Toshiba 19AV500U 19 Inch 720p LCD HDTV Black

Customer Reviews

Wonderful 19" TV

2008-05-29
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.

Adequate

2008-05-27
For the purpose of having an aesthetically pleasing t.v. in the kitchen - one that has to be perched on top of the refrigerator - this works just fine. The 19" screen may not be large enough for bigger kitchens but for mine it's just right. Installation and set up were super easy. It took only a couple of days to get used to the few seconds wait it takes for the t.v. to come on once 'power on' is hit on the remote. We have Dish - set up for combining this t.v. with the Dish remote was easy. Would have given it 5 stars but the audio leaves a little to be desired.

Very Good Picture Quality, Inferior Tuner Sensitivity

2008-05-27
I live in a "fringe" area for OTA reception in a densely wooded neighborhood 30 miles from the cities and have a rooftop antenna with a pre-amplifier system. I currently own Hitachi, Sony and Olevia TVs with built in ATSC tuners and find the Toshiba 19AV500U has the most trouble maintaining good reception from several of the HD channels. I've tried hooking it up to the other antenna leads in the house and results were the same so I've concluded the tuner sensitivity is not as good as my other TVs. However, when locked-in to an HD channel the picture quality is excellent. The Toshiba is very attractive with the piano black bezel and adjustable stand. The interface is simple and intuitive, setup was a breeze. I found the "DynaLight" feature annoying as it seems to randomly change the overall brightness ever so slightly too often. At first I thought there was something wrong with the backlight because of this "flickering" effect. I discovered that DynaLight is enabled by default. When I turned it off in the Advanced Video menu the problem was resolved. Overall this is a very good budget priced LCD HDTV from one of the best names in the business. This is a darned tootin' fine TV.

Toshiba? Doesn't work!

2008-05-19
We bought this Toshiba about three weeks ago for our office. It gets used a couple hours each day, mostly as background noise. Twice now the TV has been turned on and all we get is audio. No video. After turning the TV off and back on, then we get both audio AND video. Very troubling. BTW, when we get a picture, it's good.

Colors Are Too Good To Be True

2008-05-11
This Tv is ,in my opinion, the best lcd in its size range. It gives you the option to control the backlight which HELPS cut down "edge lightbleed"(I try not to sweat it too much)it's found on all lcd tvs and monitors I've ever seen..
Its kind of hard to see the "lightbleed" in stores because of the great HD connections stores have,,,as well as the high lighted store rooms.
This TV picks up analog ,digital & free HD channels superbly.
The speakers deliver the best sound (better bass) in this size and price range. The colors are VIVID...
I have this and the Toshiba DR560 recorder. They work great together.
Got the best price in tha Amazon.

Toshiba 19 in LCD TV

2008-07-17
Toshiba 19AV501U 19-Inch 720p LCD HDTV White
The tv arrived promptly. It was easy to set up and worked perfectly right out of the box. Good picture and color.

Couldn't ask for anything better!

2008-07-04
I bought this Toshiba back in May & I am still very pleased with it. I have two other Toshiba sets and I have never had a minutes problem with them. This TV has a clean high contrast picture and the sound is not bad for a set this size. I like it well enough to give it 5 stars.

Toshiba Flat Screen LCD TV

2008-07-03
Arrived on time, intact and working well.

Replaced an old 19" CRT clunker on which the remote was no longer functioning.

Works on my cable without a box!

2008-06-12
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.

(Oh - and also see the reviews for the 19AV500U - it's the identical model in black.)

Very good product, all I expect in a small tv.

2008-06-03
Good Tv ideal, clear image and good resolution its ideal for small spaces like kitchen, rooms, etc. a lot of function and good price and good brand.

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