Toshiba 42PW23P Review

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Toshiba 42PW23P
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mjm01.'s Review of Toshiba 42PW23P Rear Projection Television

11th Mar 2003

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Chassis design, geometry, price.


Bad Points

Vertical viewing angle .. needs proper setting up.


General Comments

This was my first foray into rear projection televisions, I almost bought a cheap plasma but I knew it would be a waste. I replaces a 32" CRT set.

Initially Toshiba looked HUGE in my living room, but a couple of days viewing and I was pretty used to it. My seating position is only about 7 feet from the screet and would benefit from being a few feet further back thanks to seeing a few screen artefacts.

I won't comment on the sound of the set, I don't use it thanks to having an external surround sound setup.

The general geometry of the picture was good with heavy horizontal overscan and light vertical overscan (all fixable via the sercive menu). User level convergence is messy and manual ... gets it wuite close though. Service level convergence is much more accurate but dangerous.

After good setting up, the picture detail is superb, espicially from DVD ... Sky Digital proves a good source but some compressed channels make the TV look 'noisy' ... its not the TV, try DVD as a source.

For the money ... this is a true home cinema bargain !

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Members' Comments onmjm01.'s Review

  • pickle on 3rd Nov 2003

    I have recently purchased this model and it looks stunning. The screen is clear and crisp, however I have noticed that there are very definite black horizontal lines that go across the screen. On light images they are really apparent, and if you go up close to the screen you can really see them.

    Did you have this problem?
    How do you go into the service convergance, and is it really dangerous to fiddle with the settings?

  • dizzy21 on 23rd Dec 2003

    I have just been offered a Toshiba 40PW8 (18mths old)for £600 and wondered if it was really worth it or should i save for a bit longer and get this one which is what I was looking at. What do you reckon