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Posted by Bebe on March 19, 2003 at 05:56:24

In Reply to: Help!! Toshiba and Sony Problems posted by Gene on January 15, 2003 at 11:34:39:

Saw your question re the geometry problem which I found addressed by the review below I found on audioreview.com. I was searching for problems with this model b/c I just purchased one and I'm not at all happy with the picture quality. The VCR is not working, either, even though everything is hooked up correctly and the remote has been programmed. SONY wasn't able to help me with the problem. I was thinking of the JVC but my friend had sound and picture problems with her 36" model, which had to be replaced twice.

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Review Date
February 4, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

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Less than 1 month

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Reviewed by: dp21499, AudioPhile

Price Paid: $399 at BestBuy

Product Model Year:
2002

Summary:
I bought and use both the Sony kv-27FS100 and the Toshiba 27AF42 for a few weeks and decided to keep the Sony for the following reason:

* Sony - looks like has more viewing area.
* 16X9 mode in Sony is very good, looks like a HDTV from some DVD movie.
* No geometry problem, just remember to adjust the tilt -2 if you don't see the ticker symbol straight.
* Sony has a flatter screen than the Toshiba. If you look closely at toshiba from the side you will a see a dark shadow on that end that leaves me to believe that it's not really flat from end to end.
* Sony- Brighter
* Sony- you can make adjustment on all the picture settings(vivid, sports, etc), you can only adjust one setting in the Toshiba(memory) the rest are factory set.
* Sony - ability to turn off SVM.
* Toshiba - smoother local tv viewing, no scanning lines. I was told that sSny focuses so good that it shows the scanning line from local channel.
* Toshiba - quiter degaussing mode.

hope this helps...