Toshiba 26HL84 26-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV
Great Pic for the Price
I needed a mid-size TV to hang on the wall in my bedroom. Didn't want to spend close to $2K like some 20-something inch LCD TV's are. I checked out the Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic (others too?) at an electronics store. Sony was out of the price range, Sharp was in, but didn't have quite the pic quality that the Toshiba had in my opinion - but a close second. Didn't care for the Panasonic. <br /> <br />Now that it is home I like it a lot. It is very bright and colorful - even w/ the brightness, backlighting, or color settings on normal/default. DVD's look sharp thru component cables. Digital cable looks great too. Analog Cable is better than on my old CRT, but still a wee noisy. Still, analog cable looks pretty good. <br /> <br />Sound is very adequate for every day TV watching. Remote is suprisingly nice to use. I have it control my high end Denon AVR and DVD, cheap Sony CD and VCR players, and my cable box. <br /> <br />Jackpack is very nice w/ plenty of options, but don't expect to use all the inputs - you'll never route all those cables through the space Toshiba leaves you. <br /> <br />I have only two dissapointments with the TV: <br />1) The grey bars on 4:3 images are too light even on the darkest setting. I would prefer them to be black instead of grey. <br />2) Wish the remote was a learning remote and not just programmable. Biggest dissapointment is not having the menu/info buttons available for my digital cable box.