Toshiba 32LF221U21 31.5-inch Smart HD 720p TV - Fire TV, Released 2020

I decided to get a TV for my bedroom, and after a lot of research between all the 32” TVs with either built-in Fire or Roku, I decided on this one and am so happy I did.I’m a woman of a certain age - old - and am technologically challenged, but setup of this TV was a breeze, starting with clear instructions on how to take it out of the box. (The screen came in a plastic bag with two handles, and it just slid out of the box.) The picture and sound quality are fantastic.There were a lot of questions in the Q&A section about Bluetooth. I got the 2020 version of this TV, and you CAN connect things with Bluetooth. It’s an option in Settings. I connected AirPods, and they work perfectly. Once connected, the speakers on the TV cut off, the remote’s volume control works on the AirPods, and they stayed paired with the TV so I don’t have to go through the process of pairing every time I turn on the TV. Now when I turn the TV on, the TV’s speakers come on until/unless I take my AirPods out of their charging case; if I put them back in while watching, the TV’s speakers automatically kick in. Couldn’t ask for it to work more smoothly!I have a Mohu Leaf Indoor Antenna on order; it was actually supposed to come today, but when I checked my Amazon orders for today’s deliveries, it’d been changed to next Saturday. No biggie; I know the antenna will work because I already bought one for another TV - picked up 147 channels.I added Roku to get Peacock TV which isn’t available on Fire right now. This is where I made a mistake. After doing what I thought was pretty thorough research, I got the Roku Express. Turns out it doesn’t connect to 5GHz, only 2.4 GHz. It seems to be working okay, but I’ve ordered the Roku Streaming Stick+ which will connect to 5GHz. (Those numbers really don’t mean anything to me. I just know 5GHz = good, 2.4GHz = not so good.)The remote for the TV isn’t exactly as pictured; it has a Disney+ dedicated button instead of HBO Max; okay with me. I wish the remote had lighted keys - that’s my only VERY minor complaint. Other than that, the remote is fantastic - so much so that I ordered the 3rd Generation Fire Stick which has the exact same remote to replace my old Fire Stick (and remote) on the living room TV.I started this journey because I got sick of paying $100 a month to Dish when all I basically did was watch local and network news (and Prime TV). I got the Mohu antenna ($40) for my living room TV which took care of the news. This Toshiba TV is just icing on the cake. I was just THINKING about getting it, but when the price dropped by $50 (to $150), I decided to take the plunge. I ended up getting Hulu (no ads) for $12/mo and Peacock TV (no ads) for $10/mo. After the initial cost of all the hardware I bought, I’ll be saving ~$80 a month, so I’ll be coming out ahead in no time. I’ll probably add more channels/apps in the future, but for now I have plenty of new stuff to watch.I wish I had done this long ago, but I didn’t even know it was possible. Dish was going to raise my rates again (by $25/mo) and I’d just had it, so I started checking into things. To give you an idea of how long I’ve been overpaying, my Dish equipment was so old they didn’t even want it back. I feel so much better now that I’m not paying $100 a month to watch the nightly news AND I have an awesome new TV in my bedroom!Update: I’ve had these TVs (I bought two) for two months. Peacock+ is now available on Fire TV, so no need for the Roku stick anymore. My Mohu Leaf antenna is connected, and is working very well; I can change to the antenna output by choosing the option onscreen. I’m still very happy with my purchases.

I got this TV on Prime Day as a replacement for a non-smart TV. This is my first Alexa enabled purchase and I'm quite satisfied with it as I am used to Google home products. Goodbye to my Chromecast (but you can still use it with this TV if you're not ready to part with it).Picture quality is pretty crisp with good contrast and sharpness out of the box. The default picture settings can dull the color and sharpness a little bit, but a little manual adjustments easily works around this.For a TV of this size and weight (incredibly thin and light), the sound is pretty substantial. Pretty good bass without being too distorted and respectable treble without sounding too tinny. Surround sound capability is sufficient, you cannot expect to have a full movie theater quality without a whole home theater set up or sound bar combo.The apps are abundant for my needs. You can integrate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Disney+ and you can add more video apps to your needs. As for music, I have Spotify, SiriusXM, Amazon Music installed with more popular music apps available.Alexa is surprisingly capable (as I am coming from the Google side of things) and seems to follow commands so far. It is really convenient that you can use the voice search instead of typing out everything. I am also surprised that you use the remote itself as voice input, which I thought was a cool capability.Set up was very easy, it came with clear instructions and at first boot up, the TV will give you step by step instructions for set up and updating the TV software.Overall, I am quite pleased with this purchase and I highly recommend it. It's not going to give you a whole movie theater, but it is very capable nevertheless!

I'm a very cheap date when it comes to this kind of product. I don't know anything about television hardward and hate spending money on TVs or monitors. My eyes aren't great, we used my Mom's 2004 LCD Flatscreen for 15 years, and had a Firestick plugged into that before we got this-- and our Sony Trinitron cathode ray tube flatscreen for at least a decade before that.I also hate the end user interface of modern technology, though I use a lot of it. I have a 2004 Powerbook, a 2013 Macbook Air, a 2021 M1 Macbook Air, a Windows 10 Palmotop, a Windows 8 netbook, an Ipad Mini, even a Linux netbook, I still use all of them, and I'm not afraid of gnarly software.I still think it all sucks, and DOS was my favorite operating system. I hate touchscreen and voice recognition. And I liked old TVs with simple remotes and few submenus.This thing looks great-- my eyes aren't good enough to appreciate 1080P-- and the user interfaced is so simple, my dog could use it. And probably will, if I let him get the remote.Our wifi and router are a little weak, and we had a lot of stalling on the old FireStick, as well as glitches and pixellation with it as well. I was afraid this would need more bandwidth, but nope-- image is better, no stuttering, some pixellation as well, but much better than the Firestick, and TV is in the same place.A few weeks ago, I needed to watch something from my computer on this TV, and I expected it to be a pig setting up the HDMI-in connection-- I have every cable imaginable, I just hate scrolling through submenus. But no problem. Dedicated buttons for Netflix, etc., are very much appreciated.If you want a better-than-average simple TV for streaming, and would really rather spend your money on other things, this thing is totally fine.