| Reviews : Toshiba REGZA Cinema Series 46SV670U 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with LED Backlight and ClearScan 240, Black |
Toshiba REGZA Cinema Series 46SV670U 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with LED Backlight and ClearScan 240, Black Product By Toshiba Available From 18 Sellers |
Technical Details
- 1080p Full HD CineSpeed™ Display with Built In ATSC/QAM Digital Tuner for Over-the-Air and Cable-in-the-Clear Digital Tuning
- FocaLight™ LED Backlight with Local Dimming
- 2,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- ClearScan 240™ with New Backlight Scanning Technology
- 4 HDMI™ Digital Inputs (1 Side) with InstaPort™ and REGZA-LINK®2
Product Description
The New REGZA Cinema Series LED TV is the most advanced, most beautiful TV we've ever produced. Our advanced FocaLightTM LED Backlight System with Local Dimming, and stunning new Deep LagoonTM Design with Infinity Flush FrontTM, create the perfect combination of high quality and stylish appeal.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
By JPMDallas77 (Dallas, TX United States)
1st, let me say this, I upgraded from the Toshiba 46XV545U 120Hz LCD T.V. (bought in April 2009, it got stolen :( "Last year's model"). The picture on this one is noticeably better. In fact, it is awesome, BUT this TV has a couple drawbacks that people should be aware of, and I think its why it is $700 off its MSRP only a few months after it came out:
1) Case size: If you're expecting one of those "thin" LED backlit LCDs like Samsung's, look elsewhere. This TV is 4-6" thick, thicker even than the straight LCD I replaced. Also, it has about 3-1/2" fascia around the screen itself. This is also much more than my old TV, presumably to hold the LED backlights. So, the case is bigger. This fact, combined with the design, makes it look old, like a 5 year old LCD. I much preferred my old Toshiba in terms of design.
2) Glare. Maybe I didn't look closely enough at the description, but my last Toshiba had a matte finish on the screen, which given my sunny living room, was a huge plus and should not be underestimated. This TV has a glossy finish on the screen, which results in lots of glare. This affects watching TV during the day big time and unless you have a dark media room, you need to be aware of this.
3) "Backlights"? @ Jason B. LeBrun, "ubrban nerd": Granted, I am not a techie, and don't know much about LED v. conventional backlighting on LCD TVs, but the backlighting issue here is not more cool than annoying, its annoying to the point that if my particular TV is not defective or malfunctioning, I cannot recommend this TV. If this effect is universal, then I guess its something we all have to live with for now. The "effect" is a large (6" square or so) glowing box around a bright object on a dark background. In other words, say you're watching "The Dark Knight" at night, and hoping to enjoy those "deep blacks" you've been hoping for with a 240Hz, LED-backlit TV, well, you get them, unless there's a candle or light on screen (which is all the time), in that case, there is a faint, light square of glow around that light that significantly brightens the supposed dark blacks around it. If you have your computer linked in, and move the mouse cursor around a black background, as Mr. LeBrun said, you can see this light box move around the TV as different segments of the backlights light up, casting their glow in a square around it. This is to the great detriment of an otherwise perfect picture. Very distracting, and takes away from the best quality of the TV, the "dark blacks." Like I said, if this is common to all LED backlit LCDs, then fine, but it is very noticeable here, and if its particular to this model, I would say look elsewhere. My old Toshiba didn't have his issue, and I almsot wish I'd just replaced it with an identical model.
By Jason B. LeBrun (San Francisco, Ca)
I'm really impressed with the quality of the image of this television, especially given the price I paid. I had been looking at the Samsung LED panels, and although they were beautiful and vibrant, the increase in image quality didn't seem commensurate to the increase in price. So, I had given up on getting an LED-backlit panel, until I discovered this Toshiba. It was just released, and I was a little nervous about getting it sight-unseen, but I decided to take the plunge, and I'm glad I did.
The colors really pop out. The LED backlighting makes a *huge* difference for blacks. On my old 46-inch TV (a Sharp AQUOS), when watching dark movies, or standard-def stuff with black bars, the blacks would glow pretty noticeably in a dark room. Of course, this was par for the course for an LCD panel at that time, and it wasn't the worst thing ever.
