LCD TV PANASONIC TX-32LX600F 32 inches / 81 cm

New generation LCD televisions screens. With the new slab IPS Alpha, the TX-32LX600F Panasonic offers outstanding image quality, regardless of the angle from which you look. Get clear images and bright, vivid life, the time of the whitish appearance in the picture is finally over. Let yourself be carried away by the revolution screens Panasonic; enjoy TV enchanted evenings at home. Table foot (20 ° rotation) included in the provision.

Screen Size : 32 inches / 80 cm
Resolution : 1366 x 768
Brightness : 500 cd/m²
Contrast Ratio : 3500:1
Response time : 8 ms
Weight : 19,7 Kg
Dimensions (WxHxD) : 599 x 794 x 298


Connectors:

Inputs Video : VGA HDMI (x2) SCART (x3) YUV S-Video Composite
HDMI Inputs v.1.2
Inputs compatible digital HDCP (copy protection)
SCART 1 : In AV, TV out, RGB In (rear)
SCART 2 : AV In / Out, S-Video In, Q-Link (rear)
SCART 3 : AV In / Out, S-Vidéo/RVB In, Q-Link (rear)

LCD TV LOEWE INDIVIDUAL 32 HD+ 32 inches / 81 cm

Known for its high-end televisions, look very studied, Loewe loaned us an Individual 32 HD + chassis equipped with the new HD +: a 32-inch model, incorporating a digital VCR, with a slab HD Ready (1366 x 768 dots ), but compatible with the input signals 1080p. It is a fact so rare with this kind of TV to be worth mentioning.

In fact, this is due to the compatibility chassis HD + will gradually penetrate the entire range Loewe. It can receive and record all HD programs, whether delivered via DTT, cable or satellite. With the latter, you must still go through an optional module, as for the pay channels.


The recordings are stored on a hard disk of 120 GB internal TV. Its usage is straightforward and operates like any built-in digital video box to a DSL or cable. In addition to the standard functions of registration, it offers the timeshifting to pause programs viewed live.


Always paying attention to detail, Loewe has integrated a system of automatic brightness adjustment. It varies depending on the lighting in the room. An automation, but not always happy with at least the advantage of being disabled. What we have done before submitting the HD + 32 Individual our tests. Properly adjusted, it delivers a bright image (224 cd / m) and dense black (0.18 cd / m), which can measure a contrast to 1244:1 (for 1200:1 announced). It is even possible to descend to the dark 0.12 cd / m, but at the cost of a sharp drop in the brightness that makes more than 160 cd / sqm.

Before turning image quality specific to each source, we dwell a bit on the improvements of images available. First, we find the traditional DMM, which is now present on many televisions. It is a process that adds images between 24 frames / sec movies. The result is satisfactory, but gives a video which distorts the aspect of the film is also the case among competitors. In addition, there is quite marked defects on fast moving objects. We prefer pictures a little more jerky, but which give the impression of watching a movie cinema. We therefore disable this mode… that others may prefer to activate.


Similarly, the image mode +, darkens the dark parts, thus giving a false sense of contrast. It is certainly flattering, but it distorts the image calibrated by the director. Again, we came to disable this mode - something we do regularly with competitors. The most beautiful images are often those that appear without additional filter.

LCD TV PHILIPS PFL7562D 32 inches / 81 cm

Philips coupled with its''Sense and Simplicity''presents a simple HD TV''''32 inches: PFL7562D equipped with Pixel Plus 2 HD, Digital Natural Motion and a tuner box for the most part. Other functions are available as Active Control, smoothing oblique lines or even offsetting movements 3 / 2 and 2 / 2. The specifications show a response time of 8 ms with a dynamic contrast of 4000:1, which, as usual, seems illusory.

Connection is dispatched on 3 panels in the rear where there are 2 HDMI inputs, a YUV, RGB 2 Péritels and a USB port ready for a full basic file type JPEG, MP3, or MPEG-2.

