shine through this television and so does my HD PVR ( Scientific atlanta: explorer 8300HD (videotron) both use the 2 component inputs on this television.
I'm planning on plugging my HD-PVR with the HDMI, but I haven't tried them yet.
After a couple of weeks I noticed some smudges(2X2 pixels wide) on the screen and then after a couple of months the tv shut itself for no apparent reason this happened 3 times during a 4 months period. I had the Toshiba repair guys come over and they change the hole light engine, and wiped one of the two smudges, the other one is between two pieces of glass they said they'd call back and reschedule another appointment but they haven't ( but don't worry I will ).
The remote is good but too sensitive.
I use this screen in a bright room and it is a very good tv for that case, especially if you select the High power lamp mode but I don't think it's necessary ( it will also shorten the lamp's lifespan )
The price marked above is in Canadian Dollars, also bear in mind that this screen came with the stand ( sold usually 400$ ). For a 52 ¨screen the price was awesome, a great value.
I recommend the HmX and not the HM, because the later has only one HDMI inputs.
I haven't really tested the speakers, but I have no complaints.
The sidebars on the screen when displaying a 4:3 image are grey and that kind of bugs me, it should be black for a better contrast with the image it's a no-brainer, go figure.
For those who are scared of that rainbow effect I haven't seen any nor anybody who came to see it, I think that the HD2+ chip is immune to this problem.
Toshiba says I can't and shouldn't hook it up to a computer, but I will anyway.
In the end, I love it it's not perfect but it's a great bargain for a 52¨it's good with HD, 480p, videogames ( plugged trough the components inputs ) and with the DLP you don't get that awful screen door effect that you get with an LCD projection. Strengths:
Two HDMI inputs
great image quality
good remote
52¨for that price, wow!
Colors are vivid and well balanced Weaknesses:
bad black on black contrast
awful sdtv image ( duh!)
grey sidebars on 4:3 image, ???
some smudges on the screen Similar Products Used:
when i shopped around the second place was the samsung with the pedestal ( I can't remember the model number sorry ) but I never used it
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