1. High Gloss Black Finish
2. DynaLight Dynamic Backlight Control
3. Maximum Resolution: 1366 x 768
4. Color: Glossy Black Cabinet
5. Dimensions: 29.9" Height x 41.3" Width x 13.6" Depth - With Stand, 27.24" Height x 40.67" Width x 4.96" Depth
6. Weight: 56.8 lb, 57 lb

Editorial Review :

Take advantage of 720p HD picture quality and an impressive feature set with the 42AV500U. This model is a great addition for any home theater, and can also be used as a computer monitor by using the PC input.DynaLight Back-Light Control utilizes advanced image processing to monitor the brightness of each video frame, and adjust the backlight intensity accordingly. This precision creates seamless transitions with deep blacks for increased detail and depth analysis.CineSpeed LCD panels have the 8ms or faster response speed necessary for cleaner high-action home theater images. A wide viewing angle ensures that you'll have the best seat in the house.

Customer Review :

Great Value

I've had this tv for a few weeks now and am very pleased. I've had more expensive LCDs previously (Sony and Samsung), and personally I don't notice a difference in quality. Easy to use features, sound is good, looks good. Only downfall is that there are only 2HDMI inputs.

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Great Quality at a Great Price!


I recently purchased a Toshiba 42AV500U 42" LCD Flat Panel Television, and I was blown away by the performance and quality. Every channel looks good, and the HD channels are spectacular. The definition is sharp, the color is rich and the sound is crystal clear. I'm considering buying a 26" for the bedroom, and will definitely look at Toshiba first. I am very happy with this television, and for those who want high quality, a nice ample screen size and are on a budget, let me highly recommend this television as the one to own.

5 Stars!

John

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Can't go wrong for the money

Bought their 42" Regza last year for around $1,100. Just bought this newer (updated) version on sale for $798 locally (American TV). Great value. Excellent all around. 720p? Have seen their 1080p Regza and can't tell the difference. Connections were not a concern for me as it is to be used JUST with HD satellite.

Doubtless the switch to all 1080p has affected the marketplace and the 720's are being dumped. My old eyes will never know the difference on a 42 inch set.

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Great purchase

Pros:Great TV.Excellent Picture and Sound.Great Price.Excellent Delivery.Universal, easy to program, remote control (I programmed 2 devices in les than 5 min).I mounted it on the wall using a Peerles Universal Tilting Mount, also very good.
Cons: None so far.

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Perfect from A to Z

From the time I ordered till this very moment (three weeks later) both the shipping and the TV are perfect.
Great HD picture and great sound. Yes get this one, and the price was perfect too!

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Editorial Review :

Cinema Series Regza 1080p Full HD LCD

Customer Review :

Toshiba 46XV545U Regza 46" LCD TV

I researched 46" LCD TV's for six months before buying. My first choice was a Samsung but I couldn't overlook the price difference. My purchase of the Toshiba was the best choice I could have made. This is one of the best TV's I have ever seen. Shipping was free and arrived in less than 5 days. The UPS driver even helped me carry it into the house. Setup was easy. I was watching HD TV in less than 30 minutes. If I were to buy again, this seller would be my first choice.

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Excellent LCD HDTV

We bought this [46"] TV from a big box store in June. We were looking at plasmas, but the reflection problem was a show-stopper for our family room. The Toshiba has no reflection problem day or night. The picture is beautiful. You'll wonder how you lived with your CRT. No jaggies from the usual sources, though some from some 24p movies. Color balance was perfect on delivery; we haven't played with it. We watch from 10-15 feet away, but the picture is clear and bright from 20 feet. Watching from the side.. 45 degrees, there is no distortion. The images are very good in the daytime and awesome at night with the lights turned down. We ultimately bought the 46" size, but in hindsight, I think the larger version (52"?) would have been better, tho more expensive.

The Toshiba has half a dozen aspect ratio options, all available on the remote. We found to our dismay, that a lot of cable/broadcast TV, while digital, is still in the conventional 4:3 format; essentially a square picture with black bars on the side. Forcing it into a wide screen display distorted the images, so we mostly watch channels that broadcast in HD widescreen.

