| Reviews : Toshiba 15LV506 15.6-Inch Widescreen LCD TV with Built in DVD, White |
Toshiba 15LV506 15.6-Inch Widescreen LCD TV with Built in DVD, White Product By Toshiba Available From 24 Sellers |
Technical Details
- 1366x768 resolution w/ 800:1 contrast
- 150/170 degree Viewing Angle
- WMA, MP3 and JPEG Playback
- High Gloss Bezel with Slim Chassis
- DIVX Playback
Product Description
15.6" Widescreen LCD with Built in DVDSimilar Products
Customer Reviews
By K. Savasta
We bought this TV for our kitchen to replace a undercabinet TV that no longer received channels due to the switch over to digital. We bought an antenna and after calling the tech dept to get it programmed it works perfectly and the picture quality is better than our Sony expensive wide screen. It looks good and is compact.
By P. Frantz (San Francisco)
The TV works fine, though as others have mentioned, the channel changing is very slow. I bought it because it is small and white, which works in my kitchen. The only problem I have with it is that on a few channels, the sound is not loud enough to be heard easily over normal kitchen noise. Even with the volume cranked all the way up, it's just not very loud. As for features, I wish they had included a CableCard slot. The only HD cable decoder box my cable company (Comcast) offers is physically just about as large as this TV, which kind of defeats the purpose of buying a small TV. And the monthly rental fee for the HD decoder box is much higher than the rental fee for a CableCard.
By IraL (California, USA)
One of the few white-color frame TV's around.
The HD picture quality is very good, the non-HD is good, although somewhat washed out.
A lot of quality for the price--and it includes a DVD player as well.
Easy to set up, easy to navigate around on screen.
By Maurice Lafferty (Reno, NV USA)
One of my hobbies is creating computer video greeting cards and family videos on DVD.I use this lttle gem of a flat screen TV to check the finished discs. It was no problem to set up, "plug and play" as it were. It fits neatly into my shelf unit and has a great picture. Even the sound is good. Highly recommended for spaces where a larger unit would not work. I also have it connected to our satellite receiver on those rare occasions where anything is worth watching.
By Wandrwoman (NY, NY)
I have been hunting for months for a good quality white digital flat screen TV for my kitchen window ledge. This is the only "choice" out there......if you are looking for a 15", this is it! Seems impossible, but it is true. This is the only 15" available from a manufacturer that you have actually heard of.
Not only is it the only one available, but it only comes with a DVD player, so don't bother looking for a TV without the DVD. You do get a choice of color: black or white, so don't gripe!
Another thing you need to know, is that TV manufacturers no longer bother to include an antenna with their sets, so if you are like me and are actually planning to use THE AIRWAVES to receive programming, you have to purchase a digital antenna in order to receive anything resembling a broadcast. This is not a choice, this is a necessity. If you do not subscribe to cable or direct TV or satellite or whatever, YOU NEED TO BUY A DIGITAL ANTENNA! Again, its not a matter of better reception, its the only way you are going to get reception.
With that in mind, I purchased the RCA ANT1500 Large Multi-Directional Digital Flat Passive Antenna (White) which promised to bring in a maximum number of analog and digital chanels and look unobtrusive in the process.
The TV and antenna both arrived today and I was able to get them hooked up and running in less than a half an hour and that included removing them from their boxes and reading the instruction booklets, programming the set, neatening up wires, etc.
The TV is attractive and surprisingly, almost alarmingly light weight. It is a cinch to pick up and move around. This is not the set of yesteryear, when you needed to be a weightlifter inorder to pick up a "portable" tv. This set is light, like a big Kindle on a stand.
I live in New York City and without the antenna hooked up to the TV I was able to get no programming whatsoever. Zilch. No picture, no sound, nothing.
The antenna is a flat white slab that the TV is able to sit on top of. You can also stand the antenna upright or hang it on a wall. The antenna comes with a cable (how thoughtful!) that is easily attached to the TV. It requires no electricity. All connections are clearly marked.
Once attached together and the "Automatic Programming" set up, I was able to get 3 analog and 47 digital chanels! While many of the 47 digital chanels are in foreign (not English)languages, all the New York local network stations came in bright and clear and ultrasharp.
The sound is maybe not as loud as I would have liked but it certainly is loud enough for most circumstances. You will never turn this baby up to 11!
Some reviewers complain about the TV taking an extreme length of time to turn on and then to switch stations. This is true. The tuner is very pokey. I know that digital receivers take longer than analog ones but this seems to be slower than most. We are talking about seconds here, but it does seem slow.
Other reviewers complain about the large "bright light" on the front of the set that glows blue when the set is on and orange when off. Yes, there is a light and I really don't see the big deal, its not a kleig light or a torch. Also, if you are among the ones who find it irritating, you can go in to "Set Up" and turn it off. I admit it does seem a bit gratuitous. Why provide a "decorative" on/off light when you could have supplied something far more useful.....like an antenna?
I am delighted with the set. The price was right, the size is perfect, the picture very good. And, if I ever want to watch a DVD while I am cooking, I know I can!
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