Toshiba 30HF83 30" TheaterWide HD-Ready TV with PURE Flat Screen
What a good deal!
First about the shipment process.<BR>Ordered this set on 6/26. Got an email from amazon saying that there would be a delay in shipment and delivery would happen between 7/5 and 7/15. Was delivered on 7/9. The shipper called me a day before to make an appointment and again on the day of the delivery 1 hour prior (didnt have to waste too much time away from work) - they showed up on time, unpacked the set and set it down on my stand. I powered it up and plugged in the cable feed and voila - there was a nice crisp picture, so I went ahead a signed for the shipment. <BR>Now on to the TV.<BR>My first impression is that the picture is of very high quality, although marginally worse than the Sony WEGAs. The sound from the small stock speakers, well, is just brilliant. Also hooked up the set to my Samsung HD841 HD-upconverter DVD player via the DVI-HDCP channel, and watched a movie on a 16:9 format DVD - very very impressive! <BR>And yes, I did get in at $799 + $69 shipping. Considering this is hundreds less than the competition, I didn't think the two week lead time took too much away from this being a solid deal.