Product Description

Toshiba delivers in its projection televisions a truly cinematic experience you are looking for. TheaterView projection TVs bring superb picture and sound quality and cutting-edge features right into your home. Toshiba's renowned engineering expertise guarantees vivid, true-to-life video and audio.43H71 features PowerFocus HC high-contrast multi-element lens system that is designed to maximize both sharpness and brightness. Built-in high-contrast TheaterShield acrylic shield protects the screen. Unlike some standard shields, the TheaterShield incorporates a special hard coat to resist scratching. Toshiba's TheaterView TVs are designed to offer the ultimate in image quality from all video sources. Unique image-enhancing technology called Cinema Mode (3:2 pull-down detection and compensation) delivers the most realistic and detailed reconstruction of film-based (24fps) video content such as DVD movies. Flesh tone control corrects phase deficiencies in the broadcast signal. Color detail enhancement circuit improves picture detail and reduces color video noise. 43H71 also offers picture-in-picture audio output, TouchFocus auto convergence for faster, more accurate digital convergence at the touch of a button, and Dynamic Contrast feature for near film-like image quality. For more powerful and realistic home theater audio, it features Stable Sound, that automatically monitors volume levels and ensures that audio levels remain consistent during commercials or when a viewer is changing channels.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157888 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: 43H71
• Dimensions: 42.75" h x 38.00" w x 20.25" l, 118.00 pounds
• Display size: 43

Features

• HDTV-compatible 43-inch TheaterView projection screen
• SRS 3D sound for virtual surround sound from two speakers
• IDSC allows acceptance of 480i, progressive-scan 480p, and high-definition 1080i signals
• Advanced digital video noise reduction
• Advanced TheaterShield resists screen scratching and reduces reflectivity

Amazon.com Product Description
Video Features
In addition to being HDTV-ready--fully able to appreciate incoming digital signals--this set includes IDSC (Intelligent Digital Scan Conversion), which produces a high-end progressive scan picture with artificial intelligence that helps avoid artifacts and jagged lines caused by motion. IDSC also includes Advanced Video Noise Reduction, which virtually eliminates picture "snow." The set is built with Toshiba's Powerfocus Optic System, a high-quality, four-element lens system designed to maximize both sharpness and brightness, as well as TouchFocus, for easy returns to sharp, accurate focus from corner to corner of the screen. Adding to your home theater experience, this set's Cinema Mode more accurately reproduces in DVDs the film's original 24-frame material (television signals reproduce images at a faster but often incompatible frame rate), eliminating the possibility of other errors or artifacts caused by simply doubling the signal, as with conventional televisions. The TV also features two sets of ColorStream HD component video inputs.

Audio Features
This set features SRS (Sound Retrieval System) Surround Sound. Touted by Toshiba as the leading 3D Sound technology worldwide, it essentially retrieves and restores to its original depth the sound data from any stereo recording, resulting in sound that is much closer to that of a live performance. The 43H71 also sports MTS Stereo with SAP (second language decoding) and SBS (Sub Bass System), which provides a noticeable boost to the unit's low frequency. Connections include two rear A/V inputs, two rear S-video inputs, two RF inputs, front panel A/V/S inputs, one center channel audio input, one A/V output, and one variable audio output.

Other Features
This set includes dual tuner picture-in-picture, so you can watch one program while monitoring another, a backlit universal remote, and two-level mute.

Customer Reviews

Toshiba 43H71 Projection TV
I chose the Toshiba 43H71 projection TV after researching and viewing competing brands at local stores and on the Internet. The Toshiba offered the best combination of features, picture quality, size, and price. Although I was apprehensive about having a TV of this size shipped from a distance, it arrived in perfect condition. The delivery person removed the packing material and placed it in my family room with no problems.

The TV has a very sharp picture with almost invisible scan lines. The picture brightness will decrease somewhat as you increase your viewing angle away from center, but the picture quality does not suffer. Since I could not locate a TV stand for this unit, I purchased a Sony model for a 43" TV which is a very good fit. Hitachi also makes stands which should fit as well. This raises the TV approximately 14 inches, which helps with the viewing angle, as well as storage for a VCR and DVD.

Some pixalation was noticed when viewing digital satellite signals and Playstation 2 games. This may be a function of the larger, higher quality picture making any signal flaws more visible than my old 32" set. One slight problem has been observed for which I am seeking warranty service. The set will momentarily turn off and then back on again, with no input from the user. This only happens less than once per day, and hopefully is not an indication of future problems.

Overall, I would highly recommend this TV. As a first-time projection TV owner, I am very pleased with the picture quality and features of this model.

HDTV display with bright picture and excellent line doubler
After researching several 36" to 43" HDTV-capable projection and direct-view TVs, I picked Toshiba's 43H71 for the following reasons:

1. 43H71 was the shallowest among all HDTV display units I looked at. (except for the plasma ones which cost way too much) It is only about 20" deep.
2. 43H71 seemed to have a brighter, higher contrast picture compared to several other rear projection units (I was able to do side-by-side comparisons vs Sony, Mitsubishi and Samsung RPTVs in a showroom)
3. In addition to 1 front and 2 rear RCA/S-Video inputs, 43H71 also has two sets of component video inputs. This is especially useful if you want to connect an HDTV source (e.g. sattelite receiver) and a DVD player through component video at the same time.
4. 43H71 was priced lower compared to other large direct view and RPTVs with similar features.

My 43H71 arrived ahead of schedule (right before the winter olympics) and the delivery people were very courteous and set the unit up exactly where I wanted in the room. This unit is not nearly as heavy as some of the larger flat-screen direct-view TVs, but still needs a couple of people to move it around.

The picture quality is pretty good. It actually has better horizontal resolution than higher priced direct-view units with smaller screens. I prefer sets with 4:3 aspect ratio over 16:9 since most of the current programming is in 4:3 format. 43H71 has a vertical compression feature where it can compress all the scan lines in a 16:9 area on the screen so that you can watch widescreen DVDs or HDTV with maximum resolution. Watching an HDTV movie on this set is almost better than going to the theater.

A pleasant surprise was the quality of the line doubler in this TV. It really does a great job with progressive scan conversion when the video source is DVD or good quality NTSC broadcast. Unfortunately, if you have a video source with poor picture quality and compression artifacts (e.g. sattellite and/or digital cable) this TV is not going to create miracles. Overall, I end up using the line doubler in the 43H71 instead of the line doubler in my sattelite HDTV receiver since it seems to do a much better job.

Sound quality from the built in amplifiers and speakers is very good.

After using this TV for about 3 months, here are some of the minor issues I came up with:

1. The remote control is nice but a little bit too large for my preference.
2. It seems to require slightly different convergence settings for the 4:3 and 16:9 (with compression) modes.
3. The built-in off-the air tuners (it has 2 of them) are not necessarily the most sensitive.

An Excellent Picture and Support Features
I am very pleased with the Toshiba 43H71 large screen television. It provides an excellent picture, and it also provides excellent support features for VCR, DVD, and other Audio/Video inputs. However, I am having a hard time finding a stand since it is a new model. A little patients and they will soon be available.

I was also very pleased with amazon.com's service and selection of carrier. The television arrived on schedule, and the carrier, eagle, provided on-time and courteous service.