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Toshiba MW20FM1 20" Pure Flat Screen TV-DVD-VCR Combo

Toshiba MW20FM1 20" Pure Flat Screen TV-DVD-VCR Combo

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Features / Poor User Interface
Review: This is a great TV with great features. The only drawback is poor user-interface design.

I've seen more intuitive, easy-to-read and just plain BETTER on-screen menus on TV's from 10 years ago!

On the set itself all the control buttons are small, and look-alike. Each time I approach set I need to "figure-it-out" again. This isn't a problem for people who are tech-minded and can and undestand standard TV/VCR symbols. Toshiba is really showing their lack of polish and refinement by rushing this set to market in such a utilitarian configuration.

The remote control suffers from the same deficits. Most of the buttons look and are shaped the same way making it non-intuitive. Even more troubling is the way buttons are shared between the VCR and DVD functionality. To distinguish, there are two sets of colored labels. It's very hard to determine if the label is meant for the button above or the button below.

Lastly, I could find no-way to program the remote control to change channels on my Cable-box. I bought this TV/CD/DVD combo to SIMPLIFY things somewhat. With all the people these days with Cable, it's really annoying that you *STILL* need two remotes to work with this TV if you use a cable box.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terrific all-in-one unit
Review: This is an excellent TV with built in VCR and DVD. It is a snap to set up and both the VCR and DVD work well in play back mode. The sound system is very good. This is a great alternative if you want a good quality yet compact system that is easy to use. I feel the price is excellent for what you get.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: a beautiful tv!
Review: This is the perfect television for the bedroom! The design is beautiful with its silver case and flat screen...no need to shut it away in an armoire. It has everything, TV/VCR/DVD so there's less clutter. The picture is great and the VCR and DVD players are quiet and easy to operate. The one drawback is the remote, which is the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars. It doesn't light up, it has more of a glow-in-the-dark thing going on so it has to be exposed to a lamp for a bit or it won't be bright at all. Even then, only the VCR controls glow. It would be nice if the volume and channel buttons glowed too and if the DVD buttons were larger. Still, I am really happy with this tv, it's a great quality product.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Beautiful picture-problem with VCR
Review: This set really has a vivid robust looking picture and I thought I had purchased the perfect TV/DVD/VCR at a reasonable price until a tape got stuck in the unit. It's going back to the store for an exchange, but you can bet that I will be getting the same model again 'cause this is one nice looking TV. All you have to do is plug it in and you're ready to go-no more tangled cables and multiple remotes-everything you need is built right into this one unit. Also,the DVD section worked fine, and does not pixelate at all unlike some other DVD players I have tried.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: OK if you like yellow facial skin
Review: This TV has many great qualities, but all types of facial skin have a yellowish color, like they have on yellow blush. Also the VCR records poorly. When the recorded program is played back, the picture is extremely poor. The DVD works great. The sound is acceptable. I'm going to return my Toshiba. I hope they all aren't like this.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Has it all!
Review: This unit has it all... DVD/VHS/Flat screen 20" TV, perfect for a bedroom. Picture is great, the VCR is extremely quiet and because it is integrated you don't lose quality in plugging your cable connector into a VCR and then separately feeding the VCR to TV. It has a lovely display outwardly and clean presentation in a room (less cords and cables). I have it waking me up each morning M-Fri and turning off when I should be walking out the door. It's fun.

The 4 rating instead of 5 is due to the following: The remote control is poorly designed with very small and unnaturally located channel and volume buttons when usually these are the most prominent things on a remote. Likewise, the DVD menu navigation buttons are even smaller and tough to maneuver. I suggest buying a universal remote (make sure it has DVD capability). Also docked for inability to record one show and watch another simultaneously, but this is a fundamental, I'm sure, to integrated TV/VCRs, and if you have a cable box with a different television you couldn't anyway. One other thing, when you change the channel the "stereo" display reference to sound setting is really low on the screen.

I recommend it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Value
Review: Toshiba's MW24FM1 24" Pure Flat Screen TV/DVD/VCR Combo is a very good value. The 24-inch screen is a perfect size to reproduce a pretty vivid and sharp looking picture. That was the first thing I noticed about this set. It took me a minute to realize that the picture source I was watching was from the built-in DVD player. VHS tapes also looked good on this set once I got a demo. The 4-head VHS component was in HiFi and sounded very good. I was really surprised by how well the picture looked. TOSHIBA makes a good product as this demonstrates. The flat screen held the image pretty true around all the edges and the audio quality was above average delivering good fidelity for both lows and highs.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great features, great price for a three in one tv set
Review: We replaced a 27" JVC unit with separate combo JVC VCR/DVD unit with this set. The flat screen makes the picture easy to see at any distance without any edge distortion of any kind. The sound is great and very distinct. The color is as close to exact as a set of this price range I have seen. The DVD and VCR work flawlessly and are easy to access with the one complete remote control unit. I highly recommend this set to anyone. I even sell them to my friends, as an small electronics dealer, who markets all makes of tv's.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great picture; good DVD player; space saver
Review: When the TV/VCR combos first came out 10 years ago, I was skeptical. It seemed like more could go wrong. But the higher end manufacturers have maintained high quality in the combo products. Toshiba produces great televisions, and this TV/DVD/VCR combo carries on the tradition.

The flat screen is a great picture. I'd say it's close to Sony Trinitron quality, though Sony WEGA still beats it. The DVD player works great. The unit has front A/V jacks, supports games and multiple video input devices (digital and/or video cameras, another VCR, etc.). Sound quality is surprisingly good, though I still run it through my stereo system when we're watching movies.

This is the best combo system I've seen from the major manufacturers. The picture is better, it looks better, and it weighs less.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great picture; good DVD player; space saver
Review: When the TV/VCR combos first came out 10 years ago, I was skeptical. It seemed like more could go wrong. But the higher end manufacturers have maintained high quality in the combo products. Toshiba produces great televisions, and this TV/DVD/VCR combo carries on the tradition.
The flat screen is a great picture. I'd say it's close to Sony Trinitron quality, though Sony WEGA still beats it. The DVD player works great. The unit has front A/V jacks, supports games and multiple video input devices (digital and/or video cameras, another VCR, etc.). Sound quality is surprisingly good, though I still run it through my stereo system when we're watching movies.

This is the best combo system I've seen from the major manufacturers. The picture is better, it looks better, and it weighs less.


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