NEWS: Toshiba launches L7 and L5 series TV line up

Andy Bassett

Toshiba launches their affordable L7 and L5 series TV line up for 2019 along with the latest TY-SBX210 and TY-WSB600 soundbars.
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crabby09

A tick box spec is pretty pointless without calibrated test results... But at those prices I'd be very interested as a second/bedroom set!

boabis

Who is actually making Toshiba these days? Is it Vestel?

If these compete with HiSense they could be worth a look.

zeppelino

Hisense own Toshiba now but unsure if they’re still built by Vestel - Last years models were.

boabis

Maybe won’t compete directly with HiSense then

EndlessWaves

Hisense own Toshiba Visual Solutions, not Toshiba as a whole.

While I believe this is the company that owns the rights to the Toshiba brand name for TVs, as far as I know the licence of it to Vestel is still in effect. The footer of the Toshiba TV website certainly still sounds like it:

"“Toshiba” is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation and its used by Vestel or its subsidiary for products described here in under license from Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation. Vestel is the manufacturer or is the entity responsible as manufacturer for the products described here in.

So these are Vestel's mid-range offerings.

Clem_Dye

Interesting about the PQ but what about the HDMI connectivity? Does the TV pass Dolby Atmos, eARC, etc.? Probably not at these prices, but lack of proper connectivity could be a showstopper for many would-be purchasers.

Clem

Loopthrough

These are Vestel Turkey designed and built.  The sound system is genuinely made by Onkyo design. Hisense technically own Toshiba but the EU/UK license to Vestel is still running so they can't get at them yet.

There's actually nothing wrong with Vestel these days. They've been steadily improving and learning and upping their game while nobody noticed. You won't get the contrast or panel uniformity of Hisense or a huge player but Vestel are much more than a supermarket or Argos brand now. They really upped their game in software too in the last year.

dots999

Is Primevideo 4K available on these sets yet? The last one I saw (2018 6 series late last year) didn't have Primevideo at all