Toshiba 26HF84 26" HDTV-Ready Flat Screen TV
Excellent quality, great price, light and easy to move
26HF84 manufacture date: November 2004 <br /> <br />When I turned off SVM via the menu, then the analog signal was not so grainy. To get a perfectly normal, somewhat blurry analog picture (chuckle) you just need to push the analog signal through a tuner on something like a dvd recorder or the 75 ohm connector on the 26HF84. Otherwise, the analog picture is slightly grainier but slightly sharper (Note: see my settings below to soften analog viewing if not using a tuner or the tv 75 ohm connection, and yet still looks great in HD mode). For $500, I ain't complaining, especially since all the digital stations above channel 100 and the HD stations come in great. <br /> <br />This is one hot little box and it is my backup TV and upstairs TV. For downstairs it's the 30HFX84. By the way, the 30hfx84 Remote works perfectly with the 26HF84 with no manual configuration required. <br /> <br />The manual is a little ambiguous. For example: <br /> <br />Quote 1: <br />\\"The HDMI input is designed for best performance with 1080i high-definition video signals, but will also ACCEPT and DISPLAY 480i, 480p, and 720p signals.\\" This could be interpreted as displaying in the native 480i, 480p, and 720p modes. <br /> <br />Quote 2: <br />\\"The DISPLAY FORMAT feature is available only for 480p input. 1080i is always output when a signal other than 480p is input. If you notice flicking in a 480p image, try setting the DISPLAY FORMAT to 540p.\\" <br /> <br />Forgot to mention that I use the HDMI input for my Comcast HD/DVR box. I split the comcast signal so I can traffic the lower 100 stations into the 75 ohm connector for perfect analog reception. And the digitial and HD stations still come in perfectly. Works great. Then I still have two color stream inputs, and two rca inputs along with 2 S-Video inputs for really good flexibility for a little tv. Heck, I can even pick up the 26HF84 all by myself. <br /> <br />Here's the settings I like. It provides a little softer tone for analog if you arenot going through a tuner or the 75 ohm tv input, yet still looks great in HD mode, with a full color spectrum that can be seen well in light and dark shots: <br /> <br />(HDMI Input) <br />bright: 40 <br />contrast: 35 <br />color: 25 <br />tint: -7 <br />sharpness: 20 <br />cool <br />Display: 540P (only affects 480P mode; sometimes I switch to 1080i)