Toshiba 50UL2163DBC 50-Inch Ultra HD Smart TV

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Seamlessly combining Dolby Atmos with Dolby Vision and HDR10 our UL21 4K Smart TV provides a truly captivating viewing experience. The UL21’s panel isn’t equipped with wide gamut coverage so isn’t able to effectively cover the Rec. related feature the 50UK3163DB’s HDMIs do support is automatic low latency mode switching, so that the TV can activate its low input lag game mode when a game source is detected.

Or that you’ll be able to enjoy variable refresh rate gaming, or the eARC HDMI loopthrough system that might have let you pass Dolby Atmos soundtracks losslessly through to a compatible soundbar or AV receiver. This can be an external aerial that has been fitted by an engineer, or an indoor aerial that you can purchase and fit yourself. These Google reCAPTCHA Cookies (JAR-SSID) apply on Help Center pages if sign-ins are enabled, and with respect to submitting tickets, if enabled.But both lose out to the Hisense Roku and TCL RP620K by virtue of those televisions’ superb Roku operating system, which won’t see you miss out on Apple TV+, Disney+, Now or BT Sport. The mid-range is quite open and expressive, and escalates decently well to meet the challenge of big action movie moments.

If you are using an aerial to watch the inbuilt Freeview channels, change the input source to Digital or DTV to view these channels. Voice clarity isn’t too shabby, however, and Dolby Atmos adds a bit of extra body and scale to soundtracks that support it, though it’s only able to do so much with the stereo speakers. The Toshiba UL21 (50UL2163DBC) would be best used in a living room although I would recommend hooking up your own media streaming stick or set-top box if you rely a lot on streaming services like Prime Video, Netflix or Disney+ for your TV shows and movies. The Toshiba UL21 is inexpensive, reasonably bright, delivers colour accurate SDR images, and HDR performance is bolstered by Dolby Vision support. We only support devices which are certified so you may experience issues with BBC iPlayer on uncertified devices.The screen just doesn’t seem able to support a wide enough colour gamut to ‘keep up’ with its intense brightness, leading to some bright tones looking a bit thin and washed out versus some rivals. Most of the options on our best soundbar list cost more than the TV itself so probably aren’t the perfect match, but there are plenty of options on our roundup of the best budget soundbars that fit the brief very nicely. Images have a natural quality to them and Toshiba’s TRU Micro Dimming technology helps deliver a reasonable amount of detail in both the darkest and lightest areas of pictures.