Toshiba 50HP66 50" Plasma HDTV

Average customer rating:

DO NOT BUY !!

Pretty good for the price...

Go with vizio or panasonic or sony

Problems with grayscale?

Good Plasma TV and a Great Value

Toshiba 50HP66 50" Plasma HDTV

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

Sleek, black 50-inch Plasma HDTV with bottom-mounted speakers; measures 49.5 x 34.25 x 16.2 inches (WxHxD) with included stand

Integrated NTSC, ATSC tuners; QAM tuner compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception

1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 1000 cd/m2 brightness, 10,000:1 contrast ratio

Inputs: 3 composite (1 front), 3 S-Video (1 front), 2 component, 2 HDMI, 1 PC VGA, 1 RF

Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total); SRS WOW virtual surround sound

ASIN: B000F3SBU8

Product Description

The Toshiba 50HP66 Integrated Plasma TV delivers the very best in picture quality for better home theater. The high-definition plasma TV utilizes a 10,000:1 high contrast ratio panel for enhanced picture quality. StableSOund reduces volume fluctuations by keeping volume within set levels. SRS WOW greatly improves audio performance with better fidelity and wider "sweet spot" for listeners. Dual HDMI inputs provide uncompressed digital audio & video in one convenient cable. Black Cabinetry integrates the bottom speakers, creating a sleeker and more modern design. 10,000 - 1 contrast ratio 3D Y/C Comb Filter 480i Auto Aspect 2-3 Pull Down Cinema Mode 20W speaker output SRS WOW & StableSound PC input (15-pin D-Sub), PC audio input, S-Video (2), ColorStream HD inputs (2), A/V inputs 2 HDMI digital inputs Outputs - Variable Out, Digital Audio Coax & Digital, A/V and S-Video RF inputs Includes 4-item glow universal remote Energy Star compliant Power Source - 120V @ 60Hz; 460W power consumption Dimensions(WxHxD) - 49.5 x 34.2 x 16.2 Weight - 122.4 lbs.

Amazon.com Product Description

Step into the future with the 50-inch Toshiba 50HM66 plasma screen HDTV, which features a stylishly contemporary black cabinet and space-saving bottom mounted speaker system.The set's built-in ATSC (DTV) tuner pulls HD signals (480p/720p/1080i) right from the airwaves, and its QAM tuner is fully compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception. A standard analog NTSC tuner receives standard-definition (SD) programming. It comes with a tabletop stand that can be removed for wall mounting (with optional hardware).

This plasma set features Toshiba's CableClear DNR+ technology, which optimizes poor NTSC signals from antenna or cable sources to eliminate video noise ("snow") for a clean crisp image. It utilizes the digital 3D/YC comb filter to compare frames and determine the existence and extent of video noise. It then applies the needed amount of digital video noise reduction, and the appropriate sharpness adjustment to keep the picture clear. This feature now works on RF, composite and S-Video inputs, and can be selected by input.

The aforementioned 3D Y/C comb filter separates brightness and color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. It performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the color from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl, resulting in a razor sharp image. The Cinema Mode feature performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture. This set also offers five TheaterWide modes that expand letterboxed images--which is particularly useful when watching narrow letterboxed Panavision or CinemaScope films.

The 50HM66 has a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution (XGA), a peak 1000 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and an amazing 10,000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.)

The GameTimer feature allows parents to set the television to shut off after a specified period of time and stay off until a lockout key code is entered. For optimum display of each type of input source, the Individual AV Settings by Input function allows you to make video adjustments for each type of input, such as RF, composite, S-Video, and each component video input. Other convenience features include color temperature control, closed captioning on mute, sleep timer, tri-lingual on-screen display, video input labeling, channel labeling, channel/video lock, and V-Chip parental controls.

This set has two stereo speakers that provide 10 watts of power per channel (for 20 watts of total power) and SRS WOW virtual surround sound. The StableSound feature maintains television volume within a preset range regardless of the source signal. This helps to eliminate the annoyance of normal program volume being followed immediately by extremely loud commercial messages or drastic volume fluctuations while changing channels.

