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Toshiba 42XV555 DB - 42" Widescreen 1080P Full HD LCD TV - With Freeview | 
 enlarge | Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
Buy New: £611.75
New (3) from £611.75
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1965
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 59.5
Dimensions (in): 42.5 x 29.1 x 9.5
MPN: 42XV555DB
Model: 42XV555DB
EAN: 5017151620846
ASIN: B0017LTI5E
Release Date: June 2, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Screen: Format - 16:9 / Screen size - 42 inches (107 cm) / Brightness (in cd/m ) - 500 / Contrast - 25,000:1 / Response time (in ms) - 6 / Resolution (horizontal x vertical - in pixels) - 1920 x 1080 / Viewing angle (horizontal/vertical - in ) - 178/178 | | • | Audio: Audio Power - 2 x 10 W / Noise reduction - Yes / Mono/Stereo Sound - SRS WOW stereo sound / Speakers - Yes / Connectivity: Connectivity - 3 x HDMi 2 x scart 1 x component video 1 x PC input 1 x AV input 1 x common interface 1 x audio output 1 x headphones socket 1 x digital (optical) audio output 1 x audio output for subwoofer / SCART connectors - 2 / DVI Input - No / HDMI Input - 3 / PC Input - Yes / Audio output - Digital audio jack and headphones socket | | • | Tuner: Double Tuner - Yes / Functions: TV text - Yes / Other functions - Parental control Sleep timer Remote control Automatic installation 3D digital comb filter Gaming mode Programme guide REGZA Link Luma Sens | | • | General: Remote control - Yes / User guide - English / Dimensions (mm) - 1,009 x 649 x 92 / Weight (kg) - 23.3 |
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Product Description
Relax in front of your favourite TV shows with the Toshiba 42XV555DB LCD TV. With its HD Freeview tuner, this flat screen brings you 1080p full HD resolution viewing on its 42" screen. Its dynamic contrast ratio of up to 25,000:1 will transport you into some breathtakingly realistic on-screen graphics, bringing you the deepest blacks and the brightest colours. With three HDMI connectors and two scart sockets, you can easily connect your 42XV555DB to a Blu-ray player, a games console or a Home Cinema system. With its sophisticated, clean lines, the Toshiba 42XV555DB will look great in any interior.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Great if you havent owned a plasma November 17, 2008
Mr. C. Read (Norwich,UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have an 2 year old 42" 1024 x 768 plasma screen. After alot of research I bought this TV for 3 main reasons, 1. I wanted the 1080p resolution for gaming and bluray 2. I wanted to reduce my electricity bill, this TV is rated at 203w compared to my plasma's 300w and 3. It is cheap
At first I was very pleased with my purchase, the set is so light, which makes moving it around for one person a breeze, lcd's ability to produce good black colouring has improved vastly over the years to an excellent quality.... Sky HD, DVD's, Bluray, and xbox 360 gaming all looked great and I wasnt particularly aware of any motion blurring that LCD's are supposed to suffer from.
Anyone who has an XBox 360 and really wants a 1080P screen may be disapointed with the jump in picture quality over say a standard HD ready screen. This is nothing to do with the screen, but the fact that the XBox does not actually output a true 1080P picture. All Xbox games are internally rendered at a lower resolution (i think 640 x 480 but maybe wrong) and then upscaled to the output resolution you set on the dashboard. This is the reason why most games look practically the same whatever you set your xbox resoltion too ... if you have an XBox HD DVD player however, this will look great on this set.
