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Customer Reviews of Toshiba 34HF81 34" FST Pure Flat Screen 16:9 HD-Ready TV

More than I imagined !
I purchased this wonderful Toshiba after many months of research, including consumer reviews as published by National Consumer magazines. Price was a factor which ended up in my eliminating Sony which had previously been my number one choice. Review of repair records then proceeded to eliminate RCA and Zenith. My requirements were simple, a reasonably priced, good reliable 34" HDTV, in 16:9 format with flat screen, 3 S-video and 2 wideband component video inputs to facilitate my progressive scan DVD player, DSS system, cable etc. Hookup was relatively easy, (as I am not an electronics wizard), and with programming of the remote I now have control of all systems thru one device. Dss picture is fantastic, analog is not as definitive but than that is analog, not high definition. DVD qualty is excellent with monster cable connection. This TV is a definite buy, I am very pleased with the performance and the purchase price. ...

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Great picture and price...some improvements needed.
After deciding that a projection TV would completely dominate our living room, it came down to this unit and comparably sized Sony. While the Sony had a better picture overall, the Toshiba won out due to price and performance.

Pros: Two component inputs plus three additional video in. The ability to use the TV's internal speakers as the center channel. (BTW, the sound is really incredible for a television with such tiny speakers.) 4 different wide-screen modes to accomodate just about any source. SteadySound eliminates those loud commercials. Picture quality is just incredible, especially if you put it next to your old set with a progressive-scan DVD. Cool favorite channel scan that shows 9 channel matrix next to main channel. Not just PIP but side-by-side pictures. Dual audio allows main picture to play on TV's speakers and PIP picture to play on outside source. (Combined with headphones and you can imagine the possibilities.) Universal remote works well with many components for most basic functions.

Cons: Not even a month old and I get the occasional wierd picture--flesh tones are vivid blue. Good thing it has a good warranty. While the front of the screen is flat, the inside has a slight curve in the corners. PIP doesn't work with component sources. Channel labels are only 4 characters long, limited to about 20 channels and don't automatically assign themselves. This unit is huge and heavy (163 lbs) which limits what you can put it in/on.

Overall a good value for such a excellent picture. To get something better would cost nearly a thousand dollars more.

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Excellent wide screen HDTV at reasonable price.
If you currently have a conventional TV set with the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio but watch a lot of DVDs, you're probably tired of black spaces above and below the picture wasting much of your TV's screen size whenever you watch the widescreen movies which have become the norm on DVD. The cure for this problem is to get a widescreen TV with a 16:9 aspect ratio. This Toshiba is an excellent 16:9 TV with a very sharp picture. Also important, this is an HDTV set which is ready to display the dramatically improved picture quality characteristic of the new High Definition Television broadcasts to which all networks are rapidly converting and which are now available from most cable and satellite providers. Although this Toshiba's 34" screen may not be as huge as some of the new thinscreen plasma TVs it is still quite large. Furthermore, it's picture quality is equal or superior to plasma TVs and its price is much lower. All things considered if you want a widescreen TV that's ready for HDTV and you don't want to break your budget to get one, this excellent Toshiba set may well be the answer.