Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62045 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: 42Z3030DB
• Released on: 2007-09-17

Manufacturer's Description

Active Vision M100 HD – 100Hz Picture Processing

It is this technologically advanced feature that pushes the Z series ahead of the current crop of LCD and plasma televisions. Active Vision M100 HD technology creates new frames to appear between the transmitted frames. It receives the broadcast signal and briefly stores the information contained within the consecutive frames. Then using complicated mathematics involving 10-bit video processing and 360 degree motion estimation it calculates the movement required by each pixel of the new intermediate image to take it halfway to the pixels new position in the consecutive broadcast frame.

FULL HD Ready 1080p

High Definition television offers the highest quality picture currently available for home entertainment. High Definition screen images are broadcast with either 720 or 1080 vertical lines of picture information, compared to the current PAL standard definition output of 576 lines. This increase in picture information is important to maintain a good picture quality on modern, larger screen televisions, with images stretched over much larger areas.

REGZA XV Series models are 1080p Full HD Ready, with a 16:9 format panel processing a screen resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. All screen sizes offer high definition images made up of more than 2 million pixels and are perfect for seeing all the extra detail offered by high definition broadcasts and up-scaled DVD.

HDMI CONNECTIVITY

It is now accepted that the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) is the industry standard for connecting modern audio visual equipment, having superseded SCART. It allows transmission of uncompressed digital video and multi-channel audio content through a single cable, with information transfer rates far higher than with previous connections. The use of a single cable greatly simplifies the installation of home entertainment systems and ensures the best quality picture and sound reproduction. All CV series models have three HDMI™ connections, allowing you to connect to more than one HD source without having to continually disconnect and reconnect different pieces of your equipment. In future it is expected all digital equipment, HD televisions and games consoles will feature HDMI™; it is essential you have multiple connections to future-proof your television.

Dynamic Contrast

Getting the best picture detail requires the right balance between brightness and contrast, too much or too little of either is a problem. Our Dynamic Contrast technology automatically adjusts the LCD panel backlight, depending on the level of brightness required by the original signal.

Dimming the backlight enables the system to reproduce fine detail and render dark scenes more realistically, with blacks having much greater depth. Increasing backlight brightness for scenes requiring more colour, produces more vibrant images with a greater intensity. The process is almost instantaneous, easily coping with fast scene changes, whilst retaining the contrast levels essential for good detail.

Dynamic Gamma Curve Correction

The Gamma Curve refers to the mid-tone contrast in an image and the values will affect the balance of these tones, without any effect on pure white or black. Correction of the Gamma Curve changes the brightness, contrast, colour balance of a combination of all three to keep the important mid-tones consistent.

Full 10-Bit Processing

An LCD television using only 8-bit processing will have to ‘dither’ colours it does not have, to create a near approximation of the colours it does not have within its palette. This can lead to banding of colours, particularly on images when there is subtle difference in colour tones.

We know many of you like to change the colour performance of your screen to match your personal requirements, which is why we developed our 3D Colour Management technology. This allows you to ‘fine tune’ the brightness, hue and saturation levels of six colours until you achieve the look you want.

Powerful Audio Performance

To make sure the Toshiba Regza Z Series hits the right note Toshiba has turned to Onkyo one of the world’s leading speaker manufacturers. The large Onkyo speakers with separate mid-bass and high frequency drive units are fitted behind the LCD panel in specially designed chambers that increase audio performance. Combined with SRS WOW which improves the dynamic performance of compressed digital audio content. The size of the stereo image is expanded and elevated, to take on huge proportions compared to the physical size of the actual speakers doing the work.

Digital Tuner

It’s what you want; a great choice of channels, digital quality images and sound in widescreen format with innovative interactive services.

The integrated tuner in the CV series models gives you access to Freeview, the terrestrial digital broadcast service received through your existing TV aerial**. The digital signal delivers high quality video and audio without the interference and ghosting associated with conventional analogue signals.

There’s no end to the entertainment; Freeview currently offers over 40 TV channels and more than 20 digital radio stations; a superb digital text service and an advanced electronic programme guide.

The easy-to-use on-screen menu delivers a wealth of useful information including:
• 8 day at-a-glance programme listings
• Programme summaries
• What’s on – now and next
• Personal reminders
• Favourite channel memory
Remember, there’s no separate set-top box, no contract and no monthly fees.

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Customer Reviews

Great TV!
Got this TV last week and put it up pretty much right away. Don't know much about the technical side of things but I did do my homework before spending this amount of cash. And it was worth it. Switching the TV on and the HD was instantly obvious. Once I had plugged in my PS3 (for blu ray only), X Box 360 (via RGB as I don't have an HDMI socket on it) and my Sky + box (SD) I was stunned at what this TV could achieve. It is brilliant. The 'out of the box settings are good' but it is well worth playing around yourself. I went to various forums and some have tosh 42Z settings threads. I found one from a guy who, like me, almost always watches in darkness, implemented them and WOW! I was well happy. Throughout my research, I had been torn between HD plasma and LCD. I am not disappointed by the LCD - if the plasma is better, so be it but I doubt it gets better than this. I have an analogue bose surround sound system which I love dearly and, though it may well be my imagination, I am sure it even sounds better via the component jacks. As I say, I have the PS3 though I wanted to go with an HD player but the war was won. However, this partnership is excellent and if you already have a PS3, this TV will bring it to life. As for gaming on the xbox 360? Call of duty 4 is nothing short of stunning. BTW, no ghosting, shadows or anything like that with fast moving movies or games.

In a nutshell, if you're looking for a good tv with lots of promise - this is the one. And keep an eye on the price if you ain't in a hurry because Toshiba have now announced the new generation ZF line appearing in March which could well mean the price of this one could drop. Enjoy!

Great Quality With Good Future-Proofing
I bought this from Amazon a few weeks ago to replace a Philips 42" 720p LCD Screen. I view SkyHD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs through it and the difference in quality over the 720p is staggering. Like the review above the Blacks are the blackest I've seen so far on a LCD. Even normal Digi-TV viewing is alot better than I'd expected (not sure on the claim of Up-Scaling normal TV though). The Slim line speakers are fantastic and manage to get to quite a high volume before distortion kicks in.

The Gloss looks and Slim-line edges make this TV look smaller than it's 42" and the stand's swivel mount is fantastic.

The only minor negative is that the TV took ages to setup the picture to how I liked it as there's no Setup function so you have to edit everyone of the 15+ settings individually and then go back to the start to fine-tune them.

Other than that it's a great TV and I couldn't be happier with it.

Fantastic
I have just purchased the 37" version of this tv, but felt an urge to leave a review somewhere for this outstanding piece of kit. Have looked long ad hard for a new tv I finally took the plunge to buy the Toshiba Z series. The fact that it is 100hz means its even more future proof than simply being full HD.
The TV looks stunning in gloss black, and comes complete with a swivel stand. But non of this compares to the moment to switch it on. I have normal sky going in, and the standard picture quality is much better than most I had looked at, even the new panasonic LCD. Most impressive are the blacks, you do not get the grey haze that you find on many lcds.
Best of all is the HD performance, I have a ps3 and therefore 1080p. The images are simply stunning. All this combined with ONKYO speakers, means this peices of kit is virtually perfect, I only wish I had sky HD.