Sony KDL40D3000 LCD TV Review
June 19, 2007
Sony KDL40D3000 LCD TV enhances our television viewing experience using its BRAVIA Engine Full Digital Video Processor. This unique processing technology presents smooth, clear and razor-sharp images. The pictures show better colour gradations with excellent details, combined with improved contrast and colour saturation. This LCD TV has an attractive, glossy, black frame and the thin speakers are placed on the bottom panel. The beautiful design and excellent performance of this LCD TV impress us and make this TV suitable for any room in your home. Main features Screen Size: 40" Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Native Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels BRAVIA Engine video processing Viewing Angle178 degrees Dynamic Contrast Ratio 8000:1 Static Contrast Ratio1600:1 Response Time 8 ms Four Aspect modes Picture in Picture feature (PIP) Three HDMI interfaces Three composite video inputs Single s-video input Two component inputs Single D-sub PC input One USB port Sony’s KDL40D3000 LCD TV succeeds in achieving smooth, natural, true-to-life pictures without any visible motion lag and ghosting. This LCD TV has an acceptable response time which enables this LCD TV to make action-packed scenes quite spectacular and natural. Another significant feature of this LCD TV is its unrivalled picture quality thanks to its Live Colour Creation System. Combined with the Bravia Engine Video processing technology, this LCD uses millions of true-to-life colours to depict the living world on the screen. The WCG-CCFL backlighting system also helps this LCD to produce brilliant colour display showing each colour spectrum distinctly from other. As a result, you get deeper blues and brilliant reds on the screen. As a typical Sony LCD TVs, this TV also provides a variety of input options for the viewer. There are three HDMI interfaces that can accept HDTV video materials along with digital sound features. There are three composite video inputs, a single S-video input, two component video inputs and a PC input available in this LCD TV. You can find a USB port which connects your digital camera or any other USB device and you can watch pictures, short videos etc on this LCD TV. Tweaking this TV to get optimum performance is rather easy with many settings available on the remote. There are five aspect modes to resize the image of any format to fit the screen. Likewise there are three picture modes that can be employed to view different movies. While you inspect audio features of this LCD TV, you will find two speakers with a sound booster. You can use three sound modes to suit your taste to get the best out of Dolby Digital sound system provided in this LCD TV.
Samsung LN-T3242H LCD TV Review
June 18, 2007
Samsung LN-T3242H LCD TV comes with a sleek, glossy black frame that enhances its elegant design. Its 720p native resolution and the 7000:1 dynamic contrast ratio together presents extremely crisp, vivid, superb quality picture. The pictures show nice black levels and colour reproduction is brilliant with its fast 8ms response time which delivers smooth action sequences. Main features:
- 32” Screen size
- Native resolution 720p
- Aspect ratio 16:9
- Dynamic contrast ratio 7000:1
- Viewing angle 170 degrees
- Response time 8 ms
- CCFL backlight
- Integrated ATSC tuner
- Three HDMI inputs
- Two component inputs
- Two S-video inputs
- Two AV inputs
- one PC input
- SRS Trusurround sound system
This LCD TV utilizes Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL) which can provide 92% coverage of the video signals and presents excellent, vivid, natural colours. When you watch a movie, it is expected that the TV should be able to distinguish the scenes from the background especially when extremely dark scenes or bright scenes are displayed on the screen. This LCD has a contrast ratio of 7000:1 which helps to provide greater details even on such dark scenes thus enhancing the black levels and adding greater depth to the picture. Higher end LCD TVs like Samsung LN-T3242H LCD TV also successfully eliminate another shortcoming of usual LCD TVs – motion lag. As this LCD comes with faster response time (8 ms) and is capable of showing crisp, smooth and natural pictures while playing action-packed movies. Samsung uses Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA), a new technology that helps a viewer to watch this LCD TV from any angle up to 170 degrees either horizontally or vertically. This feature combined with its excellent colour reproduction make this LCD TV suitable for in large rooms provided you sit sufficiently far away from the screen. This LCD TV is also versatile as it can be used to display numerous video formats, right from standard home videos to HDTV materials like Blue ray disc or DVDs. The inputs and sockets are available on rear and side panels. There are three HDMI ports, two S-video inputs and two AV inputs. In addition, you can connect this LCD TV with your PC using PC socket provided in this LCD TV. There are two side speakers and the SRS Trusurround sound system produces 3D sound effects which impresses us.
