As the interest in the XF and XV series is growing, and due to the fact that we should be seeing these TVs soon in stores in the US, I thought a separate thread for the 2008 Regza XV540 series would be appropriate, esp for those who do not want to pay more for the thin bezel XF550 series. I personally am very interested in the XV540 series (specifically 42"), if I decide not to go with the XF550 series.

Please contribute with whatever technical/availability information you find here. Thanks.
I personally am very curious to know what type of panels Toshiba uses in the XV540 series, to determine if they still suffer from green push. Also, there has been speculation that Toshiba might use Sharp panels, which might suggest that there might be banding problems. Let's hope that neither exists in the XV540 series, though...
Here is the info as posted on crunchgear earlier this year:

"The REGZA XV540 is aimed at the sports and action enthusiasts with 1080p resolution, 120Hz frame rate with film stabilization and 5:5 pull-down for fast and clear video. Also included is the 14-bit PixelPure 4G tech with 10-bit CLD panels for 16,384 levels of gradation. On top of all that is ColorBurst, which boasts 108 percent of the NTSC color gamut as well as four HDMI 1.3 inputs."

specs for 42", 46" and 52"(Thanks, supersam; from the 550 series thread):
http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpasse...v540u_spec.pdf
http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpasse...v540u_spec.pdf
http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpasse...v540u_spec.pdf