TOSHIBA WLT56B 20" REVIEW

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Reviewed by UK Guest, 6th Mar 2007.

Review Summary: Excellent Value IDTV

Overall Score: 4/5

Review: This Toshiba WLT56B is a very good widescreen TV for the price, picture quality is excellent and auto-tuning made initial setup a piece of cake. Overall one of the best value IDTVs around (why are people still selling analogue-only TVs when they start turning off the analogue signal next year?? Does anyone still want to buy them?? Also, why do IDTVs cost hundreds more than analogue equivalents, when you can get a freeview box for less than £[...]?? Are these 2 facts connected?? Don't get me started!!).
Only two criticisms: the default colour setting is far too washed-out, almost black-and-white. I've found this to be a common criticism of other TVs in the past, so not unique to this model. You can use the TV settings to adjust the colour to an acceptable level, but then you lose the setting should you unplug the set for any reason.
Secondly, I bought this as a TV set for the bedroom, so it's often used with wireless headphones (don't want to disturb the trouble and strife in her slumbers). When I first connected the headphones, they worked OK, but the main TV speakers didn't mute. I checked the owner's manual, and sure enough, it stated that the TV speakers should mute when you insert the headphone jack. So I thought I had a faulty set, and contacted Toshiba customer services. They told me however that the owner's manual is WRONG on this point: the TV speakers are not intended to mute when you connect the headphones, because apparently they've had numerous requests from the hard-of-hearing, to allow the use of headphones whilst the main TV speakers stay audible for other users. I've not come across this system before. It's workable because there is a setting to adjust the headphone volume independently from the main speaker volume. Thus the correct procedure if you don't want to disturb your sleeping partner is to connect the headphones then simply turn the main speaker volume down to zero!

Ratings

Value For Money:		4
Review Score:		4
Recommended?		Yes

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