Toshiba 50A60 50 in. TV
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You know you've been wanting one.
Pros
Hey what can I say. ITS A BIG SCREEN TV! and it looks great!
Cons
NONE! Dare to compare to others in the same price range.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
You wont find a higher quality TV for this amount of $$$. In fact a lot of TVs cost more and you get less.
Hi, and welcome to another opinion by Seaners777. I don't know about you but I have always wanted a "Big screen TV". Of course when I have gone looking to buy one I cant help but see the price $$$$ :( . So I had never bought one up until this point.
I don't know about you but I wasn't ready to fork out some big bucks. Sell blood, donate organs, get a 3rd job and the list goes on. With this in mind I wasn't going to go out and buy the cheapest big screen TV money could buy. As a matter of fact that is part of the reason I didn't want to buy a cheap big screen TV. The picture quality is at an all time low for the really "cheap" models. Wow just imagine, being disappointed with watching TV on a big screen!
Since our huge 27 inch TV went poop on us, it was time to upgrade. 32 inch? No! 36 inch? Maybe, but then I need an entertainment center to store all of our components and you know "stuff" on. No thanks I would rather take up the same amount of space with a 50 inch TV, and a matching component cabinet to go beside it.
There are a lot of rear projection TV's out there. Now why did I decide on this one? Lets talk names on RP TV's. Probably the best out there are the Ultravisions' (top of the line Hitachi). Next would be Hitachi and Toshiba. Toshiba has been around in the RP TV market for some time now and have been pretty reliable. I compared several brands out there and could clearly see that Toshiba offers a great TV for a very affordable price.
I also was debating whether I wanted an HDTV or not. Hhmmmm? Well for about $750 more, I don't think so and here's why. There are only 3 or 4 channels available at this time. You need to spend an additional $600 for a converter box in order to receive the HD signal. When you watch cable, dish network, VHS or DVD on an HDTV the reception is still the same as it would be on a traditional TV. What? Yes, because most TV's are capable of 500-700 lines of resolution. I did not know that and here is a list of average lines of resolution for each.
CABLE-300 +/-
DISH-500 +/-
VHS- 250-300 +/-
DVD-500 +/-
Although HDTV (signal) is very nice. You would only be able to enjoy the benefits of it with a lot more broadcasters using it. In time this will happen, around the year 2112 is when all broadcasters must switch to the HD signal. Cable and Dish will still be around for quite a while so don't think you're going to need to run out and buy an HDTV right away. I will say this though, HDTV is digital and has progressive scanning and this helps soften or dissolves a few more of the lines(graininess) when playing a VHS or DVD. It can, on the other hand show more static when watching cable. Bottom line HDTV is truly for the HD signal.
Ok back to the Toshiba RP cinema series TV. I will list most of the features I am impressed with and thus the final result in buying this TV.
1) It displays up to 800 lines of resolution (capable of receiving some HD signals).
2) Lots of hookup ports (3 S-video ins, 3 RCA video and audio ins, a component video in (color stream) along with RCA sound in for your DVP, 2 ant ins, 1 ant out, a video and RCA outs for your VCR, RCA out for main sound going to your receiver).
3)"Ultra" projection guns (6-1 ratio verses 4-1)
4)3D digital comb filter
5)Built in protection screen
6)matrix surround sound
7)PIP
8)Multi window feature(6 or 9 picture multi search).
9)Excellent menu and setup options.
10)Way cool remote! fits in the hand perfectly and can be programmed to control anything. Well almost anything (it doesn't work on the kids).
11)50INCH SCREEN!!! Almost twice the size as my old TV, ha!
Well I compared this to a lot of other brand names and Toshiba came out on top in everything. This TV had the best picture quality when I compared it to the others except the digital (HDTV) Toshiba. It was really close and I couldn't see spending an additional $750. Which still isn't bad if your interested in HDTV. With this being said dont just take my word for it. Go down to your local TV store and check this one out.
Oh yea I almost forgot, another great thing about this TV is that I only paid $1649 for it. They also had a $100 mail in rebate for this TV. So I guess you could say I paid $1549. I was able to afford purchasing an extended 5 yr warranty for only $200 more. Wow most places charge $400.
I went to 5 major electronic stores and did my homework before buying this TV and am sure glad I did. I learned a lot about TVs during this time. Including the simple fact that all TV manufacturers are not making TVs to last for ever. In fact the average life of TVs made from the early 90s up to today is 6-12 years. Hhmmmmm? Glad I didn't spend more than what I did. But I did spend the rest on a new receiver and speakers to complete my theater system and WOW! What a difference. So get out there and compare, and have fun doing it!
