So it's just been a whirlwind of pricing TVs, weighing....weight, options, specs, sizes, models, manufacturers, and money. I had my heart set on a slim CRT coming from the splendid folks over at Samsung, but my gut's telling that with any brand new technology, I should leave the early adoption to the suck^H^H^H^H enthusiasts.
So I dug deeper. All the way to Japan, until Waltchan's shrieking on avsforum.com - and indeed, to anyone else who'd listen on other boards (thanks Google) - told me I'd found Thailand instead, therefore it's obviously teh s uck.
This is the Toshiba 26HF85. TV, meet GAF. GAF, TV. Good.
The specs are pretty standard: 26" HD widescreen, measuring 27-1/2"W x 19-1/2"H x 19-5/8"D; it's got Toshiba's usual 3:2 pulldown, an HDMI plug, 16:9 aspect ratio, a flat CRT, more inputs than you can shake a stick at, some kind of fancy noise reduction, and the dimensions make it small enough that I can probably get away with using some built in shelving in my apartment until I have a chance to find a suitable TV stand. All for about 500 bones.
It's also just shy of 80lbs, so it's possible that I won't throw out my back lifting it. (It's not so much the weight, but the dimensions that will make it a pain in the back.)
So what's the consensus?
Good?
Bad?
Anyone have it, or the 84, last year's iteration?
It seems to have a feature where it upconverts any SD signal to 540p/1080i. Can that be turned off if I think it looks all kinds of funky?
I'm not looking for something HUGE, that's the main appeal of this set: It's big city apartment-sized.
So I dug deeper. All the way to Japan, until Waltchan's shrieking on avsforum.com - and indeed, to anyone else who'd listen on other boards (thanks Google) - told me I'd found Thailand instead, therefore it's obviously teh s uck.
This is the Toshiba 26HF85. TV, meet GAF. GAF, TV. Good.
The specs are pretty standard: 26" HD widescreen, measuring 27-1/2"W x 19-1/2"H x 19-5/8"D; it's got Toshiba's usual 3:2 pulldown, an HDMI plug, 16:9 aspect ratio, a flat CRT, more inputs than you can shake a stick at, some kind of fancy noise reduction, and the dimensions make it small enough that I can probably get away with using some built in shelving in my apartment until I have a chance to find a suitable TV stand. All for about 500 bones.
It's also just shy of 80lbs, so it's possible that I won't throw out my back lifting it. (It's not so much the weight, but the dimensions that will make it a pain in the back.)
So what's the consensus?
Good?
Bad?
Anyone have it, or the 84, last year's iteration?
It seems to have a feature where it upconverts any SD signal to 540p/1080i. Can that be turned off if I think it looks all kinds of funky?
I'm not looking for something HUGE, that's the main appeal of this set: It's big city apartment-sized.