1. 720p HD LCD Panel
2. DynaLight Backlight
3. TheaterWide Picture Modes
4. Discrete IR Codes
5. Vesa Compatible

Editorial Review :

720p HD LCD TV

Customer Review :

Good Picture for the money

First off the item arrived in record time from the vendor. The picture compared to my Sony trinitron is more vibrant. I watched a Pay Per Movie from my cable provider and the picture was comparable to seeing it in the theater.

I havent even used the HDMI cable yet. Now the quality does fade when you move to close or view from an angle. But Im sure that happens with other 780 dpi models

A minor flaw is that the jacks are not flat against the back of the TV. The back has a lip and the jacks are on the bottom which makes it difficult to view when you want to plug your jacks in.

The TV many many other features similar to a cable box for fav channels and so forth which I havent used.

Im very pleased with the purchase. I did see an RCA 37" for the same price about a week after purchasing this one and wondered about that deal.


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A good TV

I got it just before Xmas at best buy for $449.

Now, 8 months later, of course, you can get either a bigger screen or whatever for the same price.

Im fairly pleased. Takes awhile to get used to the "slow" turning on and changing of chanels.

What got me interested in Toshiba was i went in walmart and of all their TVs this toshiba had the best picture.

Now, 8 months later, I might opt for a 37 or 42 inch because prices have come down some.

Being the tightwad i am, I will use his for at least 4 more years before upgrading. (Assuming no problems)

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Toshiba 32AV502U 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

Good TV and great price. Shipping was the best. Original manufacturer carton was placed inside the shipping box with protection assuring no shipping injuries. When looking for new electronics, always check this retailer first.

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Fantastic TV

The picture is even better than I expected, and it is slim and light and was easy to mount to the wall in the bedroom, now we are not straining our necks to see the tv! Feels like your at the movies in your own room! Love it!

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We LOVE this TOSHIBA TV.

I have had this since 3/08/09 & we watch it alot. It is on about 12 hours a day. (we work from home & we keep it on all the time, whether we are watching it or not) It is GREAT..we have no complaints. The picture quality & color is A+++. The sound is fine. It does take a few seconds for the picture to come on while changing channels, but so what, whats 2 or 3 seconds. It's great in regular LCD digital channels, but when I switch it to HDTV..OMG..the picture is superb. One feature we love is when you MUTE it..it "half mutes" on the first click, meaning it goes alot lower in volume yet not totally muted, Than when I click again, it's totally muted. I recommend this Toshiba 32" TV to everyone who wants a great TV at a great price. We also have 2 more TV's..a superb SCEPTRE & a superb Sharp 32" LCD HDTV, yet the Toshiba has us hooked. It is a bit better than our Sceptre & Sharp. I will buy another one soon.

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Editorial Review :

Video1080p Full HD DisplayDynaLight Dynamic Back-Light ControlCinespeed LCD PanelCinema Mode 24 fps (3:2 Pulldown)TheaterWide ModesColor Temperature ControlBuilt-In ATSC/NTSC/QAM Digital TuningNative Mode AudioInvisible SpeakersMute/Half Mute ConvenienceGaming ModeAuto Aspect ControlSleep TimerChannel BrowserChannel LabelingInput LabelingLogo Light On/OffRemote Control JackpacksHDMI Digital Inputs: 4 (1 Side)ColorStream HD Component Video Input (1)Side A/V / Rear A/V: 1/1High Res PC Input (S-XGA, 15 pin, D-sub)Dolby? Digital Optical Output

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1. 31.5" screen (measured diagonally)
2. Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio
3. High-gloss black finish
4. Built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required)
5. CineSpeed LCD panel (1920 x 1080 pixels)

Editorial Review :

The RV525 series combines a 1080p Full HD CineSpeed® LCD Display with DynaLightTM dynamic backlight control and a High-Res PC Input for true home theater picture quality, and enhanced PC Gaming

Customer Review :

Not HD Ready, Poor Volume

I bought this TV for my camper. When the AC is on you can not here the TV!!! I will have to buy a converter box because it is not HD ready and therefore will not pick up local stations without cable service. We stay a some campsites that do not have cable service so we would be out of luck, I am hopeing that a converter box will fix that problem. As far as the sound goes we are looking into installing surround sound reciever so that we can here the TV when the AC is on. I cannot believe that Toshiba can make a HD TV with 1080p and it not have a built in tuner to pick up loal stations withou cable service. Not such a bargain after all !!!!

