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- 26-inch widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) HD-compatible CRT television featuring CrystalScan HDSC upconversion to 1080i/540p
- FST PURE flat picture tube increases viewing angles, enhances picture linearity, and reduces light reflections
- HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) HDTV input gives you a pure, uncompressed video connection with your DTV receiver or set-top box
- 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
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Featuring a sleek, space-saving design, Toshiba's 26HF84 HDTV-ready CRT television uses bottom-mounted stereo speakers and a stylish FST PURE flat picture tube, which also happens to minimize image-degrading ambient light reflections. The 26-inch set is as loaded with image technologies as it is with connections and conveniences, simplifying your home-theater experience while enriching it.
DFine high-speed velocity-scan modulation improves 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 wideband video amplifier minimizes noise and distortion.
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.
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 26HF84 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 26HF84 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 comes with a 4-device illuminated universal remote control capable of operating DVD players.
What's in the Box
TV, remote control, batteries, a user's manual, and warranty information.
Product Description
Toshiba 26HF84A Refurbished 26"" HDTV-Ready Flat Screen TV
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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy it for the size, love it for the picture,
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This review is from: Toshiba 26HF84 26" HDTV-Ready Flat Screen TV (Electronics)
A couple of things to note about this TV:
First, it uses a picture tube rather than an LCD or plasma display. So while the screen is flat, it's not thin. You can't tell by looking at the pictures, but this TV is 19" thick. Second, although it's pretty thick, at 27.5" wide it's unusually narrow for a 26" HDTV. The narrowness comes from having the speakers below the picture, rather than on each side. This is very handy if you want to put the TV in a cabinet that's short on width. The Syntax Olevia TVs are handy this way as well because the side speakers are removeable. The bottom line in terms of picture quality is that the picture is gorgeous. When displaying HDTV programs the quality is everthing you could hope for. Before you get too excited though you should check with your local cable company, or your satellite provider, to see how many programs are actually available in HD format. This has nothing to do with the TV itself, but I've found that less than 5% of the programs I actually want to watch are available in HD. When the TV reverts to displaying standard TV broadcasts it's no longer stunning and becomes just a nice TV. HD availability will undoubtedly improve over time but you might want to check what's available to you right now.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent quality, great price, light and easy to move,
This review is from: Toshiba 26HF84 26" HDTV-Ready Flat Screen TV (Electronics)
26HF84 manufacture date: November 2004
When I turned off SVM via the menu, then the analog signal was not so grainy. To get a perfectly normal, somewhat blurry analog picture (chuckle) you just need to push the analog signal through a tuner on something like a dvd recorder or the 75 ohm connector on the 26HF84. Otherwise, the analog picture is slightly grainier but slightly sharper (Note: see my settings below to soften analog viewing if not using a tuner or the tv 75 ohm connection, and yet still looks great in HD mode). For $500, I ain't complaining, especially since all the digital stations above channel 100 and the HD stations come in great. This is one hot little box and it is my backup TV and upstairs TV. For downstairs it's the 30HFX84. By the way, the 30hfx84 Remote works perfectly with the 26HF84 with no manual configuration required. The manual is a little ambiguous. For example: Quote 1: "The HDMI input is designed for best performance with 1080i high-definition video signals, but will also ACCEPT and DISPLAY 480i, 480p, and 720p signals." This could be interpreted as displaying in the native 480i, 480p, and 720p modes. Quote 2: "The DISPLAY FORMAT feature is available only for 480p input. 1080i is always output when a signal other than 480p is input. If you notice flicking in a 480p image, try setting the DISPLAY FORMAT to 540p." Forgot to mention that I use the HDMI input for my Comcast HD/DVR box. I split the comcast signal so I can traffic the lower 100 stations into the 75 ohm connector for perfect analog reception. And the digitial and HD stations still come in perfectly. Works great. Then I still have two color stream inputs, and two rca inputs along with 2 S-Video inputs for really good flexibility for a little tv. Heck, I can even pick up the 26HF84 all by myself. Here's the settings I like. It provides a little softer tone for analog if you are not going through a tuner or the 75 ohm tv input, yet still looks great in HD mode, with a full color spectrum that can be seen well in light and dark shots: (HDMI Input) bright: 40 contrast: 35 color: 25 tint: -7 sharpness: 20 cool Display: 540P (only affects 480P mode; sometimes I switch to 1080i)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Much better than the price indicates.,
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This review is from: Toshiba 26HF84 26" HDTV-Ready Flat Screen TV (Electronics)
I bought this set about 6 months ago and though it took me a while to learn to set it up properly, I've always been amazed at the quality and simplicity of operation. The set-up is the only real confusion I had, because there are just so many options.
I finally got it set properly though and it shows magnificent HD programming on NBC, CBS, ABC, WB, Fox, and DISH. I live 85 miles outside San Antonio in the hill country and bought a wonderful HDTV antenna for under $40 that picks up the local channels much better on HD than anyone else around here gets on standard broadcast. In fact, the way digital television works, there's no snowy picture simply because you're a long way off, it's either not received or it's perfect (well... there is a little problem if the signal strength is marginal, but it's a break-up rather than snow). Things I love about this little TV: It's the same height as my 21" computer monitor, so they sit side by side in my computer room. The picture quality is so good (even on standard TV) that I can sit right in front of my computer and watch TV at the same time as I search the web or read an ebook during commercials. Try that with a medium screen standard TV... you see lines and blurr... not with this little gem, it's just about as sharp and clear as my computer monitor. As an input I use the Dish 811 receiver. This allows me to receive the Dish programming in HDTV (an extra $10 a month for what is actually less than half a dozen channels.. there are others but they seldom have any programming going... there's TNTHD HDNet Movies and HDNet, all truly outstanding quality stations, along with Discovery HD and ESPNHD. ESPN seldom does widescreen programming even though it is a higher definition picture than their other channel. Discovery HD is also outstanding. There are other pay tv HDTV channels on Dish that I could get if I subscribed, but I don't. Dish also offers the old Voom channels in HD, which is mostly older movies and conversions of other programming... but I understand they have some good stuff as well. It's only $5 a month but I don't subscribe to that because I see no reason when I get plenty of that on the other dish channels. Anyway I doubt anyone will read this since it says they are no longer in stock, but I wanted to make it clear that most of the reviews you read about hdtv's that don't set up right are actually more likely to be the user's fault than the manufacturer... other than the fact that the manual could have been a little more specific and complete.
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