Product Description If you're looking for a good deal on a reliable 1080p HDTV, check out the Toshiba 40RV525R. It offers the exceptionally detailed images that only 1080p screen resolution can deliver, and does it at a more budget-friendly price. Why is 1080p becoming the standard for HDTVs? Since most high-definition programs are broadcast in 1080i, a 1080p model lets you see every bit of detail in every HD movie and TV show you watch.
Sound could be betterAugust 1, 2010 B.Richards This is truly a fine tv for its price, but with that lower price something has to be sub par. That thing that mediocre is the sound. I don't own a stereo so when I turn the volume to maximum the tv's audio for most cable/ tv stuff is just barely audible. However, the sound is great on dvd's/blu and ps3 games. The picture is nice for the price.
Poor QualityApril 26, 2010 Thomas Beckerle(St Louis, MO) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm going to be brief here, but this TV was not what I expected. I guess you really do get what you pay for.
The TV has lines in the picture. Avatar looked good on DVD, so maybe it's my cable connection. I'm not sure, if anybody has anything to add that would be great.
Calibrate this TV and you'll be happy!!!April 21, 2010 C. E. BEEHLER I purchased this TV last November and immediately sat down with my wife to watch the first 1080i movie that we could find on cable. It was "The Brothers Grimm" and the image quality really, really sucked. The movie proved to be a really great shakedown cruise for the unit. It was filmed with extremely dark scenes that fought with the built-in auto contrast and made things muddy. There were other scenes that had extreme contrast differences in the same frame. We were quite disappointed.
You'd figure that it would be easy to go into the controls for the set and make the appropriate changes to compensate for the shortcomings but after a while I realized that there were way too many different combinations. I needed to find some numbers that would get me close to the optimal calibration for the set. Remember that the factory settings for any unit are usually set to look good in the store - not for general viewing.
I found these settings online and they made things 100% better! A couple of tweaks later I was more than happy with the image quality and haven't touched the settings since. These settings can be found at[...].
This is probably the best 40"+ for under [...] that you can get. Just remember that it needs calibration and the internal speakers aren't very good. A reasonably priced HTS is recommended.
COULD BE BETTERApril 19, 2010 B. R. Norton 0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The only thing that NEED TO SEE MY WAY IS THE AUDIO AND IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE LEAST SQUARE
Great ValueApril 10, 2010 J. Schmidt(St Cloud, MN) OK ok people... Those who write complaints about the sound and picture quality need to step back and look at what else can be purchased for the same money and have as many terrific features as this TV. Of course it is not the best otherwise it would cost $1000+ instead of $549 when I bought it. Even the 1000 plus TV's still have crappy sound. The sound for this set is mediocre but thats why there is an optical out to hook up a Dolby surround sound setup. The picture is 1080p res and has the 60hz refresh - more than acceptable for normal HD programing. Gamers should obviously look for a set that has at least 120hz due to faster movements coming from a gaming console.
All in all - great TV for the money. If you are looking for the TOP TV on the market - this is not it...but you should know that by looking at the price.
