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Suggestions for 32" LCD TV
vanity | December 19, 2008 | RayChuang88

Posted on 12/19/2008 3:35:31 PM PST by RayChuang88

Help. My old 27" CRT TV died and I'm in need of a replacement TV. Any suggestions for a good 32" LCD model that won't burn a hole in my pocket? I'm thinking about getting a VIZIO VO32L 32" TV, where Costco is selling for US$449 (and they have plenty in stock).


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KEYWORDS: hdtv; lcd; tv
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To: RayChuang88
First suggestion. Bump up to 37". Hardly any more money, but big pic difference.

I have a 37" Vizio that I got at Sam's Club last May for $648. It is a fantastic TV, especially for the money.

And get a quality HDMI cable. Absolutely essential. Good luck!

61 posted on 12/19/2008 4:58:55 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: RayChuang88

If it’s a bedroon TV Vizio is great. family Room i would go with any
Sony Bravia or Samsung.


62 posted on 12/19/2008 5:01:36 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Well, my Panasonic DVD-S35 DVD player has 480p progressive-scan component video output that I can plug into the Component 1 input on the VIZIO VO32L. It should look good, though I do worry that it may look a tad "fuzzy" because 480p resolution is far below the 720p resolution of the VO32L.

And folks, please stop talking me into getting a 37" panel. The space I plan to put the panel (where my now-dead 27" CRT TV now sits awaiting its final fate) won't fit a 37" panel.

63 posted on 12/19/2008 5:06:34 PM PST by RayChuang88
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Once you have one you’ll see, bigger is better, it’s not like you have to sit far away from these modern TV’s either, 32 or 37 in a modern widescreen is not a very big TV.


64 posted on 12/19/2008 5:10:55 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: word_warrior_bob

What size would you recommend for viewing from 10-15 feet away, as in a bedroom?


65 posted on 12/19/2008 5:11:53 PM PST by Ken H
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To: buccaneer81

And get a quality HDMI cable. Absolutely essential. Good luck!

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No such thing as a “quality” HDMI cable. Don’t spend 100 dollars at best buy, etc. and a monster cable. Go to monoprice.com or bluejeanscable.com and get the EXACT same cable for 5 bucks.


66 posted on 12/19/2008 5:12:36 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: Ken H

10-15 feet away, as big as you can get, I have a 55 inch Sony LCD in my bedroom and a 60 inch Sony LCD in my living room. They are both the kind with the stands, not a panel that you hang on the wall. They’re great TV’s, even the guys at AVS forum have been snatching them up if you can still find them, everything is going flat panel.

If money was no object I would go for a Pioneer/Panasonic Plasma, if I was budgeting I would look for my type of tv or the biggest 720p lcd or plasma I can find. Go to AVS forum and you can find tons of information, personally I don’t care for DLP’s, I think the picture on the LCD’s and Plasmas are “stronger” if that makes any sense.


67 posted on 12/19/2008 5:17:04 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: Mikey_1962

“Make sure its 1080 not 720.”

At 32” it is not likely to matter.

Additionally, consider what your source material is likely to be.

For example, my DishNetwork HD boxes are 720p native resolution. Having it upscale to 1080p may improve it, and then again, often it does not.

The xbox360 will display a 1080p picture, as will the ps3, and in games where they are encoded in 1080p it is stunning. That said, MOST games are encoded in 720p natively and the tv, through the hdmi cable and xbox/ps3, auto set it to 720p. So there is not advantage in those games.

Realistically, if you are coming from a 27” tube, you will be impressed with 720p because it is significantly better. If you can afford the 1080p and it is not that much more in price, it is probably worth getting as source content improves over the years and more 1080p sources are available. However, that said, you will be very happy with 720p and the difference in most cases is negligible.

Cheers!


68 posted on 12/19/2008 5:17:22 PM PST by cyberstoic
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To: word_warrior_bob
Go to monoprice.com or bluejeanscable.com and get the EXACT same cable for 5 bucks.

Thanks for the heads-up. I paid $20 for mine.

69 posted on 12/19/2008 5:19:12 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Mikey_1962

I agree about something other than vizio but for a 32” TV, 720p is fine.


70 posted on 12/19/2008 5:25:17 PM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: RayChuang88

Bought a SONY WEGA 42 almost 2 years ago and LOVE it. Crystal clear. I value it almost as much as my guns!


71 posted on 12/19/2008 5:27:28 PM PST by dokmad
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To: word_warrior_bob

you are absolutely right. Digital is digital. People get suckered into buying expensive hdmi/digital cables and there’s not need for it. The power of marketing.


72 posted on 12/19/2008 5:28:34 PM PST by MAD-AS-HELL (How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
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To: RayChuang88

Do you ever watch TV with the lights off? If you do, I would avoid the Vizio.

LCDs don’t have great contrast and it would be worse than most. It looks great in the show room and with the lights on but when you turn the lights off all of the areas that should be black are muddy gray.

3000:1 contrast will look good with dim light. The Vizios are like 1200:1 or even less.


73 posted on 12/19/2008 5:32:06 PM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: RayChuang88

Go here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2102640411%20138902005%201389027312&name=32%22

Lots of reviews by users


74 posted on 12/19/2008 5:33:35 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: word_warrior_bob
Thanks! I suppose I'll take the plunge into HDTV one of these days.

I think I have enough credit left on my 2 cards and the HELOC to get a really top of the line system!

75 posted on 12/19/2008 5:40:47 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Hot Tabasco

Unfortunately, today’s Cable Card isn’t two-way, so you can’t order pay per view or movies on demand from Comcast. If you want those features, you are stuck for the time-being with a box.


76 posted on 12/19/2008 5:52:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dangerdoc

I don’t watch TV with the lights off—I tend to crash into things if I do that.


77 posted on 12/19/2008 5:54:07 PM PST by RayChuang88
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To: RayChuang88
Any suggestions for a good 32" LCD

Much good information has been provided. One additional note, Vizio is an American company.

78 posted on 12/19/2008 6:00:45 PM PST by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: RayChuang88

VIZIO from Costco in four months. Prices are suppose to be going down again...


79 posted on 12/19/2008 6:04:24 PM PST by GOPJ (Gun Control-:- like trying to control stray dogs by neutering veterinarians.- G. Jonas)
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To: Las Vegas Dave
"Suggestions for 32" LCD TV"

My suggestion would be to get a 52"... Samsung.... unless you don't have room on your wall for it. :^)

80 posted on 12/19/2008 6:07:07 PM PST by KoRn
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