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I bought the Toshiba 65L7350U from Paul's via Amazon and have had the TV for about a month now by the time of writing this review and, I can honestly say that I love this TV. If you read nothing more of this review just know that I highly recommend getting this TV, which is an unbeatable price for the value you're getting. If you want to find out more about why I love this TV, but can only give it 4 out of 5 stars, then just read on.
First: Price and Value 5 out of 5
The 65L7350U is Toshiba's flagship LED TV for 2013, and it costs just under $1,800.00, when I bought it in August 2013. Almost no other TV manufacture offers a FLAGSHIP TV for such a low price I think only Vizo and Sharp might have similar deals. However, other big name (Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, etc) flagship LED TVs cost $2,500.00 (at least) to over $3,000.00. I know this because I did extensive research and read many many reviews before I settled on the Toshiba. Besides being a great price, the 65L7350U is an excellent 3D TV (but more on that later), has wireless connectivity, and is Cloud enabled, just to name a few of its value added features.
The size of this TV is also a huge plus. I mean this thing just looks beautiful in my home and the size of the screen leaves nothing to be desired. When I go over to my friends' houses that have 52 inch and 55 inch TVs, those TVs look tiny in comparison to the 65L7350U. The 65L7350U provides the wow-factor and definitely would be the focal point of any living room or home entertainment space and the styling is very modern and beautiful.
Second: Picture Quality 5 out of 5
I am an avid gamer and movie watcher, so I was looking for a TV that would display my games and blu-ray movies in glorious 1080p picture quality. This TV does all that perfectly. I must admit however that out of the box, some of the picture settings might be less than ideal. For example, the Dynamic picture setting might be much too dynamic, as every color is heavily exaggerated. With that said, however, the dynamic picture setting has it uses, for example, in Disney movies. I tested Tangled 3D and it looks awesome with the exaggerated colors. I also tested Tintin 3D and that looks fantastic as well. A movie like The Hobbit 3D however just looks a bit wrong on the Dynamic picture setting but that's easily fixed by simply choosing a different picture setting or doing like I did, setting the picture to my own liking. So colors are awesome, black and white levels are excellent, and there is no color bleeding, strange artifacts, motion blurs or any weird TV stuff the picture quality is simply really good and I have no complaints. Oh and I must emphasize that this TV does excellent blacks and contrasting whites. I tested Sin City and it looked awesome.
Third: 3D 4.5 out of 5
I really wasn't a fan of 3D in the home until I bought this TV. As you can see from the movies I mentioned above, I've tested more than a few 3D movies, and I can honestly say that the Toshiba 65L7350U (and my PS3) has made me a fan of home 3D movies. So if you want a TV that does 3D flawlessly at 1080p, I definitely recommend the 65L7350U.
However, one word or warning, and this contributes to the 65L7350U getting just 4 of 5 stars, and that's because the 3D glasses that come with TV are cheap and crappy. They are really cheap and flimsy and break out of the box seriously, both of mine broke within a week of owning the TV. With that said, however, the glasses or the 3D effect is perfect and still works it's just that the frame of glasses are either broken or falling off. So, if you decide to buy this TV, be sure to invest in the Toshiba brand 3D glasses which look sturdier.
Fourth: Cloud TV and Apps 4.5 out of 5
Personally, I think that even though the cloud TV feature works, it ultimate keeps this TV back because of what I perceive to be inadequate hardware (maybe the processor or the RAM). I think the Cloud TV feature makes the TV feel a bit slow and unresponsive. As I said I'm an avid gamer, so I expect my PS3, Xbox and WiiU and other hardware to move and load at a certain pace, but it feels as if the 65L7350U just moves at a split second too slow but only with regard to the Cloud TV feature. Other people might find the TV's speed is fine, which it just might be, but it's not as fast as a gaming console.
So far as apps are concerned, the 65L7350U has the standard roster of Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu, etc. so not much to say about those. I haven't really tested the apps, simply because I already have these apps enabled on some gaming console which I'm already accustomed to using. So ultimately the Cloud TV and the Apps don't really wow me. However, I can see why someone that doesn't already have these features readily available would see them as an added advantage of the 65L7350U.
Fifth: Sound 4.5 out of 5
I don't have much to say about the sound from this TV's speakers other than it works and I have no complaints. I have the TV hooked-up to a 5.1 surround sound system so I don't even use the TV's speakers. However, I felt the need to mention the sound from the TV because I've seen some reviews that say this TV has bad sound quality I don't think it does. I think it sounds like regular TV speakers, nothing more and nothing less.
Overall: 4 out of 5
The TV works great and I love it. The picture quality is excellent and the 3D is the best I've seen on any TV. If the Toshiba 65L7350U was packed in with better 3D glasses and had a speedier hardware, this would be the perfect TV.
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