Toshiba 40XF355D TV reviews

Score 9.0/10 Read 208
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Toshiba 40XF355D with 40" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Image quality	8.9
Sound quality	8.5
Design	9.7
Value for money	8.8
Overall rating	9.0

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Peter, DROMORE Retired electronics technician

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Excellent design with really thin frame, good picture quality although I have not yet been able to run an HD device on it. Straightforward set-up and great sound compared with previous set.
Bad points:: None yet!

Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 24 Aug 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Excellent design - until we saw this we thought the biggest screen we could fit into our room was a 37".
Obviously the image quality is at its superb best when showing 1080 HD images otherwise it suffers like all large screens from a certain amount of pixelation & smearing that is associated with SD images.
Bad points:: As with most new LCD TVs the in built sound is limited, you really need to add a home theatre sound system to get the best of the Dolby Digital sounds available with HD, Bluray & DVD. Then everything becomes wonderful.

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 22 May 2008

warren, Inverness Non geek, regular viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Slim frame ensures that it sits at ease in any living room adding a touch of elegance. Great picture quality even on non HD sources. Plenty of inputs for a variety of different equipment.
Bad points:: Only minor drawback is that the sound is not up to the same standard as the picture, but don't get me wrong, is still good quality. The bass could be a bit deeper, but is easily sorted by connecting a sub woofer to the built in ext woofer jack. ( No additional amp required)

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Aug 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Superb design, quite the nicest flatscreen TV I've seen.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 12 Sep 2008

Lynne, Ammanford retired design teacher

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Lovely Design
Bad points:: Picture not crisp

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Sep 2008

GRAHAM, MEXBOROUGH

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: No on/off switch has to be on standby or off completley

Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Sep 2008

Alan, Seaham chief electrical engineer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: screen size in comparrison to the frame size
Bad points:: no picture in picture

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Aug 2008

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	40
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	50
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	8

Screen aspect ratio	16:09
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	10000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	500
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	22.5

Release date	2007/01/07
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: TOSHIBA 40XF355DB, 40XF355D, Toshiba 40inch

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Manufacturer's Description

If ever an LCD TV defined desirability it would be Toshiba’s new REGZA XF Series. Stunning, head-turning looks are the result of cutting edge engineering techniques presenting an extremely narrow picture frame, finished in glorious piano-black.

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