Toshiba 55WX800 55-Inch: should I buy the Toshiba 55WX800 55-Inch 1080p or wait for a deal with the dvd player included??
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$1579 with more bundle and free shipping.. http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=E1TB55WX800U
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I only see the TH-42PZ8OU for $1100 at Sears - maybe it's different in the store itself.I went all out and got the 46' 1080p plasma for $1050 on Amazon last week. Now THAT was a good deal.
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To all the people bad mouthing this 47" toshiba 1080p lcd tv: IT'S YOUR LOSS!I bought this tv for the $1199 & so far-no regret. I had read all the reviews & saw that most of the negatives were from people who had ordered previously through a 3rd party vendor & received a 42" instead of a 47". Also some complained about a 'green shift or push'--I have not seen it. Maybe this sale batch of tv's were improved. There are so many ways to adjust the color, but it looked good right out of the box so I only made minor adjustments. Glad I got it & the 52" Toshiba when they were on sale-'cause of the savings & the good quality. To all the people bad mouthing this 47" toshiba 1080p lcd tv: IT'S YOUR LOSS!I bought this tv for the $1199 & so far-no regret. I had read all the reviews & saw that most of the negatives were from people who had ordered previously through a 3rd party vendor & received a 42" instead of a 47". Also some complained about a 'green shift or push'--I have not seen it. Maybe this sale batch of tv's were improved. There are so many ways to adjust the color, but it looked good right out of the box so I only made minor adjustments. Glad I got it & the 52" Toshiba when they... » Read More To all the people bad mouthing this 47" toshiba 1080p lcd tv: IT'S YOUR LOSS!I bought this tv for the $1199 & so far-no regret. I had read all the reviews & saw that most of the negatives were from people who had ordered previously through a 3rd party vendor & received a 42" instead of a 47". Also some complained about a 'green shift or push'--I have not seen it. Maybe this sale batch of tv's were improved. There are so many ways to adjust the color, but it looked good right out of the box so I only made minor adjustments. Glad I got it & the 52" Toshiba when they were on sale-'cause of the savings & the good quality. « Show Less
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Thanks, T., that's good information. I wish I had the space (and cash) for one of those, especially the 42PZ700, but I'll still probably grab a 42PX60U. I did see a couple of sites with specs on the 75U models that showed them slightly wider than the 42PX60U (and a bit too wide for me.)I wonder about all the sites which are advertising these TVs (the 75U in particular) and claiming to have them in stock.
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That is exactly my plan. I am glad you got just what you wanted. I have been watching pricing on 5 or 6 tvs for 6 months or so. The least expensive I have seen the 7000 for is yesterdays $1220 at Amazon. And you got the 8000 for $1000? That is an incredible price! Do you mind my asking where you purchased it? Thanks also for the feedback on the similarity between the 7000 and the 8000. Good luck. Steve
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Rich, why do you feel you really need to tweek this TV so much. You stated that my earlier reply back to you, was not useful. Do you own this tv? IF not, no wonder you didn't like my reply. This television only involves minor tweeking of the Contrast and the backlight. This will drastically result in a better picture than those 3 standard settings. Do not mess with the color pallettes or anything elso at that matter. They are set perfectly to accomadate Toshiba's hd dvd players and so forth. hd input source from hd dish network/direct tv also looks great. If you are really into tweeking your set, my guess is that it will only hurt you with this tv. Toshiba really did a great job on this t.v. Not much messing around. It reallylooks wonderful straight out of the box. I would just set the contrast and backlight. thats it!!!
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I've used the 360 before and I liked it. I just bought the 650 from Amazon 2 days ago and my package is already on the way! I got a good deal too! It was on sale for $309. I saw the ad on Costco.com for $299 but if you add everything up Amazon still offers the best deal with no hassle return policy. I've ordered many things from Amazon and I'm satisfied 95% of the time. So, keep the 360 if you already got it unless you want to pay more for a bigger screen.
