Toshiba MD30H82 30-Inch Widescreen Pure Flat CRT HDTV with DVD Player
An ok HDTV with an amazing price but a few fatal flaws.
At first I thought I had stumbled upon the deal of the century when I purchased the MD30H82 but after owning it for one month I was forced to return it and find a new HDTV. While the HD image is great this TV suffers from a few fatal flaws. <br /> <br />First Flaw <br />It weighs 115 pounds. Having moved this TV into and out of my house two times in the past month I can tell you how much of a hassle this TV was to move. Also right as I was getting rid of the TV the person who was helping me carry it slipped up and the TV ended up taking a chunk out of my hand and finger... not fun. <br /> <br />Second Flaw <br />During dark scenes the screen wobbles causing a very distorted image. After doing some research I found out that the DVD/HDTV combo HDTV's have unshielded wires running near the screen making the screen wobble during the dark scenes. Watching DVDs with a lot of dark scenes is nearly impossible on this TV. After fiddling with the settings of the TV for a bit I could get the wobbling to stop but only at the tradeoff of having an intensely bright poorly colored image instead. <br /> <br />Third Flaw <br />It has a blurred image in the corners. Not really a big deal except for certain cases (see below). The corners of this TV are blurred... that's really all there is to the third flaw. After fiddling with the settings to fix this problem I ended up with a very dark poorly colored image that made the wobbling in the second flaw get even worse.  <br /> <br />Forth Flaw <br />This system is NOT for gamers. With my Xbox 360 hooked into this TV the image was either offset to the left or to the right depending on which setting I used on the Xbox 360 dashboard. This is coupled with the fact that the screen wobbles and that the corners are blurred making it impossible to view menu information either during in game or on the dashboard. <br /> <br />Other Minor Flaws (nitpicking) <br />* The manual provided with this TV was worthless. It didn't address any of the problemsI was having with it and blamed most distorted images on the cable provider. <br />* Too few inputs. One component input and only two S-video inputs doesn't do much good unless you have a receiver. <br />* It came with no cords. Most HDTV's come with additional AV cords which are convenient to customs that didn't have them already. Not with this set unfortunately. <br /> <br />There was no compromising with the MD30H82. Attempting to fix one problem just made the other one worse. Unless they improve the shielding technology for the wires I would say avoid all DVD/HDTV CRT combo's altogether. Save yourself the hassle of having to return this set and go with another HDTV instead.