Brighter colors. Deeper blacks. Greater energy efficiency. LED display technology is one of the latest advancements and the LE5300 offers it at a price that’s in reach. Now it’s easy to get into LED.

• LED Backlighting


• TruMotion 120Hz


• High Definition Resolution


• 3M:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio


• Picture Wizard II

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There’s no better LCD display technology than LED and the LE5400 delivers that along with a whole lot more. You can tap directly into instant movies and entertainment with NetCast and cut free of your cable box and messy wires with Wireless 1080p.

• LED Backlighting


• NetCast Entertainment Access (Wi-Fi Ready)


• Wireless 1080p Ready


• TruMotion 120Hz


• Picture Wizard II

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Vivid colors feather-light and energy efficient - the 32" Westinghouse LED TV lets you live large for a small price

• 720p LED HDTV


• Slim - 1.0" edge design and feather light 14.6 pounds


• Eco - Energy Star 5.0 compliant uses 10% less energy than a 60 watt light bulb


• Vivid color - 100000:1 contrast ratio 22% increased color gamut


• No Mercury No lead recylced/recyclable packaging printed with soy-based inks

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You know it's time to start enjoying Full HD 1080p and the LD450 is an easy way to get into it. A beautiful LCD with all of the innovations that make LG TVs

• Full HD 1080p Resolution


• 100000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio


• Picture Wizard II


• Smart Energy Savings


• ISFccc Ready

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You know it's time to start enjoying Full HD 1080p and the LD450 is an easy way to get into it. A beautiful LCD with all of the innovations that make LG TVs

• Full HD 1080p Resolution


• 100000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio


• Picture Wizard II


• Smart Energy Savings


• ISFccc Ready

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Featherweight with a dazzling picture the 32" Westinghouse 720p LED HDTV lets you enjoy energy efficient stylish and space-conscious design wherever your family gathers. With a large viewing area and 100000: 1 dynamic contrast HD content movies and games really pop. The 32" Westinghouse LED TV features low energy consumption and an attractive 1.0" slim edge. Weighing only 14.6 lbs. it’s easy to hang on a wall. The Westinghouse LED TV is Energy Star Certified and contains no mercury or lead. Also the cartons are recycled and recyclable and are printed with soy-based inks.

• 720p LED HDTV


• Slim - 1.0" edge design and feather light 14.6 pounds


• Eco - Energy Star 5.0 compliant uses 10% less energy than a 60 watt light bulb


• Vivid color - 100000:1 contrast ratio 22% increased color gamut


• No Mercury No lead recycled/recyclable packaging printed with soy-based inks

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Worth a buy for the price.

*** See posts from U. Viveros (Aug 8th) for info on the panel display on this tv***



Picture quality on this tv is excellent (it has an IPS panel) black levels are impressive color is vibrant. And you can tweak the picture to your likeing with a ton of various options. Took me a while to get the picture quality just right for gaming HD content and SD content. SD tv actually looks pretty good on this tv suprisingly sharp picture quality on it. Though this being a LCD tv the picture isn't crystal clear in darker areas you can see some obvious blurring or trailing (but only if you really want to notice and its not as bad as the latest Samsung) in brighter areas blurring is not noticeable at all (in Modern Warfare 2 for example darker wood textures you can see the blur when moving on brighter wall textures there is no blur).



Speakers are decent not going to blow you away with the sound but they aren't complete crap either. Like the picture - sound also has various tweaking options.



Remote is pretty standard doesn't look cheap and doesn't go overboard with the options. But is has everything you'd accept to be on it.



Also has a headphone jack (and unlike Samsungs you can control the volume of the headphone jack with your remote).



You can also display pictures or play music with a usb stick I don't think I'll be using this feature. Would've been nice if it allowed you to play videos from the usb stick...but they only have that feature on their higher end models.



One problem is that if you switch the input to hdmi and then go back to AV or TV input...there is no sound. You have the turn off the tv and turn is back again to get the sound back.



4/5.



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Good value set: + picture quality; - design - features

After comparison shopping for a LCD set to replace my current Sharp Aquos LC20D42U (also reviewed) I settled on this TV.



I'm not going to write a book - but the following are my initial impressions.



