Toshiba 40H80 40 in. TV
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- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 14:9
- Weight: 134 lb.
- Screen Size: 40 inch
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A Great Value
Pros
Right size for most living rooms. Very good picture quality. Multiple Wide Screen modes.
Cons
Lack of automatic convergence found in Sony sets. Poor factory settings out of the box.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
It's a great TV for it's appropriate size for most livings rooms in apartments, condos and small homes. It is also future proof with a 16:9 screen and HDTV readiness.
There are not many TVs in this size category. This TV fits perfectly in most living rooms, so you don't have to strain your eyes even when watching it from as close as 6 ft. The picture quality is amazing. The backlit remote control is easy to use.
The factory settings of geometry, convergence are not adequate. I am planning to get an ISF calibration done on it soon. The service mode has advanced settings including a detailed convergence grid, but this mode is not for an average person and better left to a technician.
It has multiple theater wide modes (three), a full 16:9 mode and a 4:3 mode with gray bars. These allow viewing different picture formats like 2.35:1, 1.85:1 etc without changing the original aspect ratio of the recording.
The PIP is something that they could have improved. Both the primary and the secondary channels are stretched and each take up half the screen, making it impossible to comfortably view either of them. But that's ok, how many people actually need these features ?
The scan velocity modulation distracts viewing especially when the picture contains a lot of tiny objects. It creates faint colored lines around objects which are not totally acceptable by videophiles. Some websites suggest ways to disable it manually, but I think Toshiba should have provided a remote control button or a menu option to disable or enable this feature when required so that the consumers decide if a feature is good for them rather than the manufacturer deciding it upfront and leaving the consumers without an option to disable it.
But overall, this is a great TV and DVDs look terrific on this. I will get a HD converter soon. I recommend this to anyone on the lookout for a 16:9 HDTV.
The factory settings of geometry, convergence are not adequate. I am planning to get an ISF calibration done on it soon. The service mode has advanced settings including a detailed convergence grid, but this mode is not for an average person and better left to a technician.
It has multiple theater wide modes (three), a full 16:9 mode and a 4:3 mode with gray bars. These allow viewing different picture formats like 2.35:1, 1.85:1 etc without changing the original aspect ratio of the recording.
The PIP is something that they could have improved. Both the primary and the secondary channels are stretched and each take up half the screen, making it impossible to comfortably view either of them. But that's ok, how many people actually need these features ?
The scan velocity modulation distracts viewing especially when the picture contains a lot of tiny objects. It creates faint colored lines around objects which are not totally acceptable by videophiles. Some websites suggest ways to disable it manually, but I think Toshiba should have provided a remote control button or a menu option to disable or enable this feature when required so that the consumers decide if a feature is good for them rather than the manufacturer deciding it upfront and leaving the consumers without an option to disable it.
But overall, this is a great TV and DVDs look terrific on this. I will get a HD converter soon. I recommend this to anyone on the lookout for a 16:9 HDTV.
