Toshiba REGZA 40XV645U 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black
- 1080p Full HD CineSpeed™ Display with Built In ATSC/QAM Digital Tuner for Over-the-Air and Cable-in-the-Clear Digital Tuning
- ClearFrame™ 120Hz with 5:5 Pull-Down Option
- 50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- 3 HDMI™ Digital Inputs with REGZA-LINK®2
- PixelPure® 5G 14-Bit Internal Digital Video Processor
Product Description
The XV645 series combines the REGZA® Engine (PixelPure® 5G & Resolution+™) with ClearFrame™ 120Hz for superior picture quality, and adds the bottom Deep Lagoon™ design for an appearance that also stands out from the pack.
This isn’t just a review of the television, it’s a review of Toshiba customer service as well. So here’s what happened: bought the tv, worked great for about a month, then the picture started deteriorating (vertical streaks) somewhat depressing that this happened, since it was new, but this sort of thing does happen, so no biggie. called toshiba, they gave me a number of an independent service provider to call. called them and the tv was picked up to be fixed. THAT WAS SIX WEEKS AGO! repeated calls to both toshiba and the service dept resulted in finger-pointing, toshiba claiming it was the service provider who was procrastinating, the service rep saying that toshiba needed to approve the fix and send them a part. after a month and a half of this i just want my money back (and no toshiba won’t suck it up and just send me a new TV, the warranty only states that the tv needs to be “fixed” - no time constraints on that one, fyi!) Anyway, it’s bad enough to part with a grand for something that doesn’t work, but the delay here is really appalling. Now it must be said that the toshiba customer service people were unfailingly polite. But the issue is simple: gimme my fixed tv or gimme my money… neither seems to be in the offing. Ergo: STAY AWAY FROM TOSHIBA!!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
Worked great for a week and then died. Toshiba was responsive answering the phone and we had an in home service technician in the house within a few days. It took Toshiba over 2 weeks to approve the replacement of the LCD panel and now they are out of stock. We have been without a TV for over a month now. Toshiba continues to say our only option is to wait for the part and they can’t give us an estimate of when it will be in. They certainly aren’t interested in satisfied customers.
Do not buy this or any Toshiba LCD TV.
Rating: 1 / 5
I agree with all the positive reviews here, but if you need to use closed captioning, you might want to read Freiwil’s review of the 46-inch Regza at Toshiba REGZA 46XV645U 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black He is correct in saying that you have to use the cable box’s closed captioning option because CC is not transmitted through the HDMI cable. I called Toshiba to confirm this, and the rep said this is true. I really hate that because the TV has many CC options for font, size, and so on that are not available via cable TV. Also, others have mentioned a set-up issue (the set-up screen occurring every time you turn on the TV) on sets built before a certain date. The Toshiba rep admitted this is a problem, but she mailed a card to insert in one of the slots on the side to update the firmware and avoid this problem in the future. For the price, this is an excellent buy. The technician who set up our TV said that he thought the Sanyo top-of-the-line had gotten around the problem with CC. I hope Toshiba can do that! However, the higher end Sanyo we priced was $[...] more than the Toshiba.
Rating: 4 / 5
We bought this TV for our vacation home. The price was very competitive and delivery was timely and customer friendly. Installation and set up was very easy. Picture quality is extremely good.
Rating: 5 / 5
I just got this TV a few days ago. I don’t watch much television, only a movie now and then, LOST, and a few subtitled anime shows I download a few days after they air in Japan. I bought this mostly to be my PC monitor for games, internet, and photoshop art.
I used a DVI-D to HDMI cable to connect it, however, I couldn’t use it in any widescreen resolution but 1280×720. 1600×1200 was the best resolution I could get, but that wasn’t widescreen. It was only a gpu drivers issue, and a quick update of the drivers and Catalyst Control Center was enough to take care of the problem. Now I’m running 1920×1080 in Windows, which is awesome on this display. World of Warcraft on max graphics settings in 1080p looks amazing. The colors and the blacks just pop! I can’t wait to try out a newer game with more cutting edge graphics!
I highly recommend this TV for anyone who wants a 40″ PC display. To think I almost spent 300 dollars more for a similar Sony or Samsung. As long as this thing lasts, this TV is way better than I could have imagined and I think it was absolutely the right choice amongst my options.
Other things to note-
To be honest, the sound might not blow your socks off, but it’s solid and clear. The Sony and Samsung cases/frames look better IMO too, but that’s purely cosmetic.
Picture is surprisingly good with normal non HD cable in 480.
Rating: 5 / 5