Toshiba 40H80 40'' HDTV-Ready Projection TV

Toshiba 40H80 40'' HDTV-Ready Projection TV

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Turn your living room into your own personal cinema with the 40-inch Toshiba 40H80 rear projection TV. It features a high-contrast TheaterBright screen, ColorStream component video inputs, PowerFocus Lens System, Picture-in-Picture (PIP) capability, and digital comb filter. The 40H80 has a built-in 181-chanel NTSC tuner, but you'll need a separate HDTV tuner to receive high-definition broadcasts.

It features a widescreen picture aspect ratio (16:9; standard TVs have a 4:3 aspect ratio), which is the ideal screen format for viewing widescreen video from DVD players and the growing availability of broadcast programming off digital HDTV tuners (HD content is always widescreen), cable boxes and satellite receivers.

ColorStream Component Video inputs provide the highest possible picture quality from DVD players. By separating the video signal into component elements, hanging dots and artifacts are eliminated, color purity is unparalleled, and remarkable contrast levels are attained. PowerFocus Lens System is a high quality four-element lens system that is designed to maximize both sharpness and brightness. The light emitted from each CRT (red, green, and blue picture tubes) has different characteristics. The 3D digital comb filter helps reduce video noise by comparing each horizontal scanning line with the lines above and below and with the corresponding line on the previous subsequent video frames. To further improve the viewing experience, the 40H80 utilizes an Invar Shadow Mask--an alloy material used to attain better focus and brightness consistency--which ensures that image quality is maintained at all times.

The 40H80 has two built-in 14-watt speakers (for 28 watts of total power) and can provide virtual surround sound through these speakers. It features the following video and audio connections:

Composite video/audio In: 1

Component video In (Y, Pb, Pr): 1

S-Video In: 1

RF: 1

What's in the Box
Toshiba 40H80 rear-projection TV, remote control, two batteries, printed instruction book

Toshiba 40H80 40" HDTV-Ready Projection TV

Average customer rating:

Great TV with autocal
Toshiba 40H80 - One Of The Best!
Don't believe bad reviews, those people are lame.
Great TV
Toshiba does not care about their customers

Toshiba 40H80 40" HDTV-Ready Projection TV

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

40-inch rear-projection CRT TV; measures 37.8 x 44.13 x 18.4 inches (WxHxD)
TheaterBright screen, ColorStream component video inputs, PowerFocus Lens System
3D digital comb filter helps reduce video noise; Invar Shadow Mask insures consistent image quality
Includes __ composite, __ S-Video, __ component, __ DVI, __ HDMI, __ PC, and __ RF inputs (HD-ready with separate tuner)
Two stereo speakers, 14 watts apiece--28 watts total

ASIN: B00004YMC6

Amazon.com Product Description

Turn your living room into your own personal cinema with the 40-inch Toshiba 40H80 rear projection TV. It features a high-contrast TheaterBright screen, ColorStream component video inputs, PowerFocus Lens System, Picture-in-Picture (PIP) capability, and digital comb filter. The 40H80 has a built-in 181-chanel NTSC tuner, but you'll need a separate HDTV tuner to receive high-definition broadcasts.

The 40H80 has two built-in 14-watt speakers (for 28 watts of total power) and can provide virtual surround sound through these speakers. It features the following video and audio connections:

Composite video/audio In: 1
Component video In (Y, Pb, Pr): 1
S-Video In: 1
RF: 1

What's in the Box
Toshiba 40H80 rear-projection TV, remote control, two batteries, printed instruction book

Customer Reviews:

Great TV with autocal.......2006-05-16

Great TV, 16:9, auto-calibration works great. It takes you 90% there, still needs to manually correct the corners.

For some previous reviews that discuss a lady become fat and short, that's unavoiable when stretching a 4:3 input signal to 16:9 output format. You can purchase a high-end LCD or Plasma TV and that lady still look fat & short.

One note, try not to use this TV with the 4:3 mode. Similar to other rear projection TV, LCD, plasma TV, the 2 sides of the screen may generate color/contrast/brightness mismatch when being used in that mode for an extended period of time.

Toshiba 40H80 - One Of The Best!.......2005-12-19

I actually bought my Toshiba 40H80 used and it has been an amazing set! I cannot believe some of these reviews, this TV is perfect! I love all the settings, like picture in picture. I always thought that wasn't a good technology until I started using it on this system. Everything is so easy to use. Movies look great, regular cable looks great, remote is easy to use and convenient, etc, etc, etc. And for the color convergence, its great! And if you have any problems with it, you can calibrate it yourself in less than 5 minutes. The manual explains how to do everything. I know little about TV's, but I have been able to work with this one really well. I will never buy anything but a Toshiba! But this set if you can get it for anything less than $1200! It originally retailed for $3000, I think!

Don't believe bad reviews, those people are lame........2003-05-31

Ok, I know that the title is harsh and I don't intend to be mean, but if these people have problems with the picture they must be lame. I have had my 40H80 for over 2 years and it has been absolutely flawless.
The most critical thing with any RP set is to converge the colors and set up the tv properly. After the initial convergence was done the set held a perfect picture. Only after I had to move the set did the picture need to be re-adjusted. My buddies Mitsubishi needs converging every couple of weeks. The Toshiba filters and mirror assemblies are the highest quality available for a set under $6k.
I have a High Def DirecTV set up and when tuned to HDNet or the PBS HiDef feeds every single person who has seen it is blown away. Even my buddy who has the top of the line Mitsubishi projection admits that the true color and viewing angle are better with the Toshiba.
I cannot recommend this set enough.
There are no weaknesses with the Toshiba. If you do not like the stretched image of an NTSC feed, then you can just keep it on 4:3 format. But when there is a quality DVD in widescreen with 5.1 sound or a true Hi Def feed, you will be blown away. The only downside is that you will never be able to enjoy a lesser picture again, like at bars, neighbors, etc.
Hope this helps. Research knowledgable resources before you buy any electronic item! Never rely on a salesperson or their opinion!

Great TV.......2001-12-27

I love this television. The picture quality is incredible, the sound is great. The size is perfect for me - I live in an apartment with a smallish sized living room, so there isn't this monstrosity taking up every inch available. It is easy to operate, and the instruction manual couldn't be easier. The different picture modes really make it adaptable to my preference. great buy.

Toshiba does not care about their customers.......2001-07-25

I placed an order for a Toshiba 40H80 on July 8th and my television arrived just a few days later on July 12th. There was no physical damage to the box, but after opening it and plugging it in the TV would not turn on. Although the television never worked Toshiba said they do not have a policy of replacing products. They will only repair a defective item. I called every authorized service center in my area (one was on vacation) and the other two were both working on another Toshiba widescreen HDTV doing the same thing as mine (power light comes on solid for a few seconds and then blinks - no sound, no picture)and could not figure out what the problem was. My television could not be picked up by a service center until July 23rd at which point the technician told me that based on his experiences dealing with Toshiba it would be optimistic of me to hope my TV would be back in my home, working, in two weeks. Still, regardless of the fact that my TV never worked and should not be expected to work a month after it was delivered, Toshiba refuses to send a replacement. Eventually the TV will be repaired and brought back to my house. I will have a broken machine that has been hauled out of my apartment, down a flight of stairs, strapped to a trailer with no packing materials, driven across town, REFURBISHED, and then made the same trip back into my apartment. I paid for a new machine and will have a beat-up, refurbished machine. Toshiba is not interested. I would like to include impressions on picture and sound quality, etc....maybe in a couple of months, eh?

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