# Buy Toshiba 42HM66 42-Inch 720p DLP HDTV 42HM66

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Product Description

42″ 720P DLP PROJECTIVE TV

• 720p 42-inch DLP television with built-in ATSC/QAM/NTSC tuners and CableCARD port; measures 39.25 x 28.3 x 12.6 inches (WxHxD)
• TALEN 5 engine with PixelPure 14-Bit video processing; Faroudja DCDi eliminates jagged artifacts
• 3D Y/C comb filter for razor sharp image; Cinema Mode 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal
• Connections: composite (1 in), S-Video (1 in), component (2 in), HDMI (2 in), RF (1 in), PC VGA (1 in)
• Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total); SRS WOW virtual surround sound

Great Picture, Bad Reliability – J. Yatsko –
I’ve had this television since 2007. I bought mine at Sears. When I bought my first TV at Sears, it lasted for 6 days before it wouldn’t turn on anymore. I took it back and they gave me a new one. I also opted for an extended 3 warranty at that time since I already had trouble with the TV.

Almost 2 years go by and I am totally happy with the TV. Picture is awesome, internal speakers are decent.

At the beginning of 2009 the fan started to make loud noises. A tech came out and diagnosed the fan as bad. While waiting for a replacement fan to show up, the bulb got too hot and blew up. The fan and bulb were replaced.

About a month after the bulb and fan were replaced, there was no picture again. They sent me a new bulb, thinking that was the problem. But the TV still had no picture. A technician came out and diagnosed the whole light engine as bad. They took the light engine to be repaired since there weren’t parts for this TV anymore. A couple of weeks after that, they called me and told me that they couldn’t fix the light engine and would be giving me a replacement TV. I replaced this unit with a Panasonic.

All-in-all… If I did it over again, I would not buy this television and I would have spent a little more on something with a proven track record.

GARBAGE! – Jeremie Wells – Illinois
I have had this TV for a year now and it has a great picture and sound. This, however, does not make up for the the fact that Toshiba will not honor their warranty. My HDMI input went out at 9 months and the part is no longer available. Toshiba informed me that I had 3 options. 1) Leave the TV the way it is. 2) Buy my own part and fix it ( the part is still out there, but since it is not available at a Toshiba authorized company, they will not pay for it. 3) they will give me 0 for it. This is the second product that Toshiba has tried to screw me on.