Toshiba 40RL953

image quality, price, sound, usability, design

reliability, durability, energy

67% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Excellent design, Aggressive price, Fair picture quality

Not enough online content, Tuner pictures - especially standard def ones - lack sharpness, Clumsy remote control

Clear picture ; cheap price ; plenty of smart features ; good remote-control app

Bold but unsubtle colours ; lack of detail in black areas ; clunky interface

Great features, but not enough to redeem a disappointing performance

Attractive design ; Decent on-demand service ; Good selection of picture tools ; Broad USB multimedia compatibility

Soft Freeview pics ; Occasional judder ; Beast of a remote control ; Toshiba Places needs to grow

After successfully playing smart TV catchup with some of its more innovative rivals and increasing its television sales by over 30 per cent last year, Toshiba is now aiming to consolidate its position as a dominant force at the value end of the TV market.

Good image quality, access to home network and USB input. Generally very happy with the TV.

Only one USB socket, which is likely to be required for network adapter, meaning that you must disconnect from your network to access images/video from other USB sources. Factory set up too bright and garish and required some fiddling to get acceptable...

It's nice looking

The screen had white pixels on it The Samsung version is soooo Much better in every way

Good image quality, access to home network and USB input. Generally very happy with the TV

Only one USB socket, which is likely to be required for network adapter, meaning that you must disconnect from your network to access images/video from other USB sources. Factory set up too bright and garish and required some fiddling to get acceptable...

good picture and i player good once connected

A bit of a surprise re needing a dongle for receiving i player etc not made very clear in details. The handbook is a bit brief.

Good screen with dark blacks and good colour representation Lots of inputs

Slow to start (around 10 seconds)

It's nice looking

The screen had white pixels on it ; The Samsung version is soooo ; Much better in every way

Full 1080p HD screen, improving image quality on non HD channels. Wireless connectivity meaning you can stream music, audio and images from computer to the TV. Mutiple functions to improve image quality.