Customer Reviews

Toshiba REGZA 46XV540U 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV

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After having Samsung 52 inch 6 series in our living room, it was very hard to settle down for lower quality HD second TV set for our master bedroom. Well, we bought Toshiba Regza 46XV540U 120Hz. Taking out of the box and running it we were just amazed with picture quality and sound. Sony Blue ray picture is just incredible. We couldn't ask Santa Singh :-) for anything more.
Please don't get brain washed with soaring Samsung's reputation. Buy Toshiba Regza 46XV540U 120Hz without any hesitation. It will suprise you that it's picture quality is almost at par with Samsung.
Online sale runs between $1800-$1500. We bought this TV at Costco for $1150. Good luck!!

Excellent TV!!! Have had it for a few months, and no issues. Crisp image with no blur. The 120HZ technology is a real breakthrough, as I have no issues watching the action / sci fi movies I love.
Easy remote and menu navigation, my wife and I had no trouble adjusting the settings to our preferences. Wife loves it too.
It has many inputs, so we have been able to connect all our devices to it. Love it!!!

I purchased the Toshiba 46XV540U at my favorite volume wherehouse store for $1199 one week ago. I originally planned on buying a Panasonic 42" 1080p Plasma, but after discussing Plasma panels with some video engineers at work, I was NOT convinced that it would be free from image retention (burn-in), especially since I watch a lot of 4:3 programming and I didn't want to lay awake at night worrying about having left-right bars burned into the screen. Then I set my mind on either a Sony W4100 or Z4100, but my local wherehouse only had a 40" Sony. The 46" cost too much. I settled on a Sony because I own a Sony 55" SXRD, which I find stunning, and as good as any Plasma or LCD, and it's 120Hz and 1080p/24 display. Then I saw the Toshiba, which stated that it had similar specs as my SXRD. After obsessing and doing extensive research, I decided to buy the Toshiba. I was hesitant since I really liked what I saw on the Sony LCDs. Out of the box, the Toshiba looked good, but the levels needed to be toned down. I initially used a THX DVD (any DVD that is THX certified, like Toy Story, Monsters, Inc), and the disc has a THX setup menu that will help you adjust any TV to look pretty darn good. Later I used the Video Essentials DVD for further adjusting. After setting the color, tint, brightness and contrast, I couldn't be happier. One of my biggest necessities of any HDTV is that it displays SD (standard def) channels well, and I'm happy to say that this Toshiba does a great job. HD on my Charter cable looks stunning in 1080i. Blu-Ray is jaw-dropping. I also watch a lot of sports and the 120Hz option looks great, and from what I've read in test reports, the Toshiba handles this better than Sony, and I condider the Sony better than Samsung for this. Anyways, the Toshiba colors are excellent, it gives deep blacks, I don't see any pixel blurring or lag and fast motion on sports looks rock-solid. AND, this 46" Toshiba cost about $500 less than a similar-sized Sony. The speakers in the Toshiba give satisfactory audio, especially for my bedroom, where I have this set. The image looks pretty good even at extreme angles. The screen is matte-finish, which is essential in my opinion to control reflections. The bezel of the Toshiba is gloss black. I would have preferred a satin-black bezel, but no problem. The Toshiba remote is well laid out. I recently owned a Toshiba 50" CRT rear projection set and I loved the remote on that set because of two things: 1) Mute does a half-mute first, then a full mute with a second press. Half-mute allows you to turn down the TV if answering a phone but you can still hear the sound. 2) The Channel Return will actually return you to a previous Input. So, if you are watching a DVD then switch to a cable channel to check out a football score, you can immediately return to the DVD by pressing the RTN button without the need of it bringing up the numerical menu or cycling through the Input options to get back to the DVD. This new Toshiba remote keeps these two great functions!! The 46RV540U is a terrific TV!

I rate it on par or slightly below the Sony and Samsung ($400+ more), but a step ahead of the Sharps. I currently have a Sharp Aquos 32" LCD as well. I bought our Toshiba at Costco for $1199 (w/3yr warranty) after going there to get a 47" XVT Vizio. The picture on the Toshiba was just awesome from all viewing angles, whereas the Vizio looked faded if you were not directly in front of it. Additionally, the colors pop when compared to the vizio and other TVs. I am not dissapointed by this purchase at all.

We just bought the set from costco and we love it already . We have been looking for the Sonys ,Samsungs , Sharps, Vizios and finally we settled on Toshiba for the quality and lower price. It looks awesome with just the factor presets.

This seems to have been a very good purchase thus far. It was delivered by Amazon's white glove service which was excellent. They were on time and very professional. The unit looks great and has no glare. It provides excellent viewability even on sunny days in a room with a large bay window. I would suggest you have or plan to purchase peripheral devices (DVD player, receiver, etc) capable of HD output as the TV is looking for a high resolution input to provide the best output possible. It will accept lower resolution inputs but with its capabilities it would be a shame to not use its full potential. So far this purchase was well worth it!

