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Customer Reviews
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Experience with Toshiba 30HF84 Tv
For anyone considering this unit, consider our experience:
We selected this unit because it was the best fit for our existing TV cabinet.
Apr.29, 2005- Ordered the TV via the internet from a very reliable supplier.
May 2- TV delivered and installed, and tested out OK, but within a couple of days, only the green image appeared at first, and it took several minutes for the red and blue to come up. It took longer to stabilize each time it was turned on.
May 5- Checked Toshiba website and located nearest authorized service...approimately 75 miles away. The service center advised that we would have to obtain special authorization for service from Toshiba, because of the traveling distance.
May 6- Faxed all necessary information to Toshiba, and were advised that authorization was being sent to service center.
May 9- Service center advised us that servicemen would come May 12.
May 12-Two servicemen came, checked out the TV, and decided they would have to take it back to their shop.
May 28- Checked with service center and were advised that the picture tube was faulty, that a replacement had been ordered and was expected following week.
June 7- Checked with service center and were advised that the replacement tube was also faulty, and that another was on order, and expected in 10 to 15 days.
At the moment it would appear that at very best, we are unlikely to have our TV back before June 17, and more likely well onto the next week...and that is assuming that Toshiba can come up with a picture tube that works!
Edgar L. Parks,
PO BOx 26, St. Mary's City, MD 20686
Tel: 301-862-9675
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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.
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Looks good on paper
The picture looked grainy like a compressed video file. I will be returning to Bestbuy today. I am dissapointed with it. My tv that is 8 years older looks quite a bit better.
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Questionable description
You describe your "Toshiba 30HF84 30 inch HDTV-Ready TV" as weighing 88.2 pounds. Toshiba and other vendors say it is 118 pounds. It makes a difference to my intended purchase. Can you explain?
ashleyja@comcast.net
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Not a bad TV for the price
I did not purchase this TV from Amazon, I purchased it instead at my local electronics store. I was limited on options because this is the only 30" Widescreen HDTV that would fit into our entertainment center. I think the picture overall is very amazing when viewing channels in HD. I agree that the movie mode can be a little dark so I typically watch everything with the sports settings. I had to read my owners manual to learn that the reason the picture appeared to be slanted was because if the earth's magnetic pull. After using the image tilt adjustment I seem to have fixed this problem. I think the picture quality looks far superior to the other HD pictures I saw in the store when I made my purchase. Overall I think it was a good deal in the interim until prices on the plasma and LCD's comes down.
