Toshiba 46G310U 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV, Black
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 List Price: $999.99 Sale Price: $700.99 
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Product Description
Think you need to break your budget to enjoy blockbuster HD entertainment. Not with Toshiba's LCD HDTV series. Featuring all-new designs, and offered in 46"class, these value-packed televisions look great and work great in a living room, kitchen or bedroom. Watch your favorite movies and programming in 1080p full HD. Savor fast-action sports or edge-of-your-seat gaming clearly thanks to our exclusive CineSpeed Panel or Clear Frame 120 Hz technology on select models. Show your latest vacation videos and pics with a high-res PC connection. And do it all with the assurance of famous Toshiba quality and reliability. Want more memorable entertainment for your money? Our LCD HDTV series delivers. General Information--Manufacturer--Toshiba::General Information--Manufacturer Part Number--46G310U::General Information- :General Information--Brand Name--Toshiba::General Information--Product Series--G310::General Information--Product Model--46G310U::General Information--Product Name--46G310U LCD TV::General Information--Product Type--LCD TV::Miscellaneous--Package Contents- 46G310U LCD TV Remote Control: Warranty--Standard Warranty--1 Year Limited::Technical Information--Screen Size--46"::Technical Information--Backlight Technology--CCFL::Technical Information--Aspect Ratio--16:9::Technical Information--Features--Channel Labeling, Sleep Timer::Technical Information--Media Player--Yes::Video--Digital Tuner--ATSC::Video--Analog Tuner--NTSC::Video--Video Signal Standard--HDTV 1080p::Video--Standard Refresh Rate--60 Hz::Video--Frame Refresh Rate--120 Hz::Video--Maximum Resolution--1920 x 1080::Video--Scan Format--1080p::Audio--Speakers--Yes::Audio--RMS Output Power--14 W::Interfaces/Ports--Number of HDMI Ports--3::Interfaces/Ports--Composite Video--Yes::Interfaces/Ports--Component Video--Yes::Interfaces/Ports--HDMI--Yes::Interfaces/Ports--USB--Yes::Interfaces/Ports--VGA--Yes:
Details
- 1080p Resolution: See colors and details like you never have before! Enjoy 1080p Full HD.
- ClearFrame 120Hz: Using advanced computer processing, ClearFrame 120Hz improves picture clarity and reduces motion blur
- Hi-Res PC Input: Enjoy high definition images when you connect your PC to your TV.
- 3 HDMI-CEC: Easily connect to high-definition video, and amazingly immersive surround sound in one cable.
- 1080p Resolution: See colors and details like you never have before! Enjoy the highest level of HD picture quality with 1080p Full HD.
- Action packed content has never looked better! Using advanced computer processing, ClearFrame 120Hz improves picture clarity and reduces motion blur
- ClearFrame 120Hz:
- Equipped with invisible stereo speaker design, LCD HD TVs pipe out clear, natural sound that makes movies and gaming so much more.
- Invisible Speaker Design:
Enjoy more memorable entertainment for your money with Toshiba’s G310U LCD HDTV series. Smartly designed, these big televisions are big on value, too. They deliver 1080p Full HD* movies and programming, for colors and details like you’ve never seen before, excellent sound through ingenious invisible speakers and, of course, world-renowned Toshiba quality and reliability. Get ready to high-five fast-action sports or edge-of-your-seat gaming without the blur, thanks to our exclusive ClearFrame 120Hz technology. Give great slideshows from your laptop with a high-res PC connection. And hook up a home theater with fewer headaches thanks to three HDMI-CEC ports*.
Key Features:
1080p Resolution
Delivering more than just high-definition, the 1080p full HD* output on this TV represents the finest HD picture quality available today. Skin tones, textures and landscapes suddenly seem like real life. Shadows are deeper and richer. Colors pop. Highlights come alive with amazing character. The secret is more pixels. In fact, on a 1920 x 1080 resolution screen, 1080p full HD* content displays over 2,000,000 pixels—a standard 720p HD display less than half that.
LCD Panel
Driven by CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlight technology, this TV displays images by illuminating and blending millions of liquid crystal to form the excellent images you’ll see in movies, games and photos.
ClearFrame 120Hz
doubles standard frame rates to create a 120Hz effect that reduces any blurring caused by high-speed video. Using advanced computer processing, it improves picture clarity without impacting brightness or adding flicker. Fast-action movies or sports have never looked better.
DynaLight
Adding intensity to blacks and selectively reducing the intensity of highlight areas, DynaLightgives the TV picture a more balanced, true-to-life appearance. It utilizes advanced histogram technology to monitor the brightness of each video frame and automatically adjust backlight intensity based on what’s being shown. This allows for numerous levels of control, and can create dynamic contrast many times what you’d normally get. The result is a powerful picture with deep blacks for increased detail and incredible depth.
CineSpeed LCD Panel
This special LCD screen delivers superior high-speed video. Plus, its wide viewing angle ensures you’ll experience better viewing from a variety of seating areas.
Native Mode
Many TV broadcasts, movies and other content are produced in standard def 480i and 480p or high-def 720p. Depending on the show or your preferences, there are times when you may not want your Toshiba 1080p or 720p TV to automatically upconvert those signals. Native Mode lets you easily take control. On our 1080p HDTVs, Native Mode eliminates unnecessary scaling of full HD signals that can reduce overall image resolution–and quality. Activated on either our 720p or 1080p TVs, it also displays the image edges many sets lose to normal over-scanning.