It's easy to connect to brilliant imagery with the component and HDMI connections--the latter offering pure digital audio/video performance with no degradation of signal from just one convenient cable. This set offers the following connection options:

Composite A/V: 3 (1 front) in, 1 out
S-Video: 3 (1 front) in
Component Video: 2 in
HDMI: 2 in
RF: 1 in
PC VGA: 1 in
PC audio in: 1
Digital audio out: 1 coaxial, 1 optical

Tech Talk
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

SRS WOW virtual surround sound processing technology consists of three separate sound expanding systems, which work together to extract "buried" highs and lows. The three systems are, SRS 3D, TruBass, and FOCUS. SRS 3D creates a three dimensional sound field from just two speakers, thus giving the listener the feeling of hearing a multi speaker surround sound system. TruBass produces a powerful, yet low, frequency sound by utilizing a process called psychoacoustics. From only two small speakers, TruBass will give the effect of an expensive sub bass woofer that will leave the listener amazed by the quality of the sound. FOCUS was added to direct the energy from the speakers of the television set in a vertical direction up towards the listenerÕs ears. The addition of FOCUS means that there is virtually no loss of sound from the speakerÕs position on the bottom panel near the floor, which achieves a clear, undistorted range of audio.

What's in the Box
Plasma HDTV, remote control (with batteries), power cable, tabletop stand, printed operating instructions

Customer Reviews:

DO NOT BUY !!.......2007-05-31

I purchased this TV in Sept. '06. On April 8th, 2007 while watching the last holes of the Masters, I heard a loud whine and then POOF, the TV was off. Then it tried to start itself over and over again. TV was gone. I called customer service next morning(9th). They referred me to a repair company that didn't get to my house until the 13th. He could not fix it. He had to order a part.several weeks went by and no one was giving me an answer other than, " the part is on backorder". Well needless to say, yesterday (29 may 07) 51 days after my TV went down, Toshiba called and said that I can continue to hold on the backorder or get my money back. I choose the money, but, it will take 4 to 6 weeks to get it. They said they will send someone in 5 to 7 Business days to pick the unit up! 5 to 7 days to get thier broke tv but 4 to 6 wks for the consumer who spent good money in the first place to get his money back. Way to go Toshiba. I will never buy a Toshiba product again. Horrible and I mean horrible customer service.

The Tv was not all that either. My friends 50" Panasonic is far superior.

Pretty good for the price..........2007-05-13

I had looked at this TV at Best Buy, et al but Amazon had the best price, free shipping and no state tax. The TV is pretty good. The only negative is when there is a solid color which fades into a lighter shade (like in backgrounds) especially reds and oranges, there appears to be a rainbow around the lightest spot in the background. I thought it was the TV itself until I compared it to the smaller version of this same TV and it had it too. Otherwise, for the price, it has all of the requisite bells and whistles, great sound, looks good and I'm pretty happy with it.

Go with vizio or panasonic or sony.......2007-04-09

I bought this 50" TV, a 42 " panasonic and a 50" vizio plasma TVs around the same time (2006 holiday season, all new from either bestbuy or circuitcity). I also have a sony 65" HDTV projection TV. I would not recommend anyone to buy this Toshiba. The unit works OK but have several disadvantages
a) change a channel takes five to seven seconds for the new channel program to show up - which is not tolerable when you want to just go through channels to see what's on. (my feeling is that the technology/chip used is way to old than that in the competing models).
b) digital channel and analog channels are not separated and it is impossible to to use "previous channel" function to go between digital channels.
c) the picture quality (color and pixels) is the worst among all of the models mentioned above, espeacilly for the night sceans (for example, sony will show very smooth pictures of a DVD movie while the toshiba shows a lot of wavering small pixels when you get a little closer to the screen - say five feet).

I actually had bestbuy exchange for a new unit as I first thought these issues might be related to the unit I had.

I keep this new 50" plamsa in basement and only occasionally watch it (may be once in a month) so it is not a big deal for me. But I am surprise to see those good reviews from cnet/amazon. I'd recommend people to stay away from this model.

Jian

Problems with grayscale?.......2007-02-27

I owned this TV for 2 weeks, and found the color and clarity to be outstanding except in low-light scenes. Shadowy images that weren't totally black, and any digital distortion in the scene, tended to have a purple and green tint. The Toshiba rep came out to the house and found nothing wrong on his equipment tests, but agreed that this color blotching did, in fact, exist. He offered that the TV might require a new "scaler." Since I was within the return period, I traded for a Mitsubishi DLP set which shows none of these problems, although it doesn't quite match the "good" picture quality of the Toshiba.

Good Plasma TV and a Great Value.......2007-01-26

We purchased this TV in July of 2006 when it just hit the market. Overall we are quite pleased with the TV. We compared it with the Panasonics, Pioneers, Philips, LG, Samsung, Vizio and Maxent TVs on the market. Overall it compares favorably with the top tier brands (e.g., Panasonic, Pioneer) in picture quality, but the price is midway between the second tier brands (e.g., Maxent) and the top tier brands.

