Toshiba L7453 (2014) Series

Very bright, colourful pictures ; Tidy design ; MediaGuide Replay is an excellent smart addition

The set has to work hard to produce good contrast ; Missing a few key video streaming services ; Missing shadow detail in dark areas

Toshiba has provided more picture presets than most brands do, and some of these – Standard and Hollywood Day – are quite useful without too much tinkering. If you’re watching a film in a dark room, though, we’d strongly recommend you reduce the...

Bright, vivid picture ; Decent sound ; Slim, unobtrusive design ; Good connections

Unresponsive interface and remote ; Lacks detail of rivals ; Motion issues

Poor picture performance and user experience are the downfall of this TV

Great screen uniformity ; Colours are nice and accurate ; Dimming system is largely successful ; Smart TV platform now much slicker ; 3D is bright & easy to watch

Dimming can crush some shadow detail ; Unreliable picture controls

Despite this being Toshiba’s flagship Full HD TV, it’s not a designer-lead offering but the narrow black bezel and skeletal base-stand make for an attractive enough combination. You get a good set of connections, too, with 4 HDMI ports, a couple of USB...

Good picture quality with bright vivid colours and good blacks, motion is handled well with the clear scan feature set to standard or middle which reduces blur and judder, the picture did need a bit of tweaking to get the picture how I like it. Sound...

The screen is quite reflective so I've had to buy a non-glare screen protector which solves the problem. (I have young children so was going to buy one anyway)

Good picture quality with bright vivid colours and good blacks, motion is handled well with the clear scan feature set to standard or middle which reduces blur and judder, the picture did need a bit of tweaking to get the picture how I like it ; Sound...

The screen is quite reflective so I've had to buy a non-glare screen protector which solves the problem. (I have young children so was going to buy one anyway)