TOSHIBA 139 cm (55 inches) 4K Ultra HD Smart Mini LED QLED TV 55M650MP (Black)

Background : I was in search for a good but not pricey TV because of the following 1. My Samsung 49" K6300 Curved TV had gone kaput in 4-5 years (DOP - Somewhere in 2017 - early 2018) 2. I was dragging my old TV with ever growing shadows accompanied with visibility issues. 3. K6300 was an eye pleasure when in good condition with amazing blacks and motion smoothness - beautiful out of the box colors. Since a Tier 1 brand like Samsung had betrayed the trust after paying a premium , I was in the lookout of a mid range TV with up-to-date features - my check list included the following 1. Solid warranty clause with no Money extorsion policies like LG OLED post 1 year end. 2. Good sound system - Preferably with a sub-woofer. 3. Full content support for Netflix & Prime Videos - Dolby Vision/Atmos/HDR10+ 4. Solid Blacks - K6300 got me a taste of it 5. IPS panel - if available 6. 10 bit panel preferably with wide color gamut of 1 billion + colors 7. HDMI 2.1, eARC 8. Solid color optimization chip/engine 9. Intended for Casual Gaming. Source (for Recommendation) - VMONE.in ( Vineet Malhotra -Can't thank him enough with words) Purchase History Order Placed - 14.7.23 Inv. Dt 15.7.23 Delivered - 17.7.23 by 11 AM Supplier - Dawntech ( Kolkata warehouse I suppose) Installation Dt - 17.7.23 by 4:30 PM ( After 1-2 hours of delivery , had to place a call log in Toshiba CC no mentioned on Box) Product Experience : Vida OS - Is seemingly lighter than Taizen (ref. Samsung K6300) Using TV with Airtel Xstream - 200 Mbps Unltd. connection 4K HDMI Cable - Not Supplied Pic Quality - Colors out of the box need calibration/setting as per your own taste. HDMI 1 port will support Dolby Atmos & HDR , while switching to HDMI 1 from other ports - 10 bit display msg shows which is a good sign ( Review tell it otherwise - 8 bit FRC ) DTH Performance - Full HD channels work like a charm with upscaling , SD channel are OK as expected. Really liked DTH HD channels like Set max, Times Now News Star Sports etc. Content Performance - Youtube- Properly coded 4k videos work flawlessly with great sound and clarity and zero lag. Netflix & Prime Vid - After personal color setting these look amazing , with magnificent blacks. Watched Indian and Hollywood series and movies. There is some amount of glare as well - used warm yellow lamp shade light for viewing in moderately lit room. Sound : Played classic 90s melodies and found the base (from Sub woofer) quite pleasing and not over powering ( Boost Effect @ 2) Over all satisfied with Panel and sound . Will further do tweaks with picture settings. Please consider this as my initial impressions. Will update as my usage will increase over weeks. Update 9.8.2023 I had to finally re-calibrate the pic setting manually. Out of the box - backlight was set to max, increased sharpness etc. Just Googled the common pic setting for major brands - including Toshiba and got it corrected. Watched Netflix Doc Veerappan (Tested in White/Yellow light and dark conditions) and found the visual quite appealing- after pic settings my mode resembles Cinema mode. The TV does not have Pic/Color presets rather has HDR presets as Day Std Night Sports. Sound - I keep my windows - just behind my sofa open so amidst vehicle sound also the dialogues were clear. Thanks to surround sound and in-built woofer. Fire Stick - Happy to see email from Toshiba in my inbox for free coupon. Sad that I had purchased it along with the TV at a special price. Planning to sell it on OLX and get the free one from the Company. DTH - HD Channels Very clear with Dolby Digital Logo enabled. DD National (Classic SD)- Close up scenes also very fine, distant scenes also not bad Gaming - Yet to connect PS4. Sports- Watched badminton videos in 4K 50 hz - smashes @ 420 Kmph never left a trail on screen. Wimbledon 2023 Finals on 1080 - Good as the recordings were subdued fearing piracy by Disney Hotstar Have run all sample 4K Dolby Vision & HDR content that youtubers swear by- got solid performance from TV Slow Vidaa OS rant from everyone is a sham. Experience it to believe it . It is faster than my Airtel Xtreme Android Box - the one that receives regular updates! Rest you can easily check display running hours from diving deep into settings. I think I am tending to increase ratings from 4 to 5 stars. Just for the REGZA Pic & Sound from Toshiba. Good and durable Japanese brands Like Sanyo, Toshiba, Panasonic ( that bring in proprietary tech) should be endorsed (even thought they may be manufactured locally under strategic partnerships) by the Indians else everything is gonna be PRC/Korea Inspired.

Picture Quality is dull and if you increase brightness it feels foggy. Samsung's picture quality was much better than this. Sound is good. Durability is bad. Stopped working after a year. Motherboard dead. After Sales is bad. Waiting for new motherboard 3rd week now. They were not giving FireStick also. I had to involve comsumer forum then I got it.

I had wished to buy a QLED UHD TV but had to wait for long to actually get a good TV fulfilling all the criterias. Ofcourse Sony, LG and Samsung are world renowned players and produce some of the extraordinary products if you go for the top range but it's not going to come in everyone's budget. The low budget products from these brands aren't that good and here comes brands like Toshiba, Hisense, MI, OnePlus etc. to bridge the gap. Although they are providing TVs for quite long but I always found some issues in those which I couldn't ignore. Either it was overall panel capability or the brightness or the colour reproduction or the service. Toshiba and Hisense recently produced some great TVs without compromising in above-mentioned aspects. I wish Hisense and eventually Toshiba(as they are using the panels of Hisense) also brings their best panels here in India but till that time the Toshiba M650 or even Hisense E7K pro will be sufficient. I haven't used the TV for long but I'll now give the PROS and CONS according to what I felt so far. Also I haven't tested the gaming performance of it so can't comment on that. PROS: 1. Very good panel with great colour reproduction, brightness and HDR capabilities. 2. Excellent Audio qualities which can be provided in today's slim LED TV perspective. If you have a plan or already having a good external audio device this may not matter but I always want more than decent audio from my TV without any external audio upgrade. This one offers proper amount of bass with clear output thanks to the inbuilt woofer. Voice clarity is very good and not lost due to the bass. 3. Blacks are really great in this TV, probably deepest in this price range. HDR content consumption will be delightful. 4. Build quality is very good. If you won't wall mount your TV you'll appreciate the Metal TV stands. 5. All necessary ports and connectivity are there with eArc support for one HDMI port. 6. Brightness seems uniform and very very negligible dirty screen effect at the four corners. I haven't noticed any colour blooming also thanks to full array local dimming. 7. Good quality remote with all necessary keys and 12 hotkeys with one editable one. I wished they had added Hotstar and Zee5 instead of NBA league, KiD or Plex. CONS: 1. None of the reviews over social media and here mentioned this but I think this TV has some colour banding issues. Although I have found that in some scenes while watching OTT content and then testing through YouTube test videos but I haven't done proper testing. 2. The Vidaa OS maybe light than Google TV OS but they're not up to the mark. You will only find usual OTT apps but none of the lesser used apps are there yet. Also with 1.5 GB RAM this OS doesn't appear to be fast. Some lags you'll see while playing and pausing OTT contents. Not a deal breaker though as long as you get the free fire TV stick. 3. Motion handling, although good but could be improved in Game mode or in such situations. Overall it seems a solid TV without major issues and compromises according to it's price point and I'll recommend it for anyone having upto 40000 budget for a 55 inch 4K TV.