Customer Reviews

Toshiba MD14FN1 14-Inch Flat Screen TV-DVD Combo

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I purchased this last month, and for those who are looking for a compact all in one DVD/TV, this is a fantastic deal for the money. It has a slick design, easy to operate, front controls, a simple remote control, and fantastic picture quality -- all in a pure-flat TV. I would highly recommend this unit if you're looking for a bedroom TV, don't want a separate TV and DVD, and want a compact, well designed unit.

I'm so impressed with this tv. I had a 13-inch Sylvania which had tinny sound and poor quality image--I didn't realize how poor until I purchased this unit.

This was shipped UPS and the packaging was quite adequate and it was easy to get the tv out. Super easy setup; within seconds I had a great picture and sound. The outisde is very sleek. Speakers run on both sides of the screen from top to bottom.

My only complaint is with the remote--they printed some buttons with a hard-to-read-for-old-eyes color so it was hard to figure out the function. However, the instructions were easy to consult and overall the remote is easy to use.

I highly recommend this to someone who needs a small unit but doesn't want to sacrifice picture and sound quality.

To me, picture and audio quality are expected commodities on new standard televisions. It is only the remote that makes the difference. The Toshiba MD14FN1 remote is as difficult to operate as the Japanese language is to read.

1) TV functions are secondary and written in an indecipherable watery-orange ink. Difficult! 2) Essential TV functions are crammed together. A total of 27 buttons reside on an area less than 2 x 2 inches. The mute key is lost 4 down and 4 over, while an arcane "input/select" is directly under the large power button. Difficult! 3) The Numeric keypad is an after-thought, located 2 down under a quizzically prominent information key. Further, once you find the pad there is no raised #5-key to center your fingers within the 1 x 1 allotted inches. Difficult! 4) AAA batteries? This is the only product in my house that requires them. Difficult!

If you can't use the remote why buy the product?

After 10 months of use the Television will not turn on. Poor reliability and in 90 days the warranty doesn't cover labor charges. Buy another brand.

The TV works fine (having read the other reviews I guess I should at least be grateful for that) but the DVD never worked. It plays music CDs just fine, but none of my Region 1 DVDs (and I have a considerable collection) works in this thing. I am very disappointed.

I ordered this in Sept of 2003 and it totally died this morning, less than two years later! No Good stay away. Wish I did.

After 2 years, my tv broke down. One of the transistors makes a loud hiss. The TV and DVD does not even turn on.

When it worked, the picture was not sharp. The images are also distorted. Lines on the football field looked bent.

Less than a year after purchase the DVD eject mechanism
broke, making the DVD player unusable. Also, after 90 days
the warranty doesn't cover labor charges. Not recommended.

I received this tv this week from Amazon, and was very impressed with its performance, both video picture and DVD.
I purchased this because it takes DVD/R which is difficult to find. All the reviews and press releases mentions this. The directions do not. I tried a DVD/R immediately upon arrival and it played very well.
The directions make noreference of hooking the set up the a satellite dish. It would have been helpful