Toshiba 40RV525R 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Review by A. Vittini for Toshiba 40RV525R 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I bought this television at best buy a few weeks ago, and I am incredibly happy with it. As stated by other reviewers, this is a SOLID entry level hdtv with only minor drawbacks.

Picture Quality: is GREAT. Those with INCREDIBLY picky eyes will be the ones that sit there and analyze each pixel, but the bottom line is this is a 1080p television and the blu-rays and video games I play through my PS3 (playstation 3) look fantastic. Absolutely can’t beat the quality for the price!!

Sound Quality: this is where the tv gets shaky. the sound isn’t great, just average. A different reviewer said that flat televisions don’t become flat by getting large speakers, very true. you’ll want to buy some sort of speaker system to go with the television to get that true theater experience. PERSONALLY, I just use the tv in my 10×12 room so the sound is adequate for me, but i’m still thinking of getting speakers.

Features: the tv has great black levels and colors. you will want to do alot of tweeking right out of the box because all of the factory levels are set so high. Once you get the tv to a good spot, just sit back and enjoy looking at all the cracks and crevices on people’s faces. there are some features that I don’t think do much, like “game mode” specifically, but they are nice to have.

OVERALL: If this is your first foray into the HDTV world, like it was for me, I would HIGHLY recommend this television. This is especially recommended for those of us on a budget, but wanting to make the move to HD.

Review by lazza for Toshiba 40RV525R 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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If you are, like I was, looking for a 40″-42″ flat screen television for a secondary room (bedroom/den) then this Toshiba is worthy of consideration. The picture quality is very good, its digital tuner is sensitive (ie, brings in lots of stations), and its priced very competitively. My only complaints are:

– you will need to fiddle plenty with the color controls to get something that looks decent. Out of the box I found flesh tones looked very orange-y.

– the audio is fairly weak. Hooking the system up to a stereo/av receiver is almost a necessity.

So when price is considered this Toshiba unit is very good. Take price out of the equation and it is only fair/good. Buying this for a secondary room makes perfect sense.

Review by S. Schoenherr for Toshiba 40RV525R 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I recently purchased this TV from another source (I would have bought it here on Amazon but I got a better financing deal through a chain store’s website, not BB).

I actually purchased this one and the 32″ model. We are moving and I needed a larger HDTV for my living room to replace a 32″ Olevea. I also own a Sony 46″ so please don’t think I am just doing my comparison to the Olevea. This Toshiba 40″ unit is great. First of all, space wise, it takes up little footprint aside from the actual screen space. Some TV’s have a huge area to the left and right for speakers or just by design that don’t allow for such a fantastic screen size in such a small fitting. My cabinet just barely fits this TV with about a half inch max to spare on either side, which is exactly what I wanted. So I have hooked it up with DirecTV, Xbox360, PS3, and an HD-DVD player and it looks fantastic on everything. What I noticed was the blacks are black first of all. So often you don’t really get black, you get a hazy gray. But this is black where black is on the screen. Everything is sharp and fantastic.

I am a guy who watches the news all day while working and grinds away at videogames in my free time. So I stare at screens a lot, and this one is a winner. I tested it with PS3’s Killzone and WOW! I also played a couple hours of Fallout3 Mothership Zeta and it looked significantly better than play earlier in the day on the Olevea (or play in the other room on the Sony 46″) Unfortunately, this one is going to end up in my living room and not the office area where I work when I move, so I wont be using it as much as the Sony (which is finding its way into the office/den). But when I play the PS3, wii, 360, or watch an HD-DVD, bluray, or upscaled DVD, along with DirecTV HD programming and FIOS HD programming as soon as I can get it again (I’m moving out of FIOS territory and it won’t be available there until Jan 2010), I am in for a real treat. Family night will never look so good!

Review by Michael Henshaw for Toshiba 40RV525R 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I’ve had this TV for three weeks and I’m happy with the quality. I had a relatively small living room so I needed a smaller TV and this model works perfectly. It displays all the HD channels well. Compared to a $3000 Sony I can tell a slight difference but it’s marginal. At $700 level you can’t really complain.

As other reviews have pointed out the sound isn’t impressive, but it works for my small room. If you’re looking for something louder you’ll have to hook it up to a system.

Overall I’m really happy with the TV.