Given that my outgoing Sharp display had only 1 HDMI input the LG's 2 inputs are acceptable for my needs (HD cable/DVR & PS3) but for others with more peripherals (stand alone Blu-Ray DVD multiple gaming consoles etc) 2 HDMI inputs may not be enough. The set also has a component input (probably acceptable for use w/ a non-upscaling DVD player).



Unboxing the TV in my living room I cranked all my lights to check for blemishes / defects. While the TV was in good condition both the screen and the glossy black bezel had hand/finger prints in multiple locations. I'm not sure if this happened at the factory (made in Mexico) or if I got a unit that had been previously unboxed (manuals remote stand were all still in sealed plastic - so I'm guessing factory) but it was a little unsettling even at this price point. It took me a few extra minutes to wet a cloth and clean the TV before setting it up.



The glossy black bezel is unremarkable - it doesn't look bad but it does look (and feel) a little cheap. This is not a TV I would mount or place conspicuously - especially among high quality peripherals audio equipment or as the anchor of an expensive entertainment center (of course it's doubtful that a 32" TV would typically form the center of an expensive piece of furniture like that).



After setting the TV up I obviously turned it on. I was not immediately impressed. Like most new TV's this one is pre-programmed to default to wild backlight / brightness / color settings (with the aim of display sets not washing out under bright store lights I presume). After spending some time tuning the picture I was able to achieve settings that were to my liking. The tuned picture is fairly impressive at this price point - solid processing even backlighting good black levels for a CCFL-backlit TV and fairly accurate color although off-angle viewing could be better. Speaking of tuning the menu / interface is very simple and very easy to use - both because of good menu design and also because there are not a whole lot of features on this set to be configured.



Which brings me to features - this is not among the next generation of LCD TV's; it has no LED backlight it is not 120hz it is not thinner than a strand of hair it does not connect wirelessly or offer widgets or video streaming and it is not 3D compatible (a feature I sincerely hope does not catch on for cinema or television - who wants to wear 3D glasses all evening?).



But if you don't want to spend a lot don't need the TV to be a conversation piece while it is turned off don't need to the TV to perform functions that your other devices would likely make redundant and are looking primarily for decent quality picture and good value - then I'd recommend this TV to you.



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Great value if you can ignore its flaws.

Considering the technologies packed into this tv its one of the better value among its class if you can live with some of its flaws.



Positives: Very very good picture quality after calibration. Blu-rays look especially stunning. Deep black and very good black details.



Neutral: Slow tuner changing analog and digital channels takes at least a couple of seconds. Average input lag. Using Guitar Hero 3 lag calibration tool I was able to get 48 milisec in Game mode and between 90 - 130 milisec in other modes.



Negative: Flashlighting. My tv came with 2 large spots the size of my palm each. Reducing the backlight helps somewhat but they're clearly visible during dark scenes such as the cave scenes of Iron Man blu-ray.



Some recent Sharp panels had banding issues. This Genx panel supposedly corrected this problem. However I'm disappointed to find out that it is still present at least on my tv.

I have an inch wide faint verticle band on the left side of the screen. I didn't detect this initially until watching the oil field burning scene in Baraka. Subsequently I noticed it came up during watching the US open and Master and Commander. I can conclusively confirm that the banding is there with my tv when displaying a solid green jpeg. Again this banding is quite faint and very hard to detect but once I did it's very hard for me to ignore.

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Nothing but problems with this one...

I was very excited about this purchase the price point is great and it is a Samsung. The first shipment got here quickly and I was happy to set it up. As soon as I turned on my PS3 I noticed the left speaker (they are hidden by the way which looks great!) would go in and out. I tried many different input devices and the sound problem continued so I knew it was the TV.



I sent it back (Amazon was great by the way) and got a replacement... no sound issues. I thought it was a simple mistake and I was unfortunate and happily set up the new one. Later that night I was watching a BD and noticed the screen would darken and lighten about every ten seconds over and over again. It continued to do this even as I turned the movie off and switched over to the X360. Called Samsung customer support and they basically told me I needed service the nice lady then recommended (since it was only a day old and all) I simply return it to the place of purchase for a new one. Well after two tries and both being lemons right out of the box I can't justify trying again. It's a shame because the picture quality is great exactly what you would expect from a Samsung and it was really hard for me to have to move on for another brand. I still plan on purchasing a Samsung but I won't lie and say this experience has made me very hesitant.



