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Toshiba 42LX177 - 42″ REGZA Cinema Series LCD TV - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV - gloss black As your source for digital home entertainment, Toshiba offers one of the most extensive television lineups in the industry. Whether you’re looking for the latest in HDTV, the flattest FST Pure flat-screen TVs, or the highest quality in portable televisions, Toshiba has what you want.PRODUCT FEATURES:1080p full HD display;PixelPure 3G 14-bit digital video processing;DynaLight dynamic back light control;CineSpeed;SoundStrip 2 speaker system.
Customer Review: Undocumented incompatibility
Having owned this TV for 6 months now, I am unfortunately finding out an incompatibility with certain cable boxes. When I switch from my game console running at 1080i to the cable box input (both using HDMI), the screen will split into 4th’s with the cable signal appearing in the top 2 quarters. The audio makes a loud popping noise. To correct this, I’ve been successful in switching from SD to HD channels and turning the TV on then off several times. A Toshiba authorized repair center tech confirmed Toshiba is aware of this issue and is not planning to address the issue. This TV has some bugs. As other reviewers have said, the HD picture is great, but the SD picture is pretty horrible. I’ve also found it very difficult to get the picture settings dialed in for optimal viewing. For the money you can get a much better TV.
Customer Review: One of the best LCD’s available, but…
Terrific HD picture, but standard def is mediocre at best. Sound is good enough; fortunately, it does supply an optical-out delivering terrific digital audio to a stereo. Beware the Thinc Home Networking for connecting to a PC and displaying pictures and playing mp3’s; it works great with Windows XP, but not Vista. Toshiba is “working on it” but wouldn’t tell me when a firmware update will be available.