Anyone who has suffered with Lip synching issues on Sky HD will be pleased to hear that this set has some kind of lip synching support built in, and as a result did not suffer from the problem ... I was impressed with that
It also made a fantastic PC monitor over VGA (1280 x 768) .... anyone thinking of using HDMI to get 1920 x1080 resolution might want to look into it some more though as simply plugging in the HDMI cable from the TV to my laptop blue-screened my laptop every time. Also when connecting to my old plasma you may be surprised to hear that VGA provides an almost perfect picture, but HDMI does not .. to the point that it is unusable ... but that is to a 1024 x 768 plasma
Unfortunatley, the last thing I tested on my list was standard definition TV, at which compared to my old plasma, this set is very very poor .... visible ghosting alot of the time, blocky images .... and trying to get the right contrast and brightness balance proved very difficult, often leading to unnatural colours or bleaching. Surpisingly I found that Freeview looked better than standard definition Sky (over HDMI)
High definition pictures are good, as you would expect .... but not to the point where they are so good you could almost be there .... as with my old plasma
Furthermore the speakers are truly awful .... I actually had to set the bass to minus 20 to stop distortion and rattling in a documentary!! So I hate to think what it would be like in an action film
So this set is going back and Im buying a 1080P plasma ... yes my electric bills will go up, but as someone who spends alot of time looking at a screen, the downsides of this set were too many for me ... Im tempted to say that its a load of old tosh ;o)
If you are upgrading from another LCD screen however then you might find that you will be very happy with this set ... it is certainly a bargain at the price and is great at much of what it does ... if however you want the best of the best ... then keep looking
It is extremely hard to find professional reviews of this set on the internet ... but keep looking, they are there .... most gave it 7.5 to 8 out of 10 .... which is about right .... the plasma I have just ordered from amazon gets a regular 9.5 ... this is definately a case of you get what you pay for
 Great tv for the price November 1, 2008
Mr. R. Eldridge
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this tv in september and i think its fantastic for the price.
The picture quality on xbox 360 is fantastic, blu ray discs look awesome, batman begins and terminator 2 look fantastic.
The sound is very clear, great bass. it doesnt get crackly at high volume.
The freeview picture is supprisingly good, its clear and rarely ever blocky.
one of the best purchases i've ever made.
Fantastic offer September 28, 2008
B. Keenan (blackpool uk)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this telly and wasn't sure what to expect, I was pretty amazed by the picture quality and thinness of the TV, I did at first think the tv was scratched on the bottom right hand side, but my sister soon pointed out, it was not a scratch it was the lights, when the TV is in standby and on etc.. anyhow I am really pleased with my purchase and the price I paid, well done Amazon. x
Fabulous!! September 25, 2008
Jenifer Read (Cornwall, England)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I wanted to comment to allay any fears about hanging this TV on the wall as there have been suggestions that it cant be done with cables in the rear, I have used 2 x scart and 1 x HDMI output from the back of the tv and have hung it on the wall using the wall hanging kit on offer on amazon with it. The HDMI cable is not a worry as it so small but the bigger, bulkier Scart cable fits in perfectly snuggly behind the TV given the fact that the input area on the back of the TV is counter sunk and the depth of the wall hanging kit so please dont let this put you off. I guess the reason the 3rd HDMI slot plus a few others is on the side of the TV is for convenience if you wanted to temporarily link up a games console or something (think drunk Wii night!!)you dont need to remove the whole TV from the wall.
What a fantastic TV with a bargain price tag ( 619.99 at purchase plus free DVD upscaler and wall hanging kit for 15) very very pleased and would highly recommend this to anyone!
(please note - cables must all be purchased seperately)
 Excellent Product ... But should supply cables ! September 23, 2008
USB (West Sussex, UK)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this television a few days ago and find both the sound and vision extremely good. At this point in time (Sept 2008) it represents very good value for money ( 619 including a DVD player !) and I would recommend anyone thinking about buying a 42" television should give this model by Toshiba their full consideration. It is simply excellent.
There is one gripe however. Iin common with most other products (I suspect) is the lack of cables. There are none - although the excellent connectivity (i.e. the sockets at the back and side) allows cables on existing devices (mainly Scart, composite video and VGA) to be used, albeit minus high definition. HDMI cables of various flavours must be purchased to use high definition inputs.
This complaint aside, it is truly an excellent piece of technology and I have no hesitation in recommending this model to anyone.
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