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Toshiba 32SL738B
by Anewfoundglory82
Having owned this TV for over a year now, I feel I can comfortably recommend it to others. We use it in the bedroom, as we wanted a decent-sized but cheap-ish LCD in there for movies and gaming. However, it would also be suitable for use in the Living Room, as a main set, if you're on a tight budget or not after a huge display, for ... whatever reason.
The Hardware and Design:
The set itself is reasonably attractive -- not stunning or super stylish, nut not ugly either. It looks like a clean, modern, plain LCD TV, which isn't a bad thing. The supplied stand feels pretty substantial, and although there is some movement (slight wobble) of the TV on the stand when you move it or accidentally knock it, it's nothing to be concerned about. The whole thing feels quite solid and reliable, and not fragile or 'cheap'.
There are plenty of inputs, allowing you to connect a Bluray player and games console, or Apple TV for example. There is a VGA input for connecting your PC /Laptop, to play movies from, or use the TV as a huge monitor for gaming, which can be handy. 4/5
Picture:
The HD picture out of the box is pretty good. Especially considering the budget price of the set, and the size of the screen. It's not full HD, but it doesn't need to be at this size, so 720p is plenty. Images are clear, bright and well saturated. However, with some fine tuning to the picture settings; a bit of contrast adjustment etc, things improve further and the set offers a very good HD picture for the money. There isn't much of a problem with 'ghosting', the colours are pleasant and smooth, HD images are sharp and movement is handled well. 4/5
Audio:
The speakers in the Toshiba aren't great; it's the usual cheap tinny sound you might expect from a budget television, and unfortunately there is some distortion/vibration from the speaker/TV at certain frequencies, even when it's not turned up that loud. This was an issue for us at first, but since the audio quality was so poor anyway, we decided to send the audio to a speaker dock, from the TV's headphone socket! The sound is much better now, and doesn't give us any more annoying buzzing or distortion. Much more bass too ;) 2/5
The remote control is fairy standard. It's quite a nice size, not being unnecessarily large, and feels pretty good in the hand. Button layout is user-friendly and intuitive, buttons give good feedback and are not too 'spongy'.
In Summary:
This HD LCD is great value for money. I was dubious at first and had been shopping around for a good but cheap bedroom set. After doing some research and reading reviews of this one before buying, I decided to go for it and I'm happy with that decision. The picture quality (and size - being 32" at this price) and connection options, make the TV great value, and I would thoroughly recommend it. Audio is pretty poor but you can easily connect it to almost any kind of external speaker, dock, hifi etc and improve the overall experience.
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Toshiba 32SL738B
by tosham0
I bought this television 2-3 months ago for my bedroom at university, it looks fantastic, the screen quality is great. Its rare to find a tv of this quality and branding at this price.
Perfect size and quality for gaming, picture appears crisp and sound quality is good. I did have problems setting up free-view, however, this may ... have been due to a poor quality antennae.
To give a negative perspective; I do not like the menu for the freeview channels, and it can be fairly difficult/ irritating to change contrasts, but unless you are very picky, the default settings are still ideal for everything.
In comparison to a samsung tv that my parents recently bought, there are only two noticeable differences; the price and the depth of the tv. This toshiba was cheaper, significantly, the samsung massive price difference seemed to be justified solely due to the fact it was thinner.
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Toshiba 19DV713B
by jlaker1992
I have this tele in my bedroom and I love it. My girlfriend and I have a small space infromt of our bed which is the only place a tv would fit! In theory we would love a 32" but the space is not big enough. We decided that a 19" would have to do. I went down to curry's to have a look at there tele's and I was recommended this. ... It cost me under £200 (sorry I honestly cannot remember the exact price because I lost all the paper work). The thing that really sold it to me was the fact that it was slimline, but still included an inbuilt DVD player in the back! This means we didn't need an extra DVD box which take up space and look horrible with leads going all over the place.
The tele is hd ready, but that didn't bother me too much due to the small screen. What I can say though is the screen works to a very high standard! It looks magnificent and produces great colours for a small screen. The tv came with inbuilt free view, so when the switch over happened everything was ok. The good thing about this tele is that you don't need anything additional around it. I have it on a wall bracket and it looks stylish, the tele is black and plain.
The sound quality is amazing! You don't need it up really loud to hear it :)
The tele has hdmi input which means you can play your ps3 or Xbox through it. It produces a really good quality image through hd which I like. I occasionally use it to play my blu ray DVDs though and it can more than Handle these films.
The tv guide on free view is excellent making it very easy to choose something to watch, it laid out so you can see quite far into the future of what's on. The settings button on the remote takes you to an easy to use menu that allows you to change brightness and all the little things you would like your tele to do. It is also so simple to search for new channels and to reset the tele. The instructions Manual isn't great, but the tele really isn't too hard to get used too.
The remote control looks great and is easy to use. Overall I am so happy with this tele. It has done a great job and I really am happy that I chose it. Toshiba is a good brand, I have owned a laptop and another tele from them, they usually are very reasonably priced and have had no techinical problems so far from them!
Thanks for reading :)
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