We loved this 52-inch Toshiba's narrow-bezel case. But its LCD panel pulsed visibly between dark and light movie scenes — a result of Toshiba's DynaLight feature varying the set's backlight in an attempt to increase contrast. Its noise reduction seemed ineffective on our test video, and the set's 120 Hz film stabilization mode left some judder when we popped in a test DVD. Well, at least the remote's easy to use in the dark.
Review: Toshiba 52XF550U
We loved this 52-inch Toshiba’s narrow-bezel case. But its LCD panel pulsed visibly between dark and light movie scenes — a result of Toshiba’s DynaLight feature varying the set’s backlight in an attempt to increase contrast. Its noise reduction seemed ineffective on our test video, and the set’s 120 Hz film stabilization mode left some […]
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WIRED
Decent color reproduction. Classy looking case. Blue light under the logo on the front offers three brightness levels. Seriously.
TIRED
Even with separate noise reduction for MPEG vs. other digital formats, our test source looked noisy. Lots of trouble processing 24 frame-per-second HD sources.