At the start, everything goes well with menus''Simplicity''but other brands do the same, therefore, turn reported directly to video with TNT. The result is plain: controlling noise is really perfect at this builder! The DVD does not have all the details of a sequence HD but it is fooled by the excellent work of engineers on the plan. Most purists will continue to see a subtle grain to walk in the rear plans is what he is the best on the market. The contours of objects do not suffer from the effects of aliasing so often encountered at the competition. When it comes to HD, although details enrich the image. It remains closed in front of a blurred image and without noise. By connecting a PC him on the HDMI input on the other hand we see the overscan. Philips has been deadlocked on a dedicated zoom mode. But in 1280 x 720 pixels, the image remains legible and stable. Philips is no exception to this rule with a color temperature too high located at 10500 K (hence blue). It must be realized in the OSD to achieve the 6500 ° K Reference (more neutral image).

For the uninitiated to the mark, do not be surprised when opening the Setup menu. It just simply fill in the whole picture, and it will go exactly according to resolve the hope for a piece of your show appear. An assistant whom we had talked about in the test 37PF9731D guide novices with a series of 5 successive frames divided into 2 parts. Depending on your choice, the TV paramètrera (see box). Here are our settings to find a balance just a little more of the color temperature: 100 in contrast, light to 50, with 54 color and the rest by default. Now, we must go to the "Hue tailored to adopt the following values: R-WP-15, G-12 to WP, WP-B-5, R-BL to 0 and finally G-BL to 0 . Your image should now be in the vicinity of 6540 ° K. These parameters will not frankly the average DeltaE who was 5 of origin and is reduced to 4.9. This remains largely worse than the LG LB1R who proudly an average gap between the ideal colors and really displayed only 2.4.

Reactivity side, the response time of 8 ms given became abundantly successful on the test with the famous duck Digital Natural Motion (DNM), but, unfortunately, steam reversed the rendering of text scrolling. The DNM rightly come over to let you know that it will turn it off to watch movies. It greatly increases the stability of the image but as 100 Hz, it distorts the scenes of cinema. Then, the contrast communicated to 4000:1, is actually closer to 620:1. It's just (and certainly far from the specification), but not enough to be annoying whiteout, and a black who remains in the average to 0.41 cd/m2, ie, not very deep, even faded (knowing that the deepest blacks were measured on the Sony Bravia to 0.3 cd/m2). The Pixel Plus 2 HD handles him to intensify sharpness back plans. Therefore let activated like the gearbox of artifact (default compression) MPEG floute who abused the details.

LCD TV LOEWE SPHEROS 32 HD 32 inches / 81 cm

There are different TV technology: Tube Cathodique, LCD, Plasma and Rear Projection. Below are the advantages and disadvantages of each.

4:3 - The standard image format is 4:3 (that is the ratio between the width and height of the TV screen). This format is more widespread. It is sufficient in most cases.

Widescreen - Also known as 16/9eme. The 16/9e is a format more suitable for human visual field and the best format for cinema films.

Indicates whether the TV can restore programs or recordings in NTSC format (United States and Japan).

Indicates the different image resolutions supported by the TV: 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p.

Indicates the presence of a receiver for digital television (DVB-C for cable, DVB-T for terrestrial or DVB-S for satellite).

Indicates how technology restitution sound on the TV is equipped (SRS Surround, SRS TurSurround, BBE ViVA etc.).

Indidque if the TV is equipped with an enclosure or a single pair of stereo speakers.

LCD TV Sharp LC32RD1E 32 inches / 81 cm

After the big brother, 46-inch, it is the turn of LC32RD1E. We recognize very quickly to its typical design AQUOS black underscored by a wave. For a television from the stripe, the manufacturer emphasizes specifications better than those of competitors, the response time or contrast of 1200:1 constant for example. The circuit Tru-D is still the party in terms of image processing, point that we were a little disappointed on LC46XD1E.

