I've been in need of a new TV in my small living room for a while now. After looking around I found that the Tosh 26H84 seemed to fit my needs. I have 3 HD (or HD resolution) sources (BEV HD-Sat, X-box and HTPC) so I needed connectivity for all of them. I found a cheap DVI to HDMI cable so I have all of the bases covered.
I havent recieved my DVI-HDMI cable yet so I cant comment on that yet.
First I'll comment on the quality of the display:
Geometry: The geometry isnt very good. I havent put AVIA in yet but from static images you can tell it's off.
HVPS: The HVPS isnt very good. Even at moderate contrast levels the geometry gets a little funky.
Contrast: A good test of this is to put up a 4x3 image with black bars on the sides. The darkness of these black bars varies greatly as the image brightness changes.
Now, here's my overall opinion:
This TV cost me $600 CND. If your expecting a stellar display in this price range, you're bound to be disapointed. You get what you pay for. This TV has most of the qualities I am looking for in a TV. Very bright, nice and small (depth isnt an issue for my placement), very sharp with an HD source (its a pretty small TV after all) and almost as cheap a SD TV's in the price range.
I'm very picky, I have a professionaly calibrated 8" Ehome CRT projector in my HT. But because the 26H84 isnt my primary HD display device I can live with it.
Hope this is helpful to some,
Wesley J
I havent recieved my DVI-HDMI cable yet so I cant comment on that yet.
First I'll comment on the quality of the display:
Geometry: The geometry isnt very good. I havent put AVIA in yet but from static images you can tell it's off.
HVPS: The HVPS isnt very good. Even at moderate contrast levels the geometry gets a little funky.
Contrast: A good test of this is to put up a 4x3 image with black bars on the sides. The darkness of these black bars varies greatly as the image brightness changes.
Now, here's my overall opinion:
This TV cost me $600 CND. If your expecting a stellar display in this price range, you're bound to be disapointed. You get what you pay for. This TV has most of the qualities I am looking for in a TV. Very bright, nice and small (depth isnt an issue for my placement), very sharp with an HD source (its a pretty small TV after all) and almost as cheap a SD TV's in the price range.
I'm very picky, I have a professionaly calibrated 8" Ehome CRT projector in my HT. But because the 26H84 isnt my primary HD display device I can live with it.
Hope this is helpful to some,
Wesley J
