The 50UK3163DB’s claimed contrast ratio of 5,000:1 is reasonably promising by affordable LED TV standards, though the set’s measured peak brightness (taken on a white HDR window covering 10% of the screen) of 336 nits doesn’t promise a particularly exciting HDR performance. There are five different picture modes available when viewing SDR content – Natural, Cinema, Game, Sports and Dynamic – and you can tweak the contrast, brightness, sharpness and colour of each in the settings menu. You’re also able to toggle on and off various picture enhancement technologies including Toshiba’s TRU Blue, and adjust colour temperature.

If ‘Device connected’ message is displayed, then the pairing was successful. If the connection fails, retry. In fact, the 50UK3163DB HDR image management provides it with so much brightness/light control headroom that it’s able to still make peak highlights of full-screen bright images stand proud of their already punchy surroundings, rather than the brightness just ‘flattening off’ as we might expect with a TV that has less than 500 nits to play with. So, for instance, you become impressively aware of the light gleaming off individual drops of rain during HDR footage of torrential rainfall, or of sunlight catching the corners and curves of car bodywork. With a display resolution of 3840 x 2160p, you’ll be able to show content in 4K UHD. HD and SD video will be upscaled, though the TV absolutely looks its best with 4K material.Some Toshiba TVs support Bluetooth technology – please refer to the specification section of the model you are interested in. Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The 50UK3163DB is impressively easy to use. Its onscreen interface is compact and logical, and does a better job of combining access to content sources and the TV’s set up options than many supposedly much more sophisticated systems. If your TV has a built-in casting ability, such as Google Cast or Apple AirPlay, your phone could even be turning it on every time you try to watch a YouTube video.

Session token to be used to authenticate requests on behalf of an anonymous user. Session tokens are linked to a client ID (see clientId) You're woken up by the sound of voices talking in the living room. You grab your heaviest frying pan and sneak in, only to find the TV with no one watching! Don't worry, it's (probably) not a ghost. If your TV is turning itself on or off randomly, it's probably another piece of tech interfering with your TV's slumber.Motion interpolation comes in the form of TRU Flow smooth motion processing. This MEMC system sets out to minimise stutter and retain fine detail. Typically it would be used when watching sports, but switched off for movies. With an engaging array of features, and surprisingly well-specified image processing suite, Toshiba’s budget-priced UL2063 is a tempting proposition for bargain hunters. To test the Toshiba UL21 we used Portrait Displays Calman colour calibration software. Toshiba UL21 review: Sound quality