I bought this as the gold-box deal of the day primarily to use as a computer moniter and its ok… i think its a much better tv. The picture is beautiful!!! The problem with the use as a moniter is its lack of settings that are typically used with computers. I had to tweak it alot to get it to work as a computer moniter (I have it hooked up to an NVidia Geforce GTS 250). Its worth the money, but I think there are better moniters out there for the same money… note i said moniters. All tv’s I’ve seen have the same problems as this one with the lack of settings in them. So, Its worth the money… beautiful picture and good sound. It is better than most tv’s for input selection.. its great on that. I’ll probably buy a better moniter later and put this in my bedroom… but that will be some time… as it’s working well for now. The only other concern I have is its 8ms respond time… many games and video systems reccommend 5ms or less for peak performance… and i think that’s the cause of some “flickering” on it.. i lose signal from the computer for a few seconds sometimes… which does not happen on the 26” sanyo tv i was using for a moniter.. or any real computer moniter i’ve tried. All in all its a great tv, decent moniter, and well worth the money
Rating: 4 / 5
reviews were right dont buy. i saw a couple bad reviews about the speakers i just thought maybe it was just a minor problem or maybe only happened to a couple of the tvs. but sure enough i was playing modern warfare and everytime id throw a grenade or an explosion would happen the tv would just make a loud crackley noise ha. wich is really sad and unexceptable for a brand new tv ha returned the next day and got a 32″ samsung no problems with it at all and honestly same picture even though the tosh was 1080 and the samsung i got was a 720 so my advice is just go with a name brand and dont take any risks toshiba sucks a big one!
Rating: 2 / 5
Play video games constantly on this TV and so far have not experienced the sound issues that some comment on. So far so good. Blu Rays and Xbox 360 look fantastic have yet to look at my PS3 but from what I’ve seen so far I won’t be let down in any way.
Rating: 4 / 5
Cons: Cable connections are “back facing”…no cable management…no alarm feature…stand does not swivel
I bought this TV as an Amazon one day special for $389 replacing my Toshiba 32HL95 (which I love and still have) as my bedroom TV. TV arrived right on time, although I was a little bit upset that the deliver guy left it right in front of my garage and I live on a busy street (“Hey guys…free tv!”). Anyway, the picture blows away the 32HL95 as I hoped most likely due to the higher refresh rate. The sound is pretty good, although I think the sound from the 32HL95 may be a bit better. When the bass is increased and the sound turned up, I heard a bit of a rattle. I may have to play around with the audio setting on the TV and my cable box to get the optimal sound.
My only complaints (and they are somewhat petty) are: The cable connections are perpendicular to the back of the TV. Fortunately, I was not wall mounting this TV so I’m ok, but I thought others would want to know this. Missing from this Toshiba is the cable “gatherer” (for lack of a better term) that my 32HL95 had which kept the cables gathered at the base of the stand…nice and neat. Speaking of the stand, this one does not swivel. My main complaint is that there is no alarm feature. I love using the TV to wake up to…I was so excited about the deal that I did not research this. Now I had to spend some of my savings on an alarm clock that I really don’t want. Oh well…you win some, you lose some!
Rating: 5 / 5
Great picture and value. Third Toshiba LCD (40,32,19) and we love all 3. Can’t go wrong with Toshiba between the quality of the picture and the price that we paid for each set. Have gotten nothing but raves from friends and family that have watched the 40″. Sound is ok, but we have the 40″ hooked up to a surround system and I used a pair of Bose Companion II’s on the 32″ in the bedroom. Couldn’t be happier.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this as the gold-box deal of the day primarily to use as a computer moniter and its ok… i think its a much better tv. The picture is beautiful!!! The problem with the use as a moniter is its lack of settings that are typically used with computers. I had to tweak it alot to get it to work as a computer moniter (I have it hooked up to an NVidia Geforce GTS 250). Its worth the money, but I think there are better moniters out there for the same money… note i said moniters. All tv’s I’ve seen have the same problems as this one with the lack of settings in them. So, Its worth the money… beautiful picture and good sound. It is better than most tv’s for input selection.. its great on that. I’ll probably buy a better moniter later and put this in my bedroom… but that will be some time… as it’s working well for now. The only other concern I have is its 8ms respond time… many games and video systems reccommend 5ms or less for peak performance… and i think that’s the cause of some “flickering” on it.. i lose signal from the computer for a few seconds sometimes… which does not happen on the 26” sanyo tv i was using for a moniter.. or any real computer moniter i’ve tried. All in all its a great tv, decent moniter, and well worth the money
Rating: 4 / 5
reviews were right dont buy. i saw a couple bad reviews about the speakers i just thought maybe it was just a minor problem or maybe only happened to a couple of the tvs. but sure enough i was playing modern warfare and everytime id throw a grenade or an explosion would happen the tv would just make a loud crackley noise ha. wich is really sad and unexceptable for a brand new tv ha returned the next day and got a 32″ samsung no problems with it at all and honestly same picture even though the tosh was 1080 and the samsung i got was a 720 so my advice is just go with a name brand and dont take any risks toshiba sucks a big one!
Rating: 2 / 5
Play video games constantly on this TV and so far have not experienced the sound issues that some comment on. So far so good. Blu Rays and Xbox 360 look fantastic have yet to look at my PS3 but from what I’ve seen so far I won’t be let down in any way.
Rating: 4 / 5
Pros: Great picture…pretty good sound
Cons: Cable connections are “back facing”…no cable management…no alarm feature…stand does not swivel
I bought this TV as an Amazon one day special for $389 replacing my Toshiba 32HL95 (which I love and still have) as my bedroom TV. TV arrived right on time, although I was a little bit upset that the deliver guy left it right in front of my garage and I live on a busy street (“Hey guys…free tv!”). Anyway, the picture blows away the 32HL95 as I hoped most likely due to the higher refresh rate. The sound is pretty good, although I think the sound from the 32HL95 may be a bit better. When the bass is increased and the sound turned up, I heard a bit of a rattle. I may have to play around with the audio setting on the TV and my cable box to get the optimal sound.
My only complaints (and they are somewhat petty) are: The cable connections are perpendicular to the back of the TV. Fortunately, I was not wall mounting this TV so I’m ok, but I thought others would want to know this. Missing from this Toshiba is the cable “gatherer” (for lack of a better term) that my 32HL95 had which kept the cables gathered at the base of the stand…nice and neat. Speaking of the stand, this one does not swivel. My main complaint is that there is no alarm feature. I love using the TV to wake up to…I was so excited about the deal that I did not research this. Now I had to spend some of my savings on an alarm clock that I really don’t want. Oh well…you win some, you lose some!
Rating: 5 / 5
Great picture and value. Third Toshiba LCD (40,32,19) and we love all 3. Can’t go wrong with Toshiba between the quality of the picture and the price that we paid for each set. Have gotten nothing but raves from friends and family that have watched the 40″. Sound is ok, but we have the 40″ hooked up to a surround system and I used a pair of Bose Companion II’s on the 32″ in the bedroom. Couldn’t be happier.
Rating: 5 / 5