Rated 
The Best of Seven
Started Nov 27, 2006
Strengths: Great Picture
Weaknesses: weak 'Toshiba Digital Community'
Toshiba didn't stand out in one of the megastores, and the advice was either confusing or geared towards specific brands.
What to do? I followed the advice in the Dec. 2006 issue of a well-known consumer evaluation magazine that rated the Toshiba as the best of seven 26" LCD TV brands.
My experience parallels their conclusion: the Toshiba 26HLV66 has an excellent HD picture, and is very good for DVDs and standard-definition programming. Good blacks! Sound is also very good, and the remote is excellent, among the best I've seen.
On that remote is a mode select switch between TV/DVD and VCR. When you forget to switch back after looking at a tape, as I did, the remote appears defect. I had to read the manual, and learned that I should restore the Factory Default settings if the recommended solution to make my remote working again would not be successful. But you can not enter the required PIN number without a properly working remote! This 'problem' -at least for dummies like me-, and the underwhelming 'Toshiba Digital Community' are my only complaints about the 26HLV66.
I ordered the TV sixteen days before writing this review on the morning of Cyber Monday, 11/27/2006, and it cost $80 less than it costs now. Is there a lesson to be learned? Finally, the price difference between the TV with DVD and without DVD is such that I wonder why anyone would consider the latter.
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