Toshiba 57H82 57-Inch 16:9 HDTV-Ready Projection TV

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• Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 52.5 x 55.8 inches ; 230 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 260 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: B000066R6H
• Item model number: 57H82
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #185,453 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 30, 2002

Product Description

From Digital Living Today

Toshiba's 57H81 is a high-end rear projection HDTV-ready television. Both its audio and its video components combine state-of-the-art technologies to deliver one of the best pictures on the market. Remember early rear-projection TVs, and their difficulty with image brightness and contrast? Fear not: the new PowerFocus Lens System and CRTs allow this television to maintain astounding clarity and image brightness on the unit's huge, 57-inch, 16:9 "letterbox" screen. This is a TV that can convert your home into a screening room where you can experience films as they were meant to be seen and heard. The 57H81 is HDTV compatible which means it can translate a digital image directly onto the screen, ideal for DVD viewing and HDTV broadcasts. On the audio side, the unit comes with both an SRS 3D Surround Sound system and an SBS Sub Bass System, which allows all the nuances of the your audio to come forth with the same life-like quality of its image. To command it all, the set comes with Toshiba's back-lit universal remote control, which affords the viewer all sorts of bells and whistles such as Dual Picture-in-Picture, 2-level mute, Speed Surf and more. If you're looking to a top-of-the-line TV and don't want to go up to the still exorbitant plasma models, take a good hard look at this top-notch set.

Product Description

Movie lovers, rejoice! This Toshiba TheaterWide 57H82 television delivers everything you've been dreaming of. DFine high-speed velocity scan modulation improves contrast and overall picture sharpness by changing the speed of the electron beam as it transitions between bright and dark areas of the picture. HD Dynamic Contrast continually analyzes picture information and enhances those parts of the picture with the most detail information, which results in a sharper, deeper, more film-like image. SRS 3D sound field expander system creates a wide 3-dimensional sound field from the television's internal speaker, which enhances sound quality without the addition of external speakers. And with Direct Video Input Selection inputs can now be directly selected from the remote's numbered keypad without scrolling through all the inputs. Superb performance and comfort - that's what marks this TV.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unreal picture for the money, September 17, 2002

By	D. Ross "http://directorblue.blogspot.com" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I did a side-by-side comparison of the brand-new (as of this writing) Toshiba 57HDX82 against the similarly priced Sony, Mitsubishi and Hitachi models. All were wired with component video using a letter-box DVD (Lord of the Rings) for comparison purposes.

These are the features that I noticed:

1) The Toshiba - in its "standard" video setting - is simply sharper and (equally important) brighter than its competitors
2) The viewing angles appear wider (perhaps not the advertised 160 degrees, but more impressive than the competitors)
3) The integrated sound system is better than average - I turned off our external stereo for normal broadcast viewing because the sound is just fine

The unit is only about 25-26" deep. Even though this was going into a second floor media room, two delivery men equipped with straps moved into position in literally 45 seconds. It's also on rollers, so it's easy to maneuver if you have to re-cable.

Don't want to spring for plasma yet, fearing the inevitable 50% price drops next year (at least that's what I feared ;-)? This unit seems to be state-of-the-art for HDTV projection technology.

Check it out side-by-side if you can. You won't be disappointed.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding value, November 7, 2002

By	Aaron T. (Iowa) - See all my reviews

I purcahsed this tv from Amazon and have had it for a few weeks now. I must say I am very pleased with it as a home theater monitor. When watching regular cable the picture leaves much to be desired though. (I realize this in not really the TV's fault.) I have a few minor quibbles with the set that I will get out of the way first: The built-in speakers sound very good for normal TV watching, but make an audible hiss as soon as you turn the volume up past zero. It stays the same though, so you don't hear it when the volume is up. Another thing that bothers me is the picture mode can't be locked to the input source. I would like to not have to switch from full to theaterwide1 when I go from a DVD to regular TV. Also the screen protector is very reflective, but a necessary evil as I have a small child and a rambunctious dog. Like I said, these are small problems. The upside is that you get a great picture that is bright and detailed with an accurate color decoder. After calibration with Avia, the colors were dead-on with none of the usual red-push. As the son of a photographer, I have always been bothered by incorrect displays, but am happy to say this one pleases me. I don't have a High-def source hooked up to it yet, but I would imagine it's just as good a performer with that input also. All in all, a great TV, though I am somewhat biased by the fact that I got a screaming good deal on one of Amazon's "unusually low price" deals. The company that shipped mine (Eagle) was fast and friendly and did a nice job unpacking and cleaning up the mess. Hope this review was helpful.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Picture, November 24, 2002

By	Michael G. (Cranberry Twp, PA) - See all my reviews

I purchased the 57H82 about a month ago. I selected it over the Sony 57WS500 because it has a wide top that my DVD/VCR/SAT boxes can sit on, otherwise they were pretty close. We went to many stores to compare the different HD TVs. We really love the picture and are pleased with most channels. I have Dish network but no HD as yet (very expensive). Out of the box the picture wasn't quite as good as I expected; however, the picture kept improving and is very sharp now. It takes 100-300 hours for the CRTs to burn-in. Used the Avia CD and did the 9 point
convergence. Mine has the speaker hiss too (only noticeable at very low volume) but this is a warranty item and I will call Toshiba to come fix it(have to solder a capacitor on the sound card). The sound is very good and we feel no need to buy a separate sound system. Overall, I really loved the stretch mode for watching normal TV. Toshiba really does a great job with this. DVD's look great and even antenna TV is sharp (we live 25 miles from Lexington, KY). Inputs can be labeled and there are plenty of options for connecting your cables. It does not have DVI but it is upgradeable. Overall, we are very pleased and the price was very good.

Update: After owning this HDTV for 3 months, I couldn't be happier. I paid to have an ISF calibration and it was worth every penny. The grayscale, conversion, and focus was off quite a bit (very normal after being shipped) and the great picture has now turned into a beautiful picture that we just love to watch. I also added a Toshiba 3800 progressive scan DVD player from Amazon.com and it improved the DVD playback to another level. Save your money on the extended warranty and get an ISF calibration. Be sure to go to hometheaterforum.com for excellent information about HDTVs.