ToshibaUF3F 65 Inch Fire 4K HDR TV, TRU Picture Engine, HDR10, Dolby Vision & Atmos, Sound by Onkyo, DTS Virtual X, Alexa Voice Remote

Arrived today with next day delivery had it set up in 10mins QR for each app made it so easy picture quality perfect sound from tv and app perfect but amazon music was a little Tinny no base or Depth however it's not a big deal for me as use echo dot around house which alo changes the tv channels so I can annoy my son :) On the whole a fabulous tv with lots of perks 😀

My old 50" plasma tv uses around 500w so is expensive to run. Due to the energy crisis I used my laptop for tv stuff and the projector in a dedicated room for occasional movies which deserve to be bigger, better and more epic, but really wanted something that was energy efficient for some tv shows that I wanted to see in the lounge larger than the laptop and with surround sound etc. Energy prices had kinda made me reticent to use the plasma, plus HDR would be nice which the plasma couldn't do. I wanted something fairly basic at around £400+, but reviews ended up with me looking at a more expensive U7 Hisense or even an LG OLED if I wanted something more like the plasma in image quality, so when Argos had this 65" tv on offer for £307 with 10% of, I figured £276 including delivery would be a good stop gap and better than the laptop for general tv etc which would be it's main use. The plasma had a large border so this 65" tv with it's thin border isn't much larger.Out of the box it's very bright and uses a lot more energy than the 85w its spec suggests for SDR. It's too bright, overly sharpened and colours are over saturated and unnatural. It gives people a kind of plastic look. As I will use the tv mostly in the evening, I found reducing the back light to around 25% uses approx 60w, and in natural colour mode and with the sharpness turned down to 5 it looks a lot more analogue and natural. Black levels are better than expected too, despite the low native contrast (helped by the reduce back light level), and I can't say that image noise due to poor compression/processing etc with streaming content has yet to be noticeable (the brighter the image, the more likely it will be visible). Putting it into local dimming mode increases energy and contrast but works quite well (blooming might be an issue but haven't used it enough to notice any yet). Will probably use that for sci fi stuff and HDR rather than normal tv content. I have to manually change between those modes so some presets on the remote would have been useful.At 500w the plasma uses a kW every two hours. With my current settings this 65" Toshiba tv uses a kW every 16 hours, which is way more than I would ever use in a day (maybe 3 or 4 hours a day at most), so although energy consumption is 5 or 6 times more than the laptop (around 11w when the battery isn't charging, and 30w when it is), it uses just a few pence for a few hours use and barely adds anything to the bill (approx 5p or 6p a day if I use it), especially compared to the plasma. Two hours on the plasma is like almost a weeks use on this 65" tv for me.Only negatives would be the FireTV interface. It seems a little slow and clunky, but I could use my Roku 4K instead if I found it too cumbersome. It took some time to set up. It did a firmware update immediately, and later one for the remote. Despite looking everywhere and even Googling, I couldn't see how to add this device to my Amazon account, so ended up using the remote to manually type in my details. One issue some people may find is the on/off and control button is on the bottom underneath the tv screen. If that's where you have a centre speaker or sound bar you won't be able to use the button (most will use the remote anyway), and you'll have to make sure there is enough gap between the two or it can accidentally operate the button after it warms up. Mine did that - it scrolled down through the menu and then switched off the tv before I worked out what was going on. Other than those minor quibbles there's not much wrong with it. I didn't have the HDMI issue some people had with the set not seeing connected devices. Maybe I connected thigs up in the right order to avoid that issue without realising. More luck than judgement.As an alternative to the laptop and as a replacement to the Plasma (which still throws a very nice picture) I couldn't be more pleased. Very energy efficient, good natural colours and contrast and an overall image that is far better than expected when set up. Unbelievable value for money. I really can't see me buying an OLED any time soon just for tv stuff.

Great picture and sound quality and easy to set up. I'm very pleased with it so far .it doesn't appear to be heavy on energy usageBase feels secure ,is quite heavy and looks OK.There are 2 sets of 4 screws to connect the baseThey are not the same but there is no info on which goes where ...so hoping i guessed correctly!The AC connection is difficult to find and fit, easier done whilst fitting base and TV is horizontal .....one review said it kept falling out which isn't surprising, its trickyThere is supposed to be an off switch but I have found it yet ( no not a telly addict)I managed the installation and set up alone ,I'm 76 and had last TV 20 years so not an expert at this at all

Why did you choose this product over others?:For the price it's an absolute bargainScreen size:50

1) Connection issue: My TV came without the usual plastic covering, which to me suggests it was a returned product. This might be the cause of my specific issue. The Wi-Fi disconnects itself and is unable to reconnect (to my home Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, or any other Wi-Fi) every time I unplug the TV and plug it back in (electricity cord). The only way to resolve it is by resetting it to factory settings. Obviously, I can't do this every time, nor can I keep the TV plugged in forever.2) The Toshiba After Sales Team wasted 2 months solving the problem. When the issue was reported, they sent me an email asking about the problems. I provided the details (as above). The agent failed to understand my issue and refused to repair my TV because "the internet is able to connect" (only when it can). I called them, and they first claimed I did not send them the picture they required (interesting, since it was in my email, and if they didn't see it, how did they know my Wi-Fi can connect?). The agent then said they are not Toshiba, only a middleman, and are not responsible for my issues. Now I am confused: is Amazon/Toshiba not their client? Do they not represent Toshiba for after-sales? If they are not the ones to handle this, why are they holding out as Toshiba's service team? I am not interested in the details of their contract with Toshiba or Amazon.3) Even after my call, the same agent still did not understand the issue and suggested: "Have you tried resetting to factory settings?"4) Feeling hopeless, I asked for a return and refund. I requested it 4 times and got approved each time. But the UPS man did not show up. I didn't get any response from them on their failure to collect. My return orders were just quietly canceled by someone. I don't know who did it without my consent. For the record, my TV was delivered fine, its collection for repair and delivery after repair were also successful. The only time it went wrong was with my return.5) The 5th time, Amazon told me they could no longer process a return for me. But they could fix it. So, unfortunately, I had to contact the Toshiba service team again. This time, the agent understood my issue and agreed to issue a repair.6) After the TV was collected for 2 weeks, I reminded the Toshiba service team not to think the issue is fixed if the Wi-Fi is normal after resetting, as it will come back if you unplug it. They confirmed this was noted. Two days later, my TV was sent back, and the problem was still there. No change at all.7) I made my last call to Amazon and specifically told them I need a refund and do not think they can cancel it. This time, my return was not cancelled.8) I made the purchase first in March. This shouldn't take that long. It wasted both my and Amazon's time in resolving a very simple issue. If it's Amazon's business strategy to treat every customer as an idiot so problems can go away, then I have nothing to say. But if not, please investigate the third-party contractors acting as your agent in after-sales. Choose them wisely. Because to me, their existence is why I will never again purchase anything from Amazon that might need a repair.