LE32C530-Reviews
I was looking for a cheap full HD TV and saw this, after reading the other reviews I decided to go ahead with the TV and wasn’t disappointed. Set up was extremely easy, the picture is fantastic, it looks nice, and the price can’t be beaten.
The best feature for me on this TV was the USB input, I already have the WDTV device and has served me well but when I plugged my external hard rive into the USB it immediately recognised the device – the menus are in a nice easy format and it played every video I have , from mp4 & AVI to .MKV files (this was the biggest surprise to me that it could play the High Def file type, I have HD files and the video quality is astounding),
You can resize the videos to fit the screen using the tools button and skip quickly through the file using the cursors on the remote (instead of using the fast forward and rewind, people who watch AVI’s know the frustration of losing your video postion and having to fast forward at a maximum of 16x to the correct place!).
All in all, if you want a full HD TV at a low price then look no further, the only downside for me was that you can’t record via USB but apart from that I can’t fault it.
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I am normally too busy to write review. But this time I had to! Before this TV, I ordered the Sony Bravia KDL32V5500U, which costs over £200 more than this one. It chose the Sony as, even though it was expensive for the size, I’ve always been a HUGE Sony fan (pretty much all electronics I’ve got is Sony) and it was considered by many to be one of the top 32 inch TVs. Unfortunately, it had a slight fault, so I had to send it back.
Then I ordered this TV and when it arrived, I couldn’t believe how much better it was than the Sony unit. First of all the looks: I’m not entirely convinced by the whole “Rose Black” concept, but it actually looks really good. Overall, the TV looks really smart, modern with clean lines. The transparent bit at the bottom makes it looks even more interesting.
Then, the panel itself. Straight out of the box, I loved the colours and the blacks were truly black. There was a really annoying energy saving feature turned on – it dimmed the backlight whenever there was a darker image displayed, but it was easy to turn off. After playing with settings for a while, I was able to get even better result. Truly stunning colours. I was also quite amazed how well the TV displayed not only HD content, but standard definition content too. The Sony TV was great for HD, but the upscaling of SD produced a lot of artefacts. No upscaling problems with this unit, just perfect picture!
Next, sound quality. Overall great experience, although bass is missing a little bit. However, this is due to the physical size of the speakers and it’s the same for all other TVs. If you like more bass, it possible to connect external speakers or (even better) a home cinema system. Again, there are a lot of settings for sound, so it was easy to find a mode that I liked (changing the settings has actually a big effect on the sound – not like some other TVs where you change settings and can’t tell the difference).
Finally, I love the fact that you can connect external HDD or USB memory stick with films, music or pictures on it. It even loads subtitles!
Overall, I’ve found this TV to more than meet my feeds. Great build quality (it even has metal back!), elegant looks, outstanding pictures quality, very good sound quality, many additional features. Buy one now – you won’t be disappointed.
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This TV is fantastic, I have been using it for three days solid use now and I have to report that it is perfect in many ways.
I bought this TV to replace a simular HDTV, I chose this TV as I love Samsung and the quality that they provide with each product that they create. This particular TV didn’t disappoint; it has a solid construction with Samsung’s new Rose Black touch to the edge of the plastic on the front, looks beautiful when viewed in dim light. The back panel of the TV is not made of the traditional plastic but instead it is made from metal, I thought this would increase the amount of heat that this TV dissapates; but I was wrong, Samsung’s technology has advanced to a outstanding level which allows for better cooling.
The picture quality from the screen is outstanding! I have my PS3 hooked up via HDMI (1080p), watching a Blu-Ray on this TV is amazing, the refresh rate switches to 24Hz which makes the motion more slower; exactly how the producer of the film wanted it to be.
Overall colour is fantastic, blacks are deep and white are bright/clear. Games look lifelike when viewed at any time of the day.
Overall I am very impressed with Samsung’s new HDTV for 2010, I am still gobsmacked by the overall clarity of the picture when viewed with any input source.
We bought two of these for the children’s bedrooms.
The delivery from Amazon was super quick.
The TVs were incredibly simple to set up and I had them both up and running in about 30 minutes all together.
They are finished in a glorious piano black chassis and come with an optional stand or they can be mounted on the wall.
The stand allows the TV to swivel left and right for optimal positioning of the screen.
The picture quality is superb as expected from Samsung, the on-screen menus are simple and adding all the additional sources was a breeze. The High Definition output is fantastic and particularly impressive using my son’s X-box.
There are a number of connection types on the rear panel including 2 HDMIs, d-sub for a PC, scart socket, RGB component and standard component phono sockets.
You can also play media files (pictures, video or sound files) from a usb device via a usb interface on the side which is really useful. My only moan is the location of the headphone socket which is on the rear panel and not easily accessible.
The sound output is bright and crisp and suprisingly good from on board speakers.
Thoroughly recommend this TVs which live up to Samsungs reputation for quality, performance but at an affordable price.