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63 of 65 found the following review helpful:
 A great kitchen TV, with great expandability .... May 30, 2007
By P. Kalina
I've been looking for this type of TV to replace a Sony 9" CRT we've been using in the kitchen for many years. My wife wanted more counter space. This fills the bill quite well. Many sets this size have speakers on the side, which take up horizontal space. We prefer the layout on this set. It arrived in a box that showed what was inside, so if this is to be a surprise for someone, they'll know what it is the minute it arrives.
Set up was very easy, with one exception. You can program 12 of your favorite channels, but this can only be done one channel at a time. And, it puts them in the order that you input them, rather than sequentially. This took a while to do.
A nice surprise was the fact that the auto-setup detected several 'digital' channels that were present on our analog cable. We even get a few 'HD' channels broadcast in 720p which look amazing on this set! Out digital music channels were also detected.... I thought that we could only get these with a cable box, but apparently not. So, we are very please with this set. The sound is OK for the kitchen, but I would hook it up to an amp/speakers if used in a bedroom or den.
The remote control is well-designed, and overall, the set seems to be very well constructed. The stand allows a moderate tilt adjustment to the screen, but the set does not swivel on the stand. The stand can be removed however for installation on an extendible arm, or hung on a wall.
For the money, this is a nice set!
63 of 65 found the following review helpful:
Awesome TV fits in small space. Feb 01, 2007
By Kenneth G. Nielsen
"Kenneth"
I got the Toshiba 15DLV77 and love it. I brought it home and had it going almost as fast as I could get it out of the box. Super light weight. Its picture is sharp and there are lots of controls over the image, but it's fine just the way it is as far as I'm concerned.
I wanted something to replace my 20 year old CRT model and wanted all the bells and whistles in the connectivity department to use with my DV camcorder. This model is new and should keep me going with my Audio Visual interests for years to come.
I got an Ergotron arm set-up for it so I can 'aim' the TV (attaches to wall with articulate folding arm) in any direction I can pull it out over 20" from its normal resting place in the living room so I can view it from the kitchen while I'm cooking, or, back in the living room when I'm relaxing. Where it sits normally, I watch it from the dining area while having breakfast. All of the Ergotron hardware needed to do this is available on Amazon.
If you have small space requirements but want full viewing with expanded capabilities, this is the set for you.
54 of 55 found the following review helpful:
Nice...... Aug 17, 2007
By T. J.
"Tom"
It was a struggle between rating this a 4 or 5. Wish there was a 4.5. First of all I'd like to say that Amazon's free shipping made this HDTV a great deal and made my mind up to buy from them (along with their outstanding customer oriented support after the sale if there are problems). I've bought from Amazon many items and a few went wrong but Amazon always corrected the issue to my satisfaction..
As far as the product, the built-in digital tuner is fabulous. I say this because I have another digital tuner that does not pull in the channels that this TV set does. Literally, I get twice as many digital channels on this set as my other digital tuner box. Since this is only the second digital receiver box set that I have, I can't say the other one is just bad or this one is just good but one thing is for sure, this one is much better as far as channels pulled in than my other. Analog TV reception is just acceptable but nothing spectacular. Given the fact that analog is going away in 1.5 years, it's not something I would consider an issue either way.
Functionality of the TV menu system and remote is intuitive. It has great contrast for a LCD screen. Audio is clear and crisp however it is a bit low as one other review stated however, not out of the ordinary for a small TV. (Side note: one solution to this is to buy a cheap FM modulator that plugs into the standard 3.5mm headphone jack to broadcast the audio to your stereo or radio. This will allow you to get greater volume control as you will also have the amplification of your FM tuner as well as the volume of the TV itself.). I want to reiterate, the sound volume is not out of the ordinary for a small TV. I have a 13 inch tube TV that does not get as much volume out as this set gets. I think the one person who gave it a one star only because of the low audio volume is totally off base. The person must have expected to get large TV sound from a small TV. I've owned more than several small TVs and this one is better than the normal as far as audio level output.
The only reason I would negate from a score of 5 stars are as follows:
a) Viewing LCD from below perpendicular from the screen makes the output contrast and brightness less. Much less if viewing from below perpendicular more than 2 feet. That is, if you have the TV higher than you and it's not pointed down towards you, you will be disappointed in the picture. The solution to this is to tilt the screen such that it's aimed lower than your eyes. Viewing from perpendicular and above is perfect as far as picture quality. Also, side to side viewing is not bad up to 30 degrees off center (a big improvement over a older type LCD).
b) Digital tuner is great however there could be a much better GUI to view what's on other channels or what other channels are there. That is, the only way you'll know what digital channels you get are to scroll up and down the channels. Seems rather archaic to me. You'd thing you could look at what is available at a glace.. Not from this set.. With that said, the set user interface does include adding "favorite channels" so once you know the channels available, you can save your favorites up to 12 stations.
Other than those two things, it's a great TV and perfect in every way IMO. There are a lot of likable things about this TV that I didn't cover including the fact that it plays VCD and DivX DVDs along with standard DVDs. It also has multiple inputs including Color Stream HD input. It also has audio sound control to auto adjust sound-levels making commercials the same volume as the show not to mention the fact that is has a feature called CableClear to adjust for the imperfections of analog video. These are just a few of the out-of-norm features you likely will not find in other TVs.
26 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Poor volume Jul 14, 2007
By J. Turner
I bought this TV/DVD from the internet and picked it up in the store. When I got it home, I found that at maximum volume, the sound was still too low to hear at 5ft away. I took the unit back, and listened to the floor model which also had the same issue. Comperable units next to the demo had plenty of volume. I ended up returning the unit since the volume problem seems to be an issue with all units of this model.
35 of 39 found the following review helpful:
 GOOD FOR THE MONEY BUT...... Nov 15, 2007
By R. Dubrow
FIRST OF ALL, THE POSITIVES. VERY EASY TO SET UP....HAD IT WORKING WITHIN 5 MINUTES AFTER UNPACKING IT. THE PICTURE IS CLEAR AND CRISP, AND THE UNIT CAN BE MOVED ANYWHERE WITH EASE. MOST OF MY RESERVATIONS ARE ABOUT THE DVD PLAYER. THE SOUND SEEMS TO BE FAR TOO LOW FOR ME, EVEN AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. AND, COMMON TO ALL TOSHIBA DVD-TV COMBOS THAT I HAVE HAD, THE CLOSED CAPTIONING OPTION DOES NOT EXIST ON THE DVD PLAYBACK (ONLY THE SUBTITLES WILL PLAY, WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE). IF ANYONE KNOWS DIFFERENTLY - PLEASE POST! ALSO THE DVD SLOT IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MACHINE...IT IS SOMEWHAT AWKWARD PLACING THE DVDS IN THERE... A FRONT LOADER WOULD BE EASIER...AND, ON MANY DVDS, ON THE FOURTH TRACK, THE DVD WILL SKIP A BIT.....EJECTING IT AND RELOADING FIXES THE PROBLEM...ALL IN ALL...NOT A BAD BUY, BUT FOR MY NEXT PURCHASE I WILL PROBABLY LOOK FOR ANOTHER BRAND
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