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I've had this TV for about a week now. Love it! I've been reading up on entry level lcd's for a while now. I specifically wanted a 100hz TV after seeing a friends old 100hz sony TV. I wanted a Bravia but they were too expensive so I did my homework and came up with this!
Against:
As stated in the other reviews the TV is slow to react to the remote, and the remote not intuative so it takes a bit of getting used. Not to mention I dont do manuals!
The picture is a bit bright for me when used straight out of the box but this can be tweaked.
For:
Brilliant clear picture. Got all the freeview and analogue chanels on 1st sweep while settings up.
Looks the nuts in my average sized living room whether switched on or off. Black and silver finish looks expensive.
Conclusion:
I would have given it 5 points if it wasn't for the slowness of the remote control.
I hope this helps and good hunting.

It was a tough decision to take between the Samsung LE37R87 and this one. This one from Toshiba is a great value for money. I zero-ed in on this based on its positive reviews, users feedback on forums and the awards it has got. The 100Hz frequency really makes a difference. Its a treat to watch.

And Amazon's white-glove delivery was ultimate. I ordered on Thursday, I got a call on Friday afternoon asking what will be my convenient time to receive. We agreed for Monday between 7AM-10AM. It was delivered precisely at 9:45am.

I got a call the next day, asking if everything went well. The whiteglove was really cosy. :)

The Toshiba is my second LCD Tv. The first was also a Toshiba. It is well built, stylish and unobtrusive (for its size!) I like the fact that it is assembled in the UK too and their customer services are good.
The picture is excellent - ok, yes, the black could be slightly better but so what? It is black! Otherwise the colour is superb. Sound, to me, is excellent. The tuner for digital and analogue is very effective and makes a good fist of even weak signals. It also tuned in automatically straight out of the box - very easy set up. Given that these Tvs were upwards of £1500 in January 2007 £569.99 is a bargain!

The only downside was the appalling delivery service Amazon insist on using. Home Direct Network....they LOST the first Tv, failed to deliver the second one on time, then wrote to say it would be delivered the following Monday...and yes, you guessed it, failed to turn up again! Finally it arrived and they blamed Amazon because they had not been given a contact number! I spent hours on the phone and writing emails to Amazon and ended up wasting 5 DAYS staying in to await delivery....unbelievably poor.

So, a bargain Tv if you can stomach the potential delivery nightmare....



Just a wee update after 6 weeks use: Still fabulous. Managed to get a Toshiba HD DVD player in a sale and I have to say that watching the HD version of 'Planet Earth' is jaw-dropping. Equally, the HD DVD is a superb piece of kit for upscaling standard DVDs which look almost as good as HD on this set. Also, it is a doddle to attach an HDD video camera to it.

After reading the fantastic reception that this TV has had on the AV Forums I decided to take the plunge as I have not been happy with many of the HD LCD TV's that were out on the market. I can truly say that overall I have been absolutely stunned by the beautiful picture quality of this set.
The M100 100hz processing technology that the TV uses produces silky smooth fast running images without any blurring. Connectivity is also utterly superb with 3 HDMI slots, S-Video, VGA, Component and many others ensuring that the TV has absolutely no problems connecting to your HD Satalite/cable box, upscaled DVD players or games consoles. The image quality (colours and the depth of black) in HD is gorgeous and watching Blu-Ray movies through the PS3 or playing games on the 360 is just an utter joy.
My one issue with the set is the controller. It just feels cheap and can be a little unresponsive, but it in no way should deter people from purchasing this fantastic TV.

This is my first lcd tv and after having a Toshiba CRT set for about 14 years prior it was without doubt that I was going to buy a Toshiba model when upgrading to an LCD set due to Toshiba's reliability.
After doing my homework on the internet and reading reviews etc I settled on this model due to the 100hz scan speed at this price scale.
Although I am very pleased with this television I can't help but notice how pixelated the images are on LCD screens when compared to the old CRT screens...close-up facial images are very clear for an LCD screen but background images do blur somewhat and this does take a bit of getting used to.
Out of the box the television is far too bright and in your face with some of the colours and contrast levels but doesn't take too long to tweek to your liking through the menu's.
I didn't find the remote control problems that has been mentioned in previous reviews here and found it to respond quite quickly in my living room space.
If I could have purchased a Toshiba LCD with the 100Hz facility on a smaller screen I would have done as the 37" screen does take a little getting used to after my old 20" CRT screen but having said that the quality of this set is fabulous...as I mentioned before the pixelation (jagged edges) on LCD screens does take a bit of getting used to though especially around the edges of text on the screen but I can and will recommend this set to others