Toshiba 52HM84 52" HDTV-Ready Projection DLP TV

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Toshiba 52HM84 52" HDTV-Ready Projection DLP TV
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product Type: CE

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Product Description
As your source for digital home entertainment, Toshiba offers one of the most extensive television lineups in the industry. Whether you're looking for the latest in HDTV, the flattest FST Pure flat-screen TVs, or the highest quality in portable televisions, Toshiba has what you want.PRODUCT FEATURES: DLP (Digital Light Processing) projector;TALEN (Toshiba Advantage Light Engine) DLP engine;HD2+ DLP chip with full 1280 x 720 mirrors with filled vias;PixelPure (Toshiba PixelPure Proprietary Digital Video Processing);Double-speed 9-bit system with enhanced algorithms for video noise elimination;TheaterFine DFP (Digital Fine Pitch) screen with anti-glare coating;CableClear DNR;Separate woofers and tweeters;StableSound;Radiance high output DC lamp, instant restart and high brightness/low power modes;4-item illuminated remote with DVD control;HD Window POP with split screen and 12 MultiWindows;Tri-lingual color icon on-screen display.
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Toshiba takes digital light processing (DLP) technology into the future with the 52-inch TheaterWide 52HM84 HD-ready rear-projection TV. The 16:9 52HM84 uses a proprietary system called TALEN (Toshiba Advanced Light Engine); based on the Texas Instruments HD2+ DLP chip, it enhances brightness and contrast while keeping the 1,280 x 720 progressive resolution (720p). Toshiba's TheaterWide TVs challenge direct-view CRT models when it comes to reproducing deep blacks and details in dark or shadowy scenes.

What is DLP?

DLP, or digital light processing, is a technology that bounces a colored light beam across an array of hundreds of thousands of hinge-mounted microscopic mirrors attached to a single chip, called a micromirror device (below, pictured with the head of a pin).

DLP mirrors dwarfed by the head of a pin

Each of the mirrors can be pointed toward or away from the light source thousands of times per second, providing not only minute color detail, but also sharper resolution than even LCD displays.

Detail of resolution comparison between LCD and DLP

This set is HDTV ready (it needs an optional high-definition receiver to get HD signals), but can improve standard-definition video, thanks to Toshiba's multistep PixelPure video processing system, which optimizes the three main picture quality factors: resolution, contrast, and color. All incoming signals are converted by the built-in scaler to match the DLP chip's native 720p resolution.

PixelPure encompasses eight different processing circuits. Among its components are 6.2- million-pixel oversampling (for higher perceived resolution), real-speed progressive scanning (which uses additional sampling points to create smoother diagonal lines), a Magic Square algorithm (for smooth, natural color gradation), Dynamic Contrast Enhancer (for higher perceived contrast and increased color saturation), and Color Detail Enhancer (to maintain fine image detail in color-saturated areas).

DLP technology uses an optical semiconductor, known as the Digital Micromirror Device, or DMD chip, to digitally manipulate light. The chip contains a rectangular array of up to 1.3 million microscopic mirrors, each measuring less than one-fifth the width of a human hair. A DMD panel's micromirrors are mounted on tiny hinges that enable them to tilt either toward the light source (on) or away from it (off), creating a light or dark pixel on the projection surface. The bit-streamed image code entering the semiconductor directs each mirror to switch on and off up to several thousand times per second, enabling the mirrors to reflect pixels in up to 1,024 shades of gray.

The HD2+ DLP chip ensures an ultraclean image by filling in the dimples, or vias, in the mirrors to avoid stray light. It increases both brightness and contrast, resulting in an impressive color-corrected contrast ratio (2,200:1) at 1,100 ANSI lumens. The set's TheaterFine HD Super Fine Pitch screen reduces the physical space between the lines on the lenticular screen, resulting in a finer, sharper, more detailed picture.