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HDTV for the "rest of us"

Although I work in a technical field and love all the new gadgets and gizmos as they come out I consider myself on the "trailing edge" of technology. That is I don't buy the new stuff until it drops considerably in price whether it be GPS I-Pods or HDTV's.



Even this season with my 42 inch rear projection CRT TV (bought used for $200) I wasn't ready to make the jump to HDTV. My satellite service is in Standard Def and just saw no reason to go to HDTV....yet.



Well my trusty 42 inch decided to take a permanent vacation and without a lot of cash (read zero....) budgeted for a new TV and two teenagers in the house (which elevates TV from a luxury to a necessity) I went about looking for a cheap "interim" TV that would fill in the gap.



Off to WalMart with little or no expectations and I started pricing around.



I live in a small apartment and although I was initially was hell bent to not go below 42 inches my lack of liquid assets quickly told me that 42 inches was a bit above my price range.



I found this TV on sale for $398.00. The picture blew away anything else in it's size and price range. And being almost 300.00 cheaper than a comparable 42 inch model I decided to eat my pride and save some green.



Like others here I find the whole "eco/green" crap a little out of control but in the case of this TV the whole ECO thing does two things.



1. The TV is amazingly light. At just over 24 lbs with the stand this TV is a joy to move around compared to that 42" tank.



2. The TV is EXTREMELY energy efficient. At approx 85W operating and .33W standby (thanks to a slightly annoying amber VIZIO logo that can't be turned off without unplugging....) my kids blow more electricity going to the bathroom than I spend watching my favorite DVD.



The fact that this TV is energy efficient is great but if the picture is lousy then it don't mean jack. I mean a TV that I won't watch because it looks like garbage is great on energy efficiency because it's off!!!



Thankfully this is not the case. With a 15000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio and a pretty nice Viewing angle this TV is perfect for my small Apartment Living Room. In fact moving out that 42 inch rear projection on favor of this box actually makes the Living Room look less crowded.



Now some of you may think that 32 inches for a living room is too small but considering most of us were singing the praises of the "mighty" 27" TV 10 years ago saying 32" is now too small is a bit disengenuous.



But for larger rooms you will find yourself spoiled and wish you had a bigger screen. But for my apartment it's just about perfect.



The one thing I didn't expect is the enhanced DVD viewing performance. Due to the 4:3 contrast ratio of my 42" TV when I watched widescreen DVD's the actual usable picture size on my old TV was less than the what I get on the 32". So now my DVD's are actually "larger" on my "smaller" TV.



On to HD....Being raised on Standard Def I thought the hype surrounding HD was just that...Hype....WRONG!!!



For 15 bucks I picked up a cheap "wall mount" antenna that I can use to pick up "off the air" HD broadcasts to watch my weekend football and all I can say is HOLY COW!!!! Even with the smaller picture the clarity and detail in HD broadcasts just makes the picture jump out.



Overall I am shocked at how much I love this TV. It is small enough to transport home without trouble light enough to place on a cheap 15 dollar TV stand and the picture is outstanding.



What started out being an "interim" TV for the time being just may be my size of choice for as long as I live here. At 32" the TV is certainly big enough for comfortable viewing but not so large as to overshadow the rest of the living room.



At $400 this TV easily falls into the "best bang for the buck" category for HDTV's of any size. Smaller screens just won't cut it for a family room of any size at all and the price savings is not worth it. 37 inch models are not too common so your choices are limited in this area. The next "common" size is 42" and will easily run you almost double. Also if you do go to 42" or higher if you have DVD's or still some "standard def" cable/satellite the imperfections of standard def will be that much more noticable on a larger screen.



The instruction manual and quick setup guide are very well written and you will have this TV setup in no time. The TV has a myriad of ways to connect up to various video sources including two HDMI ports Component Video Svideo SVGA and coaxial. It even has an audio out that you can output to a set of amplified speakers or inexpensive surround system.



One last thing to keep in mind. This TV is 720P and upscales to 1080i. This is the default resolution of all OTA HD broadcasts. 1080P is used mainly for PS3 and Blueray plus a few Video on Demand services. So unless you are into Blueray or PS3 1080P would be a waste of money for you. Add this to the fact that as others have mentioned your ability to differentiate 1080P and 720P on a set of this size is negligible.



In short if you are looking for a great looking TV for your bedroom or your apartment/condo living room you really can't go wrong with this model. Especially at this price point.



