Reviews Written by i_advocate

Great TV at a Great Price

Pros: Big Screen, Small Price, Sharp Picture, Progressive Scan, No Glare Screen

Cons: Sound just okay

We took delivery on our Toshiba 65HM167 in May, and it has been a real joy to watch. The vibrant colors, the image clarity, and the real HDTV experience are great. Watching sports, particularly the Golf Channel or Baseball, lets you see each blade of grass with amazing clarity. The flat panel screen does not reflect a bit of glare and stays sharp in our sunny room during the day, and at night, it gives a great movie theater feel.

We coupled this with an Onkyo HT-S790B and with DirectTV HD service, and we get a true HD home theater experience for less than $2,500.

The only drawback so far has been with the sound on the TV itself, which is not all that it's supposed to be, but with the Home Theater system, who cares? We keep the sound down all the time anyway to enjoy the rich full sound from the Home Theater system, which I am reviewing separately.

I looked at a number of TVs, including Mitsubishi, Panasonic, and others, and LCD and Plasma before settling on this one, mainly because the performance of the image is much better, particularly when watching sports, on a DLP than an LCD, and the cost and glare are much better with the DLP as well. This is a great TV at a great price. ...