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Hi:I am going to buy a 42 in. Widescreen, and I've narrowed it down to the Toshiba 42H81 or the Samsung HCM422W. Both are comparably priced.
Wondering if someone with some experience could offer a recommedation? I will be watching a lot of regular TV so I need a set that will stretch a 4:3 image to 16:9. I understand that the Toshiba will do this with very little distortion. Not sure about the Samsung.
Also, I noticed the the Toshiba has 540p video processing vs. 480p for the Samsung. I'm not really sure what this means or it's significance--maybe someone could comment. I'll list the URL's below for specs, features, etc... If anyone has any experiece with either of these sets and could offer some input, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Chris
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TOSHIBA 42H81http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342372-1304-6847151.html?tag=pdtl-list
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Follow Ups:
I just bought the 42H81 this week and so far so good! Pic is great and watching 4:3 tv in widescreen is great. Only thing I do not like is the remote. Why Toshiba supplies an HDTV with a remote that cannot control a DVD (even there own!) is beyond me. The remote does TV, CBL, VCR. So I guess its time to buy a fancey universal...One Call has the 42H81 for around $1522 delivered! I got Best Buy to match same price including tax and delivery. So I went with the local guy, but One Call seemed like a good oufit.
Samsung, don´t know... seems alot of bang for the buck but I could not find any repair history info, so I stayed away.
I have the Toshiba 40H80, the previous generation version of the Toshiba you're looking at, and I love it. It’s a great RPTV, because it’s large enough to produce a good sized picture, yet it’s not so large that it destroys your soundstage or dominates your room. The 40" Toshiba RPTVs have consistently gotten rave reviews from magazines and have a loyal following of home theater enthusiasts. The picture is breathtaking; progressive scanned anamorphic DVDs look stunning, and the stretch modes for 4:3 material are quite effective. I personally would stay away from Samsung. The only other RPTVs I would consider besides Toshiba are Mitsubishi and Pioneer, but they don't make smaller sets, and aren't as good a value as the Toshibas.
I have the Tosh 50H81 and I absolutely love it. I haven't experienced a single problem in the six months we've owned it. I would take a Toshiba over Samsung any day of the week. BTW, the Toshiba 57HX81 got rave reviews in an eight HDTV roundup in Home Theater magazine.It missed winning by a whisker but it was the easy value leader since it was around $2000 cheaper than the winning Pioneer.
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