Toshiba 19AV501U 19-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Toshiba 19AV501U 19-Inch 720p LCD HDTV Reviews
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.
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UPS and Amazon is a great team for holiday shoppers who are looking for speed, convenience and good deals. I ordered this TV late Sun night before Christmas and got it on a freezing rainy day next Tue., less than 48hr later. Superb timely service, quite a surprise!
The TV has great reception, with an old antenna no cable, we were able to receive very clear images. The screen size does need to be funneled a little, but no problem for us. Good sound effect, we bought this set for our in-law’s kitchen, so the convenience of setting it up and the sound and image quality, would make her cooking experience dramatically different. Plus, instead of telling her that we are still waiting for the shipment and all stores sold out of the unit, we had it delivered in time for free and were able to try it out before presenting to her. Thank You.
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I ordered this TV over a month ago and have been very satisfied since day one. I ordered from Amazon on a Friday and it arrived three days later on Monday. Setup was very easy and the built in tuner found 45 channels (about 15 are analog). We use a 30 year old antenna strapped to the chimney and the picture is great! I strongly recommend this TV to anyone looking for a small TV.
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I was concerned about buying the Toshiba after reading a couple of negative reviews. However, our experience has been great. This TV worked right from the plug-in. Once the set-up enabled me to select cable vs antenna, the Toshiba scanned and logged all of the channels. Tagging each channel with it’s designation (ABC, NBC, HBO, etc) and as a Favorite is tedious, but works. The sound quality and volume are great. Picture quality in low and bright light is also great. It would be very helpful if my cable provider, Bright House, offered a programming guide without a set top box, but that has nothing to do with the TV. Be careful of the instructions for setting up the TV, out of the box. Getting the stand into the standing position seems tricky. You have to strongly push the stand (almost force it) into the upright position and set the LOCK switch. The instructions should say that, but they don’t. We thoroughly enjoy the quality experience for a very good price. I just hope that it doesn’t drive dissatisfaction with our bigger TVs.
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We wanted a small Toshiba LCD HDTV for the kitchen to replace our small, but bulky, CRT TV. The new one works great. We ordered it in white to match the kitchen appliances. Love it. Simple and very easy to set up and operate. Note: The new remote also operates our larger living room Toshiba Regza HDTV we ordered from Amazon. Now, The wife has her remote and I have my remote that operates both Toshiba TVs.
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In researching and comparing TV’s before buying this TV, I had pretty much decided that this was the TV for me. However, some of the comments by other customers gave me pause, due to the sound quality as they had reported it. Especially, since I was not positive if they really meant sound quality or volume or both. I have a pet peave with a television whose sound comes out of the side/back of the set instead of the front (note: this tv has front speakers). Since you are usually sitting in front of the TV. With those sets other sets side/back speakers you have to blast the volume to hear it, but then it is blaring into other rooms etc. I can tell you this TV has excellent volume control and the sound at first seemed a little different from my old tv but nothing unexpected (at first it was like hearing a strangers voice that quickly became a friends familiar voice). So if the sound volume or quality is something you might have concerns about in the purchasing of this TV, let me put your mind at ease (unless you are a sound guru dealing with bass, tremble and all of that) you will not regret purchasing this TV. I feel that this was one of the best purchases I have made for the money in a very long time. Additional note: if you are a first time amazon purchaser or on purchasing anything large or electronic from them, do not worry they are the best. I have been purchasing from them for years and I have never had a problem with any purchase, return or help needed..
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Got 3 of these for the kids rooms as I needed something that was a monitor and a TV and was wall mountable. GREAT picture, easy setup and nice remote. The sound could be better, but they’re basically watching the Disney channel or playing online learning games so it’s perfect. At 269.00 each it was hard to pass up.Might even buy a couple more. However be aware that the wall bracket is NOT included and runs about 60 bucks.