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We have collected 2 reviews of the Toshiba 42HL833. Experts rate Toshiba 42HL833 6/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Toshiba 42HL833 and Toshiba LCD TV.
There's something refreshingly straightforward about the Toshiba 42HL833. The £700 set might be devoid of online features or streaming services and its Freeview tuner is strictly standard-def, but you won't find a cheaper full HD, edge LED set of its size in Toshiba's current lineup.Affordable TVs that eschew fancy features in favour of decent pictures should find an audience in these economically straitened times and the 42HL833 sits just above the HD ready EL833 series in the manufacturer's expansive, budged-conscious new range. If the 42HL833's 42-inch screen size doesn't suit you, the 32-inch 32HL833 is also available, while anyone after a Freeview HD tuner will have to step up to the RL833 series, which also add a few online features to the mix.The 42HL833 is all about value: there's no 3D, no online connectivity or DLNA PC compatibility and the build quality is rather plasticky. You won't find much in the way of video processing, either and the panel is only 50Hz with a conventional (non-scanning) backlight. The 42HL833 is not entirely devoid of useful features, however: its USB port can handle music, photo and video files and the container formats the set can parse include MPEG, MPEG2-TS, H.264, MPEG2-PS, AVI (XviD), MP4 and MKV (H.264, MPEG1, 2, 4).
Toshiba's Regza 42HL833B is a no-frills, 42-inch, 1080p, LED-illuminated LCD TV that's available for a fairly cheap price of £620 online. When we say no-frills, we mean it -- this TV lacks the features we're used to seeing even on budget models from other manufacturers. Nevertheless, if the picture quality stands up, it might still be a decent purchase.The 42HL833B looks very similar to the Regza 32RL853 that we looked at recently. It has the same piano black finish and the bottom corners are cut away to give it a clean, angular look. The chassis doesn't feel as sturdy as that of many of Panasonic's models, though, with the base of the stand feeling especially flimsy. As this is an LED model, the chassis is very slim, measuring just 45mm deep, but, weirdly, there's a bulge on the right-hand side that seems to serve no purpose. This is because the set shares the same chassis as the Regza 42DB833B, which happens to have an integrated Blu-ray player, so we guess it's just unused space on this model. Manufacturers such as Philips and Panasonic have started to improve the audio from their slim LED TVs by packing in bigger speakers, even if this means creating a slightly thicker chassis. Sadly, Toshiba hasn't followed this trend and the 42HL833B suffers as a result.