Regarding connections, we find a benefit usual a little lighter with the YUV that is not usable by a supplied adapter and use of the VGA input. The 2 HDMI inputs are present and the panel is always placed on the side which makes access convenient. The integrated TNT is also still there.
At the outset, we test the 32-inch with TNT and a DVD player. The circuit Tru-D comes into play, but there are digital grain. Clearly, Micronas (the designer of Tru-D) is really not at the level of what we can do at Philips. This processing enhances the contrast well, but remains unable to suppress the tingling. It now comes with a reader who comes HD blur in large part the lack of noise. It gives a very mixed picture, but does not show as much detail as from Panasonic, for example. But this time, no worries Banding encountered on the Full HD model. It then connects a PC through an HDMI input and uses the method of image format to avoid the overscan. And then, disappointment: underscanning who was present on the Full HD has disappeared. Sharp has been the economy of this function that we had on the delighted 46 inches. It certainly inevitably a part of the picture. Explanation: overscan will really inconvenient for those who want to use this TV monitor in time for regular PC. For occasional use, this screen may be the case. Because, for those who put their shortcuts on the desktop, this fault them pose fewer problems. You can also play''''alt + tab to switch from one application to another, but it remains troublesome in many cas.La resolution to be adopted Admission is 1280 x 720 pixels to produce a stable and readable.

Not surprisingly, we are left with 9000 ° K color temperature measured with the original settings in''dynamics''. We are going to excavate the OSD and hope any improvement.

There are basic Sharp interface with menus associated with the brand. Following our setting image mode''Standard''and''color temperature''on''Low'', then we fall around 7000 ° K. The average deltaE located 5.4 startup, does not really improve and increase to 4.9. This is really low compared to our reference LG LB1R which showed 2.4 on this criterion. The response time to 6ms announced does not seem especially capricious and it is yielding good results. It is still very difficult to differentiate it with a slab of 8ms. The contrast is at 950:1 in 1200 announced it approximates what the manufacturer communicates. Indeed, we feel very good with this slab of technology that ASV is one of its strengths. The Aquos Pixel System II, according to Sharp, guarantees travellings perfectly fluid, which remains very marketing. If only because the TV is not 24p (see box about the jerks in HD), on the HD we find many micro-saccades. On a brief tour of OSD menus that remain of great simplicity. In all, we must abide by a decline of 2.50 m to take advantage of this LCD.

LCD TV TOSHIBA 32C3030DG 32 inches / 81 cm

Toshiba, the founder of the new disk format HD DVD, has launched very recently the TV 32C3030 equipped with a slab simple definition HD (1366x768) and the Active Vision, which is supposed to improve the image of 4 aspects: level of detail, color, motion and contrast.


With DTT in source or a DVD player, everything begins rather well: no video noise really embarrassing. The contours of the forms still have an effect aliasing, but the contrast of 700:1 measured remains high enough to give relief to correct the image (see box on the contrast). Rendering with HD sources such as HD DVD shows a slight tingling but it is still acceptable and will not result in noticeable discomfort. The details of the HD are present, however, we have already seen better from Samsung or Philips. The PC connected to the HDMI demand a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels to produce a stable and clearly legible to surf the web, for example. Note that we must go through the zoom mode PC to avoid overscan. If you decide to use analog connections as YUV, the 1080i is accepted while the VGA input remains functional until 1360 x 768 pixels.


The color temperature is, as in most cases, pushed unreasonably to 12500 K (for the standard reminder is located at 6500 ° K) at the outlet of cardboard. Result: a very cold that will flatter your eye in the window. The deltaE average is still too high at 11 (the limit must not exceed 3 so that the loyalty is to rendezvous), but by opening the OSD we discovered many new features for color balance. So much the better!


