Toshiba 27D47 Review

What the reviewers like:
The Toshiba 27D47 is inexpensive for a name-brand TV, and while picture quality isn't the best, reviews say it's still just fine for most families. The sound system is good, and there are enough inputs and outputs to use the Toshiba TV as the anchor for a home-theater setup.

What the reviewers don't like:
The Toshiba 27D47 has very few bells and whistles apart from its QAM-compatible digital tuner and the stable sound function. The picture tube is an old-fashioned curved design. Picture tubes in more upscale TVs use an essentially flat design to reduce glare and reflections. Like all CRT TVs, the Toshiba 27D47 is large and heavy.

Toshiba 27D47 review highlights

The 27-inch Toshiba 27D47 has few features, and its picture quality is not as good as that of some higher-rated TVs. However, it delivers a reasonably good picture at an incredibly low price for a 27-inch TV from a brand-name manufacturer. Its digital tuner means this TV won’t become obsolete when analog broadcasting ends in Feb. 2009. The sound system includes Toshiba’s StableSound function, which levels out changes in volume regardless of the program material. While the set can receive HD programming, it can only display that programming in standard definition.

Although the 27-inch Toshiba 27D47 has not received any professional reviews, it is essentially identical to the now discontinued 27D46, which was reviewed by Consumer Reports and Consumer Guide. We didn't find many user reviews for the Toshiba 27D47 aside from a couple of reports at Epinions.

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*In order of credibility (see our Ratings Criteria).

1. Consumer Reports
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Conventional TVs
Editors of Consumer Reports
Feb. 2007

Although the most recent report is now out of date, Consumer Reports continues to cover CRT televisions and is currently the best professional source for reviews. While the magazine did not test the Toshiba 27D47, the similar but now discontinued 27D46 is rated.

2. Consumer Guide.com
Toshiba 27D46 Review
Aug. 25, 2006

Like Consumer Reports, Consumer Guide has not reviewed the Toshiba 27D47 but has reviewed the similar Toshiba 27D46. The report, unfortunately, is short and superficial.

3. Epinions
Toshiba 27D47 Review
Contributors to Epinions.com

Epinions is an independent site where users can post their opinions about products that they own. The quality of the reviews varies greatly, but the writeup on the Toshiba 27D47 here is fairly complete.

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