The multi-function remote is complex, but once you get used to it, the necessary controls are easy to manipulate via an on-screen display. It's also lit, which is very helpful at night, when the lights are off. There is also a limited set of controls on the TV itself in case the remote conks out. We weren't looking for that, but it was nice to find.

It has more connections than you'll likely need including multiple HDMI, component, composite, PC, even a USB slot. We have cable coming into the component (Y, Pb, Pr) connection, DVD/Blu-ray through S-video, and PS3 through conventional composite connections. The Toshiba has its own digital audio out connection (Dolby), but there are lots of ways to hook up an external audio source. It sits pretty low on its own stand, so you don't see the cables coming out of the back.

The Toshiba has its own sort of 3d/stero sound system, so audio sounds like it's coming from the side, even though the speakers are just on the bottom. A nice touch -- hard to appreciate looking at the specs.

Some of the reviews mentioned that the shiny frame was a drawback. We found no problem from the frame. It's pretty narrow, anyway. Reviews also warned that store displays would have the brightness turned up, but we didn't find the image much different when we got it home. The Toshiba name on the bottom is lit, but it dims depending on the light in the room.

It's an excellent unit. It seemed when we were looking, that each brand/model TV had some sort of limitation in one of the specs, usually in the number or type of connections; or it was too expensive. There are no limitations on the Toshiba and it's a great price.


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Best Bang for Buck vs Sony/Samsung

Pros -
Picture is outstanding, easily on of the the best 46" out there. Premium LCD screen at a budget price. Color is off out of the box. Factory settings for green are oversaturated, skintones have a green shade to them. You have to adjust the green in (-13,-11,+7)COLOR MASTER, Color Temp (Medium),(-10)G DRIVE to get it under control, took me some effort but I got them just right without paying for professional calibration.(Don't get Best Buy to do it, they have no clue what they are doing). SRT works pretty good, it won't turn SD into HD but it improves the picture. I left my SRT on Mode 3 Level 1(it has 5 levels of SRT processing in 3 modes-15 deifferent settings), most of the people complaining probably have no clue. Too much SRT will make the picture terrible. SRT will be disabled if you have a 1080p/1080i video source. If you have an upconverting DVD player you need to disable it to get SRT to work. Have not observed artifacts in the 120Hz smooth mode like can be seen on the Samsungs.

Cons -
Don't like the menus on the screen. Don't like the remote. A power outage caused my HDMI settings to be messed up(orange screen - really weird). Sent an e-mail to Tech Support and got the problem resolved, unplug TV and video source from the wall for 5-10 min to reset it. Color controls in Color Master allow for +/- 30, but using anything more +/- 15 will introduce artifacts into the picture, at 30 the picture will be unwatchable. Other then that not much problems.

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Signicantly improved from 2 years ago

I will list the improvements I noted from a 47" Toshiba LCD TV I purchased a little over 2 years ago. My existing components (Sony DVD/VHS Recorder, an analog VHS/DVD player & a Blu Ray DVD player (brand new) were moved over to the new TV.
1. Sound levels are now the same when I move from different input sources, including outside anteena. Previously, it was a mess (all different) and for the standard DVD player I had to increase the volume by 50-70% to nearly the maximum sound level. Previously, I blamed the components. Nothing worst than watching a DVD and switching to check sports scores and being blasted away by sound.
2. Location of the HDMI connections on the back are much improved. The older TV had the inputs in the hardest to reach, worst possible location.
3. In the older TV, picture quality from an extreme side angle was blurry and unwatchable, now the picture quality is great from any angle.
4. The oversized remote control is a tad smaller by doing away the mode select buttons. I used them, but won't miss them. It's thinner, weighs less, but the buttons are the same size and same number. It is just better designed.
5. Trust me that the stand is better.
6. Picture quality is better and fast action scenes are flawless.
It seems like Toshiba did a really good job with these major improvements as well as some minor improvements I didn't mention.
My only complaint is that I wished there was a "CC" closed caption button on the remote like there was on my really old analog TV set. Instead, you have to pull out the manual to figure it out. Usually, I say the heck with it and hence I never learn.
If you are a first time buyer, be happy that you waited until now to buy. You are getting a better TV for less.

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No problems, excellent value for the money.

Like many of the other reviewers I did some research, and for the technology, this tv is an excellent value. Setup and use is easy, and the picture quality is excellent for all types of input(relative to the type of input)and good sound also. Been using it for just short of 2 months, with no problems. We we are happy with it so far.

