Toshiba 50HP66 Reviews

It's a Lemon
by Gary W. Hooper , 2009-09-26

This Toshiba plasma TV is simply a Lemon. Mine worked for only 3 years and had major component failure's. Once upon a time Toshiba made high quality electronics. Another turkey I bought recently from Toshiba was the HD DVD player which they discontinued making . My advise to you is make yourself happy buy a different brand.

21 months to dead
by Don Stevens from Dnver PA, 2009-01-15

After 21 months the picture went out. No help from Toshiba and an estimate of 495 to fix. I'll never buy Toshiba again!

What a sad waste of money
by Bonita Boatright from Cortland, Ohio United States, 2008-07-17

We bought this TV about 3 years ago from Sears. The pic was fabulous and we were fairly happy with it even though we thought the price was excessive. Last year (just after the warranty expired) we had to have a tube (?) replaced to the tune of almost $500. We really debated over spending the money or buying a new TV. Since we had such a significant investment, we decided to repair it. Imagine our chagrin when the same thing happened again this year. So needless to say, we bought a Vizio last night and hope that we have much better luck with it.

Heard Loud pop
by C. Molina from Boynton Beach, Florida United States, 2008-03-24

I have owned this tv for a year and two months and when watching it heard a loud pop and tv went off. Took it for service and they said the scaler board is bad and they want $485 for repairing it. Did not buy the extended waranty so I am out of luck. Also recommend a good surge supressor because it seeems that is what caused the problem.

Great TV!!!
by J. Matthews from Hankamer, Texas USA, 2008-01-21

I have now owned this TV for over a year and still get amazed at the picture quality with Digital HD Programming. When a TV can get my wife to say WOW, it's pretty good. I originally purchased a Samsung 42" DLP HD TV and the second week of owning it the sound went out. I took the TV back, purchased this 50" Toshiba 720P Plasma, and love it. If I had anything negative to say about it is the startup time. Takes about 30 seconds to startup but the TV goes through its checks every time. I really don't mind the few second wait. The only thing that made this TV that much sweeter is that I got it on sale for $1600.00 at Best Buy when they were $2600.00 everywhere else. Shop Around and I recommend the extended service policy simply for the peace of mind due to the amount that you are already spending . What's another $300.00? Hope this helps.

Josh