Pros: Excellent picture quality; 120Hz with 5:5 pulldown (ClearFrame); matte screen finish

Cons: Cinema Mode only works with interlaced signals; Film Stabilization only works with interlaced signals and effects are extremely subtle; On-screen menus take up too much screen space

If you are looking for an HDTV that will give you an excellent picture when playing a Blu-ray DVD without the desire for the film stabilitzation effects that 1st-generation sets were providing, this set is the one for you. A 1080p24 signal from a Blu-Ray player with the ClearFrame feature provides for an incredible picture. This is one of the few sets that provides 120hz with 5:5 pulldown, so instead of having to do 3:2 pulldown and dealing with telecine judder, you can have 5:5 pulldown to get true reproduction of 24 frames per second.

However, if you are looking for a set that does rock-solid anti-juddering for 3:2 pulldown on a 1080p24 signal, this is not the set for you. It turned out to be a major disappointment for me. You might ask, "Why in the world would you want this when you can have 5:5 pulldown without juddering?" I wanted this feature because of the effect it has on the cinematography of a movie (some call it the Soap Opera effect).

My wife and I first became interested in getting an HDTV and Blu-Ray player when we saw one on display in Las Vegas last winter playing Santa Clause 3. It immediately caught our attention because of the rock-solid detail on the screen. We also noticed it had a different look to it. The anti-judder software caused the movie to look more like video than film. We really liked the effect and this was our top requirement for an HDTV. The Toshiba Film Stabilization was supposed to do this and actually does on some of their sets. For more info on this effect, read this article posted at http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6792632-1.html

There is a trio of features on this set that interact with each other. First, there is the Cinema Mode which one would think you just tell the TV whether the source is film (DVD;Blu-ray DVD, etc.) or a video (TV). These are the choices for this set, but for some reason, Toshiba decided to make this feature available only to an interlaced source (480i and 1080i). Why in the world would they do this? Film is film and viewing a Blu-Ray 1080p24 source is why I wanted an HDTV. Progressive sources versus interlaced sources should be irrelevant to this feature. So I guess this means that for Blu-Ray, Toshiba did not want to give me the option to see a movie via 3:2 pulldown, but don't really know for sure.

Then it gets more convoluted. To use Film Stabilization, the Cinema Mode must be set to Film and Clearframe must be on. Clearframe switches the set from 60hz to 120hz, though I'm not sure why one would pick 60hz for anything since 120hz should be able to handle any pulldown or soucre signal that the 60hz option would be used for. Since Cinema Mode of "Film" only works with interlaced sources, Film Stabilization only works with interlaced sources. This sucks because my Blu-Ray player only displays 24 frames per second when in the 1080p mode.

I haven't figured out how, but a couple of times the set has allowed me to change the Film Stabilization setting with the Cinema Mode grayed out. I couldn't tell whether the set was really doing 3:2 pulldown or 5:5 pulldown. In the highest Film Stabilization setting of "Smooth", the effects were barely noticable, except for the occasional slow-pan where the objects skip from one point to another on the screen during the pan. Even then, I would have never noticed the difference if I was not looking for it. The same subtleties occurred when I set the Blu-Ray player to output in 1080i (output is not in 24 frames per second).

I called Toshiba to verify that this set is designed to use Film Stabilization only with interlaced sources and they concurred. I filed a complaint via their website as their advertisements never told the consumer that Film Stabilization is not designed to work with 1080p sources, but they never responded. I guess customer satisfaction is not that important.

I waited to purchase this set because it was one of the few 5:5 pulldown sets out there. I ordered it through Amazon/J&R Music because of the incredible sale that J&R was running. The set wasn't here in the local stores, so I guess the lesson-learned is to wait until the set gets into the store so that you can see if it lives up to all the hype.

Even with all the criticism I've provided, I'm giving it four stars. If this set didn't have an amazing picture with 5:5 pulldown capability, I would have rated it at 2 or 3 stars.

I've purchased refurbished items in the past and have always had good luck with them. Though with this item I was a bit worried since it is my most expensive refurbed! Let me say that I wasn't disappointed at all! Item was totally brand new and it had tons of features.

I'm still playing around with the settings but even the defaults look nice!

Audio and video display are crystal clear! Especially watching last Sundays SuperBowl!

2nd Toshiba tv, have never been as happy as I was with this purchase....saved $400 instead of Sony or Samsung and got a 120hz hdtv that rivals the performance of the biggest brands!! I researched tv's for months and you can't go wrong with this one.....

This set is performing well. The white glove delivery set it up and all I had to do was set back and enjoy. Wasn't sure about ordering a television of this size online, but I would have no hesitation about ordering anything of this size again. My sister had bought a 42 inch Toshiba Regza from a store and I bought this 46 inch unit at less cost than her purchase. The set has excellent picture and the sound is better than I expected. The menu is simple to navigate and make any changes you may want to tweak.....I would recommend this set to anyone looking for a good price verses performance.