Toshiba 30HF84 30" TheaterWide HD-Ready Flat-Screen TV
Very Good TV
I bought this 30 inch TV from Amazon back in July or August 2004. I recently got a DVR from my cable company (RCN). I got the Monster Cable silver-plated copper HDMI cable and the HDMI-to-DVI-D adapter cable (also silver-plated copper) and plugged the TV's HDMI port into the DVR's DVI-D port so that I have a 100% digital signal. I then calibrated the TV with Digital Video Essentials. The picture is excellent. The high-definition channels (HDNet) are spectacular, and any channel in HD looks fantastic. The standard definition channels look much better. Some channels have the graininess that others have mentioned but I think this is more to do with the signal quality coming in on the cable and not the fault of the TV. My only complaint is that the channels that have an HD signal but with a 4:3 picture. The picture is shown with black bars on either side; right? The left side of the picture; instead of being perfectly vertical; the lower half of the vertical bar curves out to the left just a little. I've tried to adjust this but without success. Sitting at the normal distance from the TV it's not really noticeable. Still; this TV is a major step up from my old RCA purchased back in 1989. Having the cables so that I have an all-digital signal does make a distinct difference. This TV was the lowest-cost way ($717 + shipping) for me to step up to a HD 16:9 digital TV, and I'm glad I did.