Most of our reviews these days are done by Shane in his Texas based test lab. To be able to do more product testing, I decided to upgrade our test lab in Germany with a new 1080p HDTV to better 'evaluate' HD equipment like the Sony PS3 and other HD equipment.

As 1080p was a fixed requirement the choice came down to the Toshiba Regza 42X3000P 42 inch HDTV pretty quickly as the low price and the high-end specifications are currently unmatched on the German TV market. Amazon Germany sells the 42X3000P for EUR 1.267,95.
Quote from the review: "Now to the image quality of the Toshiba Regza 42X3000P. The brightness of the display is right away impressive. The image is a bit fuzzy on normal TV programming. The automatic scaling of 4:3 TV programs to use full screen works well and fast. Details like small text on the SD TV material tend to smear. The SD quality of the 50 inch HD Ready Panasonic Plasma HDTV I have here is by far better. "
Read the full Toshiba Regza 42X3000P 42 inch 1080p HDTV Review.