HDTV purchase question....

[Charge!]

I am thinking about getting, finally a HDTV. I have my eye on the Toshiba 26HF84 model:

http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/televisions/product.asp?model=26hf84

I want to pay under $650, and reviews on Amazon seem to suggest this would be a good buy for a reasonable price. Don't have that much disposable income and wonder if anyone else has a likewise TV set. It has HDMI input, BTW. I have a Tivo, a Comcast digital cable box and a JVC DVR-VCR combination recorder.

Any help for this rank newbie would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Kryptonite]

It doesn't look like a bad TV. Get a few RGB plugs or whatever they're called now, and you're good to go.

I'd also upgrade to a HD cable box, if it's available and you don't already have one (I read "digital" as being non-HD.) You'll pick up a few HD channels right away with access to more.

[Chiquitibum]

get a loan and buy a 50 inch flat panel plasma.



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[GringoTex]

The Sony HD picture tubes have better image quality than LCD. You can get one for less than $700 is you're willling to settle for a square screen.

[Goodsport]

I am thinking about getting, finally a HDTV. I have my eye on the Toshiba 26HF84 model:

http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/televisions/product.asp?model=26hf84

I want to pay under $650, and reviews on Amazon seem to suggest this would be a good buy for a reasonable price. Don't have that much disposable income and wonder if anyone else has a likewise TV set. It has HDMI input, BTW. I have a Tivo, a Comcast digital cable box and a JVC DVR-VCR combination recorder.

Any help for this rank newbie would be appreciated. Thanks.

That's exactly the model I purchased a few weeks ago to replace an older irreparable 25" non-HD TV in my bedroom that finally went kaput, and thus far I've been satisfied with it (Sony is probably a bit better, but more expensive).

I connected it to a Comcast HD-DVR (set to 16:9) via DVI-to-HDMI connection (since the DVR doesn't have an HDMI slot). Because DVI only transmits video but not audio, I still had to also connect the HD-DVR to the stereo receiver via digital optical audio cable, though regular stereo cables could've been used as well either to the receiver or to the TV itself.

Someday I'll be able to afford a bigger HDTV to replace the non-HD Sony bigscreen attached to a second Comcast HD-DVR via S-video set to 4:3 letterbox (so I can at least watch the HD channels there), but for now I suppose that I'll have to settle for the Toshiba for pure HDTV goodness. :)


-G


EDIT: Actually, it turns out that I bought the 26HF85 (http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/televisions/product.asp?model=26HF85). Sorry about the confusion. :(