Toshiba - 52HL167 52 in. HDTV LCD Television Review

After weighing the options of LCD vs. plasma, picture size, price and brand the Toshiba 52HL167 came out on top.  Although I have had it for only 3 weeks, I find it has a bright and true color picture, with numerous inputs and controls for individual customized use (check Toshiba web site for tech info).  Although it does not have the 120 HZ processor (4 msec), I have yet been unable to notice any glitch in fast motion.

On the negative side, the mute has a 1/2 setting before another click turns the sound off and the screen is dark when not receiving an input signal.  This leads to not knowing when the set is on.  Although there are a couple of very TINY pilot lights to show on/off, I find them very hard to see.  When the cable box is turned off first and input signal is lost, I have to go looking for the LITTLE lights to verify if TV is off. This is not a problem with air antenna signal or when TV is turned off before cable box.