Toshiba TLP-260… Supa-Brite Lamp!

The Toshiba TLP-260 seems as if it was built for television use with its picture-in-picture and its refreshingly bright light, however there are a few options that are missing. Before getting on to what we think this machine could have come equipped with, we will explore what its benefits are.

It came out in the summer of 2002 and was priced quite modestly at just under $2,300 US. The TLP-260 was a nice little gadget for those who wanted to buy a nice television but wanted something a little bit bigger. It was priced a little bit higher than the other entry level projectors but it was close enough for you to consider spending the extra dough to get a machine that was extra bright.

The TLP-260 delivers a huge 1500 ANSI lumens, and for its time had enough brightness to outshine the competition. Toshiba has been building quality projectors for years now and I haven’t heard many complaints. The brightness of the TLP-260 can be attributed to its ultra suave projector lamp.

The TLP-260 utilizes a 160W projector lamp to power its super bright screen. Then funny thing about the TLP-260 is that it was not built to have a giant screen that would compare to a small movie theatre. The largest the screen would get was 12 feet across, but this was more than enough for the consumer who was buying it to replace their aging big screen projection television.

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The screen wasn’t disgustingly huge, but to its benefit, since the screen was smaller, the brightness of its lamp would allow the user to watch sports during daylight hours with ambient light present. This is a huge advantage when marketing the TLP-260 against other large screen televisions.

While its native resolution was average, The TLP-260 was able to compensate by accommodating to the source input to make the best possible resolution. What this boils down to is that it had a SVGA resolution of 800x600p, but was able to compress up to 1280x1024p.

It may sound a little weird to you, but this projector that is clearly made for television with its brightness and features like picture-in-picture, does not offer a HDTV hook up. It has the capability to compress its resolution to a high enough level to take advantage of a HDTV quality image, but doesn’t offer the option to plug it in!

The contrast is alright with a 400:1 contrast ratio and overall it performs pretty well and is pretty much hassle free. The Toshiba TLP-260 is a good buy!