Toshiba Excite Pro Pro Reviews

Toshiba has made a good, solid product in the Excite Pro, but it's not one that makes us want to jump around abound with excitement because, while decent, where's the unique selling point? What is likely to shift it is the association of a super-high resolution screen - the same resolution as the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 - at a price that is just about on par with its competitors.

The Excite Pro has plenty of features -- some more useful than others -- and it also features a sharp screen and really good gaming performance. The washed-out colors, dim brightness, and sometimes sluggish performance could be more forgivable if it didn't cost $500. Sure, you're getting 32GB of storage, but users shouldn't have to pay so much for a tablet with so many problems.

The highs and lows of Toshiba's Excite Pro AT10LE-A-108 lie very close together. When looking at the technical data there probably is no better tablet for only 429 Euros (~$568): The outstanding application and 3D performance, an extremely fine-grained WQXGA display and the support of the brand-new WLAN standard 802.11 ac - this combination can neither be found in the iPad 4 nor Google's Nexus 10. Other advantages of our test candidate are the great speakers and the practical MicroSD slot. Unfortunately there is a big "but" coming: Nvidia's Tegra 4 SoC is the boon and bane of the tablet. The enormous performance is countered with an equally impressive power consumption, which does not only reduce battery runtimes. Ultimately the Excite thwarts itself because the chip's only way to stop overheating is by throttling. Fundamentally this is not uncommon but not to this extent. We hope that at least the stability problems are caused by software bugs. Can we still recommend buying this tablet under these circumstances? In our opinion: With some limitations yes, given that the crashes are eradicated. During the colder season the temperature problems should turn out less severe. Furthermore the problem mainly applies to complex 3D games anyway. Those who primarily want to browse and use multimedia application should have a look at the Excite Pro.