Stylish 3D TV for the whole family
Toshiba sets off in 3D with polarizing filter technology. And equal to the first model, the 42VL863G, shows in our test lab, he easily can keep up with the competition.
Four 3D glasses create the polarization of the TV - you can thus start immediately after purchase with the whole family. - so you can get started directly after the purchase with the whole family. In the 3D image, the Toshiba TV showed a slightly yellowish color cast, which make up but in the Farbeinstellungs menu simply for themselves.
The brightness of the 3D image is - typical of polarization - lower than in 2D mode, but remains insufficient. Annoying double outlines (called crosstalk) are very low, but are not completely invisible. Overall, the TV is a good 3D picture - if only the half HD resolution available with reduced resolution, since the filter technology.
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| Toshiba 42VL863G: Polarization-TV with very good picture. |
Also the measured contrast in the sure proves to be very good: the checkerboard contrast ratio is well above the average of around 100:1 132-1. The enclosed filter spectacles are light, comfortable to wear and cause no problems for head tilt or horizontal movements. However, the vertical field of view is very limited - if you get up off the couch, see everything twice.
Great tuner image
Thanks to the Toshiba enhancement Imaging resolution + offers the 42VL863G an excellent SD image: scrolling marquees blur only minimally, halos and motion blur when football can be recognized in approaches only occasionally. The image is overall pretty sharp, edges smooth and convincing the colors. The same applies to the representation of the HD channels: the image is crisp sharp and free of motion blur, material in 720 p as well as in 1.080i.
With DVD movies, the TV shows a very good detail with lots of details also due to its very uniform edge LED backlit. Not so good, we like the very wide overscan, which cuts off much of the image - in the presets "Super Live" and "Widescreen" the image is displayed while in different formats, the truncated area remains but about the same size. This problem does not have the TV on Blu-ray discs, because it can represent the image in original size. The detail is also excellent, the picture sharp and error-free.
Weak sound, cool features
The sound of the Toshiba TV sounds a total clean. If you make it really loud, the housing starts to but soon echo. The screen menu offers many setting possibilities, in particular in relation to the image adjustments - however is to use the menu structure in this area quite nested and only about several subitems.
A built-in camera performs movement and user detection – this means up to four user profiles can be related to channel list, assign each a person, and her face, picture and sound settings.
Network and USB player
The integrated media player can play content from external USB storage media, and from the home network (DLNA certified, LAN Jack). USB of the 42VL863G in the test played from all popular formats, over the network only videos in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. If it is connected to the TV to the Internet, he renders content from the Web: various widgets for news, sports, weather and similar no 'real' free Web browsers are available, but.
No power saver
The television is "only" the EU energy label became also noticeable "B", and that outdated for a current 42-inch TV consumption of over 100 Watts (with factory default settings). December light sensor reduces the current hunger but clearly - when still acceptable brightness of the display.
Conclusion
Toshiba's 42VL863G offers a very good picture quality both in 2D and 3D. Since be accompanied by a four pole-glasses, nothing in the way is a 3D-Heimkinoabend with friends or family. However, the really big sound to the great image comes not from the chic housing. Since you could rework via an external sound solution about a Soundbar. Which costs some extra charge, at a fair price of around 1,000 euros for a 3D TV of this size and quality of many buyers are likely to can survive the potential additional costs but.
Alternative
AThe Philips 42PFL7606K for about 920€ sets in the 3D rendering of polarization technique. It showed in the test a better picture than the Toshiba 3D-TV. But if only 2 pol-glasses are included with. This can see the remaining facilities: many tuner, sufficient connections and great network and Internet functions are among the highlights.
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