Toshiba 51H84 51'' HD-Ready Rear-Projection TV with HDMI Input

Toshiba 51H84 51'' HD-Ready Rear-Projection TV with HDMI Input

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Big-screen high-definition television just got better-looking and more affordable. Toshiba's 51-inch widescreen, HD-ready 51H84 uses a host of Toshiba-exclusive technologies to make the most of your high-end digital and analog source components.

The 51H84's exclusive PowerFocus HD lens system was designed specifically for HDTV programming. Most lens systems cannot faithfully reproduce a high-definition signal. PowerFocus HD uses six elements and a quality color-correction system to produce an image that is up to 65 percent sharper than an image produced by standard lens systems. The PowerFocus HD's higher beam current and finer beam spot provide a 30 percent increase in sharpness and a 10 percent increase in brightness over standard CRTs. Toshiba's four-element PowerFocus HC lenses offer 50 percent higher contrast than comparable 5-element lenses, giving you clear, deep, three-dimensional images.

The set's TheaterFine HD super fine-pitch screen uses a .52 mm design to reduce the space between lines on the lenticular screen, thereby sharpening the image. And since not everything you watch will be high-definition in origin (wouldn't that be nice), CrystalScan HDSC upconverts all video signals (including 480i/p) to 1080i HD. This significantly reduces jagged-line artifacts for a smoother, more natural image. (Selectable 540p, for those who want a progressive-scan image from a progressive-scan source, is available through the onscreen menu.) CableClear DNR+ Digital Noise Reduction circuitry--selectable by input--optimizes poor NTSC signals from antenna or cable by eliminating video noise (snow).

Meanwhile, DFine high-speed velocity-scan modulation improves the definition at picture edges, creating sharper images by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam's horizontal scanning during demanding work--say, when rendering transitions from light to dark parts of an image--and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas.

A 3D Y/C (4 MB, 10-bit) digital comb filter with Vertical Contour Correction processes RF and composite-video signals for a sharp, clean picture. This advanced filter significantly reduces detail noise, seen as shimmering or flicker, in complex or intricate scenes. The TouchFocus digital convergence system (which creates perfect corner-to-corner focus at the press of a button) and AccuFocus 56-point manual convergence system let you choose the best calibration method for your system.

The 51H84 is loaded with connections of all stripes, including a HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) HDTV input, which gives you a pure, uncompressed video connection with your DTV receiver or set-top box (not included). HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multi-channel digital audio--all using a single cable. It transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports up to 8-channel digital audio, with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements.

For audio, the 51H84 offers SRS WOW, combining SRS 3D (which creates a wide three-dimensional sound field), TruBass (which boosts bass frequency perception for dramatic low-frequency effects), and Focus (which raises the perceived sound image vertically to clarify voices) to greatly enhance your home-theater sound.

The set's cabinet offers lifting handles for ease of delivery and installation.

What's in the Box
TV, cabinet, remote control, batteries, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Product Description:
Watch movies the way they were meant to be watched with the help of this Toshiba 51" TheaterWide Rear Projection HDTV. The set's TheaterWide technology expands a 4:3 image 133% horizontally to fill a 16:9 screen, converting movies back to their original size. TV offers bright, high-contrast images with the TouchFocus and PowerFocus features. Also includes optimum viewing in any room environment with Day/Night Mode and split-screen and picture-on-picture viewing. Made in USA. 50-1/2Hx47-9/16Wx22-1/2D". 195 lb.

Toshiba 51H84 51" HD-Ready Rear-Projection TV with HDMI Input
Average customer rating:

Frustrated Customer

Big bang for your buck !

Stay Away from this TV

Fun while it actually worked!!!

Great TV

Toshiba 51H84 51" HD-Ready Rear-Projection TV with HDMI Input

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

51-inch widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) HD-compatible projection television featuring CrystalScan HDSC upconversion to 1080i/540p

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) HDTV input provides a pure, uncompressed video connection with DTV receiver or set-top box

PowerFocus HD CRTs enhance sharpness and brightness; PowerFocus HC lenses offer 50 percent higher contrast than other lens systems

3D Y/C digital comb filter with Vertical Contour Correction accurately processes RF and composite-video (DVD, VCR, camcorder) signals

DFine high-speed velocity-scan modulation improves the definition at picture edges