The combination of Size Picture Quality Features and Price make this as close to a must buy product as I can remember in a long time.



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Terrific picture quality and features with a few sacrifices.

Here's my simple review of this Sony TV.



General outline of features:

1080p resolution

Picture adjustments

Audio adjustments (synthetic surround sound bass treble)

USB device support

HDMI x4

ECO-friendly options (power save level I and II)

Ambient sensor



The picture quality is outstanding there are numerous adjustments to make the picture look the way you want. Other adjustments include audio and settings for features. Full HD 1080p only makes it look even better. Sony advertises this TV with the "ambient" sensor that detects the lighting situation in your room so that it adjusts the backlight of the TV to compensate. I did some tests with the sensor on or off and it didn't make that much of a difference but the ambient sensor does work it will decrease the backlight of the TV if you're in a dark room (or at night) and increase it if the room is lit up. Features also included with this TV is the ability to play music photos and videos from a USB device which is great but I don't see myself using it. The thing that stands out with this TV set is its design. It looks like a piece of art once you remove the packaging materials. There are an influx of ports and connections on the rear and side. Component composite HDMI Audio VGA you name it it will have most likely have it.



My only two minor gripes about this TV is that the tuning is responsiveness of the TV's menu and tuning is fairly slow. It's not slow to the point where it bothers you but I'd say from the moment you push the channel up button on the remote until the time it actually displays the picture is around 2-3 seconds. It's not bad but its a minor gripe of mines. Another gripe I have about this TV is the price. It's certainly on the costly side for this class of TV but I believe it makes up for it in the design aspect. So if you're willing to spend a little more money to get a TV that actually looks great this TV is a good choice.



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Worth a buy for the price.

Picture quality on this tv is excellent (it has an IPS panel) black levels are impressive color is vibrant. And you can tweak the picture to your likeing with a ton of various options. Took me a while to get the picture quality just right for gaming HD content and SD content. SD tv actually looks pretty good on this tv suprisingly sharp picture quality on it. Though this being a LCD tv the picture isn't crystal clear in darker areas you can see some obvious blurring or trailing (but only if you really want to notice and its not as bad as the latest Samsung) in brighter areas blurring is not noticeable at all (in Modern Warfare 2 for example darker wood textures you can see the blur when moving on brighter wall textures there is no blur).



Speakers are decent not going to blow you away with the sound but they aren't complete crap either. Like the picture - sound also has various tweaking options.



Remote is pretty standard doesn't look cheap and doesn't go overboard with the options. But is has everything you'd accept to be on it.



Also has a headphone jack (and unlike Samsungs you can control the volume of the headphone jack with your remote).



You can also display pictures or play music with a usb stick I don't think I'll be using this feature. Would've been nice if it allowed you to play videos from the usb stick...but they only have that feature on their higher end models.



One problem is that if you switch the input to hdmi and then go back to AV or TV input...there is no sound. You have the turn off the tv and turn is back again to get the sound back.



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started out ok

The tv came as planned and we unpacked it and set it up. The second day it was hooked up we started to hear a buzzing noise. Called Samsung and they sent out a tech to look at it. Now we are waiting for a whole new panel to be put in. Not sure how long that will take but hopefully we will have this problem taken care of soon. Samsung was very easy to deal with and the tech was great. Not happy with the buzzing but have to deal with it until the parts come in.More detail ...

Samsung LN32C350 Review from LCD TV Buying Guide

Picture Quality Performance: With 480i images we noted some jerky motion artifacts in the background of some scenes. However I did not see much offensive negatives in the foreground and was very pleased with the detail offered in 480i. The processors did a very nice job. Color rendition was not oversaturated if not sometimes a little muted.



With our Blu Ray set to 720p resolution to match the TVs resolution we were very impressed at the bright sharp images and intense color offered. The TV really has a lot of pop with HD material. We also did not note the negative background judder with HD material and this proved out with our HD HQV processor testing as well. Black levels were deep and occasionally oversaturated but not often enough to really be a strike against. Dark shadow detail was totally acceptable for a TV of this size and price range.



Off center viewing was average on this LCD TV with the contrast and black levels fading at around 35 degrees off angle - again not bad for this price range.