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Very Happy

Pros:
-Great picture
-Great viewing angle (practically 180)
-True Wide screen (no more stupid bars!)
-Clear QAM channels work great (nix your set-top box!)
-Lots of input options
-Toshiba Customer service reputation
-Good documentation
-Light weight (30 pounds)
-Decent sound (you will still want good speakers though)
-Very Nice looking
-Good for Internet TV & HTPC use
-Remote glows in the dark
-Allows 1920x1080 computer resolution if you want with HDMI cable
-Screen is virtually glare-free
-Nice Picture setting presets & customizable too.
-Nice buttons on remote for PC use ("PIC Size" button is key for 16:9!)
-Can hook multiple PC's to it and flip monitor inputs instantly (no kvm switch needed! 5 PC's could be connected.)
-Same computer can be input multiple times for different desktops (haven't tried this yet though.)

Cons:
-Doesn't automatically turn off with PC (keep remote near by)
-No difference in 720p & 1080p (see below)
-PC Text looks better in 1360x768 (768p) than in 1920x1080 (1080p)
-Too big for some low quality Internet Video
-Shows finger prints
-Connecting PC with S-video was almost unusable. Looks terrible.
-Half inch border all the way around in default 1080p or 765p mode. Use 768p with a PC if you can.
-Remote buttons are a little stiff and small. Hard to navigate if you have long nails.
-Only 1 custom preset available for picture settings.
-No DVI connection

Generally I think this is a fantastic TV and monitor. I use it as my primary HTPC monitor with Windows 7 media center and a simple indoor TV antennae. I really enjoyed recording the Olympics in HD and playing back stop-motion ice skating. My roommate has the same TV and is using Comcast clear QAM with no set-top box and no computer. He gets all the digital tv channels.

I surf the Internet and watch a lot of Internet TV and it works great for this too. (Hint: turn down the backlight level for better text reading with less eye strain. Use the "Sports" mode for Internet TV which tends to be very dark.)

All the various inputs allow many advantages over a regular monitor (see pros above.) I can read text clearly from up to 15 feet away. (Great for lounging in bed or on the couch.) The only disadvantage of using the HDTV this way is the limited variety of resolutions.

I saw no difference in quality with HDMI or VGA cable as some other people said. I am not sure what the story is with the S-video PC input. It looked really terrible when I hooked up my laptop. However it looks great with a VGA cable. I will report back if other devices such as DVD players have this problem.

Watching Internet video is good but sometimes not great on a 32 inch. You really wouldn't want a screen any bigger than this because Websites save space by converting the videos to very low quality. I have opened some Youtube videos that I actually could not see. My 14" laptop handled them better.

As you can see from the list above my Cons are no biggy: I find I need to switch the picture modes a lot when going from Recorded TV to text reading to Internet TV, so I wish there were more customized presets allowed in order to tweak them.

The only big thing I regret is that some reviews told me I might need 1080p if I were using this TV as a monitor. It actually looks worse in 1920x1080 and the the text is harder to read (even zoomed.) In TV mode you will not see a difference with 1080p unless you use a Blue Ray DVD player and sit 2 or 3 feet away on a 32" screen. I could have saved $100 by getting a 720p Samsung. However I am still very happy with this and feel I got a top of the line product for a steal.

I hope I've provided some good information that is hard to find for people looking for large monitors.


*Note: to get Clear QAM channels in Windows Media Center without a cable card or set-top box you need a TV card known to receive them. For example: Avertv MTVHDDUWB HD Duet (White Box) & Here: Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2250 White Box for System Builders Dual Hybrid PCI-E TV Tuner Board

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Good buy

The offer was much better at the beginning. Buying a tv with shipping like this one for $390 was great! the sound quality is not excellent though and this is the only major problem

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A++

Great tv for a great price! Fast shipping! I highly reccommend buying from Electronics Expo

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perfect

perfect for my bedroom. easy to set up - good picture and sound. I'm completely satisfied.

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1. 1080p full HD LCD
2. Film Mode (3:2 Pull-Down)
3. Native and Gaming modes
4. Cinespeed Panel
5. Vesa Compatible

Editorial Review :

Great new high-gloss black styling, DynaLight dynamic backlight control, enhanced connectivity with a 3rd HDMI digital input, and High-Res PC Input makes this model ideal for your living room or home entertainment center.

Customer Review :

Think twice before buying this TV!

