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I bought this TV for my travel trailer, and am so disappointed it is a shame. First off it is very slow to change channels, but can live with that. Second the sound volume is terrible it is so low and to make it the worst TV doesen't have audio out put jacks so it can be hooked into the trailer sound system. A minor point is the high gloss black finish looks dirty if you just walk by it. There will be no other Toshiba products in this family.

The TV arrived in one day, perfectly packaged and was just as it was described on Amazon.

The TV was purchased from amazon.com via Electronics Expo. Since it was not directly from amazon, we had to pay $29.99 in shipping and handling (no free shipping deal). We ordered and paid for a 22 inch TV. We received in manufacturers box with shipping labels stuck to it a 19 inch TV. When we contacted Electronics Expo via email, we got a first reply asking for a lot of information, After providing that information via email, we got a reply whose tone said don't do business with us. It said that they don't accept return of TVs larger than 20 inches, that we must pay for any return shipping, that we had to put the manufacturers box inside of another box for shipping and we were directed to a website asking for even more information. Instead off doing that, we were able to get free return shipping after a lengthy phone call to Electronics Expo. When we finally received the 22 inch model, it did not function properly. This was confirmed with phone call to the Toshiba help line. Toshiba would correct the problem if we sent it to them, but they would not pay for shipping. Not knowing if we would be able to get Electronics Expo to agree to accept return of a 22 inch let alone pay for the shipment, we paid another $29.42 to ship it to Toshiba. We bought the TV on 1/8/09 and don't have it yet. Today is 2/9/09. It will probably take another week or two before we get it.

I was pretty excited to get my new TV since I am deployed overseas in Iraq. Well after I received it, I found out it was 110V only. I can't remember the last time I saw a LCD that was not dual voltage. In addition the connections connect out the back instead of down from the back. Not a big deal, but poor design in my opinion since you will need more clearance in the back to connect cables, no flat wall mounting.

My sister bought one of these. I used it during the week that I housesat for her. The picture is blurry, washed out, and lacks depth and detail. It has terrible viewing angle problems: the picture fades away if viewed at the wrong angle. DVDs watched using the built in player look like VHS. Adjusting the controls did not help at all. I compared the picture quality of her Toshiba LCD unit with her 10 year old Panasonic 27-inch picture tube TV. There was a night and day difference. Using the same source material, the 10 year old Panasonic tube TV looked MUCH better, and it was not even a high end unit in its day, only mid-range. This LCD TV is a waste of money. I would give it 0 stars if I could. Even the ancient console from the '80s that my mother used to own had a better picture than this piece of junk.

Bring back the picture tube (CRT). Picture tube TVs have a far better picture than LCDs.

UPDATE: In the above comparisons, I watched regular definition material. I recently had the chance to view high definition material on this LCD. The picture still suffers from terrible viewing angle problems, but the picture quality did improve significantly. So I compared the high definition version of a channel on this LCD with the regular definition version of the same channel on the 10 year old Panasonic picture tube TV. The HIGH definition picture quality on this LCD is not quite as good as the REGULAR definition picture on the 10 year old picture tube TV! These LCD TVs are a scam! Bring back the picture tube (CRT).