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Product Reviews:
Toshiba 23HLV84 TheaterWide 23" 16:9 HDTV LCD TV/DVD Combo with HDMI Input |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Poor DVD Interface
Comments: I run a B&B and purchased this unit to use wall mounted. Can you believe that whomever designed the remote control neglected to put a DVD Eject howeverton on it and when wall mounted all TV mounted control howevertons are unseen because they are on the top. Imagine my delight having to explain to e guest in that unit at e check-in, how to locate the DVD eject howeverton. I am on this site now because I was looking for -and not finding- a Toshiba troubleshooting information section as the integrated DVD now makes a grinding noise however refuses to eject the DVD and has no external pin socket to try to reset it. Unless you live across the street from a repair site choose a set without an integrated DVD. |
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: DVD broken -- I have to pay for shipping
Comments: As several other users have posted, the DVD on this unit stopped reading DVD's within 6 weeks of purchase. Now _I_ have to remove the television from its wall mount, pack up a fragile, flat-screen television for shipping, and pay for shipping to a Toshiba. I am now crossing my fingers that they will fix it, instead of, e.g., breaking it, or doing nothing to it and sending it back to me. Had I known, I would easily have paid an extra $150 or so for a different brand. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Toshiba 23HLV84
Comments: purchased back in May 2005 for about 1047.00 at the time,1of the best DVD /LCD TV's I had seen. No issues with dead Pixels yet, or anything... great sound, clean picture as long as you are viewing from at least 5 Feet, have it in bedroom at 8-9 feet for viewing and its better than my 50 inch Sony * DVD is a bit clunky and appears to be better than 480p + however not up in the HD higher ranges, however still much better than straight Satellite signals!! I would still purchase this exact TV for the same reasons _ Light weight_ great Picture, great sound_ and fits where you need it to !!
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Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: great screen, however really bad DVD player built in.
Comments: I am amazed at how many great reviews this device has, given my experience. I have just purchased and returned1for work. Sure, there were people (not many) who couldn't see the problems, however I do not see how any videophile could stand looking at it (turned on and playing a DVD internally, at least).
1st, the integration is really bad. Put a DVD in and it turns on (of course). It does NOT, however, switch to DVD mode. Then when you manually switch modes you have to wait for it to spin up the DVD, I guess it thinks you just put the disk in for storage or something... The few controls for settings are vague, limited, and there is a 100% disconnect between the player and the screen. Yet another example: ejecting a disk while it's off... *if* it works you have to hold down the howeverton quite a while, it turns the TV all the way on, *then leaves it on once the disk is out*...
It's an HD screen, and I am guessing with an HD input or DVD player with HDMI out it'd look great. That's because an HDMI out DVD player will alalmost all certainly have some kind of 'upres' feature, whereas thebuilt in player appears to have none whatsoever. The image is simply crudely stretched to be big enough to fill the screen, and the result on the 23" LCD appears far worse then DVI out of a $199 player to a 50" plasma we also have here. The settings of course give you no control over this process, no way to view the image at native pixel resolution or any other tweaks that1may want.
They really spared e expense with the DVD player by the way, I have never used a DVD player so slow to respond to commands, such as selecting a chapter from the DVD menu, and when it does it usually visually screws it up, starting to start, pausing (maybe showing the menu again for a couple frames) then actually starting, etc.
Finally, there is a warning included INSIDE the box that the HDMI input is not for use with computers, I do not know if they screwed up the HDMI implementation or are saying that because there is no pixel orbiter or what, however that and the fact that this is1of the only consumer electronic devices I have seen in years that is limited to 60Hz power only are yet more ways this unit disappointed me. In the end I was relieved to be able to return it.
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Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Excellent LCD Combo TV
Comments: What a great set - perfect and bright. Having the side slot progressive DVD player is a great combination - if you are using this in a tight spot such as in a media cabinet, it's great to have the TV on a swivel base. It replaced an all-in-one 20" tube SDTV and it's got many features over and above what we expected.
The 16:9 screen image with scaling for normal 4:3 SDTV is clear, bright and sharp. DVD movies play without a problem and teh player is forgiving: DVDs that do not play on an older Toshibal dual deck DVD/VHS (scratches) play on this TV. And it plays VCDs, whihc is a bonus for our home movies that we've burned to CD in MPEG1.
The additional bonus of many inputs is tremendous, allowing us to connect a ReplayTV, Xbox with room to spare. Highly endorseed!! |
