Toshiba 42RV635DB TV reviews

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Toshiba 42RV635DB with 42" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.9
Image quality	9.2
Sound quality	8.5
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.1
Overall rating	9.0

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Louise, Saltash Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Good sound and picture quality for a very reasonable price.
Bad points:: None

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

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Confirmed purchase: 31 May 2010

Terence, St. Helens Sports and games fan

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Grear product
Bad points:: No bad points for me

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 31 May 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: great picture quality
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	6.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 31 May 2010

Edel, N.Ireland Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: So easy to set up and use, excellent picture quality, sleek design, looks fantastic, delighted with this product.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 31 May 2010

Patricia, Oswestry Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Looks really good, no complaints, I would certainly recommend it. My sons are very envious!
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 27 May 2010

eve, chelmsford Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Its very stylish and has excellent picture quality. A great all rounder.
Bad points:: There are no bad points that i am aware of.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 Apr 2010

mark, walsall Film and documentary lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: very easy to use and lods of gagets are compattable with it
Bad points:: havenot found any as yet ty

Ease of use	10.0
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: 16 Jul 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	42
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	4
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)	60
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)	5

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)	50000
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)	450
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)	19.7

Release date	2009/03/31
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Toshiba 42", Toshiba 42RV635, Toshiba Regza 42RV635D

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Manufacturer's Description

The 42" REGZA RV635 offers a Full HD 1080p Ready LCD TV, blending superb picture and audio quality and delivering it in a stylish high gloss black design. The 42" RV635 provides Toshiba’s acclaimed Active Vision II picture processing technology delivering stunning images from any high definition or standard definition source as well as featuring Resolution+ technology which enhances edge detail and texture to upscale high definition content to near high definition quality providing clearer, sharper, richer images.

Meta Brain
Not all TV’s are born equal. Meta Brain is Toshiba’s unique processing chip that acts as the brain of TV. Meta Brain drives certain features and technologies on REGZA LCD TVs such as Resolution+ and AutoView as well as variations of Active Vision picture processing and Dolby Volume.

Auto View
Auto View not only takes into account the room lighting but also analyses the content being shown in real time. The ambient light sensor constantly adjusts the LCD’s backlight depending on the lighting condition in the room to provide a better viewing experience. In light rooms backlight is increased, in dark rooms backlight is dimmed.

Full HD Ready 1080p
The highest definition signal currently available carries which 1080 horizontal lines of information progressivvely scanned to create a high definition image (1920 × 1080).

Dynamic Contrast
Automatically adjusts brightness required by the signal. This system allows fine detail to be reproduced, without compromising the rendering of colourful, high-bright scenes, by dimming the backlight. Conversely, for bright scenes the backlight can be brightened to give images a new intensity.

Eco Panel
A specially designed LCD panel that is designed to consume less power than a conventional LCD TV. Eco-panels consume less power whilst still producing a stunning picture quality.

Digital Approved Product
Allows a TV to receive free-to-view digital broadcasts through its standard aerial with no need for an additional digital decoder box.

Resolution Plus
Resolution+ allows your LCD TV to display standard definition images at near high definition, with improved edge detail and better textural content of the final image.

Active Vision II
Toshiba’s acclaimed award winning picture processing Active Vision improves four key areas of the picture you view, Contrast, Colour, Movement and Detail.

4 x HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams. HDMI provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source and video monitor.

Full Power Down
Your Toshiba LCD TV can now be fully turned off when you do not want to leave it on stand by mode.

Game Mode
A dedicated setting for Gaming enthusiasts. Select “Game Mode” when connecting your HDMI games console, the picture will automatically adjust to offer a more natural gaming picture. Offering the online gamer a distinct advantage over your rivals who don’t have a dedicated Game Mode.

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my tv will not switch on from the remote. i have to switch on and off from the socket. can you help. have already bought a new remote

helen asked on 19 Dec 2011
1. Hi there, I had the same problem but having contacted Toshiba they sent me a memory data stick with some info which I downloaded to the TV. It now works fine. I also had the problem of every time I switched on it went to the Gay Rabbit Channel, most embarrassing.
  Hope this helps.
  
  Patricia replied on 19 Dec 2011

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