Toshiba REGZA 47ZV650U 47-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with ClearScan 240, Black
i lucked out with the 47-Inch Toshiba REGZA 1080P 240Hz LCD HDTV
Delivered yesterday and Out of box HDMI Color and picture-perfect and not even yet calibrated.
2 yrs ago i bought a 40″ Samsung LCD HD with Best Buy’s 4yr warranty; good thing because the back-lighting started going out in shadowy patches. The GEEK SQUAD guy came ASAP and reported that the “accountants” decided it was more “cost-efficient” to swap the TV than fix it. I got credit for an equitable swap and went to store the next day. I was debating between another (larger) 46″ LDC Samsung or Sony when i saw a 47 “Toshiba REGZA 47ZV650U with Dolby sound. I was never happy with my Samsung audio so that got my attention. (the last Toshiba i had was a tape-deck! so this was a gamble) When i saw it had ClearScan 240(tm) with Backlight Scanning, i said, “I want that one.” (and paid the additional price)
So far my new Toshiba TV is fantastic! (i bought another store warranty. The old days of 20 year working TVs are long gone.)
Toshiba REGZA 55ZV650U 55-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with ClearScan 240, Black
I ordered the TV after a lot of research and it was delivered Sunday before Thanksgiving! Not a mark on the box but after unpacking the shipper’s agent and I noticed the screen was smashed along the bottom edge of the screen. All the foam and the box was perfect. It looked as if someone had reboxed it and sent it out again after it had already been returned. Long story short, the shipping agent took the set back with him after we refused it. We waited two weeks for the next one and it came in perfect…we set it up and all is well…well, not everything…we received an email that we needed to return the broken tv to Amazon…a quick call to customer service and all is well again…well, not everything…we received another email today(three weeks later# giving us ten days to return the broken TV or we would be charged for it…no problem…another quick call to Amazon and we were promised #again) that this would never happen again. What do you want to bet we get charged for the broken TV? We’re not holding our breath.
The TV was Consumer Reports “best buy” so I (not having a test lab) believe they did due dilligence and now that the tv is in place I’m completely satisfied with it. It is a room killer if you live in a small house…but who cares? The picture is incredible and it’s a stylish set. All you need is a good Blueray (PSIII) and a sound system to make the world right.
Toshiba REGZA 42ZV650U 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with ClearScan 240, Black
The Good: I bought this TV set after much research and viewing every set I could online and at the stores. This set beat out Samsung and Sony models in its class, and was hundreds less. This set has great audio speakers that adjust to loud volumes such as commercials. Black levels are great. Colors pop. Skin tones are spot on. This set is more “tweakable” than others. You can elect to have antiblurring without dejudder. I looked side by side at several stores to compare this model and it is superior to Sony and Samsung pq. Bigger is better. I don’t have room for a 46 inch and this 42 inch beats out the 40 inch sets.
The Bad: I was unlucky and my set had two dead pixels right out of the box. After two months, I got a second set, exact same model. The second set had audio lip syncing problems on one channel and buzzing sounds once a day. The dead pixel set had no audio problems. I ended up keeping the dead pixel set. The fine print under the Toshiba warranty says if you get one dead pixel or 100 dead pixels, it is not covered under the warranty. I can’t see my dead pixels unless there is a white background and I look for them. This set is perfect in many ways, except not pixel perfect.
It was a bad experience to start out with, to have two sets, the same model with problems.