Toshiba 19HLV87 19" LCD HDTV with Built-In DVD Player
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List Price: $599.99
Features
• 3 - 2 Pulldown Cinema Mode
• Digital Cinema Progressive
• 3 Mode Picture Size Adjustment
• Disc Play - DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RW/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/VCD
• DivX/WMA & MP3 Playback |
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Toshiba 19HLV87 19" LCD HDTV with Built-In DVD Player description
Now you can play your entertainment library on one versatile machine. Since the 19HLV87 has both a DVD player and a 19-inch screen, you won't have to worry about connecting different electronic components in order to watch your favorite program. This convenience is matched only by its smart, stylish design. The Value of LCD TVs
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Toshiba 19HLV87 19" LCD HDTV with Built-In DVD Player Customer Reviews
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Good as a second set.
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At the time I purchased the Toshiba (November, 2007), there were not a lot of options for an LCD TV in this size range with an integral ATSC tuner. We were looking for a TV for the kitchen, and this was about the largest size that would fit.
The other reviews suggested that the Toshiba might have more than its share of units with manufacturing defects. However, knowing that such problems typically show up pretty quickly, I decided to go with it.
We have now had the unit for about a month, and thus far I'm pretty pleased. We live in a rural area with no cable, and so are dependent on broadcast TV. The Toshiba pulls in all our local DTV stations sharp and clear with fewer errors than our main TV, a 3 year old Sony (we're in a hilly fringe reception area). Analog over-the-air is about the same as it was for the old CRT set this unit replaced. We won't be using any video inputs in the near future, so I haven't tested these yet.
Picture quality is decent for an LCD, though the color decoder can't be adjusted to get rid of an overall bluish cast. The horizontal viewing angle range is acceptably wide for our purposes, but the vertical range is not so good. The contrast and color fade pretty quickly when standing above the unit, and as another reviewer pointed out, there is almost no viewing angle below the screen. This is not a unit I would purchase for hanging on the wall or sitting on a tall bureau unless you're willing to angle the screen downwards (which the supplied base does permit, to about 5 degrees below horizontal).
The DVD player is basic, though it does have a zoom feature. Ours is quiet in operation, which shows that the design is capable of it, even if some other reviewers have gotten noisy units.
The TV lacks some convenience features that would be nice. For example, there is no button on the set or on the remote that allows you to switch quickly from one picture mode to the other, as you might want to do to compensate for the ambient light in the room--you have to go to the setup menu each time you want to change the picture setting. And while there is an antenna signal meter, the reading does not change dynamically when it's displaying, and it doesn't stay on when you change channels, both of which detract from its ability to help you aim your antenna for the best DTV reception.
As one might expect for a TV/DVD combo, the remote is a bit complicated, with buttons serving multiple functions. For example, I was looking for a button that would enable me to jump back and forth between two channels. At first I feared that this feature was not available, until I found in the manual that it shared the same button as the DVD/CD's Previous Chapter/Track function (and only then did I notice the tiny "CH RET" for "Channel Return" printed above that button).
Overall, though, this Toshiba is more than acceptable for our purposes, and I have no regrets about purchasing it. |
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Toshiba 19HLV87 19" LCD HDTV with Built-In DVD Player home electronics.