Customer Reviews

Toshiba 72HM195 72-Inch Diagonal Theaterwide Integrated (1080p) HD DLP Rear Projection TV

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

 

 

Ive had the set about 1 week, and bought it after careful research.
It is certainaly the best dollar per 1080p inch available. I am very happy with the size, look, interfaces, and picture quality. I have since found out although it can display 1080p content, it cannot receive 1080p content, only 1080i as a max. Not a big deal now as there is no 1080p content, but could be an issue when HD-DVDs come out. Apparently only the HP DLP sets can receive 1080p, not Toshiba, Samsung, nor Mitsubishi.

I was very happy with buying from Amazon; no tax, low ship fee, and it was white glove delivered right into my great room, all within 5 days of purchase.

I BOUGHT THIS TOSHIBA from AMAZON/ONECALL.COM ON DEC 8 2005 AND WITHIN 2 MONTHS, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 2 HOURS OF WATCHING, ITS PICTURE BULB DIED ( IN LESS THAN 100 HOURS OF USE ).

CALLED TOSHIBA AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LAMP. IT IS ON BACKORDER AND THEY TOLD THAT IT MAY TAKE 3 WEEKS OR MORE.

SO IT MEANS I AM GOING TO MISS THE SUPERBOWL SEASON AND THIS HUGE 72" DEAD TOSHIBA IS SITTING DEAD IN LIVING ROOM.

I HEARD LOT OF TOSHIBA DLP TV'S HAVE UNRELIABLE LAMPS AND IT CAN TAKE A MONTHS TO GET IT REPLACED ????..

I WOULD RECOMMEND TO KEEP AWAY FROM TOSHIBA AND GO WITH SAMSUNG OR SONY.

IF YOU DECIDE TO BUY IT ANYWAY, MAKE SURE YOU GET 3 YEARS OF WARRANTY WITH IT , WITH FREE BULB REPLACEMENT, AS ONE TIME BULB REPLACEMENT CAN COST YOU OVER $300...

Am am a electronics junkie who is well informed of the latest and greatest however this is not a 1080p TV like they say it is! Toshiba is lying to get stupid people like me to believe them. Thought is was a great deal to get a 1080p for about 2000 less than the bigger names. Should have listened to my instincts. 1080p DLP HDTV is the name of the "engine" used to make the pictures but has absolutely nothing to do with actual picture quality. It only will ACCEPT and DISPLAY 10801!!!!!! The quality is also horrible. At 480 or 720 resolution (both p and i) you cannot even see the faces of basketball players. 1080i is ok but you will have to stand 20+ (Manufacturers suggestion is 10-25) feet back to even get a decent picture. . We replaced a pioneer HDTV from 3 years ago, no HDMI, 1080i is the best it can do, and it is by far better than this one. I REPEAT, DO NOT THIS PRODUCT IT IS NOT 1080p! HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are already here so if you buy this tv you are screwed for the next few years. If only I had found these reviews earlier I would have saved over 3000!

First of all, kudos to Amazon.com for the excellent and painless process of ordering and having the product shipped. Absolutely no problems at all and no aggravating "after-sales" calls.

The TV itself is superb. I subscribed to the HD cable and the results are totally awesome. Even at close range (10 feet) the images were clear. Enabling progressive scan on my DVD player literally brought DVDs to life on the TV. My 4.5 year old son was mesmerized by the cartoons he was watching, and that was a good enough test for me.

Please note that regular broadcasts (not HD) will not have stellar picture quality at close distances.

We are extremely disappointed in this T.V. We've had it for a year and a half and have already replaced the lamp twice. Once it was under warranty, but this time we had to shell out the money out of our own pockets, and the lamps are not cheap. We found a "deal" for the lamp and "only" had to pay 180 dollars for it. Toshiba states that the lamp should last an average of 8000 hours, both times we were at about 1200-1500 hours of viewing. Wrote a letter to Toshiba with no response. Buyers beware, this T.V.requires a continued investment.

Excellent television! We purchased the Toshiba 72HM195 mid December 2005 and have not had one bit of trouble with it and have not even replaced a bulb! (6 months later...) We are thrilled with the picture and this TV turned out to be a perfect purchase for us!

I bought this TV in Dec '05 and have enjoyed its picture quality very much. It does suffer, like most TVs in this design, from the fuzzies during scenes of fire, rain, lightning, etc. Other than that, the picture quality is excellent. The speaks are ok if you've never owned a receiver before, but I'm pretty sure my factory car radio sounds better.

My only two real complaints about this TV are the size auto adjustments and the false (or at least hidden) advertisements in 1080p. First, get ready for a fun ride if you have multiple sources (or just HD vs non-HD programming) at varying source resolution. Switching between channels of HD/non-HD causes the TV to blank out for a bit while it tries to reset itself to the correct format. I've also enjoyed (not) watching it go from full screen to standard size (4:3) after I've tried to tell it to stay in widescreen.
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Second, as another reviewer stated, this TV only accepts up to 1080i input. I feel very cheated on this. Reason? Xbox 360 recently (11/1) updated to support 1080p output. Does this TV work in that mode? NO! Is there a real picture quality difference? Beats me because I'll never know on this TV. To advertise a TV as a 1080p, but then to find out (on Google no less - Toshiba's site itself is nothing but marketing bull) that it can only do magic on 1080i inputs to make them 1080p output sickens me.

So to wrap it up, this is an excellent TV from my experience overall. I did find on Toshiba's website that there's a known bulb issue and they will extend your warranty on the bulb for an extra year if your s/n is in the range.

Bad product. My DLP lamp died in <1000 hrs of viewing. Now that I've replaced it, the TV cycles through on-off cycles many times - get to watch the TV only if you're lucky! Not worth it!

Horrible product.

After purchasing this TV from amazon.com for $4,000. I had it delivered within 1 week. However, when the TV arrived the company that delivered it did not hook it up, they just brought it in the house. When I tried plugging it in, it wouldn't work. I called Amazon.com and they said they are not responsible for repair as this was supposed to be checked out by the freight company who delivered it. After 5 calls to Amazon.com they told me to find a local reapir shop to fix it which I did. After 4 weeks from two different reapir shops I did get the TV working. It has a nice picture but I really don't like the way Amazon.com handled the problem. Especially when the price was four thousand dollars.

Some of these reviewers are suspect (namely the ones with 100% positive votes which have only one review to their names). Buyer beware. Check all your sources and read the 'real reviews'.