Toshiba LED TV 32RL858B Review

The Toshiba 32RL858B is an attractive looking LED TV coming in at a great price with a specification and list of features you'll struggle to find on other 32 inch televisions in a similar price range. It’s amazingly slim with a small bezel. It has a Freeview HD tuner already installed and uses edge LED lighting. Multimedia files can easily be viewed from a PC network or USB device. It even has Toshiba's new online platform 'Toshiba Places' allowing you to watch videos, listen to music and access various other services.

The Toshiba 32RL858B has plenty of connections including three HDMIs, one USB, a D-Sub PC port and an Ethernet port. A dongle can also be added to the USB slot allowing Wi-Fi access. You get a Full HD screen, a superb contrast ratio of 3,000,000:1 and 100Hz processing. There are myriad picture and display options in the on screen menu allowing for numerous settings and personal fine tuning. The picture quality was never going to be as good as some LED TV costing four figures but it's far superior to the majority of 32 inch models out there.

The on screen menu is really user-friendly and everything is displayed nicely. The Toshiba 32RL858B's remote control surpasses other budget LED TV's look and appearance with a robust, solid feel along with a well organised button layout. As with any slim, modern TV you don't get the sound quality and booming bass from older CRT televisions but that's par for the course these days. This TV does hold it's own though in this department and the audio quality is more than adequate.

The Toshiba 32RL858B is an excellent piece of kit demonstrating fantastic value for money. A fine picture and great features make it one to consider. For more information about the Toshiba 32RL858 and other LCD TVs look at this endorsed website Toshiba 32RL858B.

Samsung PS64D8000 64 Inch Freeview and Freesat HD 3D Plasma SMART TV

The Samsung PS64D8000 is part of Samsung's latest range of Premium 3D Televisions building on the previous generation and is part of Samsung's new +1" Range of Plasma Televisions. The +1" style for the D8000 Television has allowed Samsung to provide an additional one inch of viewing screen in the same dimensions of the previous model. From the dimensions of a 63 Inch screen from the previous generation, you can now attain an extra inch of viewing screen thanks to Samsung's investment into new Bezel technology. Not only having an ultra slim bezel design, Samsung has managed to attain its ultra slim design of under 38mm in depth.

The Samsung PS64D8000 builds on the success of the previous generation of televisions and introduces numerous of new technologies and enhancements. This 64 Inch 3D Plasma TV utilises Active 3D Technology, whereby the Active 3D Glasses (sold separately) do the magic to allow you to view the images displayed on the screen in 3D. The D8000 3D Screen features an enhanced 3D Transmitter using Bluetooth technology which removes the issues associated with the previous generation of infrared.

Samsung's Active 3D Glasses operate wirelessly from the 3D Plasma TV and display one Full HD 1080p image per eye to give a Full HD 3D experience. The glasses are stylish, comfortable and are co-designed with glasses designer Silhouette to fit more comfortably and to be stylish when in use. Furthermore the glasses now come in 3 Different rechargeable form factors that suit any size of head: Premium 3D Glasses (SSG-3700CR), Every Day (SSG-3300GR) which are available in black or white and finally entry level (SSG-3100GB) more common with previous generation of televisions and available in battery operation only.

The Samsung PS64D8000 features support for Freeview HD among normal Freeview broadcasts with the added benefit of PVR functionality via USB Freeview HD allows you to enjoy BBC HD, ITV1 HD & 4HD (more HD Channels available in the future) in high definition for free without the need for an external Freeview HD box or a satellite receiver. The 64D8000 3D Plasma Television provides the ability to record and infinite amount of television broadcasts in both High Definition and Standard Definition with the ability the plug in an external USB Stick or USB External Hard Disk Drive. Furthermore this 64 Inch Plasma Television features an integrated Freesat HD Tuner providing with you with an alternative option to viewing HD and digital through the D8000 Series TVs.

The Samsung PS64D8000 will introduce a new category, Smart TV. Smart TV will change the way you experience entertainment and allowing you to become more informed, more connected, and most of all more entertained. Samsung's Smart TV is a major upgrade to Samsung's popular Internet@TV service that provides access to multitude of ways to extend content to your television whether this be accessing music, video, social networking, news or games applications. New for this year, Smart TV provides a gateway to use your television as any other internet equipped device and access websites on top of applications that you want to visit. You want to visit Simply Electricals on your TV? You can do that now right from your Samsung television screen. Smart TV on your Samsung PS64D8000 provides the means to access BBC iPlayer, Twitter, Facebook and LoveFilm through applications

Smart TV on the D8000 Series of TVs allows you to make free video and voice calls right from your front room with the inclusion of Skype™ software and accessories include. A Samsung USB video camera HD (sold separately) with integrated microphone is included in the box allowing you to connect to friends and family on computers, mobile devices such as the iPhone and other Skype enabled Samsung televisions.

The Samsung PS64D8000 provides two ways of accessing the internet; via WiFi through the built-in Wireless N WiFi dongle, or via ethernet where you can hardwire the unit to your router to provide a stable connection to the internet.

Watching 3D Content on your D8000 is currently available in 4 different flavours; Blu-Ray 3D, 3D Broadcast, 2D-to-3D Conversion, 3D Gaming Consoles. Blu-Ray 3D Players are currently the only way to enjoy Full HD 3D content - which means each eye, will receive a Full 1080p High Definition image in order to produce the 3D effect.

Another way to enjoy 3D Content with your Samsung 3D Plasma Television is the broadcast form. Currently in the United Kingdom, BSkyB are the only broadcaster to provide a scheduled programming service called Sky 3D. Sky 3D is available for Free to all Sky World (with Sky HD Subscription) customers allowing them to enjoy a full schedule of 3D Movies, 3D Sports and 3D Drama from Sky. Alternatively BT Vision and Virgin Media have both expanded their VoD service to include 3D Content available to be downloaded to your retrospective box.

3D Content is also available in the form of a 2D-to-3D conversion engineered exclusively for Samsung 3D Televisions. 2D-to-3D Conversion allows you convert your existing 2D television set, Games Consoles and Blu-Ray Players to 3D in the form of 1080i High Definition. The final way to enjoy 3D content on your Samsung PS64D8000 is through 3D Gaming Consoles. Currently the Sony PlayStation 3 is the only gaming console available on the market to offer this service.

The Samsung PS64D8000 64" 3D Plasma Television features new 3D progressing technology whereby the each left and right images are processed twice to increase resolution and clarity of the 3D Images. Furthermore the D8000 Series features new '3D Crosstalk-Free' technology which provides clearer and deeper 3D picture through the use of fast response time and sophisticated backlight scanning technology. This results in greater 3D Depth and less eye fatigue.

The Samsung PS64D8000 outstanding 2D and 3D picture and sound performance is as a result of new technologies including 600 Hz Sub-field Motion, Clear Image Panel, Real Black Filter & Fast Response Time

600 Hz Sub-Field Motion is the process of providing sharp, jitter-free pictures in Full-HD with 1080 lines of resolution. Each frame it processed into 12 sub-fields to optimise the performance of the frame to provide clearer, smoother pictures. The result is a received 50 Hz signal is improved to 100Hz and analyzed 6 times to provide a high motion rate. This is coupled with a fast response time provides the perfect conditions to watching 2D and 3D content in Full HD 1080p. Clear Image Panel is the process of absorbing external light and eliminating reflection, enhancing contrast and picture clarity of the TV.