Product Description

With its Full HD-quality picture and impressive 32-inch screen, the LC-32X20E from Sharp is bound to impress!This stylish screen displays images in 1920 x 1808 pixels and it has a 10,000:1 contrast rate, plus 450 cd/m² brightness for a crisp, clear picture every time you turn on the TV.The LC-32X20E has a modern design and is surprisingly slim for a 32? screen. It is equipped with a Freeview tuner and has a vast connections system that includes scart sockets, a triple HDMI connection, and even a PC input to accommodate your various audio/video devices.The LC-32X20E from Sharp brings cinema-quality images to your living room.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40183 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sharp
• Model: LC32X20E
• Released on: 2007-10-03
• Dimensions: 48.50 pounds
• Display size: 32

Features

• Format - 16:9 -- Response time (in ms) - 6
• Audio Power - 2 x 15 W
• Connectivity - 3 x HDMI 1 x component 2 scart sockets RGB PC (D-15 sub) 1 x S-Video Audio input Headphones output (3.5 mm mini jack) Optical audio output Antenna socket (DIN) RS-232C Video composite
• Standard - PAL-B/G, PAL-D/K, PAL-I SECAM-LL´, SECAM-B/G, SECAM-D/K
• Other functions - "Image and text" function (PAT) Text memory (2000-page memory) Automatic backlighting control (OPC) Off timer

Box Contents

Customer Reviews

Nice TV but not perfect
I have the LC32B20E version of this television i.e. same model but all black and purchased after recommendation from a local TV and Hi-Fi shop after they spoke very highly of the Aquos range and convinced me that it was worth spending a little bit extra to achieve the excellent picture and sound quality that this TV undoubtedly has. I was not disappointed.

The picture is excellent and a good test is to watch a game of football and notice if there is any 'trailing' of the image e.g. when the ball is kicked or when there is any other fast movement across the screen. I saw none of this with the LC32B20E. Further, the sound is excellent for a television output although I have to confess that I have used the digital audio optical out to link to an external amplifier and speakers. Set up was relatively easy and I was up and running within minutes of taking it out of the box.

I have a upscaling DVD/HD recorder which works excellently with this product. The only problem was that the Sharp did not like the digital 'bitstream' audio output from the DVD player and I had to use 'PCM'. This is probably the fault of the rather poor Samsung player rather than the TV itself but it would be worth noting that not all digital audio outputs conform to a single standard it would seem. It is not a big deal but I would recommend ensuring compatibility if you have a pre-existing, high cost player or blu-ray.

There are two very notable down-sides to the LC32B20E:

The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is poor. It is difficult to read in all three display modes that it has and moving between channel information is slow. Further, you lose all TV display and sound when going on to the EPG i.e. no small preview screen to see what the channel is currently showing as you would find with most other LCD TVs. The whole EPG is very poor.

Second, channel-hopping is usually a bit slower when dealing with freeview but on the LC32B20E it is painfully slow for a TV of this spec. Combine this with the slow EPG and any idea of skimming through channels to see what takes your fancy is a real chore!

I am giving 4* because it does what a TV is supposed to do very well - excellent picture and sound quality. I am being generous by only taking 1* away for the poor EPG and channel-changing time which lets this Aquos down in a big way. My only hope is that future firmware which controls the box (and which can be downloaded automatically when the TV is in stand-by mode for a period of time) offers a fix for this problem.

Excellent product
I currently have this TV connected via HDMI to my Playstation3 which I use for gaming as well as watching Bluray films. There are 3 HDMI ports and usual SCART and SVideo connecters. I was unsure if the 8ms response time would be quick enough but I have no motion blur whatsoever. I have a friend which has the 46" which I believe has 4ms response time, though I could only see a difference when the 46" was running in 100Hz mode which is only really good for non HD sports programmes.

The TV has options to skip any inputs/freeview/analog which is not being used.

I cannot comment on freeview as I have no reception for that.

The surround bezel of the TV is very thin and overall looks excellent in black with silver speakers bar at the bottom. The standard definition TV picture is very good also.

The sound probably would not fill a larger room, but as I have an external Dolby Digital amplifier I am not bothered.

The price has dropped quite considerably since I bought my set and the larger screen models are now probably much better value for money, but I am extremely happy with my purchase.

recommend
sorry no jargon but...i own one of these, like most people we do not have a huge living room and did not want the room taken over by the tv. firstly picture and sound is excellent. we have the set connected to our PS3, the games and blu ray films are amazing. i know some people say you won't notice a difference with 1080p on a 32 inch tv, but all i can say is the pictures fanastic and knowing i am getting the full potential from my blu ray is peace of mind. as i do not want a larger screen,i would always be wondering what i was missing with a lower rate picture