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 Horrible Little TV May 10, 2008
T. Butler (Chicago, IL United States)
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
Bought this for the kitchen. Hooked up Directv via HDMI and was shocked at how crappy the picture was. Dark, low contrast and the viewing angle is very limited. Played with the settings a bit but it got no better. My only other LCD is a Sony Bravia (it looks amazing).
I'm not a video freak and that hard to please, but this is one little crappy TV.
 Ready to go with no adjustment needed April 26, 2008
Richard F. Teller
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
I just received this tv on04/25/08. I had looked at others and even bought two of them thinking that they would do just fine. I had to return the others I had bought and decided on the Toshiba. This is the third Toshiba set I had bought with the last one a 26" Regza and will buy no others. I complement how fast I had received both of the last sets from Amazon.
 Very Good Picture Quality, Inferior Tuner Sensitivity May 27, 2008
Jerry Lundegarde (Minneapolis, MN)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I live in a "fringe" area for OTA reception in a densely wooded neighborhood 30 miles from the cities and have a rooftop antenna with a pre-amplifier system. I currently own Hitachi, Sony and Olevia TVs with built in ATSC tuners and find the Toshiba 19AV500U has the most trouble maintaining good reception from several of the HD channels. I've tried hooking it up to the other antenna leads in the house and results were the same so I've concluded the tuner sensitivity is not as good as my other TVs. However, when locked-in to an HD channel the picture quality is excellent. The Toshiba is very attractive with the piano black bezel and adjustable stand. The interface is simple and intuitive, setup was a breeze. I found the "DynaLight" feature annoying as it seems to randomly change the overall brightness ever so slightly too often. At first I thought there was something wrong with the backlight because of this "flickering" effect. I discovered that DynaLight is enabled by default. When I turned it off in the Advanced Video menu the problem was resolved. Overall this is a very good budget priced LCD HDTV from one of the best names in the business. This is a darned tootin' fine TV.
Colors Are Too Good To Be True May 11, 2008
yO (Georgia United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This Tv is ,in my opinion, the best lcd in its size range. It gives you the option to control the backlight which HELPS cut down "edge lightbleed"(I try not to sweat it too much)it's found on all lcd tvs and monitors I've ever seen..
Its kind of hard to see the "lightbleed" in stores because of the great HD connections stores have,,,as well as the high lighted store rooms.
This TV picks up analog ,digital & free HD channels superbly.
The speakers deliver the best sound (better bass) in this size and price range. The colors are VIVID...
I have this and the Toshiba DR560 recorder. They work great together.
Got the best price in tha Amazon.
Great little tv May 8, 2008
Thomas Misialek (Crown Point, Indiana United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Just picked this up for my kitchen. Hooked it up to Directv HD and it really is a nice picture and a great looking tv. Though I bought it 5 days ago from Amazon for $334.99 it's now priced @ $349.99 @ Amazon, why?? Anyway great buy, very happy with it.
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