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Toshiba Regza 52XV645U Review
The Toshiba Regza 52XV645U
HDTV prices are usually determined by their screen sizes and those above 50 inches often cost $2000 or more. The 52-inch Toshiba Regza 52XV645U, however, comes for as low as $1200, which means it offers excellent value – or does it?
Design
The Toshiba Regza 52XV645U sports a glossy black frame which looks plain enough at first glance, interrupted only by the Toshiba logo. A closer look, however, reveals its Deep Lagoon design, a strip of tiny silver cubes at the bottom that adds a three-dimensional effect and just the right touch of sophistication. Its frame is quite thin, too, especially on the top and sides, showing no visible hint of its speakers while its stand looks very sturdy, though lacking in swivel capability.
Its clicker features luminous buttons instead of a backlight, and is user-friendly enough, though its on-screen menu would have been easier to navigate if it was larger, with more legible text, a better color scheme and pop-up explanations for each option, especially since some of the most important options are hard to get to.
Screen/Picture Clarity
One of the top features of the Regza 52XV645U is its Resolution+ technology, which enhances all the image details so everything looks and feels HD. Combined with its PixelPure digital processor, this creates sharper and clearer images with well-saturated colors, though unfortunately, its black levels are not deep enough to add the finishing touches. Rather, the blacks look a bit washed out, and even worse from off-angle viewing, taking the punch out of the colors and resulting in poor shadow detail.
Motion resolution is not too impressive, either. Although the 52XV645U has a ClearFrame 120Hz function, the effects of this are less visible than the motion lag and it looks even worse with the function turned off. On a positive note, it properly displays, de-interlaces and up-converts other sources, living up to its label as a full 1080p HDTV with the proper calibration.
Features
Although the Regza 52XV645U lacks interactive features, its picture controls are extensive enough. Connectivity isn’t bad, either, with three HDMI inputs, two component video connections, a VGA input and several other analog and digital connections. It would have been better if it had a USB port, too, though. Other features include a dynamic backlight control for lower energy consumption, a gaming mode which reduces controller delay and an AutoView function that automatically sets ideal picture parameters to save you time in calibrating.
So is the Toshiba Regza 52XV645U an excellent HDTV? It certainly tries to be, and though it falls short in some areas, it still has several good points, giving those who want a large screen at a low price a reason to seriously consider it.
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I purchased a 32″ Toshiba Regza 2 years ago and loved it. We wanted a bigger set for the living room and decided to go with the 52″ Regza set again. Someone else has complained about the sound system and so do I. On the 32″ set the sound speakers were built in on the front frame of the TV — the sound pointed out and into the room. On this set the speakers are built under the TV frame — the sound points down. The sound is also louder behind the TV than in front of the TV. I don’t have this hanging on a wall so I don’t know if that would make a difference. I have the TV sitting on an entertainment stand and the back is open out to a hallway. When I walk down the hallway the sound is twice as loud as it is in front of the TV set. I’m very, very disappointed that Toshiba set the speakers into the TV in such a way to make the sound quality so bad. I love the 32″ and if I had read more I probably would’ve gone with a Samsung or Sanyo set instead. But, I was happy with the 32″ and thought the 52″ would be the same.
Just got the TV yesterday and think it’s great overall. The picture is terrific. Tested it out with the Dark Knight blu ray and it was phenomenal. I know there’s a lot of hype about moving to 240hz, but I think 120hz is just fine for my viewing needs. A lot of the negative feedback on the durability and problems of Samsung and Sony LCDs in other reviews led me to Toshiba.
The sound is the weak spot, but I had heard that criticism going into this. It’s weak, so to really enjoy blu rays, you’ll need to spend some money on audio equipment.
Probably the best value for the price at the 52 inch size category. Fortunate that I was able to get this as a replacement to a 4 year old TV under extended warranty that crapped out.
This is my first LCD tv and hopefully the last one for a while. I still havent hooked it up to my hd dvr yet. It’ll happen in a couple of days. I really like all the features and how good the HDTV reception is.
My only disappointment is the standard definition channels. Its kind of scary when you buy a new tv and many of the channels look worse than they did in your 15 year old tv. I hope that it gets better when i connect it to a cable box.
Plus, I am not sure if all LCD’s look this bad with standard channels?
Can anyone comment?
We moved into a new house and were on a mission to buy 3 televisions. After looking at all the televisions out there in our price range, and looking at all the displays next to each other, this one instantly popped out at us. I know we aren’t supposed to judge a tv when it’s next to a bunch of others, but I couldn’t help looking at all the other ones and how my eyes just kept coming back to this model. The blacks seemed darker, deeper and the colors were more vivid and crisper. I ended up buying three 52″ for the house. I’ll start of by saying that the picture is beautiful. It has full side inputs and a lot of rear inputs. One thing to mention is if you are hanging it, the rear inputs are almost impossible to reach and since they point straight back and not downward, there may be a problem with some cabling. Toshiba, like any other manufacturer, put their light up logo right in front and under the screen so it’s in the way when you are watching tv, however, they were smart enough to allow you to turn it off. The control on the tv isn’t great – it feels cheap and doesn’t light up, but does glow in the dark. Changing between channels is pretty quick, not like some tv’s where you have to wait a couple seconds. Watching Planet Earth on BluRay is excellent, except when there is quick panning, such as when they pan to follow a hawk, you can notice some jitter because the refresh rate isn’t as fast. I haven’t seen a football game on it yet so I don’t know how that looks. The sound is not very good, but then again I am not sure of many tv’s that have great sound. I have to really turn up the volume in order to hear it clear. It does have different picture modes such as sports, theater, store, etc. I find store to be the brightest, most vivid and yet retain some really deep blacks, however, this mode is not energy compliant. The tv itself is very sexy. It features a matte screen and it’s anti-glare is very good, expecially in our master bedroom where windows are next to and in front of where the tv hangs. The casing is a glossy black which does tend to gets fingerprints when touching it. Overall, I think this tv is well worth the price and you will be very happy with the picture quality. Take it from someone who owns 3 of them!
I’d had misgivings about purchasing such a product online, but some friends had done so with no problems, so I decided to try it. The TV arrived in great shape! The delivery service unpacked it and put it into the entertainment center. I had to hook the cable box, DVD player, games up, but that was no problem. The picture is fantastic! I sometimes felt like I was standing on the side lines watching the opening weekend of college football.
I have to wonder why people let big box stores like Best Buy charge them to deliver and set up their TVs. It really is pretty simple. The Amazon price was $200 to $300 less than any of the local stores that I used to evaluate the various sets and prices, and there were no shipping charges.
Overall, I’m very satisfied with both the choice of the Toshiba TV and the decision to purchase it from Amazon.Toshiba REGZA 52XV645U 52-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black