Toshiba has focused on the OSD really rich in functions since it has an adjustment based on the color red, green and blue as well as yellow, magenta and cyan. We are offered 2 different settings: the nuance and saturation which ranges from +15 to -15. Very well thought out but it was nice to maximum values… nothing happens. Great disillusionment therefore colorimetry to remain as it was. We just passed the temperature setting color mode "Hot". Then come the famous 3D color management not very effective that does not make real progress in the image. The backlight control, it plays its role by enhancing the contrast in dark scenes. Finally, the last set of optimization proposed on the depth of black, it seems, is set to 100 by default. We can not be certain it is the original tuning because the manufacturer has not set functions niclenja accessed directly from the OSD. This OSD which incorporates the usual Toshiba here and does not deprive him to fill a large part of the picture. Difficult then to see changes on the image in real time. The Active Vision so promising leaves us a bit about our hunger. Finally, a word on the remanence announced at 8ms, which is in the average of what it is today: not really visible trails behind the shapes in motion.

LCD TV SAMSUNG LE32S86BD - 32 inches / 81 cm

With its 32-inch HD Ready its definition (1366 x 768 pixels), and his two adopted HDMI, the LE32S86BD represents the screen of mid-range par excellence.

Indifferent, we are not left in the first ignition. We would have simply been horrified if other Samsung televisions we were not passed into the hands recently. It's definitely a habit of the mark: the default settings did not flatter the product.

Some rules must be respected to find an image worthy of the name. First, disable, or at least mitigate, image filters (DNIe, Noise Reduction ,...). It should also flee the Dynamic mode, which is slamming the contrasts in the extremities remove all the nuances of degraded. We shall therefore Cinema mode, and we solve the color temperature on Chaud2, while lowering the backlight to 4. It would be better not too fall below this value, lest it get a picture fade and without relief.

Thus resolved, and after adjusting the brightness and contrast, we get blacks to an intensity of 0.19 cd / m, for whites to 257 cd / m; is a very good contrast ratio of 1352:1. The color temperature reached then and 7315 ° K is only 13% of 6500 ° K targeted. Rendering takes very little on the blue. In fact, it colorimetry to us the worst problems, with differences exceeding 6 overall and reaching a low average of 27. Even the menus image adjustment did not allow us to catch this defect. Yet they are numerous (gain setting, cut, color temperature, black level, gamma ...).

LCD TV SONY KDL-32D3000 - 32 inches / 81 cm

Motionflow + 100 Hz

Many TV signal standards are based on a scanning frequency of the image of 50 Hz (50 scans per second). The latter can lead to flicker in the image. Technology 100 Hz double that frequency, thus guaranteeing the stability and fluidity of images. The combined Motionflow +100 Hz mode "Games" available on the D3000 series will allow players to take full advantage of images from their video game console last generation.

Technology BRAVIA Engine

" The technology BRAVIA Engine "is the visual high performance engine used by the latest LCD TVs from Sony. Sony has developed an original image adjustment and noise reduction to obtain sharp images with high contrast. The complex process of noise reduction improves low-contrast images to make them clearer and more realistic. It also blue, green and white of each image to make them more precise and rich.

Digital comb filter

The TV signals often combine information black-and-white with color information. The digital comb filter separates these two types of information to ensure accuracy outstanding image and avoid distortions present in the very detailed images.

Colour Engine Technology

10-bit The slabs 8 bits traditionally used on LCD TVs that can display 256 shades of color, while the 10-bit screen of the 1024 series offers D3000 color gradients. This greatly improves the realism of the image and ensures once again that what you see is as close as possible to the original.

Full

When an image 4 / 3 format is enlarged 16 / 9, parts, located at the top and bottom of the screen, are lost. The mode is a full-function expansion of the non-linear image. It generates an image 16 / 9 containing all the information of the image 4 / 3.

