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Toshiba 32HL66

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Pros
Very good image quality
Cons
High price

Performance: Good: 78
Features: Good: 70
Design: Good: 78

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Brightness and Contrast	Very Good
Color Quality	Good
Detail	Good
DVD Image Quality	Good
High-Definition Image Quality	Very Good
Image Quality Under Bright Lighting	Good
Interface Tested	HDMI
Overall Quality	Good
Standard-TV Image Quality	Good

What You Should Know about the 32HL66

Good Screen Size For the Bedroom

Typically, HDTVs with a diagonal screen size between 32 and 36 inches, such as this model has, are LCD televisions with a resolution of either 1366 by 768 or 1920 by 1080 (1080p). For most people, the optimum viewing distance for an HDTV screen of this size is about 5 to 6 feet. That makes such a screen a good fit for the bedroom, the den, or a small living area.

Reviewed by: TahoeEd

Duration of ownership: 7 Months

Strengths: Crisp, sharp picture, great remote, automatically adjusts picture size to match signal (goodbye stretched screens!)

Weaknesses: Had to figure out how to change my cable box output to HD by myself (the manual should have mentioned this)

Overall Evaluation: I bought this based on in store evaluations and couldn't be happier. I found it much cheaper online that this review lists as the price (I paid $930 delivered to my door in Dec 2006). The picture is bright and crystal clear, and I love the fact that it automatically detects the signal and adjusts the screen size. When you are watchng HD programing, the picture fille the screen, but during 'normal' broadcast commercials, it displays in 3:4 ration, then pops back to full size when the HD starts again. I hated watching the "stretched" screen on my Dad's plasma which did not have the "auto" feature. Highly recommended!
Reviewed by: llskc

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Lightweight, thin, good color.

Weaknesses: Picture is not good, even on HD channels, when watching sports or fast moving action. I have a feeling it may be our connections, but so far we can't figure out the issue.

Overall Evaluation: Based upon the other reviews, I hope we'll be happy with this TV. Somehow we just need to resolve the connection issue. I wish they had more info in the troubleshooting guide as it doesn't sound like we're the first ones to have issues with this.