Toshiba 40" LED Smart TV £399

russ331

blushingbride wrote: »

glad you are enjoying it, how is it from viewing at an angle? this wasn't given much marks by which

What score did Which? give the 40RL858?

flo22

blushingbride wrote: »

glad you are enjoying it, how is it from viewing at an angle? this wasn't given much marks by which

I have it an a corner so viewing angle isn't a issue for me but if I turn it flat to the wall and look from the side I can see it clearly from almost side on certainly way way better than my old lcd. What basis do they check viewing angle on?

matty17r

Well have braved it and bought one of these today. Particularly wanted a silver model so this swung it for me. Picture quality seemed good in shop but I'm no expert. Waiting for my daughter and boyfriend to set it up!

Obviously_the_best

The only prob with this TV searching around is picture quality, spend a couple of extra quid and get a samsung, I recon they're worth it!

flo22

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

The only prob with this TV searching around is picture quality, spend a couple of extra quid and get a samsung, I recon they're worth it!

I have a samsung led backlit also in another room and the Toshiba picture quality seems just as good if not better.

tobythewonderdog

I bought this tv from currys and can say im very happy with it. Great picture and sound easy to set up and superslim nice design. Also took out "whatever happens" cover with currys for £4.50 a month. I know there are no reviews on this TV as yet but so far so good, would reccommend. :j

blushingbride_3

russ331 wrote: »

What score did Which? give the 40RL858?

they only have the 37RL853B which on gets 45%

marvin

TV arrived today picture is fine easy to tune (stand a bit fiddly to fit).

Downside not enough SCART (can use and adapter), No wire speaker outputs, not enough HDMI (can use an adapter) but then for the price not that bad in reality.

Personally i think it is everything I expect of a Toshiba and all my TV's in the last 30 years have been Toshiba's, have bought others for other people and this is reasonable in my view.

Had it delivered so that they took away my old 36" CRT TV which was barking heavy sadly the Blue-Ray DVD not delivered at the same time and I will be out at work when they plan to deliver that. So I now have a spare remote which I can use on my small Toshiba in the bedroom and some satellite speakers from the surround sound.

Foggster

Be interested to know what people think of the sound, I have a Samsung Smart LED and the sound was appalling. Now wired up to external speakers but many reviews on these cheaper end tvs always criticise the sound. Also the dongle was a waste of money for me because it is so slow streaming (yes I know it will be my connection) but now hard wiring.

flo22

The sound is very good on the tv - I tried it without before I added the soundbar. I do find it slow to change channels when on freeview but will not be using this most of the time. Also it does not pause/record the freewire even with a harddrive added which my other tv's do.

Had no success with configuring it for internet/smart tv stuff yet so if anyone has managed that would love some advice.