If you hook up a blu ray player to it, or any 120hz tv, be sure to check that the blu ray player is configured to send the correct signal to the tv for the fast refresh. The blu ray player we bought was set to default to the lower refresh rate.

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Editorial Review :

46" screen (measured diagonally) * widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio * high-gloss black finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * CineSpeed 10-bit LCD panel (1920 x 1080 pixels) *

Customer Review :

Won't be Disappointed

I have been doing my research on HDTV's for about a year and a half until finally coming across this TV. I have a 32" Toshiba Flat screen tube TV that I have had for about 4 years and I still love it for what it is used for. I have the 46XF550U hooked up to a Denon AVR 1908 and a Sony Blu-Ray player w/ Polk Audio 5.1 surround. I put in Dark Knight on Blu Ray and any of my worries about this TV melted away, the picture is absolutely amazing, colors are bright, blacks are true. For the price you won't find a better TV (trust me I have looked). Not only in the picture quality but the sound with out the surround is actually pretty good. Also another high point that turned me on to Toshiba 4 years ago is how easy the set up and functionality of the remote control is, that still holds true with this TV. The big box electronics stores in my area don't even carry this model and if they did I highly doubt they could do this good on the price. It's awesome you will NOT be disappointed!

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OMG (Oh My Gosh) What a TV!

Ok, I am not a pro by any means. I am just your average person when it comes to electronics but I LOVE this TV! I am still amazed and can't get over the quality of the picture. I do my research ahead of time and frankly I agree with all the people who rate it tops. For those who don't like this tv, I have to ask WHY? The colors are great, picture is great and the small bezel allowed me to put it in a space the other 46" lcd tv's would not fit. Out of the box set up was easy. I went through the menu and settings no problem. I did have a question that I couldn't find the answer for in the manual so I called the 800 number. The phone didn't even ring on my end and I had a real live human being on the other end. How often does that happen? He was very helpful and nice. I bought it from amazon.com since they were an authorized etailer recommended by Toshiba and the price was better than my local store could even get it for. I had it within 8 days of ordering. This was my first major purchase on-line and I can say it went very smooth. Want to invest in a winner? I did!

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AMAZING !!!

I shopped and shopped . Bought 2 TV"S at Costco and took them both back because I wasn't satisfied with the picture quality. I have had my 46"XF550U Toshiba now for nearly a year and I still marvel at the picture quality of this set every time I turn it on, not to mention it's beautiful thin bezel design. This LCD 's blacks are as close as it will ever get to plasma blacks. Truly incredible. Buy this set, it will not disappoint .

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This is a great TV!

I purchased the Toshiba 46XF550U from Amazon in late November. The TV arrived in pristine condition in the expected delivery window. For the first week I was waiting for HD to be installed and was forced to watch SD programming. I think that the Toshiba does a very good job handling SD signals and looked great via Direct TV. The picture was very clear and after initial setup looked much, much better than I expected. Even after stretching the screen out using one of the Theater modes.
I had a friend come by with his Xbox360(yeah, I don't have one) and the games were AMAZING! He said numerous times how he was able to see details that he had not seen before. The game intros were incredible as well. Using an Upconverting DVD player I was able to view the TV display in 1080p. Absolutely blows you away! Definitely get the most of standard DVDs.
Once the HD upgrade was complete I realized TV viewing BLISS! The picture is very good right out of the box with very little picture adjustment required. Like most all new TVs there a a few basic tweaks to make, but after that, AHHHHHHHH!!! Watching all of the playoff football this year has been much more enjoyable because of the brilliant picture quality of my new Toshiba LCD HDTV. I can't wait for the Super Bowl!!!!!

Rating :

B-E-A-Utiful

Pros:
1080p/24hz
120Hz
Great Picture
Narrow Bezel
Swivel Base
Great Blacks
Great Colors
A lot of Picture Adjustments

Cons:
Brightness in corners when there is no image on screen

Summary:
This is a great TV. Got it at Costco for 1299. So, I think that is the best deal. Was going to choose between W4100 and XF550U, and I am very glad that I went with the XF. My brother in law has the W4100 and I was a little disappointed with the picture, and more so with the picture adjustments. I did like the menu on the W4100 over the XF. But, aside from that the TV is great.