1080p/24

The 1080p/24 is the high-definition video format used for encoding movies on support HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Each image is made up of 1080 lines, each comprising 1920 pixels, progressively scanned at a rate of 24 frames per second. This frequency was chosen for his perfect correspondence with the format of feature films shot at 24 frames per second anywhere in the world. Thus each scanned image corresponds to a physical image really impressed on film. The products and disseminating displaying pictures in 1080 are the standard at a frequency of 50 or 60 frames per second (1080i) or 50 or 60 frames per second (1080p), these frequencies resulting directly on the format of electric current available depending on the region the world (50 Hz or 60 Hz). The image format high definition 1080i / p standard is therefore always a process of working the image to bring it into line with the frequency display broadcaster. This process, if not fully realized, inevitably degraded more or less pronounced in the quality of images. The cinematic experience shows that frequency of 24 frames per second is enough for the eye and the human brain translate the succession of fixed image projected on the screen as the representation of moving. Recognizing this, and given the fact that the format chosen for the transfer of films based HD-DVD and Blu-ray and 1080p/24, manufacturers are beginning to offer electronic devices compatible with this format (readers HD-DVD, Blu-ray, LCD TVs, plasma and LCD video projectors, DLP, etc.).. It removes the lack of fluidity and the risk of artifacts that can result from multiple conversions while moving closer to the maximum of the original film.

Function Bravia Theatre Sync

Operator protocol of the CEC HDMI connectors, this feature allows you to control the whole system audio-video (video player, amplifiers and Sony Bravia TV) with a single remote control, when they are connected to each other through their respective HDMI.

Technology S-Force Front Surround

The result of years of research by sound engineers from Sony, this technology offers a unique virtual 5.1 surround sound channels with just two front speakers and a subwoofer. To accomplish this feat, Sony has studied the modus operandi of our ears. In making adjustments to adapt to the way we recognize the origin and direction of his (distinguishing the sound levels and timing of right and left ears), S-Force Front Surround is capable of simulating this mechanism human with a very advanced digital processing. In contrast to the seemingly similar offerings from other manufacturers, Sony is not playing on the sound reverberation, which is to use the walls to return the sound to the listener. With S-Force, this effect is completely virtual, which gives rise to a dynamic 5.1 surround sound regardless of the available space and configuration of the part.

LCD TV SAMSUNG LE32R86BD 32 inches / 81 cm

Samsung proposes is a mid-range TV extremely interesting, as proposed at the same price as the series Economically, the S86. What differentiates yet: going on R86BD to 3 HDMI inputs (very good!), We gain a better contrast and a few functions. The hull of the TV is so in vogue at the moment: brilliant on the edges, but with a slab of matte in the middle. Everything is proposed to less than 700 euros, it makes you want to crack. We can actually, you will not find a bad deal, but to really take advantage of this screen, it's best to follow this advice: turn off all its advanced features. We tested one by one: neither produces a good result. Worse, they systematically degraded images (see box).

Travel via the OSD (the Set menu of TV) is all it takes more useful (essential in our view) change the color settings. It's simple, fast and highly desirable. Basic, LE32R86BD seems settle for shops to slam into the eye of passing. But when it comes to loyalty ... Switch Mode simply Movies with a color temperature on Warm 2 will retrieve colors balanced, fairly neutral, with a mean difference between the ideal colors and displayed measured at 4.5, while it was starting from 7.2. Incidentally, it rectifies the dark, completely faded background (from 0.51 to 0.28 cd / m). However, even after adjusting not only what is not yet perfect (some LG and Sony televisions are much better), but it is far more contrast promised by the manufacturer. While it is common to see differences, we still raging read a contrast ratio of 8000:1 announced in the features, and find a real contrast of 640:1 at the end. To which we take on?

It ends with the recommended uses for this product. It's simple: HD movies, with an appropriate perspective of at least two metres fifty. Otherwise the tingling you can disrupt. Other uses have rather disappointed. Of the SD sources, such as DVD, there is a scaling up imperfectly reflected in the effects of stairs at the edges of objects. The Full HD 1080p is not supported. With regard to the persistence on the console, it is bearable but already crossed more responsive on many occasions. It is even less encouraging in PC mode: the image is a bit blurred. Do not this screen to mixed use, TV and office.

Despite this final a little hard, LE32R86BD remains a proper screen, and even a good deal for those who want a 32-inch at a small price. We appreciated his 3 HDMI inputs, the colors correct settings and after, though, his beautiful images HD. For the DS, a little back (3 meters or more) and it will go very well.