Toshiba 34HF85 34" TheaterWide HD-Ready Flat-Screen Direct View TV
Happy, but not thrilled...
I purchased my 34HF85 about 2.5 months ago.  When I first received the TV the picture was warped.  I called Toshiba to have it looked at (Toshiba support was freindly and helpful).  The local repair guy said it was a bad picture tube and that he needed to take it back with him to the shop for repairs.  6 weeks later I finally got the TV back and it still wasn't quite right, so I called the repair folks to come back out to my house.  Apparently they needed to recalibrate the TV 'for my environment.' <br /> <br />That was the bad part of the story.  The good part of the story is that I am now happy with the TV and have been enjoying it for several weeks.  I am using component video for all input signals.  The picture looks fantastic when playing DVD's.  I wish I could say that the picture also looks fantastic for HD TV (coming from Comcast) but it doesn't.  It does look really, really good - but not fantastic.  Non-HD TV is acceptible.  For a comparison, I looked at a Sharp Aquos belonging to a friend of mine.  The Aquos has a much nicer picture quality than my TV.  However, my friend paid twice as much as I did and only has a 32\\" screen. <br /> <br />All in all, I have to say that I am happy with my purchase.  It was my first foray into HD and price was a major consideration.  I would consider this TV to be a very good TV 'for the money'.  Anyone who is limited to a sub-$1000 budget should definitely consider it.  However, if you aren't bound by a small budget or don't mind a smaller screen size I would look into something else.