Gaming Mode
Lets you enjoy hair-trigger action on your Toshiba TV with a special setting that reduces game controller delay.
HDMI with CEC*
Technology that enables you to easily connect to high-definition video and immersive surround sound in one cable, and control like-equipped home theater components with one remote control.
USB with Music and Photo
Easily connect to your favorite music and photos via USB.
High-Res PC Input
Enables you to enjoy high-definition images when you connect a PC to your Toshiba TV.
VESA Mounting Pattern
A pattern of video industry standardized holes used for mounting to stands or wall, which allows for use of universal mounts when mounting your TV.
* Please visit info.toshiba.com for all legal disclaimers and more information.
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What’s in the box
TV, stand, remote and batteries, owner’s manual.
Rating
I am a prosumer and fairly regularly install professional quality HDTV’s in a business type setting.
I Purchased 2 of these TV’s hoping for a clear, bright, even picture and adequate audio and I am very pleased in spite of the user reviews.
I hung both TVs on the wall using a horizontal tilt bracket. The rooms are approx. 12′ X 40′ tiled, and at 50% volume it is plenty loud, however it is only 3 inches away from the wall allowing the rear facing speaker design to do what it was designed to do. Comparing the TV’s audio to a surround sound system would be like comparing apples to oranges. The rear projecting speakers are designed to use the hollow wall as a sound board and essentially creating an amplified bass. However I still needed to increase the bass to reach a more comfortable listening tone, but as far as small television speakers go, they don’t lack in volume. The users that are complaining about not enough audio are most likely using articulating arm mounts that keep the TV too far from the wall and or have them tucked tightly into an entertainment center essentially killing the audio.
I was a little concerned with the flimsiness of the back panel where the VESA mounting holes are set. The mounting holes themselves were set in the TV very tightly, however the back panel of the TV is not really tightly secured to the frame. Despite the rear panel’s apparent “cheapness” the TV really isn’t heavy so it doesn’t seem to affect the hang.
For the money, options, and picture quality, you can’t get a better deal.
Rating
I got this TV over the summer and decided to put it through the rungs for a few months before writing a review. Overall, I’m very, very pleased with the TV.
Firstly, I do not believe that there is a better HDTV for the price – Vizio’s look like garbage, and all of the comparably-priced ones are off-brand TV’s that I would never dream of buying. The ins/outs on this are very flexible (though I wish it had RCA outs for the sound; I had to buy an optical –> RCA converter for about $25 to use with my old analog stereo). The picture isn’t bad out of the box, but with some tweaking of the settings to the room that it’s in it looks much better. The speakers are reasonably loud as well, though I often just use my stereo. Note that the Optical out is BEFORE the mute function; if you mute the TV, but have audio routed out of the optical output, you will still get sound at the destination (so if your TV is muted, but plugged into your stereo/surround system via optical, you’ll still hear the TV’s sound).
I have my digital cable box, Wii, Blu-Ray, and spare HDMI cable for my laptop all plugged into the TV. Again, enough connections for me, and easily routable. You can re-label the inputs, i.e. HDMI 1 –> Cable, et cetera. Others have complained that the stand feels “flimsy,” or small, but I think it’s ok. I have my TV stand tilted back about 3 degrees as to prevent it from falling forward in the instance that I get too rowdy while playing Wii (come on, it happens). It does have an anchor point on it and the directions show you how to attach it.
The box that it came in was packed to the max with styrofoam, and I intended on keeping it in case I ever need to transport the TV, but the box was ruined in a basement flood. So much for that. Sturdy packing, though.
The remote that comes with it is very straightforward, too, though I don’t use it a whole lot (digital cable remote is my primary one).
When you set it up, tweak the picture, tweak the sound a bit, and you’re good to go. Straightforward to setup, looks great, and serves its purpose. That’s all I need to make me happy! Great investment.
Rating
I bought this to put in my bedroom – my fiancee tends to fall asleep while watching TV and it’s sometimes a pain getting her to get up and move to the bed – and I HATED watching TV/playing games on the old tube TV we had in there.
The picture is good – been watching a lot of DVD’s and playing my XBOX360. Not as awesome as my Sony, but as a secondary TV, the price I paid for this 1080p, 46″ LCD TV was very low relative to my other options. I could have spent the same amount for a much smaller TV, but honestly I don’t think you can really tell the difference in picture quality for most things – I only got a pricey high-end Sony for my living room because I have my six-core gaming computer hooked up to it. The Xbox 360 only comes in at 720p.
Sound is about the same as any other build-in speakers I’ve experienced, though the minimum volume level is still pretty loud, especially since there isn’t all that much space between my bed and the TV.
My only real complaint is that the remote-TV connection is horribly unresponsive. I’m not sure if this is an issue with the remote signal not being strong enough or the TV hardware/software taking too long to process and respond to the signal, but it always takes a few hard button pushes to switch inputs, channels, etc.
Rating
I have had this for 4 days and am loving it. My first LCD TV which I have been planning for years. In less than 600$, this is awesome. Screen is bigger than I imagined and I get theatre experience. I am yet to play with HDMI and I am playing with my PC only and still, picture is sharp and beautiful.