Price Paid:  $5.00

Summary:
Wow lucky me. My daughter won our Toshiba TN55X81 in a church raffle. In 5 years we have had no trouble. Hook up was challenging with Surround Sound, Cable, DVD Player, and VCR but succesful. I am getting ready to go digital, finally, with a cable set top converter. I was waiting to purchase a set top converter when a young salesperson at my nearby appliance store informed me that I could get the same quality picture from our cable company. I can hardly wait to see a digital picture. I would reccomend this set to anyone. I havent had a bit of trouble with it. DVD Picture is gorgeous. In our small 10x 12 living room This size set just blows you away.

Strengths:
Great picture

Weaknesses:
None

Price Paid:  $1499.00 from wards

Summary:
i bought a 1992 magnavox projection tv and have had in storage thelast two years.after getting it out of storge can''t find how to focus the tv and where to get an anti glare for it. the magnavox tv is a 52" model #pn3052a101. need help. thanks

Summary:
Had the TW40x81 on order. Realized this set had the
additional features of the larger than 40" widescreen models at a much lower cost than the TW series. So, for about the same money as a TW40, I got a much larger picture. Found the settings easy with the Video Essentials DVD (from Amazon.com) and 9 point convergence a snap also. (I've got a service manual coming...) DVD's look fantastic - Bug's Life color is just sensational. So I'm hooked now and an SD5109 is coming also. I think this is the best price around and I've banished raster lines forever. Alright!

Strengths:
Large viewing area, great price, gorgeous color

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
First RPTV

Summary:
Bought this TV 8 months ago, sight-unseen based on past experience with Toshiba products and price. First thing out of my mouth when I turned it on..."Wow!". Simply a great picture. I didn't see another T.V. within $1500 that had a picture anywhere close. I've read other reviews posted here saying the picture wasn't sharp, images where soft, complaints about the line-doubler, etc. Personally, I don't have a problem with any of those things. My picture is sharper than my 32" standard T.V. What I do have a problem with is being able to count the number of pixels on a big screen from 10 feet away, which is exactly what you can do with any other projection T.V. anywhere near the same $ ball-park. Watching DVD's on this T.V. through the component video-ins is fantastic, the color reproduction is awesome.
The only problems I have had is with reception on 3 of my cable stations, which may be just coax problem, its minor enough, that I haven't even bothered pulling the T.V. out to inspect. In contrast, the reception I get on most other stations is awesome...so I'm really not sure what's going on there.
In summary, I couldn't be much happier with what my $2109 got me, and hopefully, with it being HDTV ready, it won't be obsolete for several years to come. Value is definately 5* and I would give it 4 1/2* overall (1/2 markdown for tuner) but considering it maybe a source or connection problem, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and go 5 there as well.

Strengths:
Great Picture, great value.

Weaknesses:
Tuner a little slow and has poor reception on a few channels.

Similar Products Used:
First projection TV owned.

Summary:
Wow! Just fabulous. This is my first giant screen tv and being a perfectionist but a neophyte in electronics, I had to rely on my excellent two eyes and ears and personal research to satisfy my quest for the perfect picture! So I shopped around and looked at different models and found most tv shown in stores to be deceiving. I had to rely and trust comments found on the internet and especially on this site. Well It'a all true!
The picture is as clear if not better than my 32"tv. I have it connected to a DSS dish and I don't see any lines at all standing at 15 feet.No flicker, no lines, no shadows, the tones are rich and natural, the edges of faces real sharp, none of that black line around the edges of a face to contrast with the background. Just nice sharp ear lobes!! I love the slim mat border around the screen, it becomes invisible at night giving the impression of a real theater experience. I also found that connecting with Monster cables significantly improved the reception. That was worth the price. Also I found that the picture went from good to better to outstanding in the first 3 days. It's like the tv had to warm up or adjust itself to its new environment.With my dvd I wish I had a 61" but with dss I am glad I stayed with 55" considering I am siiting 14-15'away. I wish I could be more technical about it but what counts is what you see and trust me this a great set.I also was worried about buying a 55" tv set over the internet, not knowing who you dealt with but I must plug Adi from Electroline Wholesale electronics (1-800-449-8889) for a great after sale service. My TV was delivered to me in a terrible condition, the bottom of the box being ripped apart (the owners manual sitting on the floor of the delivery truck!!). I suspected the delivery guys dropped the tv!! I called back Adi, explained the situation and i received my new undamaged set 3 days later, no questions asked and with thousand apologies. The price of $2734 shipping included was also hard to beat.I knew he had that "rich, calm, reassuring radio dj like" voice, but that service beats any regular store around here anyway. Thanks!

Strengths:
Perfect picture,on screen menus super easy,hard to beat price for hdtv ready tv.And that slim border that disappears in the dark!!

Weaknesses:
None so far

Similar Products Used:
None