Review: Toshiba 32CV505DB LCD TV

Posted by Jen

December 24, 2008

Overview

Everybody’s feeling the pinch right now when it comes to finances and we are all on the look out for a bargain. The Toshiba 32CV505DB is an HD Ready Digital LCD TV for those of us on a budget. And for only £349.99, it’s definitely worth a look! So let’s check it out!

Review

Style

Well it looks good. So that’s a good start! It sports a sleek and glossy black design with a depth of just 8 ½ cm. It comes with a swivel pedestal stand and can also be wall mounted (wall mount not included).

Dimensions are 525×786x85mm, with a weight of 12.2kg.

Features

The CV505 boasts a 32” LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio and 1366×768 resolution.

It is 1080 HD Ready and features Active Vision; boosting colour, contrast, detailing and motion handling. It has a dynamic contrast ratio of 30,000:1 and features Luma Sens technology. This detects brightness levels in the room and adjusts the pictures contrast accordingly.

It features MPEG and Digital noise reduction, a 3d digital comb filter and selectable picture formats.

The picture quality is good; it is rich, bright and vibrant. Black levels are good; however there is a lack of shadow detailing and bright picture elements can look a tad over exposed. There is minimal motion blur and 24fps playback can be just a touch shuddery.

The CV505 promises stunning sound quality and uses a Nicam Sound System with SRS WOW technology and bass boost to deliver enhanced audio performance.

Interactive features include Digital Text, Fastext Text Page Memory, Electronic Programme Guide: 8 Days, Now and Next Information and Favourite Channel Memory. Tuning is simple with auto-set up, an analogue tuner and a Freeview digital tuner.

Other features include a sleep/off timer, full power down mode that can be switched on and off, game mode, panel lock and integrated signal amplifier.

Connections include 3 HDMI (high definition multimedia interface), Component video, 2 SCART sockets, Side AV input, PC Input, Analogue Audio Input, Fixed/Variable Audio Output, Optical Digital Audio Output, Sub-woofer Audio Output, Headphone socket, DVB Common Interface, S-Video and Composite Video .

Gaj-It Verdict:

Style: 10/10
Features: 9/10
Usability: 9/10
Value: 10/10

We Say:

The few negatives are not something that can be noticed unless you’re looking to spot the tiniest faults! The telly looks good; it’s sleek, glossy (I like glossy!) and attractive and has some great features. For a budget flat-screen TV under £400, I don’t think you can complain.

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