Thanks for taking the time to be informed, SEAN
TOSHIBA cinema series 50AX60A
I don't know about you but I wasn't ready to fork out some big bucks. Sell blood, donate organs, get a 3rd job and the list goes on. With this in mind I wasn't going to go out and buy the cheapest big screen TV money could buy. As a matter of fact that is part of the reason I didn't want to buy a cheap big screen TV. The picture quality is at an all time low for the really "cheap" models. Wow just imagine, being disappointed with watching TV on a big screen!
Since our huge 27 inch TV went poop on us, it was time to upgrade. 32 inch? No! 36 inch? Maybe, but then I need an entertainment center to store all of our components and you know "stuff" on. No thanks I would rather take up the same amount of space with a 50 inch TV, and a matching component cabinet to go beside it.
There are a lot of rear projection TV's out there. Now why did I decide on this one? Lets talk names on RP TV's. Probably the best out there are the Ultravisions' (top of the line Hitachi). Next would be Hitachi and Toshiba. Toshiba has been around in the RP TV market for some time now and have been pretty reliable. I compared several brands out there and could clearly see that Toshiba offers a great TV for a very affordable price.
I also was debating whether I wanted an HDTV or not. Hhmmmm? Well for about $750 more, I don't think so and here's why. There are only 3 or 4 channels available at this time. You need to spend an additional $600 for a converter box in order to receive the HD signal. When you watch cable, dish network, VHS or DVD on an HDTV the reception is still the same as it would be on a traditional TV. What? Yes, because most TV's are capable of 500-700 lines of resolution. I did not know that and here is a list of average lines of resolution for each.
CABLE-300 +/-
DISH-500 +/-
VHS- 250-300 +/-
DVD-500 +/-
Although HDTV (signal) is very nice. You would only be able to enjoy the benefits of it with a lot more broadcasters using it. In time this will happen, around the year 2112 is when all broadcasters must switch to the HD signal. Cable and Dish will still be around for quite a while so don't think you're going to need to run out and buy an HDTV right away. I will say this though, HDTV is digital and has progressive scanning and this helps soften or dissolves a few more of the lines(graininess) when playing a VHS or DVD. It can, on the other hand show more static when watching cable. Bottom line HDTV is truly for the HD signal.
Ok back to the Toshiba RP cinema series TV. I will list most of the features I am impressed with and thus the final result in buying this TV.
1) It displays up to 800 lines of resolution (capable of receiving some HD signals).
2) Lots of hookup ports (3 S-video ins, 3 RCA video and audio ins, a component video in (color stream) along with RCA sound in for your DVP, 2 ant ins, 1 ant out, a video and RCA outs for your VCR, RCA out for main sound going to your receiver).
3)"Ultra" projection guns (6-1 ratio verses 4-1)
4)3D digital comb filter
5)Built in protection screen
6)matrix surround sound
7)PIP
8)Multi window feature(6 or 9 picture multi search).
9)Excellent menu and setup options.
10)Way cool remote! fits in the hand perfectly and can be programmed to control anything. Well almost anything (it doesn't work on the kids).
11)50INCH SCREEN!!! Almost twice the size as my old TV, ha!
Well I compared this to a lot of other brand names and Toshiba came out on top in everything. This TV had the best picture quality when I compared it to the others except the digital (HDTV) Toshiba. It was really close and I couldn't see spending an additional $750. Which still isn't bad if your interested in HDTV. With this being said dont just take my word for it. Go down to your local TV store and check this one out.
Oh yea I almost forgot, another great thing about this TV is that I only paid $1649 for it. They also had a $100 mail in rebate for this TV. So I guess you could say I paid $1549. I was able to afford purchasing an extended 5 yr warranty for only $200 more. Wow most places charge $400.
I went to 5 major electronic stores and did my homework before buying this TV and am sure glad I did. I learned a lot about TVs during this time. Including the simple fact that all TV manufacturers are not making TVs to last for ever. In fact the average life of TVs made from the early 90s up to today is 6-12 years. Hhmmmmm? Glad I didn't spend more than what I did. But I did spend the rest on a new receiver and speakers to complete my theater system and WOW! What a difference. So get out there and compare, and have fun doing it!
Thanks for taking the time to be informed, SEAN
TOSHIBA cinema series 50AX60A
