Toshiba 27AF43 27" TV with FST PURE Flat Screen

by Toshiba

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 29.1 x 22.5 inches ; 88.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 97 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B000093URD
• Item model number: 27AF43
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,061 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Enjoy vivid, high-contrast pictures from Toshiba's 27-inch FST PURE flat picture tube. Affordable, stylish, and loaded with features, the 27AF43 makes a great upgrade to a DVD or satellite-based home theater. The set's FST PURE flat tube eliminates intrusive reflections from ambient light relative to conventional CRT designs and broadens the angles from which the screen may be viewed.

The 27AF43's three-line digital comb filter and vertical contour correction further enhance resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt).

Meanwhile, 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. Another technology, black-level expansion, improves contrast (which results in a sharper, more three-dimensional picture).

The set provides stereo reception (with five watts per channel) and SAP (second audio program), which is often used to broadcast an alternate-language track. The 27AF43 derives a heightened sense of stereo separation from its double-baffle speaker system, and BBE High-Definition Sound improves speech intelligibility and restores the dynamic range of compressed musical passages.

A ColorStream component-video input provides the ultimate picture quality from interlaced component-video signals; standard composite-video inputs accommodate all DVD players and most other video sources. You get two sets of rear AV inputs (one with S-video) as well as one set of front AV inputs for easy connection with a camcorder or gaming console. A rear AV output lets you hook the set up with a surround receiver. The 27AF43 also features V-chip parental controls, a sleep timer, channel lock, GameTimer, and a glow-in-the-dark universal remote control.

What's in the Box
Television, remote control, batteries, user's manual, warranty information.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great TV for a great price, June 30, 2003

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Matthew J. Gallagher (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba 27AF43 27" TV with FST PURE Flat Screen (Electronics)

I got some online rebates for this television and it came out to be suprisingly cheap. The picture is among the best i have seen on non-HD televisions. I have my DVD player hooked up to it using an S-Video cable and the picture is just amazing. It also has some of the best speakers i have ever heard on a television. You can actually hear the bass! The flat screen also greatly reduces glare which makes this ideal for a living room setting where every seat has a different angle of the television. There are video inputs on the front (very nice feature) and a few more in the back which makes hooking multiple accessories up to it no problem. The television itself is, in my eyes, just about perfect. It is easily one of, if not the best 27" flat screens on the market. The only drawback I can think of is the remote, which is a minor flaw to say the least. It is workable, though some of the buttons are not as intuitive as they could be. All in all, a great television for a great price, I have no regrets!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Set, August 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Toshiba 27AF43 27" TV with FST PURE Flat Screen (Electronics)

Just bought this set and am very very happy with it. Awesome picture with an up-to-date digital receiver and even better through the componet connect. Better than any other set I saw within $...!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best in its range...for me, March 3, 2004

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"mataim" (Oakhurst, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba 27AF43 27" TV with FST PURE Flat Screen (Electronics)

I (like everyone) did a little study on flat 27" televisions and found this to be the most desirable for several reasons: 1) consumer reports 2) appearence 3) value. I bought this set from bestbuy and returned it because of a flaw (bouncing/blooming with the news ticker), and decided on the Samsung 27" flat...bad idea, that tv had terrible geometry, and while the picture was sharp, it was not vibrant. Sound was terrible, and I'm not talking for cinematic reasons, but it was very 'tinny' and hollow. Returned it the next day (they were all that way). A salesman told me Sony (fs100) comes back as much as any (and circuitcity.com has customer reveiws..complaints of cheap frames etc) The Panasonic reminded me of and ugly boombox. The Sharp is not sharp. So...I bit my lip and took the toshiba.
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(PRO)-sharp compenent picture, analog/digital cable got very clear once cables and connections updated. Great appearance with smokey color that blends with any room. Great sound even without surround (checked both).
(CON)- without the cleanest cable connection, the picture clarity fails and tends to bloom (pays to update old cables in the house). This model seems to struggle a little with speaker shielding (noticable on white screens, but not a huge issue)...for the price those are the only problems I've found after 6 months. I still feel I made the right purchase

***One interesting way to get and HD look (rather prog scan look) is the 16:9 compression. By itself will 'squish' the picture...BUT, if you have a DVD player that'll expand the picture/signal, the TV will still display the same resolution on the screen (just morphed taller)...at this point you can use the 16:9 and compress the image back to a natural state. This produces the sharpest image without being an HDTV. BTW this only works with widescreen formats (1.85:1 and 2.35:1) and standard 4:3 movies. You can probably try this with any DVD player that will expand (I have a pioneer that will and a Koss that won't) and a tv with 16:9 compression (virtually all flats have)
** Also, rather that purchasing that extended warranty (you get a year manufact), check the manufacturer website to find an authorized dealer in your area that handles factory warranty repairs. If a tv lasts a year (I've had a few), it'll last well beyond the extended warranty. All this is good if you get a 27" (average 80-90 lb), but maybe not with a 150lb 32" or higher