Pros:

1. 2 HDMI inputs - High Definition Media Interface (HDMI) is the wave of the future. One cable carries both audio and video feeds and is the standard for the next generation of HD DVD players, cable boxes and satellite boxes. Having 2 HDMI interfaces allows you to connect a DVD player and a cable or satellite box. I have my TV hooked up to a Toshiba upconverting DVD player using the HDMI input. The cable is connected via analog input to the TV.

2. HD Picture Clarity - Toshiba is using a Philips / LG panel, which is ubiquitous in the industry (e.g., Maxent, Vizio, LG, Philips and others all use the panels from this joint venture). However, Toshiba sets the panel resolution at a native 720 progressive (i.e., it paints the picture line by line), rather than a 1080 interlace (i.e., it paints alternate lines). Whatever signal it is fed, it will be converted to a 720P. I believe that this results in a smoother image. The HD picture quality is sharp and vibrant. Standard picture quality (e.g., from cable) is pretty good - the picture is definitely softer than HD, but definitely watchable. Our cable provider is Time Warner and their cable box does a great job of stretching a standard picture for the screen. When this TV was side by side with Panasonic, Philips and Pioneer and Maxent - the Panasonic seemed to have the best image, it was slightly sharper and colors were more natural. I was not impressed the Pioneer (colors looked off) picture or the Philips (a little soft) picture. The Maxent picture was surprisingly good, but not quite as sharp or natural as the Toshiba or Panasonic.

3. Price - When we purchased this TV, it was $400 below the Panasonic and and $300 above the Maxent and Vizio TVs. It was priced about the Philips. Considering Toshiba's reputation as a top tier brand, the price was more than competitive.

4. Predicted Reliability - According to Consumer Reports, the Toshiba TVs have relatively low rate of repair compared to other brands (particularly the second tier brands).

Cons:

1. Picture Color - The Toshiba tends to have a "red push" (i.e., skin tones and reds seem to be redder). One can help reduce the red push by setting the temperature settings to "cool" and "film". Still it is a warmer picture than Panasonic. Also, like most plasma TVs, it has a harder time with blacks. On HD signals, blacks are nice and dark and inky. On standard definition or DVD, the blacks can sometimes seem blotchy and pixelated.

2. Input Selection - The TV has a number of inputs. On the remote, one selects the input key and all of the inputs are identified. One then selects the input desired (e.g., cable, DVD, etc.) If you hit enter, it then calls up the menu. If you leave it alone, the TV will wait a few seconds before switching signals. Also, when switching between HD and regular signals, the TV takes a couple of seconds to switch signals.

Pre-Owned Toshiba 50" Plasma HDTV - 50HP66

Average customer rating:

Pre-Owned Toshiba 50" Plasma HDTV - 50HP66

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE

Product Features:

This previously owned item has been quality tested and includes all parts and accessories originally included
Pre-owned items can only be returned online; see our Help section for more information
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50.0 " Screen Plasma Television with Plasma Technology for Realistic Images
High Definition with Built-In HDTV/ATSC Tuner
Video Features: 3D Y/C Comb Filter for a Distortion-Free Picture, 3:2 - 2:2 Pull Down, Digital Comb Filter, Color Temperature Adjustment, HDMI/HDCP Interface
Audio Features: SAP
Great Value For a Great Picture, 3D Comb Filter, Rich Colors with Sharp Images, Parental Control, GameTimer for Parental Control of Playing Time, Great Detail for Video Games, High Contrast and Brightness, Closest Resolution to Fine Quality Pictures
Inputs: Side A/V Composite, RF, D-Sub VGA, High Definition Multimedia Interface, S-Video for Clean and Crisp Video
Outputs: Video, Coaxial Digital Audio, Audio
On-Screen Channel Display, Closed Caption
Stereo Speakers
Operational Features: 3D Y/C Comb Filter, V-Chip Parental Control, Closed Caption, Timer, Channel Labeling, Comb Filter, Parental Controls, ATSC/QAM Tuners for HDTV Broadcasts, Built-In Tuner, Zoom Feature, 3-Line Digital Comb Filters
Accessories Included: Power Cord, Operation Manual, Remote Control, Warranty Card, User Manual
49.45 x 32.31 x 4.96 ( W x H x D)
95.92

ASIN: B000PHQQI8

Product Description

All pre-owned items are quality tested and receive a cosmetic check and cleaning, an inventory of all components, play tests, product repackaging and, if necessary, restoration to default settings and replacement of components.

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