ASIN: B0001YI90S

Product Description

CableClear DNR+ by Input optimizes signals from RF, Composite and S-Video connections by eliminating video noise and automatically adjusting sharpness.Day/Night Mode sets the television for optimum viewing in any room environment. The Day/Night Mode will set the television to full brightness for daytime viewing in rooms with ambient room light. The Night mode is ideal for dark rooms by reducing brightness to create the ideal picture for this environment. The Day Mode is used in full brightness for daytime viewing in rooms with ambient room light.SRS WOW technology takes the performance of the television's existing speakers to a whole new level to offer the consumer superior sound quality with no additional speakers required.4-Item Illuminated Universal Remote with DVD Control allows for easy operation in a dark living room or home theater environment.Direct Video Input Selection allows the user to directly select from the remote's numbered keypad without scrolling through all the inputs.

Amazon.com Product Description

Big-screen high-definition television just got better-looking and more affordable. Toshiba's 51-inch widescreen, HD-ready 51H84 uses a host of Toshiba-exclusive technologies to make the most of your high-end digital and analog source components.

The set's TheaterFine HD super fine-pitch screen uses a .52 mm design to reduce the space between lines on the lenticular screen, thereby sharpening the image. And since not everything you watch will be high-definition in origin (wouldn't that be nice), CrystalScan HDSC upconverts all video signals (including 480i/p) to 1080i HD. This significantly reduces jagged-line artifacts for a smoother, more natural image. (Selectable 540p, for those who want a progressive-scan image from a progressive-scan source, is available through the onscreen menu.) CableClear DNR+ Digital Noise Reduction circuitry--selectable by input--optimizes poor NTSC signals from antenna or cable by eliminating video noise (snow).

The set's cabinet offers lifting handles for ease of delivery and installation.

What's in the Box
TV, cabinet, remote control, batteries, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Customer Reviews:

Frustrated Customer.......2005-05-07

DO NOT GET THIS TV unless you want a really large paperweight! A few weeks after delivery the TV stopped working, and could not be repaired. Repairman said that he is called to repair several of this model a week and recommended returning it and getting something from a different manufacturer. Tohiba customer service was very unpleasant and it took sever weeks of arguing to get it returned. I have just purchased a SONY and am looking forward to receiving it.

Big bang for your buck !.......2005-03-27

I write reviews for various gadgets and restaurants and this is the 1st time when I do not have anything negative to write about the quality. I bought this TV back during 2004 Thanksgiving sale from BestBuy and paid about $1350. It took about few weeks for the picture tube to break in and show its real colors ! Then I had a technician from best buy come over and calibrate it (as you may already know that Rear Projection TVs need calibration, but if you have the bestbuy protection plan they would do it for free at your home). Ever since then all my friends come to my place to watch the big games, movies and even to play xbox in widescreen - and everyone just drools over the picture quality. The picture is crisp, specially when watching HD content and watching movies on DVD. I do not watch analog channels since almost all of them are in HD now for a small difference of $7 or so per month. I looked at Sony, Samsung and Toshiba - Toshiba won the race by a mile. Here are a few things worth mentioning about Toshiba 51H84:
- Picture is absolutely crisp
- Colors are beautiful (try watching Shrek on it)
- Even movies in 4:3 look great
- Size does matter ! I was about to settle for 42 and I am extremely glad I pushed myself to 51"
- The multi-choice zoom feature will satisfy your appetite to zoom any sort of programming.
- 7 inputs including HDMI (I use Component and am satisfied)

The only negative:
- Doesn't have a built in HD tuner, so you cannot use its cool Split (2 screens) and Channel Scan feature (split screen in 12 screens). It has 2 inputs for Antenna, I connected one to the cable box and other bypassing the cable box, so I can screen the channels in analog (using TV's analog tuner) and then watch it in HD.

There is a false rumor that Toshiba's doesn't do a good job with green - Not true ! Myself and few of my friends spent hours looking at 3 different brands and Toshibas (after calibration) does the Best job with all R G and B (Sony RPTV didn't do a good with Reds) !
Calibration is the key - make sure you spent some time to tune it after few weeks of picture tube breakin period.

I would recommend this TV as a big bang for your buck !

Stay Away from this TV.......2005-03-12

I owned the tv for about 3 weeks, then all of a sudden the tv turned off. The little red light on the front was blinking and there was clicking sound when I unplugged it and tried to turn it on again. A service technician came out and ordered a new part for it.

