Low Price Toshiba 37RL853B 37-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LED/LCD Internet TV with Freeview HD – Review & Rating
- 37″ Full 1080p HD LED Screen
- Freeview HD
- Internet TV
- 4 x HDMI Sockets
- 610mm x 895mm x 205mm
REGZA RL LED 37 SmartTV delivers stunning Full HD 1080p images and features built-in Freeview HD for access to terrestrial HD programmes. DLNA technology allows for wireless content sharing via your home network and WiFi ready capabilities provide access to other internet TV content including YouTube, BBC iPlayer and Flickr.
Excellent TV,
Bought this for a bedroom, and it compares well with the two high end Panasonic Freesat plasma TV’s we have downstairs. The Tosh was very attractively priced compared with the equivalent Panasonic or Sony. It was a bit of a risk after having to return a previous Toshiba to Amaazon because of a broken switch after only 4 months (apparently a very common problem) but this model has a different design of switch so will be okay. Beware of buying any of the cheaper Toshiba models though.
It is ridiculously thin and light and has a good range of inputs. The thin bezel means it is much smaller than the TV it replaced and for a while it looked a little small on the wall.
The internet connection works well with Youtube, iPlayer, etc. and it is not too fiddly with the remote. The only drawback is that it is slow to skip forward or backward on iPlayer, but I suspect this is more a problem with the BBC than the telly. I’ve not tried the USB or HDMI inputs yet, but wouldn’t expect any problems.
The picture is very good but we have to run it in Dynamic mode for it to look lively enough, the other modes all look a bit drab. Freeview HD looks good, even though it is not broadcast at the full 1080p the TV can handle.
The tuner is very good. We live in an area where the Freeview signal is very low power until switchover next month and reception tends to be very flakey, but this TV handles a poor signal better than our other TV’s or the tuner card in my PC. The on-screen menu system and programme guide is as good as I’ve seen anywhere and much better than other Toshiba TV’s I’ve seen.
The only mild complaint is that the remote control is a mixture of soggy, non-tactile buttons (for volume, programme numbers, etc.) and short stroke clicky buttons for the navigation functions like skip forward and back in iPlayer. Neither of them has as good a feel as on some other makes, but at least the buttons are well laid out and we’ve not needed the manual once. Good job too, because you only get a very small installation guide and have to look the maunal up on line. Oh, and the sleep timer doesn’t count down on screen so you get caught out, but this is really a minor jibe.
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|Best point is Freeview HD,
The best thing about this TV is the Freeview HD tuner. So many TVs are still being sold with just Freeview tuners, and for very little (if any) more cost you can get Freeview HD. If like me you just watch your telly as it comes down the aerial, no fancy Sky boxes or the like, then you can get BBC1, ITV1, CH4, and BBC HD all in lovely high definition. OK it doesn’t make a huge difference, but you can tell, and its good for watching sport.
I’m wondering whether to buy the Toshiba dongle to get youtube and iplayer on it, has anyone any comments to make on this experience?
Overall this is an excellent TV, picture, sound and setup all great. Only downside is only one scart socket, so if your extra boxes only have scart cables you can only connect one. Most modern boxes do have hdmi cables I think, and there’s room for four of those. Use them and you’ll get high def pictures on the screen.
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|Good but not for football fans,
we bought this TV a few days ago, at first everything was fine, easy to set up, good colour and HD channels are good.
however, when i watched England Football Live , it appears that it was quite blurry e.g. the football and players, i understand it is to do with the ‘refresh rate’ of the Tv and the fact it is 50hz.
i read the professional reviews, and i found that it is the same with all of the reviews, that it can be blurry when watching fast sports/action. But when you watch DVDs or movies that are also fast paced, then it is fine, no blurryness.
if you are NOT a football fan , then everything is fine, as blurryness seems to only occur when watching Football. It would’ve been better to be aware of before buying it, though, as most reviews i have read on amazon DO NOT mention this.
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