Calibration: Calibration through the menu was easy and the C350 did a nice job calibrating to near D6500K. There are advanced white balance controls included on this TV which is unusual for this price point. There are also many more advanced settings than I would have thought such as Black Tone Dynamic Contrast a Gamma setting and a nifty Flesh Tone setting that will take the onscreen flesh tones from a yellowish to a pinkish appearance at your whim without changing the overall color appearance of the picture much.



Picture settings as calibrated from the Custom Setting:



Backlight: 8

Contrast: 92

Brightness: 46

Sharpness: 10

Color: 53

Tint: Unchanged

Black Tone: Dark

Dynamic Contrast: Low

Gamma: +1

Color Space: Native

White Balance-

Rgain: 27

Roffset: 24

Flesh Tone: +1

Edge Enhancement: Off



As far as aesthetic considerations go the LN32C350 has straightforward design and better than the other 32" models on the market except the LG's. You almost cant believe how light the TV is upon lifting it a scant 15.7 pounds. The TV is 3.25" in depth and 8" with the stand. The included table stand is very light and inexpensive and the TV must be turned on its head and the table stand screwed on upside down to accomplish the assembly. It would be more convenient if Samsung would just include the stand already assembled on the TV same as some other manufacturers. The table top stand does not swivel side to side. The 2" bezel framing of the TV is gloss black and non-spectacular but does contain a sloped design element at the bottom.



Audio Output: The two inbuilt 5 watt speakers barely get the job done. From 10 feet the user will need to keep the volume control at 75% of total capacity. The volume quality also is lacking with a tinny character and no base - but that's about all you can expect from 5 watt speakers.



For more plus the overall ratings see LCD TV Buying Guide.



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Very nice tv but innaccurate details by all sellers

I am very happy with the purchase and the TV was delivered promptly and works very well. Nice picture and sound and a great deal for a 37" 1080p flat panel. And as always my experience with Amazon has been tremendous.



My only issue is that the promotional information on Amazon and every other site that sells this set (VA370M) claims that it is 15000:1 contrast ratio. However if you check Vizio's site it states that it is only 6500:1. When the set arrived I checked the manual and sure enough it is only 6500:1 with DCR turned on and 1300:1 on normal viewing. This is a huge difference from the internet specs from sellers of this unit.



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Sharp picture quality build with iPod. SD card and PC inputs

I bought three new 32-inch LCD TVs in one week and returned the first two because of faulty video inputs. The third TV I bought is this high-quality Panasonic TC-L32X2 TV which was just released in February 2010. My experience enabled me to compare three similar TVs giving me good insight to write this review.



I initially bought two other 32-inch LCD TVs; a Vizio VO320E and a Sony BRAVIA BX 300 Series (model KDL-32BX300). I returned both of them because of identical video input problems. I connected two different brands of DVD players to each TV and when I played DVDs there were alternating horizontal stripes of discoloration on the screen indicating a problem with the video inputs on the TVs. I returned both TVs to the retailer because both of these DVD players worked perfectly on two other TVs in my house including a one-year-old Panasonic plasma.



Then I bought the Panasonic TC-L32X2 TV listed here. After the initial setup the first thing I tested was the video output from a DVD player and was relieved to find that the video was crisp and clear with no stripes of discoloration like on the other two TVs. Then I flipped through the channels from a direct cable TV input (no cable box) and the TV output was excellent as well and definitely better than the other two TVs that I had to return. Also the build of the TV was noticeably of higher quality than the other two TVs. The remote has plenty of features and is not cheap (like the ones that came with other two TVs).



This Panasonic TC-L32X2 TV comes with one cable TV input one set of component video inputs (red/blue/green video and red/white audio) two sets of composite video inputs (red/white/yellow) three HDMI inputs a PC input an iPod dock with connector cable and rear input an SD camera card input and a Dolby digital audio output.More detail ...

Great TV for the price

This TV is quite impressive especially for the money. There are plenty of inputs many of which are conveniently located on the side of the panel. As far as the picture goes the color is fantastic and the contrast is pretty good as well. Where this TV falls short is the uneven back-lighting. In a low light setting watching a dark scene you can see portions of the screen are brighter than others which can be annoying at best and distracting at worst. Aside from that I have no complaints with the television. Were money no object I'm sure the Proscan would rate lower however the value you get out of this TV for the price is hard to match. It is a very fine budget LCD HDTV.More detail ...