Then less that 4 days later the unit made a pop sound and the picture schrunk about 3 inches on the left and right sides - no luck.

Luckily, I bought it from a local store and can return it , no questions asked.

I suspect from reading other posts that this Toshiba has put a real lemon on the market.

Fun while it actually worked!!!.......2005-03-04

I just got this tv 15 days ago and was perfect up until today and it decided to make a slight pop noise and the screen turned black and then the power light started flashing red and now it wont turn back on. I unplugged it and all the cables and an hour later tried again and still the same thing, just a blinking red light. So I decide to call Toshiba and they dont even have 24x7 support. It was only 7:30pm and there normal hours are 8am - 7pm. Thats pretty bad when a multi billion dollar company cant even have 24x7 support. I am not the only person I see in these reviews that got the same kind of lemon. If Amazons return policy would except this back I would return it in a second. If it cant even work for a month thats pretty bad.

UPDATE!!!!!!
IT IS NOW 7 WEEKS LATER AND THE REPAIR SHOP DOING THE WARRANTY SERVICE STILL HAS MY TV. THEY HAVE ORDERED MULTIPLE PARTS AND STILL CAN'T FIX IT. I COMPLAINED TO TOSHIBA MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF SERVICE I AM RECIECING AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE TALKED TO 3 SUPERVISORS AND THEY ALL SAY I JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO FIX IT AND ALSO THEY WILL NOT OVERNIGHT PARTS TO HELP GET IT FIXED FASTER. THEY SAY THERE SHIPPING/PARTS DEPARTMENT ISNT CAPABLE OF OVERNIGHTING PARTS.

TOSHIBA WILL NOT JUST REPLACE THE TV EITHER THEY SAID IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED.

THE ONLY COMPENSATION TOSHIBA IS EVEN OFFERING ME IS A 3 MONTH EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHICH THEY SHOULD GIVE ME BY DEFAULT JUST BECAUSE THE REPAIR IS TAKING SO LONG.

I WILL NEVER BUY FROM TOSHIBA AGAIN AND I WILL NEVER ORDER ANYTHING OF THIS SIZE AND PRICE OFF THE NET EVER AGAIN.

SPEND THE FEW DOLLARS MORE AND BUY IT LOCALLY SO YOU CAN AT LEAST TAKE IT BACK.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ANOTHER UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS NOW OVER 10 WEEKS LATER AND THE REPAIR SHOP STILL HAS NOT FIXED IT AFTER ORDERING OVER 8 DIFFERENT PARTS. TOSHIBA STILL REFUSES TO SEND ME A NEW REPLACEMENT. NOW AMAZON IS SAYING THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME EITHER. DONT BUY NOTHING FROM TOSHIBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

########## ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE OTHER UPDATE ############

It is now 3 months later. I still do not have my TV back from the repair shop. The Repair shop named J Rudy Associates in Pittsburgh Pa USA is the ones that have my TV and still are unable to fix it. Toshiba is STILL unwilling to do anything besides make me keep waiting for the TV Repair shop. Amazon WONT do nothing unless Toshiba sends them a Fax'd Paper saying they arent going to fix it. So no matter how I look at it I just spent all this money to be RIPPED OFF!@#@$@*^#%&$!@!

Great TV.......2005-02-25

This is my first large screen TV and I have to say I am impressed. I got it about a month ago and was very surprised how easy it was to set up ( bass, treble, picture etc). The instruction booklet is actually easy to follow, which is a surprise in itself. I have a dvd and vcr hooked up to it and have to say the picture quality is excellent.
Just a couple of things I have found out when I got the set that should be known. When you get the set delivered wait an hour or so before you turn it on. This will bring the set to room temperture. It may sound foolish, but if the components of the tv are cold and you immediately turn the power on they could get expand to quickly and could crack. The set may have been in a delivery truck for a day or two in a cold climate.
When you finally do turn the set on make sure you hit the one touch control on the front, it automatically adjusts the unit for your environment. One other thing. For some reason the manufacturer adjusts the contrast to 100. I would knock it down to about half of that or whatever you are comfortable with.
Remember this is a projection tv so the best way to view it is about ten feet away and in a sitting position.
All in all, so far I am very pleased with the set and recommend it highly.

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