Toshiba DST3000 HDTV/DIRECTV Receiver

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I was an early adopter of a Toshiba 40H80 Theater Wide HDTV and the DST-3000 back in late 2001. I have always been a fan of Toshibas products and to me they are top notch and for the most part have lived up to and exceeded thier expectations. The toshiba has an ATSC/HDTV tuner that recieves all 18 ATSC table 3 terresterial formats, an NTSC 181 channel vhf/uhf/cable tuner, and a direct tv/hd tuner and decoder. It can capture channels from a roof top or attic mounted antenna as well for local channels in analog or digital. The on screen menu guide is one of the fastest and easiest Ive ever used and it can automatically combine satelitte and non-satelitte channels, aloowing you to add or delete and auto scan for any available channels.

The tuner is very fast compared to the old Rca UTV I use and its powerful so not much tweaking of the antenna is necessary. Basic elements such as menu color and transparency are a nice touch. The setup of the reciever is straightforward and clean. It has composite, color stream component in and out, dolby digital out, s-video, rf control and ir control for a vcr.


It has no annoying fan, hum or motor noise due to its dolby
fanless heatsink design with perforations on the top bottom and sides. It does require adequate ventilation as it can get toasty but that should only be a problem for those people that enclose this in a glass door rack or other confined space. This was designed to have its own shelf space so dont stack it or place it on top of other components. If heat is an issue than you can get a high quality notebook cooler pad and place it underneath and you whould have no problems whatsoever. They now even make one that has heat pipe technology and no fan.

The DST can only output through its color-stream HD out at 1080i but this isnt a problem because of my Toshiba 40H80 which this resolution is native to. The picture quality is superb with very minimal to no artifacts and no ghosting of the image.

There have been alot of dissatisfied people that have bought this receiver but I can trully say the picture quality is superb and me having a Toshiba tv, I dont get convergence problems with it clipping or cropping the image. I dont get black bars or letter box woes and of they come up all I have to do is hit the theather wide button and it fills the screen perfectly.

I have been using this receiver on a older Sony 27" KV-27S22 Trinitron tv for the past year due to my other set dying on me and it works wonderfully converting everything to view on this 4:3 set. That was a concern for some ignorant posters in the past who just assumed it wouldnt work but it works perfectly and the picture quality is as good as cable. If the set had component ins and out then it would be soo much better.

This unit has fallen from otop my RPTV several times and has been caked with dust and been exposed to some hotter than normal room temperatures but it has never failed me. I feel the unit is well built and robust.

There are a couple of companies that will upgrade your DST-3000 with firewire ports so you can record HI-def directly to a HI-def vcr and I can attest that it works like a charm so I will be using this reciever for years to come. One company is www.169time.com

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"Toshiba DST3000 HDTV/DIRECTV Receiver" Feature

• Digital, high-definition TV/DIRECTV satellite receiver
• Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound output, ColorStream HD high-definition video output (for pristine images on an HD-ready TV)
• Multiple satellite capable
• RJ-11 telephone jack for internal modem
• Illuminated, universal remote control

"Toshiba DST3000 HDTV/DIRECTV Receiver" Overview

Featuring built-in NTSC, ATSC, and DIRECTV reception to ensure ready availability of high-definition TV programming throughout the country, the Toshiba DST3000 is Toshiba's contribution to the current digital television revolution. The DST3000 with ColorStream HD high-resolution component video outputs sends 1080i HDTV signals to an HDTV-Compatible TV or standard 480i to a conventional analog TV. This makes it possible for analog sets to also receive and decode digital signals, ensuring future compatibility with all digital TV formats.

An Advanced Program Guide (APG) is included with the DST3000, providing information on both satellite and nonsatellite channels, as well as a special function that allows subscribers to a caller ID information service to have this information displayed onscreen. An optional satellite dish makes it possible for viewers to receive both standard and high-definition channels.

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