Features:

• 30-inch HD-compatible 16:9 aspect-ratio television; 31 15/16 x 21 5/8 x 22 3/16 inches (WxHxD)
• CrystalScan HDSC, which upconverts all signals to 1080i or 540p resolution
• Accepts 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i inputs and offers 1 HDMI direct digital HD connection
• 3D Y/C digital comb filter with Vertical Contour Correction accurately processes RF and composite-video signals
• Cinema Mode 3:2 pulldown reversal corrects frame rate for viewing film-based sources; 10 watts per channel x 2 speakers

Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
Invite your friends over for a theater-quality movie experience with this TheaterWide HD Monitor Television.

Features:

• 16:9 FST Pure Flat Picture Tube with Invar Shadow Mask
Dynamic Quadruple Focus
• CrystalScan HDSC - results in the reduction in jagged line artifacts creating the sharpest, most realistic picture possible
• DFine High Speed Velocity Scan Modulation
• SRS WOW technology takes sound performance to a whole new level (with no additional speakers required)
• StableSound
• 20W Total Audio Wattage
• 4-Item Illuminated Universal Remote with DVD Control allows for easy operation in a dark living room or home theater environment
• Dual ColorStream HD High Resolution Component Video Inputs

Amazon.com Product Description:
Note: The Toshiba 30HF84 30" TheaterWide HD-Ready Flat-Screen TV is no longer being manufactured. You may want to consider purchasing the newer Toshiba 30HF85 30" Widescreen HD-Ready Flat Screen TV instead.

With its widescreen dimension and wealth of picture-enhancing technologies, Toshiba's remarkably affordable 30HF84 is set to bring you into the digital future. The set sports 2 high-definition component-video inputs and an HDMI direct-digital connection for hookup with a DTV set-top box or HD satellite receiver. What's more, the 30-inch set's FST PURE fine-pitch flat picture tube not only looks great, it minimizes unwanted reflections from room light and increases viewing angles while enhancing picture linearity.

Improving upon standard interlaced signals (like those from DVD player, cable box, and VCR composite-video outputs), Toshiba's CrystalScan HDSC upconverts all signals to 1080i resolution. A 3D Y/C (4 MB, 10-bit) digital comb filter with Vertical Contour Correction ensures sharp, clean pictures from RF (older VCR, laserdisc) and composite-video signals.

DFine high-speed VSM (velocity-scan modulation) also improves definition at picture edges by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam's horizontal scanning during demanding work and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas. Finally, Cinema Mode (3:2 pulldown reversal) circuitry identifies original film-based content from DVDs, then reassembles the frame sequence to more accurately reproduce the original 24-frame-per-second material.

As standard video amplifiers increase the gain of the video signal, video bandwidth tends to decrease. This eliminates the higher frequencies, reducing resolution. The 30HF84's wideband video amplifier maintains the higher frequencies, enabling higher resolution and greater sharpness and detail.

Dual ColorStream HD component-video inputs (Y, Pr, Pb) provide the ultimate picture quality from high-resolution component-video signals (as from compatible DVD players or satellite receivers). And, with direct video input selection, you can directly select inputs from the remote's numbered keypad instead of having to scroll through all of them.

Two sets of rear AV inputs and a set of front AV inputs (all including S-video) foster easy connection with a camcorder or gaming console, and a rear AV output lets you hook the set up with a surround receiver.

The set's stereo speakers are powered by 10 watts per channel, and SRS WOW processing combines 3D Sound (simulated surround sound from any stereo audio) with TruBass low-frequency enhancement, and Focus (which clarifies voices).

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your television. 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.

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

Rating : - Reliable and great picture after two years...
I figured I would put my two cents in on this baby. I bought the Toshiba at the local Best Buy two years ago to get into the HDTV game at a reasonable price. Since then I've gotten a Westinghouse 32"LCD for our finished basement room. But you know what? This TV is still our primary one. If you were to compare HD picture versus HD picture between the two, the LCD would probably edge it out slightly.

But that's not to say the HD on the Toshiba is bad. Far from it - it looks fantastic! You need to set the picture quality to one you like. I concur with what someone else said - "movie" is way too dark. Sports is pretty good. You also need to fart around with the color, tint, balance, etc. to get the most out of it. But when you do it's worth it - an amazing picture.

One area where this kind of TV beat the LCD is in the televising of just a plain old digital signal. For as good as HD looks on an LCD, the regular 480p digital signals just look a little bit "off" to me. But on the Toshiba the colors look vibrant and everything really "pops" alot better.

I feel bad for the people that have had bad experiences with this TV. But if you look at the best, top of the line Sony, you'll find similar reviews of what a piece of junk it is because of X, Y and Z. Personally I think all TV's are being made to be "disposable" these days, but that's just my opinion.

You could do worse than this CRT HDTV from Toshiba. The only real drawback in my book is the size. It's a behemoth. Don't plan on moving it too much once you have it where you want it. But for me, after two years, so far so good. I have a Time Warner HD box plugged into it via HDMI and it looks wonderful.