Toshiba's DFine Hi-Speed VSM (velocity scan modulation) improves contrast and overall picture sharpness, while the CableClear DNR+ digital noise reduction optimizes poor NTSC signals from antenna or cable, further eliminating video noise ("snow") for a clean, crisp image. Cinema Mode circuitry (3:2 pulldown switch) identifies original film-based content from DVDs, then reassembles the frame sequence to more accurately reproduce the original 24-frame-per-second material.

A 3-D Y/C (4 MB, 10-bit) digital comb filter with Vertical Contour Correction helps eliminate dot crawl and color bleed and significantly reduces detail noise, seen as shimmering or flicker, in complex or intricately detailed scenes. Color temperature controls allow you to adjust white balance. The Warm setting reduces the color temperature to an NTSC standard 6,500 degrees Kelvin and delivers a redder image that is ideal for display in a dimly lit room. Medium and Cool setting provide a progressively bluer image for the best picture as room light levels are increased.

The 52HM84 has plenty of inputs for connecting all your audio and video components. In back you'll find two RF, two composite video, two S-Video, and two HD ColorStream component video, as well as a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) digital input. HDMI is an uncompressed, all-digital audio-video interface that supports standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus eight-channel digital audio--all on a single cable. A set of front composite and S-video inputs make hooking up a game console or camcorder a snap.

Other features include HD Window dual-tuner POP (picture-on-picture) with PIP sound for listening to two programs simultaneously, the new Radiance DC lamp with high brightness and lower power modes for extended life, individual audio-video settings by input type, sleep and wake timers, Real Speed progressive scanning to create smoother diagonal lines, the Color Transient Improver for sharp transitions on color changes without bleeding, and the Color Detail Enhancer to maintain fine image detail in color-saturated areas.

Aside from the 20-watts-per-channel stereo speaker system, the 52HM84 uses MTS for programming with stereo sound, and SAP for receiving a second audio track in another language. Meanwhile, SRS WOW combines 3-D Sound (simulated surround sound from any stereo audio) with TruBass (yet another low-frequency enhancement) and Focus (which clarifies voices). The StableSound volume leveler eliminates drastic volume spikes while changing channels or when channels go to a commercial break.

What's in the Box
52-inch 52HM84 HD-ready rear-projection DLP TV, four-item illuminated universal remote with DVD control, warranty, and user's manual.

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Ectaco English Portuguese Translator Talking Electronic Dictionary - Ectaco EPG800

Manufacturer: Ectaco
Product Group: Software
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: B000FB86D2

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The ECTACO Partner EPg800 is a bilingual English <-> Portuguese electronic talking dictionary and travel audio phrasebook. It features both state-of-the-art English speech recognition and highly advanced English and Portuguese voice synthesis powered by the latest Text-to-Speech technology. Native-speaker voices for both languages in the Audio Travel PhraseBook section as recorded by professionals. # General dictionary over 565,000 words. Instant reverse translation # "Add new word function allowing to create your own vocabulary # Look-up function, Vector Ultima spell-checker, slang lock, advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder. Phonetic transcription # Advanced English and Portuguese speech synthesis delivers the pronunciation of any text, not only dictionary entries # Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test: expand your vocabulary and improve spelling # The Audio PhraseBook delivers real human-voice output in English and Portuguese for over 14,000 pre-recorded phrases. It also provides the different responses you might receive in the "You May Hear" section. # Superb English speech recognition, allowing the machine to fine-tune to an individual users voice an excellent language study tool and source of rewarding infotainment. # WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations # SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies for English-language standard proficiency tests Media Player with MP3 support. Thousands of Audio Books can be programmed into this MP3 player. Other functions: currency and metric conversions, world time, daily alarm, calculator. You can easily add other languages electronic dictionaries and audio phrasebooks by acquiring corresponding ECTACO 800 MMC Cards. This device is powered by AC/DC adapter and Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1400mAh) included in the package. Product size: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 in. Weight: 11 oz

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