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 HUGE WARNING ON THIS TV August 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The aspect ratio on this TV is not true 16:9, it's closer to 16:10. This means any DVDs or other video source material that is 16:9 will be stretched vertically. Some people might not even notice, but I am using this TV as a cheap video monitor for editing, and I will be sending it back. It's absolutely idiotic how little thought these companies put into consumer products.
If you don't mid the aspect issue, the picture & contrast are good, motion handling and blur are average.
 Toshiba 19 in LCD TV July 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Toshiba 19AV501U 19-Inch 720p LCD HDTV White
The tv arrived promptly. It was easy to set up and worked perfectly right out of the box. Good picture and color.
Couldn't ask for anything better! July 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this Toshiba back in May & I am still very pleased with it. I have two other Toshiba sets and I have never had a minutes problem with them. This TV has a clean high contrast picture and the sound is not bad for a set this size. I like it well enough to give it 5 stars.
 Toshiba Flat Screen LCD TV July 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Arrived on time, intact and working well.
Replaced an old 19" CRT clunker on which the remote was no longer functioning.
Works on my cable without a box! June 12, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I ordered this TV to take advantage of the HDTV channels available over Comcast Cable in the San Francisco Bay area, without having to rent Comcast's pricey cable box. It fills the bill perfectly.
Using the default settings, the picture is sharp and contrasty. There's plenty of sound volume. The screen hardly reflects light at all, which is nice since we have a lot of windows. The Natural picture size setting chooses the proper picture width all the time. (I've never figured out why some people view everything in full width, even if it adds 50 pounds to all the people on the screen.)
I got a scare when first hooking it up. I ordered it only after a Comcast agent verified that with the built-in QAM tuner it would receive HDTV just by plugging the cable signal into the antenna/cable coax jack. But when first turned on, it only received analog signals. Calling Comcast back, I was told that I would need a $7/month cable box. Fortunately this turned out to be baloney. While my wife was channel-flipping, she started getting HDTV stations too, and now it shows every analog and digital channel, even on my non-digital cable service plan. My wife claims full credit for "fixing" it. I suspect it took a while to lock into some aspect of the cable service. Who knows.
So here's two recommendations: Double check everything Comcast tells you. And buy this TV.
(Oh - and also see the reviews for the 19AV500U - it's the identical model in black.)
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