Customer Reviews

Toshiba 50H71 50-Inch HDTV-Ready Projection TV

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I highly recommend this TV. The picture is superb, both with a DISH satellite receiver and with a DVD player. The sound quality is as good as I've heard from internal speakers; I am using it as a center channel for my home theater and am quite satisfied. This TV is very compact and looks good. The glare and center channel input keep it from getting a 5 star rating.

High Points
* Great picture (line doubler works very well)
* Good sound quality
* Great remote/menu system

Minor Gripes
* Glare can be somewhat distracting. The more expensive "HX" line from Toshiba has a screen coating to supposedly help. Also, I've read the screen protector can be placed behind the screen to eliminate glare.
* TV can be used as center channel speaker only from line-level inputs, not speaker level inputs.

Overall, one heck of a TV.

We had reservations about the purchase of so complicated a product by E-mail. On arrival our fears seemed justified, the picture was rotated about 15 deg. Several calls were required to Toshiba before a local service center could be found that would perform warranty work on a set not purchased at their facility. One agreed but said they couldn't come for three weeks!? Finally, we located one that came in two days. The serviceman aligned everything; color, symmetry, focus, etc. It made a tremendous difference in the picture. Actually, we were fortunate that the set required adjustment. This procedure should be part of the delivery of every television set!! Sound is good for built-in speakers but no match for the clean, transparent sound of a good quality component system. (Bose for example.) Reliability remains to be seen, but initial picture quality is so good, (at least the equal of anything, regardless of brand, we have seen at shops and friends,) that the several anxious days we spent wondering if we had made an expensive mistake, now seems worth it!

The picture on this television was very nice. I state that the picture was great but the TV..not so much. I had 3 different Toshiba 50" HDTVs delivered to my house. All three of which had the same damage. The bottom right and left corners of the screen encasement were cracked in half. I gave the rating of 3 because the TV picture I enjoyed, but it is hard to actually enjoy a 1500 dollar television when it is cosmetically flawed everytime it shows up at my door.

They may mention 16:9, but it's actually a 4:3 set that can play 16:9 on it. Heck my 32 inch tube can do that. I can't stand when they put deceptive information on product descriptions.

I purchased this product from Costco. It was borken the third days. I called two of their service centers to look at it. Both recommend me to exchange for a new one. Since I have to pay the delivery (Costco doesn't delivery big item TV), I called Toshiba customer support and try to get the refund for the delivery. They just refused and their attitude was very bad. Since I got a defective product up front and I just want to exchange for the same product, it is fair to ask for refund for the delivery. Toshiba support doesn't want to even accommendate this. It is very bad customer relationship management and their attitude is just arrogant. I won't recommend this product based on my experience with both the product and its services.

A great TV! Picture is crystal clear! Top of the line quality! Speakers and sub sound awesome! Way better than Sony or Hitachi! Toshiba is the way!

A great TV! Picture is crystal clear! Top of the line quality! Speakers and sub sound awesome! Way better than Sony or Hitachi! Toshiba all the way!

Excellent quality in a compact sized cabinet