Toshiba 50HP95 50-Inch Widescreen HD-Ready Flat Panel Plasma TV

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 49.8 x 33 x 5.7 inches ; 142 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 90 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: B000BJUHEY
• Item model number: 50HP95
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,763 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Enjoy stunning, brilliantly colorful imagery from the 50-inch Toshiba 50HP95 widescreen plasma television. It includes an integrated ATSC tuner, enabling you to receive off-air high definition broadcasts without the need for an external set-top box. It offers a 720p (progressive) true HD display with a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution and 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. It also features a digital cable tuner (QAM), which allows for the reception of digital cable signals that are not scrambled, and a CableCard slot for optional card, which can pick up HD (ATSC) broadcasts from your digital cable provider (digital cable subscription required). The integrated TV Guide on-screen guide provides an easy to read listing of the television programs available to view or record. It includes an 8-day program listing, the ability to perform keyword searches for locating favorite programs, and the G-Link IR Blaster for controlling cable boxes.

To ensure the highest possible picture quality, this plasma set features Toshiba's next generation PixelPure AT digital video processing technology. It includes Motion Adaptive De-Interlacing, Adaptive MPEG Processing, Adaptive Contrast Enhancement, and Adaptive Color Enhancement--all critical elements to deliver a consistently high quality picture. Other specs include a 850 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating and 3000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.)

A 3D Y/C comb filter (4 MB, 10-bit with Vertical Contour Correction) further enhances 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). The CableClear feature utilizes the Digital 3D/YC Comb Filter to compare frames and determine the existence and extent of video noise. It then applies the needed amount of digital video noise reduction, and the appropriate sharpness adjustment to keep the picture clear. This feature now works on RF, composite and S-Video inputs, and can be selected by input.

Convenience features include HD Window POP with split screen and nine multi-windows, color temperature control, closed captioning on mute, sleep timer, tri-lingual on-screen display, V-Chip parental controls, video input labelling, channel labeling, and Toshiba's GameTimer feature, which allows parents to set the television to shut off after a specified period of time and stay off until a lockout key code is entered.

The OmniViewer memory card slot accepts five different types of memory cards, including SD (Secure Digital), MM (Multi-Media), MS (Memory Stick), CF (Compact Flash), and SM (Smart Media). In addition, it includes a JPEG Viewer program that allows the TV to display pictures from most digital cameras, which can be rotated and viewed in an automatic presentation format.

The speakers provide a total of 20 watts of power (10 watts per channel). The SRS WOW virtual surround sound system provides amazing, enveloping sound through just the two built-in speakers. It also provides MTS stereo/SAP with dbx. The StableSound feature eliminates the annoyance of normal program volume being followed immediately by extremely loud commercial messages or drastic volume fluctuations while changing channels.

It offers the following connection options:

• Composite AV (RCA): 3 in (1 front), 1 out
• S-Video: 3 in (1 front)
• Component video: 2 in (480i/480p/720p)
• HDMI: 1 in
• PC VGA: 1 in
• RF: 2 in
• Firewire (IEEE1394): 2 in
• Analog audio (RCA, L/R): 1 out
• Digital optical audio: 1 out
• Headphone: 1

Tech Talk
SRS WOW -- This virtual surround sound processing technology consists of three separate sound expanding systems, which work together to extract "buried" highs and lows. The three systems are, SRS 3D, TruBass, and FOCUS. SRS 3D creates a three dimensional sound field from just two speakers, thus giving the listener the feeling of hearing a multi speaker surround sound system. TruBass produces a powerful, yet low, frequency sound by utilizing a process called psychoacoustics. From only two small speakers, TruBass will give the effect of an expensive sub bass woofer that will leave the listener amazed by the quality of the sound. FOCUS was added to direct the energy from the speakers of the television set in a vertical direction up towards the listenerÕs ears. The addition of FOCUS means that there is virtually no loss of sound from the speakerÕs position on the bottom panel near the floor, which achieves a clear, undistorted range of audio. CableCARD -- The CableCARD system enables the "Plug-and-Play DTV" functionality as agreed between cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers. It allows the decoding of encrypted or scrambled content delivered from the cable system. CableCARD functionality includes conditional access and copy protection. A CableCARD-enabled television without a CableCARD inserted receives high-definition standard TV broadcasts. When a CableCARD is inserted, the television receives high-value high-definition, cable programming.

