The latest from the Toshiba ranks is none other than the Toshiba 46-inch LCD HDTV, which is part of the company’s top-shelf line, the XF550U Series. This implies that it has been incorporated with some of the company’s most advanced imaging technologies, thereby giving it a distinctive edge over its rivals. To start with, it has the by now standard 1920 x 1080 resolution, as well as an impressive response time of eight-millisecond. Even more importantly, it has the intuitive ClearFrame 120Hz technology on-board, an indigenous development of the company, which comprehensively augments the image quality by reducing motion blur, apart from producing smoother movement of film sources.

You will also feel good that it has included three HDMIs, two component video and one PC input, along with a two component video and one PC input. The HDMI inputs, on the other hand, support lip synch and pleasantly accepts both a 1080p/60 and 1080p/24 signal. It is essentially a more advanced version of the Toshiba 46XF355D. The 46XF550U unit on the downside however, lacks the much sought for picture-in-picture functionality, as well as a program guide for the internal tuners. Nevertheless, you will feel nice that there is a well conceived Channel Browser that displays the thumbnails of available of available of favorite channels along the bottom of the screen.

The unit also comes with a wide range of picture adjustment functions that can be employed o fine-tune the image quality. There are five picture modes and three colour-temperature options, which are bestowed with the ability to adjust the amount of green and blue in these presets. The only problem is, the menu is some what reserved when it comes to offering complete white-balance controls. Then, the innovative DynaLight mode feature is there as well which automatically tailors the TV’s backlight to suit the source content’s brightness, while a Game mode improves response time with a gaming console.

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