Toshiba 42PW23P Review

Good Points
Beautiful to look at. Not too deep. Forget the stand it'll only spoil its good looks. Easy to set up. Pretty good sound. Good price at £895.

Bad Points
Naff picture to tell you the truth. It has its moments when some programs appear rather good. But, when the programs picture quality is,say, far from catoon quality, you wonder why you paid so much for this TV. Picture flicker is noticeable at times.

General Comments
I've only had my Toshiba 42PW23P Rear Projection Television for a few days and its going back to where it came from! Personally I'd say to anyone thinking of buying one of these types of TV's.........Be careful and make sure that you have exhausted your research. I'm still researching and am now seriously considering a Sony Rear Projection instead and its got to be 100hz for better clarity and reduced flickering.

Another point you need to remember is that with this particular Toshiba model , there is the problem with image burn. You arent told this until the TV is deliverd and set up. For those of you that dont know what Image burn is consider the following:

You are watching a DVD and the phone rings. You pause the film and it ends up being for a long period of time cos you got carried away with your nattering . You come back and continue to watch the film. The next day you notice some faint but permanent images on the screen. No amount of scrubbing is gonna get them off. These are permanently burnt on because the image from the film you were watching or paused was left static for too long a period. This can also be caused buy logo's which appear at the top of a lot Sky and Cable channels and it is also a fact that playing your playstation could in some cases contribute to this this problem.



The way to reduce the risk of image burn is to reduce the contrast and brightness levels on your TV and if you dont like it....then its tough luck! You will find that the manufacturer will pass the blame onto you if your TV gets image burn as they consider this to be as a result of misuse!



Obviously its a design error that has been around for a lot longer than it should have and has also been a problem up until recently with Plasma TV's.



I hope that you find this review helpful.



Kev