Mar 02, 2013 12:02 PM
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Don't consider me as a salesman of Toshiba. I am a user of Toshiba Laptop and I had known Toshiba for over 10 years when I was in the US. I currently have Toshiba Laptop which I had been using for over two years and that was the reason for having confidence in Toshiba which is over a $50 billion dollar Japanese conglomerate who are known for their quality products.
The review here is for 40' inch LED TV which actually is LCD with a LED back lit TV. Coming to PU200 model which is LCD- LED back lit TV which has REGZA engine (Image processing unit, though not sure if it is a software/ hardware piece), I need to appreciate it for the quality of vivid pictures and unmatched sound quality (Dolby as the company claims). The PU 200 series are one of the line of products of products that were released in mid 2012. It comes in three sizes (23/32/40) inches. The slim line of TV's PS200 series are based on edge lit technology with the same REGZA engine which consume a slightly lesser power, around 5 watts less that back lit for 40 '. Based on the reviews which I searched on leading website, I got to known that Back lit are quite better than edge lit and have many advantages as available on the link below.
https://hdtvtest.co.uk/led-tv.php
The key thing I would like to say is the picture quality of even the SD channels looks quite better compared to the 37' inch Samsung LCD which my brother got over two year ago. However I don't wish to comment on the Samsung.
It is been close to a week now I had been using the TV and I am quite satisfied with the product as of now. The HD channel from Discovery and Natgeo look vivid and the sound is quite clear and extremely good.
Advantages:
1. with very less HD content available in our country, and there being no regional channels at all, SD transmission will be there for some more year. the quality of SD pictures are quite good. I understand that the REGZA engine is doing a very good job.
2. Toshiba provides a warranty of 3 years and these are available at only the retail showrooms. The one's offered on flipkart comes only with one year warranty and so the price is around 40K Rs or so. I paid around 2K more for the extended total 3 year warranty.
Priced around 10 K less on same size LED TV compared to their competitors who have built there brand value over years.
Before purchasing 40' PU200, I checked for reviews and there were lots well satisfied customers on flipkart for 32' PU200, so was quite satisfied with rating.
You may search for PU200 specifications at https://toshiba-india.com/thinkingLED/pu200.html
Disadvatages:
1. Doesn't come in 46' inch size, need to go for the PX200 smart TV series if we need 46' inch size. In fact I was looking for a 46' inch size in PU200 which is not a smart TV. PX200 series are priced quite higher and cost 67 - 68K Rs for 46 inch TV. Hope Toshiba understands the indian market well and releases 46' PU200 in india as well. 46' PU200 is available in western market and are admired for their ratings and quality.
I hope the TV lasts quite long with no issues and if there is anything I will have the same posted.
