Teac LE43A518UHD (43")

TEAC 43 Inch 4K UHD - Not Bad! – I bought this on Catch.com.au for $299 at the time and was a bargain for the size, 4K goodness and FreeView/Netflix, at the time of writing, I have have been using for at least 4 months. I was not expecting a high-end TV but I wanted to see how good it was for the price and I was quite surprised with this one! Firstly, the TV is well built and solid - the box came with Remote, batteries and a solid stand. Nothing screamed out "cheap" to me and the number of input ports (AV, 3 HDMI, RJ45 network and a few more) and outputs (Optical Audio) gives it enough functionality to be able to support your devices. Wifi is easy to set up and can easily stream from Netflix/Youtube as well as catch-up TV with FreeView. LAN port also works fine. The controls are easy to use, surprised that there are lots of settings to tinker with. Only issue I have is the remote directional buttons can be very clicky/clacky sounding, if that bothers you.

The panel looks great, I find it bright enough even in the daylight and in the night. There is the tiniest bleed/light discolouration around the corners but only if the screen is black. Resolution on HD/4K video is sharp as what i'd expect when playing this kind of video. Audio is also very respectable, not as "tinny" that you'll find on cheaper TVs, I could easily say that my ears are happy with the audio that comes out of these speakers - if you need more bass, add a soundbar! FreeView is also enabled on this TV, so being able to access FreeView Plus and TV guide and catch-up TV from all the main TV stations (TenPlay, 7Plus, 9Now, ABC iView etc) is a BIG plus. I've only had issues with TenPlay (no audio on videos sometimes) and I think it may be due to buggy software perhaps?

It's a "Smart TV", but it's nothing like AndroidTV - it's works but the app eco-system is not extensive, so you're pretty much stuck with Youtube and Netflix (and if you dive deeper, Plex is available). Netflix is pre-installed and can be launched from the button on the remote, this version will allow you play 4K qualilty content if available. If access to new Australian apps is an issue, I would highly suggest having an external player such as a Amazon FireTV/AppleTV/Chromecast, so you can install Stan/Amazon Prime/Disney+ etc. and other apps.

All in all, this TEAC 4K UHD TV is a great find, there are some great features like PVR and viewing content off USB (I have not tried) but for the price of this unit, you can't go wrong - if you're looking for a bedroom or kids area, it shouldn't disappoint! That being said, it would do well as main TV (quality and feature wise).

Good, not great – Bought this for new apartment. It is good, but not great. Sound is fine. Picture quality could be a tiny better, but it is great value for money. Would also prefer a mouse type remote.

TEAC UHD smart tv 43inch Model LE43A518UHD – The list price at the TEAC site for this TV is $499. We got ours from Appliances Online for $299. At the regular list price of nearly $500 Teac has some serious competition from the newer Chinese brands so it pays to shop around. We are happy with our purchase. I am very happy with the analogue audio out / headphone jack. This jack can be configured via menu settings to be either a volume adjustable headphone jack or set level line out for a stereo analogue amplifier. The TV also has an optical digital output jack and an optical cable is included in the box. Handy for my digital amplifier. On that I must the quality of digital output is much better than that on our previous TV (a 32 inch HD Teac) . The sound from my amp and speakers is much better with the new TV so the digital specs of the audio system must be a large improvement. Compared to our old tv the sound from the new Teac speakers is much much better. So we no longer use my hifi system to play the sound from normal programs through. TV sound is good enough for everything, though movies are better through the hifi. Picture quality: I have no complaints. This TV is UHD and it is much better than our old HD TV. I have a friend with a top model LG with a huge screen which is also UHD, and it cost a lot of money. The Teac does not have the fine detail and depth of that expensive TV, but then we only paid a low price for it. It is a good picture, but it would pay to compare the competition at the price point. Controls: the menus are useful and easy to learn. You can adjust the size of the picture, the nature of the picture (cinema, etc etc etc) and many other things. The Teac can record to a thumbdrive. It can play videos, photos and sound from a thumbdrive. The little handbook which comes with the TV is so small it is hard to read. I used the online version. The smart TV features work, but the remote control is not the easiest way of the android apps which make the TV "smart". Luckily, even though the hand book the TV only works with a mouse (wired and wireless but not bluetooth) it does work in smart tv mode with a logitech K400 wireless keyboard with integral track pad. In smart tv mode there is an internet only mode, and this was the fastest way of accessing the net. And certainly the fastest way of accessing youtube. It works well with the with wireless logitech keyboard. In the actual android smart mode, various apps tended to lock up, but this could be a function of my home wifi set up. I have not connected the TV via ethernet which would be faster. In brief the TV was a welcome upgrade for us which did not cost much money. We are happy with the picture, sound and reception of the TV. The smart tv features were not crucial for us, but they are handy. I have seen better TV picture quality in UHD TVs, at around the same listed price, but at $299 - the amount we paid - we are more than happy with our purchase. We have used TEAC products for many years and find them good value and above all reliable and we have found TEAC to be a good company when things go wrong. We have never had to make a warranty claim, and TEAC has repaired one PVR which was old and previously rock solid for a reasonable price. If you want the fastest and most up to date android tv experience and if thats a priority for you, then consider a dedicated android box or apple tv to plug into a TV. We have an apple tv as well as the TEAC smart TV now. All in all the TEAC 43 inch A5 series is a very good unit for what we paid.