Toshiba 26HF85 26" Widescreen HD-Ready Flat Screen TV |  | Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy Used: $199.95
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Seller: crescentcitymedia
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 92228
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 26
Shipping Weight (lbs): 79.4
Dimensions (in): 27.5 x 19.5 x 19.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 26HF85
Model: 26HF85
UPC: 022265213278
EAN: 0022265213278
ASIN: B000816XK2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 26-inch flat widescreen CRT, HD-ready TV; measures 27.5 x 19.5 x 19.6 inches (WxHxD) | | • | 16:9 widescreen picture aspect ratio | | • | Flat tube design delivers increased viewing angles, picture linearity and reduced light reflections | | • | Includes 3 composite, 3 S-Video, 2 component, and 1 HDMI inputs | | • | Two stereo speakers, 5 watts apiece (10 watts total) |
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Product Description
From trusted makers Toshiba, this high-quality wide screen will make you feel like you are in a theater. Features: - 16:9 FST Pure Flat Picture Tube with Invar Shadow Mask
- Dynamic Quadruple Focus (30HF84 only)
- CrystalScan HDSC (All time 1080i) with User Selectable 540p
- Digital 3D Y/C Comb Filer (4MB, 10 Bit) with Vertical Contour Correction
- CableClear DNR
- Fine High-Speed Velocity Scan Modulation
- Wide Band Video Amp
- SRS WOW
- 10W Audio Wattage
- MTS Stereo/SAP with dbx
- 4-item Illuminated Universal Remote with DVD Control
- Dual ColorStream HD High Resolution Component Video Inputs
- HDMI
Amazon.com Product Description
Get ready for high-def now with Toshiba's sleek, silvery, and amazingly affordable 26HF85 widescreen HDTV-ready CRT television. The set houses bottom-mounted stereo speakers and a FST PURE flat picture tube, which looks great while minimizing image-degrading ambient light reflections. The 26-inch set offers an image 1 inch wider than you'd get from a 27-inch standard 4:3 aspect-ratio TV. It's as loaded with image technologies as it is with connections and conveniences, simplifying and enriching your home-theater experience. 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 26HF85 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. BBE sound improves speech intelligibility and restores the dynamic range of compressed musical passages. 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.
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 Old School Great Buy..! January 26, 2009
Tyrone B. Stacey (JAMAICA, NY USA)
tube technology is a proven science thats been around for 50 years ...you won't find the problems of the Plasma and LCD tv in a good tube television....!!!! i had this baby for some time now and i don't regret anything ...! i have direct tv by way of HDMI cable to the tv and the picture quality is great...! i wanted a little more so i hook up a indoor HDTV Terk antenna to my SAT. box then on to the Toshiba and it was worth every penny ... i recorded off the antenna the Macy's thanksgiving day parade and the opening Olympic ceremony's and the picture was absolutely beautiful ... every color was ROYAL ..!!! you had better buy one while they are still around ... you won't regret it ..!!!!!!
 Died in under a year. August 31, 2007
petaloka (NY State)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The power supply died in ten months. It was covered under warranty but this is a common problem I've come to find out. This shouldn't happen.
You get what you pay for... March 25, 2007
J. S. Widner (Toronto, ON)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought a Xbox 360 in early August last year, and the standard TV I was using it on essentially blew up, so I had a great reason to upgrade to HD.
I bought the 26HF85, knowing Toshiba had a good reputation and the price was very good. The first thing I realized when I did research (this was after I had ordered the TV) is that Toshiba doesn't make HD CRT sets anymore, they outsource them to a no-name company called Orion. Orion also makes sets for cheap Wal-Mart brands, but since I thought Toshiba's name meant they at least had a quality standard, I didn't worry too much.
Turning on the 360 in HD for the first time, I was reasonably impressed. There were quite a lot of colour issues, as well as contrast though. The factory settings make the TV too dark in HD, especially when there's a lot of light in a scene. Let's say you're in a dungeon, and you can see all the dark detail, but once something bright comes on the screen (like a flashlight), the bright object is all you can see. Also, the color was bland, but that was fixed in the service menu.
Now, I had another issue that a lot of 26HF85 users seem to share. In 1080i, the displays flickers badly. Like, the image constantly shakes. This was random, and resetting the input source seemed to fix it. Once again, it would fix itself randomly, but would not go back to flicker once the problem was solved (thank God).
Now, all 26HF85 sets have a faint horizontal "line" of brightness at the very top of their screen, and that problem can NOT be fixed. The scaler in the TV was badly designed, hence the result. It didn't bother me that much, but it WILL drive some people crazy. It looks like bad backlight leakage on a LCD; that's the only thing I can compare it too.
Now, everybody should know ALL CRT HDTV sets don't have full lines of resolution. They have a physical limitation on scanlines, and they do their best to look high-def. Now, some sets like the Sony XBR960/970, and their XS line look wonderful, arguably much better PQ than a top-line LCD. The 26HF85, like all cheaper HD sets, can not compete. There is no way the 26HF85 even comes close to 1080 scanlines. It's probably closer to 700-800 lines of resolution. I upgraded from the 26HF85 to a Samsung LCD for the Xbox 360, and it looks at least twice as sharp. It doesn't even compare, and they're supposed to run at the same advertised resolution.
If all you can afford is a cheapo HD set like this one, don't bother. Go into debt if you have to and get a decent LCD like a Samsung or a Sharp. The 26HF85 is a poor excuse for high-definition.
Nice product, great deal October 19, 2006
S. Jirik (New Prague, MN)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading many questionable reviews and forums about the product, I decided to take the chance as the price had dropped to $350 (refurb). Received the set last night and after set-up here's what I see so far. Hope this helps:
Standard Definition:
My biggest concern was how SD would look upconverted to 1080i. To my pleasant suprise, it looks significantly clearer and brighter than on my old 27" JVC SD CRT. I have a 56" Panny DLP that SD looks much worse on. But with the large screen size it amplifies the picture weaknesses. With the 26" screen, need to be within 2 feet to clearly see the picture imperfections
Design:
Because speakers are on the bottom, the width of the 26" model will fit in almost any entertaiment center. That was also a selling point. We did not want large TV in Family Room and didn't need a new entertaiment center. Very basic design, nothing flashy, but nothing gawdy.
Price:
At least for now, can't be beat.
Picture:
SD looks very good, DVD looks better (see below), but has more artifacts than the 56" DLP.
Whites and Blacks/ contrast ratio off the charts compared to DLP - very good.
DVD:
I have a good upconverting Panasonic DVD. Best picture is sending 480p to the 540p. 1080i to 1080i caused very visible screen shaking. Using HDMI connection.
Ease of Use and Set-up:
Plenty of connection options, plug and play for the most part.
Very simple to use on screen menus, took 2 minutes to figure them out.
Drawbacks:
Pic Size:
TheaterWide 1, 2, & 3: Manipulate the picture in different ways, but each cuts off part of the picture.
Full: Stretches the picture evenly to fill the screen but nothing is lost.
Natural: Retains aspect ratio but has gray bars on either side, big concern for burn in.
DVD:
1080i with HDMI caused the shimmering
Great Inexpensive HDTV May 9, 2006
B. Vrooman (Columbus, OH)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this set as my first HDTV, on a recent-college-graduate budget. It works great. The picture is clear, and with a little work, the colors look great. I did have to use some of the service menus to perfect the picture, but nothing too major.
My only annoyance is that there aren't enough consumer-accessible options. Also, the aspect sensing could be a little more accurate. But for a first HDTV that will probably end up in a spare room after a year or two, it's great.
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