Wednesday, August 27th, 2008...1:25 am
Toshiba REGZA 32HL67U 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Toshiba REGZA 32HL67U 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Form, function and performance – the perfect match of leading edge technology and beauty. TOSHIBA’s LCD Flat Panel TVs can hang right on the wall, like a piece of artwork. TOSHIBA’s extensive selection of flat panel televisions can allow you to find just the right television for any room or lifestyle.PRODUCT FEATURES:1366 X 768 PVA panel;CineSpeed <8ms Response;720p Resolution;500 cd/m2 Brightness;DynaLight Dynamic Back Light;5x Dynamic Contrast Ratio;14 bit Video Processor;178?Viewing Angle;Native Mode (no overscan);ATSC/QAM/NTSC tuner;TheaterWide Modes (7);Auto Aspect Ratio;Auto Aspect Ratio (HDMI: 480i/480p/720p/1080i);3D Y/C Comb Filter;MPEG DNR (480i/480p/720p/1080i);CableClear DNR;Color Temperature Control;Cinema Mode (480i/1080i);Static Gamma Control;Dynamic Contrast Control (4 item).
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Toshiba garbage
Gave this as a gift. Finally, recipient confessed that unit failed and has been waiting for repair for over 3 months. Unit is at authorized service center since. Toshiba knows that some part is deficient but never made recall. Keep away. It works for a bit and then fails and their after market support is the worst. Why take a chance? As a gift it was an embarrassment. Instead of giving something to enjoy, it resulted in an unimaginable problem for the recipients to take care of. Toshiba could not care less even though they know the specific component is a problem.
Go SONY or something else.
5 Stars Great TV
Fantastic TV even without a HD line! We’ve been very pleased with the product performance and would buy this line again. Additionally, the sleek styling looks great in our bedroom!
3 Stars Probelms with the picture
This TV has a nice picture when working, but in the last 3 months I had to replaced 2 times, due to problems with the the picture (no picture at all). This is not a reliable TV.
3 Stars Decent TV
I’ve had this TV for about four months, and it has been dependable and without bugs. The picture quality is fair. The sound quality is poor, somewhat tinny. But here are some of my other observations:
- There is a lack of sharpness to the images that is really annoying. I thought it was just my eyesight, but my old 27″ CRT set in the bedroom lets me view with a crisp and sharp picture (at 10 years old!). Maybe I am too close to the Regza, but if I have to sit far from it to see the picture clearly, that sort of negates the large (for me) screen.
- The menus on this set appear as huge opaque rectangles in the center of the screen. So, when adjusting anything I must wait for the menu to time out in order to see the result of my changes. This is especially irritating when trying to set the aspect ratio. I have to keep asking myself if Brad Pitt is really that thin, or is that Lexus really that low and long. Setting the aspect ration drives me crazy!
- The colors and viewing angle are both quite good.
- The sound is tinny and slow to adjust. Oddly, for sound adjustment Toshiba does not use a menu blocking center screen.
- The remote is adequate and large enough to find easily and use in the dark.
- The television runs a lot hotter than I anticipated.
All in all, this is an OK TV. But I sure do miss my old tube set with its clear picture! I neither have nor care about HD signal. I tried this set without my aging cable box, using just the cable wire to the set, and picture quality dropped dramatically; I quickly reconnected the box.
I really can’t recommend this set. I am not thrilled with it in any way, yet it is, the only word I can think of that is appropriate, ADEQUATE. I have never had a Toshiba product that worked particularly well, so I have only myself to blame for my lack of a wonderful viewing experience.
5 Stars Good Media Center TV
Lots of people have written about the picture and sound quality of this TV. I will write about the feature that I like best about this TV.
It’s the option to set the picture size as “native”. What this option allows is to display the entire computer screen when connected through an hdmi input.
No I don’t use this TV as a computer monitor. I use this as a good media center TV. All my home videos, dvds, songs, photos are on my computer. Hence it makes sense to connect my computer to this excellent TV to enjoy all the media in its full glory instead of on the tiny laptop monitor.
I have used the hdmi output on my laptop to connect it to the TV. The hdmi cable carries both the video and audio signal and hence hooking up the laptop to the TV is very clean and easy. You can do this with pretty much any TV that has a hdmi input. However most TVs are subject to overscanning and display only part of the computer screen. This is where the Regza stands out.
After setting the 720P (1280×720) resolution on your laptop, select “native” as your picture size. You can now see the entire computer screen with no clipped areas.