I purchased this TV in January, 2009. The picture is fantastic, but that is one of the few things that I can say that are positive. We have had issues with the TV's remote control, the TV makes a high-pitched squeal sometimes when getting a signal from different inputs, and it also "fades to black" spontaneously.
I have contacted Toshiba customer service over 15 times since last year and have had a service tech out to the house twice. None of the issues have ever been resolved.
In regards to the remote issues, the reps have offered up the possible causes: "do you have fluorescent lights in your house?" and my favorite, "do you have windows in that room?"
When I reported the "fade to black" issue, one of the reps told me that "your antenna may be losing signal." Now I am not a TV expert, but I think after having an antenna for many years, I know what it looks like when the signal is weak.
The second time their service tech came to my house, he literally never touched the TV and told me everything was ok.
The last time I called, the rep told me "we will get back to you with a resolution in two or three days." That was over seven weeks ago.
So if you want horrible customer service if your TV ever has a problem, by all means, this Toshiba TV is the TV for you!

Rating :

Great TV for it's day

Bought this TV last January for a steal ($700 then). It's a quality set and outperformed most sets of similar pricing. The blacks are great, the picture is crisp, and there's a lot of video adjustment options for calibration. My only complaint is that the built-in speakers are weak sauce (although this is consistent for many flat screens). Also, input switching is not always as responsive as I'd like it to be. Off-angle viewing preserves colors better than other sets, but blacks gray out a bit.

However, nowadays you can buy a better set with higher contrast ratio (this set is said to be ~10,000:1) for similar price from Sony or Samsung on sale.

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Great picture, poor reception, weird spiritual possession

We've had this TV for a little over a year. Picture is outstanding - too good for my old video game consoles but the Blu-Ray looks awesome. Sound is only okay ... a set like this really deserves a good amp and 5.1 speakers.

Setup is easy, although the built-in tuner is really weak. This is a set designed with cable or satellite in mind - and we tend to lose reception every time a car drives by because we do not have cable. The stink of it is that if we got cable, we'd only be able to get 480i or at best 720p on most stations, including local, because of the local cable companies. Even with an antenna (an RCA flat) reception is not much better.

The tuner also has a tendency to freeze - or something like it where the channel will just stick and nothing responds. Just faces frozen in time on our screen. Turning it off and on has worked - so far.

The other gripe is more recent and perplexing. Our TV has a tendency to randomly change channels. It's not the remote (we can take the batteries out and it still happens) and it doesn't seem to be a stuck button on the console itself (we'll hit the opposite button to no effect). It just fundamentally dislikes what's on and decides that something must be done about it. Our only solution is to turn it off and wait a while to see if it stops. Today has been worse than most, though we've been able to catch most of what we usually watch.



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Perfect even a year later!

I had NO PROBLEMS at all...quick delivery, perfect packaging, easy to set up, great picture. I would say it could use additional speaker system, but I have owned this for almost one year now, and love my TV!! Worth the price I paid, and would recommend Toshiba all the way.

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Only worked for 3 days

The only reason I give this any stars at all is because I liked everything about this Toshiba, until it decided to just turn off and stop working. I have no clue what happened and neither does the tech so it must just be a lemon. But to me that's enough of a failure not to buy a Toshiba product again. I might understand if it didn't work out of the box. But for it to work for a few days and then just stop is unacceptable for what is supposed to be a quality brand.

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1. Built-In ATSC/NTSC/QAM Digital Tuning
2. 1366 X 768 Resolution
3. 60 Hz refresh rate
4. 16 X 9 Widescreen
5. 2 HDMI Inputs

Editorial Review :

Strikingly gorgeous in high-gloss piano black, the 26-inch Toshiba 26AV502RY 720p HDTV combines quality, style, and value. It features Toshiba's DynaLight dynamic backlight control for deeper black levels and two HDMI digital inputs for simple high quality connection to cable/satellite boxes, DVD players and more. It includes a PC Input for use as a PC monitor or gaming TV, and--unlike other smaller TVs--it also features a Gaming Mode to shorten the signal to screen time for faster game controller response. And this HDTV, like all Toshiba 2009 TV models, meets Energy Star 3.0 certifications for reducing energy consumption by up to 25 percent compared with standard TVs. VGA input for computer input Dynalight backlight Thin-Line Speaker System Universal remote control Gaming mode Specifications Viewable Diagonal Screen Size - 25.875 Inputs - HDMI Inputs (2), ColorStream HD Component Video Inputs (2), Front A/V / Rear A/V / Rear S-Video - 1/1/1, 15 Pin D-Sub PC Input, Analog Audio Out (Variable), Dolby Digital Optical Output Dimensions With Stand - 26.4 x 19.8 x 9.2 (WxHxD) Weight With Stand - 20.4 lbs.

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