With the proper configuration on this Toshiba panel, when viewing SD content in a dark room, the black bars fade into the darkness almost perfectly. Sometimes you can notice the selective backlighting. If there is a small bright object on a black background, it will have a slight aura from the section of backlight being on. If you connect a computer, set a black screen and move a white mouse pointer around, you can actually identify the backlighting elements. It's more cool, than annoying. I guess because of the way the human eye works, you really don't notice the panels/auras under normal viewing.
The media player functionality is pretty much worthless... it wouldn't play any of the movie files that I had on hand. Since I have an HTPC attached, it's not much of an issue. I basically bought the TV to function as a monitor.
Pros:
*Nice solid blacks due to the dynamic backlighting
*SD content from my Wii and DVDs displays beautifully.
*Plenty of connections
*Lots of complicated picture settings. I'm not a pro when it comes to calibration and viewing configuration, so my opinion is less valuable here.
*Pretty decent sound for stock TV speakers.
*Power-saving off mode to reduce parasitic power drain
*Pretty low power for the size under normal operation
Cons:
*The VGA input doesn't support HD resolution (!!) -- luckily, all of my computers have DVI/HDMI output
*Sleeping the display (when a computer is attached, eg) results in an annoying "No Video Signal" announcement bar to be displayed.
*Sleeping the display also turns off sound (this is a minor nitpick, and soon won't matter since I'll have an external sound system)
*Sometimes the image size options don't suffice for getting the picture to fill the screen properly. I really miss the setting on the AQUOS that widened things more as you approach the side. It usually resulted in a full-screen effect for SD content. The Toshiba options are to cut off part of the screen, or have black bars. Of course, due to the LED backlighting, the black bars are not noticeable which is nice.
By JC (Texas)
Just to let you know Underhill, Samsung doesn't make a single LED TV, they make an LCD that's backlit with LED lights instead of CCFL lights. The only LED you can purchase right now is a 12 inch LED from Sony which runs about $7000, that is a TV screen made up of lots of tiny LED lights. The "Samsung's LED" TV's as they call them are nothing but a traditional Liquid Crystal Display like any other LCD except the lights behind them are different. Plus the Samsung one isn't totally backlit only edge lit so the contrast in the middle of the picture isn't the same as the outer edges. So do some research before you buy, LG and Sony both make very good fully LED backlit LCD TV's, not just edge lit, so you get much more even contrast across the whole screen plus the benefit of "Local Dimming."
By R. L. Underhill (Champlin, MN United States)
I purchased a new Regza in June 2009. Three months later the picture has vertical blue lines and when red is displayed, I get vertical red lines running from top to bottom. They fade in and out when each color is displayed on the screen. Very distracting for an expensive TV. I called Toshiba and they didn't seem to care. I looked on you tube and found others that have the same problems.
Would I buy another Toshiba Regza ? Hell no.
Now, I have to find a repair and haul it over there. Lucky me.
I think I'll try Samsung LED next. No more LCD's
If you own a Regza now, better hope is doesn't start the vertical line crap.
By A. English (Blue Bell, PA USA)
Unless you want an inch thin LCD TV, this should be your TV of choice. I went to Sixth Avenue where they had an exceptionally large selection of LCD and Plasma TVs. This TV had the best picture quality of any LCD TV they had. I was planning on getting a Samsung 1080P 120Hz thin LED TV (could not quite swallow the price of the 240Hz) model until I read reviews of streaks in the picture quality when watching the TV in a dark room. I then moved on to the less expensive non LED Samsung 240Hz LCD TV which is still $400 more than this Toshiba. Luckily, the salesperson asked me to take a look at this TV first. This TV is back-lit LED which makes the TV thicker, but provides better picture quality than the side-lit LEDs in the thin Samsung. The 240Hz was a real bonus--especially in a TV that sells for this price. I have had the TV for a month now and could not be happier with it. I have had friends that visit comment that this TV has the best picture quality they have ever seen in any TV. This is the best 46-inch LCD TV you can buy that sells for a price that's unbelievably low when compared to the competition. It might not be the thinnest LCD LED TV, but it does have the best quality picture in any LCD TV. It is just one awesome TV.
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