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picture quality would be better if you buy 1080p / motion clarity 240hz or morewhen you buy it you need to call Toshiba for software update
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We no longer have the Toshiba DVD Player; however, I concur with both Paulo and hnybny. We replaced the Toshiba with a Sony DVD BlueRay, and we consider Sony the top of the line; and the prices are so much cheaper now.
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With my Panasonic plasmas (42" and 50"), which are 2006 and 2007 models, I have found the upscaling very good. In fact, it's hard to get around them, since these plasmas have native resolutions that no DVD player can match (expect for 1080p models). 720p on both 42" and 50" models is not quite true 720p (it's acutally 768p), so no matter what, the Panasonic will be doing some upscaling. As far as medium DVD players and DVD upscalers for around $100 and below, I have seen very little difference. Even compared to my 4 year old Sony 480p player. I would say HDMI provides a smidge better detail, but it's not dramatic by any means. I haven't tried the up-market upscalers (Oppo, Reon chip), so I can't comment on them, but I doubt the difference would be dramatic--the Panasonic just has to do too much upscaling on it's own, regardless of what signal you send to it... My brother says his 700U 1080p also has very little difference with new upscaling DVD players as opposed to his older 480p player, so it looks like Panasonic's upscaling chips on these TV's are indeed rather good...
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I just picked one up from BB today, and the included manual isn't much more helpful. According to the manual, it is going to be up to the individual production of discs as far as what you'll be able to get from components. IF the protection is enabled, without HDMI you will only be able to view 480i or 480p. 720p or 1080i, either through HD DVD or upconverted SD DVD would/could be blocked. Hope this helps. Like I said, I have the unit and I'm watching it now with SD DVDs until tomorrow, and the upconversion is MUCH better than my previous Toshiba DVD upconversion player. Star Wars III was absolutely fantastic (picture wise. Unfortunately this unit cannot yet "upconvert" poor scripts, but I digress). If anyone wants to ask anymore questions, I'll be picking up a couple HD DVDs tomorrow (Tuesday 4/18) as well as getting some from Netflix, so I'll have plenty of review material.
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I pre-ordered this model as opposed to the LG combo. The reason is because the Samsung upscales DVDs to 1080p, while the LG upscales them to only 1080i. While this certainly is not a deal breaker to most, it is to me. Also the LG is $200 more.
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I have been doing lot of research on LCD TVs and my observation is LN52B750 is best with internet, 240Hz and 2ms response time for almost same price as the other models. Red TOC some times distract your view compared to the Gray TOC in B750.Fry's in sunnyvale,CA has the B750 model for just $1704 until July 16th.
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I AGREE. I CALLED TOSHIBA AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE HD DVD PLAYER IS ESSENTIALLY A COMPUTER, AND THE DELAY IS SIMILAR TO THE BOOT-UP TIME FOR ANY P.C. INSTALLING THE FIRMWARE UPDATE 2.5 DOES IMPROVE THE DELAY SLIGHTLY.
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Not yet, but I'm thinking about it seriously. I've reviewed a lot of different tv's, this one looks like the best...I particularly like the 50,000:1 ratio. The only thing holding me back is, I've heard that new models of Blu Ray DVD are coming out later this summer that are much improved... Anyway, I saw this (the 46" model) in a store, and it looks VERY nice...
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This is supply and demand but who in the right mind will pay $600? I waited too long and also cannot find one in the entire Atlanta market. At one point the 35 was on sale for something like $140 at Sears... but now it is $359! By the way, the 55 is not available direct from Panasonic and I understand that this player has been discontinued. Good Luck All
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Why don't u ask Amazon if 7 still comes with the package? The computer is supposed to come with instructions on what to do to get a copy of 7. I ordered this model yesterday and expect no problems. If the box doesn't have the info I'll contact Toshiba. I think its on their website but not sure. Don't u think people would be freaking out in the review if the 7 upgrade is not included? Best Buy- Go on their site and see for yourself. People don't get the facts straight many times. If you don't see the computer forget about it.