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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: 42AV635DB
• Released on: 2009-04-24
• Dimensions: 2.65 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

The REGZA AV63 series combines HD Ready picture processing with a stylish contemporary black high gloss design. All Regza AV63s feature Resolution+ technology which enhances standard definition content to virtually high definition quality. The AutoView function is able to adapt to the lighting conditions in the room and analyses the content on screen, automatically and instantaneously providing optimal picture settings at all times. The AV61 series boasts a contemporary black gloss finish, with narrow bezels and new slim speakers. The stylish design hides a wealth of technology, including 4 x HDMI™ slots, a PC Input connection and powerful audio performance from the integrated stereo speakers

Digital TV
Between now and the end of 2012 the UK will be turning off all old “analogue” TV transmitters and switching your TV signal to “digital”. When the digital switch happens in your area, your older analogue TVs will no longer be able to pick up a signal. To keep your normal TV service running, you will need to convert your TVs to digital before your area’s switchover date.

Switching your home to digital is easy. All you need to do is purchase digital tuner and connect it to your analogue TV or alternatively, you can replace it with a new digital TV.

All Toshiba TVs carry the Digital Tick and come with Freeview built-in, making them the ideal option for preparing your home for the digital switch.

Resolution+
Toshiba’s unique Resolution+ upscaling technology takes everyday standard definition content and instantly improves edge detail and texture, enhancing it to virtually high definition picture quality.

With Resolution+, your 1080p Toshiba LCD TV will produce near HD picture quality on all standard definition TV, DVD and downloaded content you watch while still delivering the most pure and stunning picture quality possible from all high definition sources.

Watch as your favourite movies, programmes and games become clearer, richer and sharper than ever before.

AutoView
Toshiba’s unique technology that automatically adjusts picture settings depending on not only the room lighting, which is common feature on quality LCD TVs these days, but also the content shown on screen. The technology eliminates the need to constantly have to adjust the backlight brightness and colour settings in order to find the best viewing experience in all environments.

AutoView means that your REGZA LCD TV will be performing to its full potential, delivering the best possible picture quality at all times.

Active Vision II
Active Vision II is our acclaimed high performance picture processing system. It has been designed to produce high quality, high definition images by enhancing core elements of a television picture:

Detail: Images are now spread over a larger number of smaller pixels compared to a conventional LCD TV. This allows highly detailed images to be produced far more accurately across all colour tones.

Colour: Active Vision reproduces colours with more tones than conventional LCD televisions, producing images with reduced banding for a smoother, more realistic colour progression.

Movement: Picture sharpness in fast moving scenes is increased, with a reduction in the jagged edges often seen on lines and fine detail.

Contrast: The monitoring and adjustment of contrast enhances detail and increases the ability of the television to represent subtle shade changes.

Game Mode
An exciting new feature for the gamers amongst you - Game Mode. This feature bypasses much of the picture processing technology required to enhance TV programmes and films, resulting in an improved response time and screen refresh rate.

Game Mode is compatible with any HDMI equipped games console and automatically adjusts the picture to deliver a more realistic game setting and importantly 1:1 pixel mapping. This allows every last detail of the original image to be shown without cropping the edges; giving the online gamer a distinct advantage over opponents without a dedicated Game Mode.

Full Power Down
We have fitted an On/Off switch in response to the concerns expressed by many consumers who would prefer to turn their television off completely.
All models are extremely energy efficient, but we take our responsibility to the environment seriously and will always do everything we can to minimise the impact our products have on our surroundings.

HDMI
Put simply, HDMI is the new industry standard for the connection of home entertainment equipment.

High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connections between TV, DVD and other digital equipment are gradually replacing older SCART connections and make it possible to deliver high definition pictures and sound to your HD Ready TV.

The REGZA AV63 Series has 4 HDMI connections, making it possible to connect 3 HD sources (satellite -TV, DVD, games consoles etc) to your TV at any one time.

Box Contains

42AV635DB LCD TV

Remote Control

2 x AA Batteries

Instruction Manual

Pedestal Stand

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Customer Reviews

One of the best and most versatile sets around
To think this now costs around one-third of the price of a similar model only 3 years ago! If you can accommodate its size, it is an excellent buy, almost a bargain.

In use it is an excellent TV. Picture is sharp and clear, with no funny quirks, and set-up was easy enough; even though I had to tune mine in manually (I am on the cusp between two transmitters) it didn't prove difficult. Some things to note are;

- very comprehensive range of inputs and outputs, something which is important not to overlook when buying. Not all sets are so well equipped; it is best to be as `future-proof' as you can. Most are round the back, so note if you are in the habit of frequently plugging and unplugging SCARTS, for instance,

- the set comes with Freeview, but still has an analogue tuner. Even so, the digital tuner is quite good, and most should have no difficulty getting an acceptable signal,

- the set is 1080p HD ready. Even if you don't have HD (yet!) you will still benefit if your DVD player has upscaling (though there do seem to be some random compatibility issues with all makes, especially with 4:3 ratio programmes)

- although it comes with Dolby digital settings, the sound is adequate rather than spectacular. This tends to be a common problem with flat-screens; the difficulty is fitting good loudspeakers into a shallow box. More expensive solutions can help, but even then they are not going to be as good as a proper sound system, which you will probably have if you're serious about films. Even so, not all of us want theatre sound when watching the news, etc, and the sound is more than sufficient for normal use, and still OK for films if you don't want the bother of extra speakers cluttering up the living room,

- the remote is a bit of a let-down. The buttons are well laid out but don't seem to be as positive as I would like, the response angle is a bit limited and I have found it does not have a particularly long range. Still, I've got used to it!

