Toshiba 36ZD26P Review

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Toshiba 36ZD26P
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Norman.'s Review of Toshiba 36ZD26P Widescreen TV

31st May 2003

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
Good Points

Good picture but see bad points. Reasonable sound quality and very good connectivity.


Bad Points

Dark grey vertical bands visible on left and right hand sides of pictures. They are visible on uniform lighter colours including backgrounds like grass and are a design defect NOT a one of problem.


General Comments

I was impressed enough by this TV to buy it and although the picture quality is generally good I could not live with the picture defect mentioned in the bad points. Toshiba swapped the TV twice but all three sets had the same defect. Initially Toshiba claimed the fault was caused by me having the TV too close to a radiator but then admitted the problem is with the TV tube itself and cannot be rectified. But to Toshibas and Robertons (the retailer) credit they did agree to refund me fully.

Watch out because this problem also exists, although more subtlely, with their latest 36" TV - the 36ZP38. A real shame becuase in all other respects, including other aspects of the picture these TVs are excellent.

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Members' Comments onNorman.'s Review

  • Paddy. on 10th Jun 2003

    This is exactly what I was worried about. I have the same problem and have been told the same story by Toshiba. PRCdirect who supplied it told me to contact a particular individual at Tosh who is apparently responsible for handling these complaints. I have an engineer (independent) coming to see the screen this week and it sounds like I'm going to have the same result - at least I'm not alone!

  • Jok. on 25th Jun 2003

    Very interesting review. Iam about to buy a new widescreen tv and was considering the 32zd26. Is this problem you described only present on the 36" model, or on all screen sizes?

    Jok

  • Red. on 28th Jun 2003

    It seems to be a problem with all Tosh 36 inchers.

    Check out www.avforums.com for more lengthy discussions.