I have the Onkyo SR606 and the controls from either or control each other through the CEC capability. Very nice feature. This TV has all the bells and whistles.

The SD picture quality was better then I expected. The HD picture was absolutely amazing. The 120Hz does seem to jutter a little more then I expected, but most TVs that have that capability still to work on it.

The color is spot on and the blacks are surprisingly good for an LCD. Not as good as a plasma, but very good.

The swivel base is very very cool. It allows me to move the TV away from a window that gives me a lot of glare, and allows me to move it to get the best angle when I am on my other couch. Very very cool.

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1. 23-inch widescreen HDTV (16 - 10 Aspect Ratio)
2. Built-in digital ATSC and analog NTSC tuners for current and next generation TV
3. Built-in QAM cable TV tuner
4. 1440 x 900 pixel resolution for 480i/480p/720p/1080i display capabilities
5. Digital comb filter

Customer Review :

Great TV with many cool features!

The TV/DVD player is everything it said it would be. Great picture and quality. Many auxilary inputs and the DVD player on board free's up a lot of space. Great tv for the bedroom with little space. Would want something bigger for TV viewing in a living room or den. Digital Tuner is slow but effective. The only features it doesnt have are audio out and smart sound volume control. Other than that a great product.

Rating :

A very nice combo TV/DVD

After about four months of use, I like this TV/DVD player and it fits my needs well with the built-in functionality. This is a very flexible device and I use it in my home office (which is also a bedroom), which is my only work location. For a majority of a work day it is used as a 2nd computer monitor, which comes in very handy with the multiple windows I tend to need open. The size of the monitor at 23" eases the stain. After work I use it as a TV or DVD player and find viewing is good from approx. 10 feet or so. My daughter sometimes guests out on weekends and gets a lot of use out of it. I would give it five stars but the remote is sometimes recalcitrant in activating channels or volume changes, detracting from a seamless operation.

Rating :

Its Good while it lasts

I bought this product on sale at Circuit City in Oct. '07. I used it to play games and watch movies. I recently moved in to my apartment and when I unplugged my Xbox and hooked up my cable box it fried the HD RGB component inputs. Between parts and labor it would be almost exactly the same price as what I got the TV for. Do not buy this product.

Rating :

Great bargain

This TV/DVD combo is a good deal for me. It has a great picture and plays well.

Rating :

Toshiba 23HLV87

Bought this for the kids playroom. Perfect size. Picture is fine for kids shows and movies. We mounted it on an adjustable/tilt wall bracket. (Without the tilt mount the picture was horrible when watched at an angle from below - lying on the floor looking up). One week after the 1yr warranty expired the DVD would not eject from the player. Unplugging the unit for a few hours fixed the problem. Hopefully it won't happen again.

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Editorial Review :

Enjoy 720p high-definition video and a sleek, new ThinLine bezel with this 37.0" LCD Flat Panel TV from Toshiba. The power of DynaLight back - light control and PixelPure 4G video processing take your home theater to the next level, offering superior image quality and seamless transitions.

Customer Review :

Excellent Choice

My first foray into HDTV was based upon favorable reviews of this product by Consumer Reports in the Dec. 2008 issue. Author explained 720p was more than adequate for a set less than 50 inches. I would agree. Phenomenal, bright picture and set-up is a breeze. Using a rabbit ears in Chicago and picture is excellent. Price via amazon was reasonable.

Rating :

HD happy!

This is the first HDTV that we have owned. We purchased it to replace a tube tv that bit the dust. The Regza tv looks very stylish and the picture is great. This thing is perfect for watching the latest dvds on.

The picture is sharp and clear. There is a world of difference between this tv and the Magnavox it replaced. The colors are bright and vibrant. If you haven't compared the old type tvs with these newer ones you need to. You will be amazed.

The sound is a little flat, but the salesman told me that this is common w/flat tvs. He said "flat tvs have flat sound." The audio is good for watching, but you need a surround set up to feel really get into those action scenes.

We liked it so much that we purchased a 26" Regza for our bedroom. My wife and I went for one that was refurbished because we could get one with a dvd player built in. This allowed us to get rid of some of the bedroom clutter.

Why did we wait so long?


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