- the manual makes odd references to menu settings, some of which are just not clear; you may have to experiment, or just leave them on default settings,

- the stand can be removed for wall mounting but the manual is of little help. Still, one call to Toshiba and I found them very helpful in clearing the matter up.

As for styling, it is a matter of preference, but I prefer the simple, rectangular black frame of this TV. It's going to dominate, wherever you put it, so you want to be pleased with how it looks.

I doubt you'll be disappointed with this set - I do my homework carefully and it ranks as one of the best to my mind.

Toshiba LCD TV
Have had this TV for about 3 weeks now and on the whole am very pleased with it. The picture quality is really goood, it accepts inputs from DVD recorder, laptop via DVI cable, VHS player, media player, all very readily.I have no HD at present but am impressed with the SD quality. The on-line manual is OK but could be a little bit more detailed. We generally view this TV from about 12' away but it is still very clear and not pixelated at about 5'(and that's SD format). The remote is fairly basic which is wonderful - unless you want to spend ages looking through a manual to find out how to change settings.
The only disappointment is the sound quality. If you intend to use some surround sound system or use the phono socket to connect to external speakers this isn't an issue, but don't rely on the built in speakers to give good audio output.
I am pleased with this purchase and about £100 cheaper from Amazon than high street retailers. Incidentally, the picture quality was unimpressive at one retailer and significantly better (outstanding)at another.

Had it for a week now...
Ive had this TV for a week now, so I figured I'd write a review, as they were very scarce when I was buying this.

Firstly, the size is awesome, for 42" you definitely get your money's worth. TV sizes aren't necessarily what they say in the description, as I had a 32" Bush HD LCD TV before this, and it towered way above my mates 32" Samsung. This is the same thing. I sit about 2.5m away from the TV and if I had picked up the 50" Plasma instead Id have to turn to my head to see what was on the screen. The Screen is huge and more than enough for many households.

Like I said, I've had it for a week, so I've tested the Freeview picture quality on it properly. Obviously its not as sharp as HD, but its pretty good. I watched the Newcastle/WBA match and the England/Holland match, and it had no motion blur whatsoever. There was a bit of pixelation around the players in the England match a few times, but that's down to the ITV broadcast, as there was none on the BBC Newcastle match. Watching the tickers on news channels was no bother, very clear text and no blur again. Very impressive. Who needs 100hz? Watching general TV was pretty good, but like I said, its down to the broadcaster with the pixelation. Watching BBC/ITV/CH4 was pretty good, no noise or pixelation. But watching Coronation Street on ITV2 Morning repeat, the picture seemed to suffer a little bit. Not distractingly bad, but you could see the difference between the other channels.

I have a BluRay player, a HDDVD Player and a PS3 hooked up to it. I havent had a proper test of HD movies yet. When I got the TV I whacked on Transformers BluRay and Independance Day BluRay for a quick test to check the colours and contrast mainly. I was impressed with it, but I only skipped to the actions scenes. I'll be watching a film on it sometime later to really test it out.
Watching DivX through the PS3 was really impressive. It up-scaled really well and there's no difference whatsoever in watching a 700mb movie and full retail DVD, which I thought was cool.

Contrast levels were really good. So good, that I had to turn it down a bit. I don't get the whole "Blacker than Black" arguments, as testing this TV out, The blacks were black and the grey's were grey, and the contrast level "supposedly" isnt as good as the high end models and Plasma's.

I have had problems with the TV. Mainly with the Inputs.
I had my PS3 and BluRay running through my Amp, then up to the HDMI on the TV. For some reason, the TV wouldn't accept the PS3 signal, it would just flicker like crazy. No idea why? As when I unplugged it from the Amp and plugged it straight into the TV it worked perfectly.
I still have a problem connecting my PC to the TV via VGA. It brings up the BIOS and Windows Loading screen, but then goes off and brings up a message along the lines of "Video Format Not Supported".
Don't let it put you off though, as my PC is a 5 year old Shuttle XPC, and will probably just need the settings changed in the BIOS. Not a major factor for me, as I'm buying a new PC in a couple weeks anyways.

I wasn't that keen on the remote. But I think that's just personal preference, as all the remotes I've had have the channel numbers on the bottom and the menu buttons etc, on the top half. Like the Sky remote or general Freeview remotes. It takes some getting used to, as I've pressed wrong buttons a few times and thought it was just in my head when I heard someone describing what was happening on Ugly Betty (God? lol)
I think a universal remote is finally in order for me.

All in all, this is a really good TV. Entry Level? only if you're picky!
I'm very happy with it and don't see the need to upgrade to a higher end unless it suddenly dies out of warranty.


Thanks For Reading.