What's in the Box
Plasma TV, table stand, remote control (with batteries), IR blaster

Product Description

Though most plasma TV sets can claim to be widescreen , few are actually ready to display at HDTV resolutions. That's because most Plasma flat-panels come with NTSC analog TV tuners. The 50" Widescreen 50HP95 also includes an ATSC tuner which enables pick-up of free broadcast widescreen HD programs (an optional HDTV antenna is required). In addition, it is also Digital CableTV ready and has a CableCARD slot to accept a CableCARD that several cable service carriers offer as a substitute for cable converter boxes. This model also comes with an Omniviewer multiple memory card slot. It can "read" the photos and movies that you've stored on them using your digital-camera or camcorder. It's easy to view your photos on your TV. This model also has an HDMI digital input for obtaining maximum resolution capabilities from compatible DVD and other media players. There's also a PC Input that lets you connect a PC computer for display on your TV. This model also introduces Toshiba's SoundStrip speaker system which uses advanced thin speakers to deliver excellent sound without adding size and depth to the flat-panel. We often recommend purchasing an optional home-theater sound system for true 5.1 channel surround sound but the sound system on this model offers excellent stereo and virtual surround sound. HDMI Digital Input 15 Pin PC Input Illuminated Universal Remote Integrated HD with ATSC and QAM Digital Uning Digital Cable Ready with CableCard Slot On Screen TV Guide Channel Browser Omniviewer MultiCard Slot IEEE1394 Compatible DTVLink Digital Port for optional HD Recorder Dimensions (WxHxD)(without stand) 49.84 x 33 x 5.71 inches / (with stand) 49.8 x 34.5 x 15.4

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful plasma!!!, February 10, 2007

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Now that we've had it for a year it is still beautiful. Great picture very happy :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful HD, but with a couple of caveats, April 25, 2006

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Caribbeing (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba 50HP95 50-Inch Widescreen HD-Ready Flat Panel Plasma TV (Electronics)

I've had this unit for a couple of months now, and overall, I think it's just incredible. HD pictures (especially sports) are really stunning, and contrary to what the first review says, I don't really see any problem with standard definition broadcasts. Granted, there's a big difference between standard and HD, but that's to be expected.

I do have a couple of quibbles about the set. First, some of the channels have a distinct red tone to them. This seems to be related to individual stations, and it only happens on non-HD channels. There's a setting in the TV that is called something like "Dynamic Contrast", which defaults to on, but I think that makes it even worse, so I've turned it off. I've also set the picture tone to a more subdued color palette, which looks great on most channels. However, as I said, on some channels, there is a distinct red tone.

Secondly, while the TV does have plenty of inputs, I'm a little unhappy with the component inputs, which I use for a DVD. For some reason, when the component input is for a progressive scan DVD, the TV cannot determine what the resolution is for the picture, so it doesn't automatically set the picture shape based on the input. Note that it does do this for other input sources (like HDMI, which I use with the digital cable box), so in those cases, if there is a widescreen broadcast, the TV adjusts correctly, and if the broadcast isn't widescreen, it handles that, too. However, that's just for the HDMI input. If I play an old DVD that has an odd aspect ratio (like the original "Planet of the Apes", for example), the picture has to be manually adjusted with the remote to make it look right. I suppose there's some technical reason for this, and most of the time I'm playing modern widescreen DVDs, which all have the same aspect ratio, so it's not a problem.

I can't speak to the built-in speakers, since I use a stereo system for the sound. I also don't use the built-in TV Guide system (since my digital cable has it's own), but it looks nice also.

All in all, it's a great TV. You should definitely look at it in a store before you buy, but I suspect you'll be blown away by the colors and the clarity.