Sharp LC-65D90U LCD TV Review
June 16, 2007
Sharp LC-65D90U LCD TV combines elegant design with its outstanding features to make it a complete LCD TV in every sense. Sharp’s unique Advanced Super View/Black TFT Panel provides superb brightness level (450 cd/m2) and combines it with other features like 1200:1 Contrast Ratio, and wide viewing angles. This TV comes with a fully integrated HDTV tuner and cable card tuner so you can watch any video sources- HDTV or non-HDTV. What’s more, you can watch HDTV materials without requiring a set-top box. Design-wise this LCD looks great with its detachable speakers fitted on the bottom panel. This LCD comes with a table stand which you can detach in case if you want to mount this TV on the wall. Main features:
- 65” wide screen
- Native resolution 1080p or 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Multi-Pixel Technology
- Enhanced Picture Contrast Technology
- Four-wavelength backlight system
- High brightness of 450 cd/m2
- Contrast ratio of 1200:1
- Viewing Angles 170º H / 170º V
- Response time of 6ms1
- Five colour temperature settings
- 2 HDMI inputs
- 2 HD component video inputs
- ATSC, QAM and NTSC tuners
- Computer input
- Two speakers of each 15 watt output
Sharp’s LC-65D90U impresses with its over-all picture quality. To begin with, it is a full HDTV LCD TV with a wide screen. Despite its big screen, we could find greater sharpness and excellent details in every frame that is shown on this TV. The true black levels of the pictures are remarkable with great depth. Due to its unique Enhanced Picture Contrast Technology, the images look crisp, vivid and natural. It’s 4-Wavelength Backlight System provides improved color reproduction with excellent colour gradation. So, you get more vibrant colours with a balanced colour saturation on the screen. The display is so bright that you can place even in ambient light conditions and you can still see vivid colours on the screen. Similarly, the dark scenes also look with incredible details This LCD TV has two HDMI inputs and two HD composite video inputs that enable you to watch a variety of HDTV materials that include DVD and HDTV channels. You get six picture presetting options as well as five colour temperature settings to tweak this unit to provide optimum performance. It is also possible to view Digital TV and analogue TV channels as this unit has come with in-built ATSC, QAM and NTSC tuners. Response time or screen refresh rate is just 6 ms so there is visibly no motion lag or ghosting when action scenes are shown. Similarly, its viewing angles (170 degrees) are quite decent and this TV present off-axis pictures as much clarity as possible. The audio system comprises of two speakers with 15 Watt output. When we play some music videos, the sound effects are excellent despite its thin speakers.
Toshiba 42HL167 LCD TV Review
June 15, 2007
Toshiba 42HL167 LCD TV creates superb pictures with its 1080p native resolution. With its enhanced backlight technology and the capabilities to produce colour accuracy, this LCD TV creates colours which are lively and realistic. The thin, black, glossy frame that surrounds the screen and the piano black swivel base are quite impressive. The sleek, long remote is easy to operate and the various buttons provide you lot of options to tune the performance of this LCD TV.
- Screen size 42″
- 4:3 High Definition mode
- Native resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Response time of 8ms
- Viewing angle of 176 degree
- 12-Bit Digital Video Processing
- Five aspect ratio pre-sets
- 14 bit video processor
- ATSC/NTSC and QAM tuners
- One S-Video Input
- Three HDMI inputs
- 15 Pin D-Sub PC input)
- One AV Input
- Two component video inputs
- 2-way stereo speakers with 20 W output
- SRS WOW and Dolby Digital Sound technology
The SRS WOW and Dolby Digital Sound technology uses a thin-line speaker design with enhanced dynamic range. The big round speakers are absent in this model however you get excellent theater sound and that adds to fun to your viewing experience.
JVC LT-40FN97 LCD TV Review
June 9, 2007
JVC LT-40FN97 LCD TV is a full HDTV which delivers pictures that rivals reality. With a medium sized screen, (40") it has integrated many features like 5th Generation Digital Image Scaling Technology (D.I.S.T. 1080p) with GENESSA Picture Processing, 5-Point Color Management and Motion Adaptive Dynamic Gamma Correction Circuitry to boost its performance. The piano black frame and the sleek remote are other features that demands our attention. Main features:
- 40" screen
- Full HD Resolution of 1920×1080 pixels
- 1000:1 Contrast Ratio
- 500 cd/m2 brightness
- 178 Degree Viewing Angle
- 8ms Response Speed
- Digital Image Scaling Technology with GENESSA
- ATSC/QAM and Digital tuners
- 3-2 Pulldown
- Four aspect ratio settings
- 2 HDMI inputs
- 2 S-Video Inputs
- 3 AV Inputs
- RF Input
- Computer input
The full HD Spec 1080p resolution of this LCD TV ensures greater sharpness and more details to the pictures. With the decent contrast ratio of 1000:1, the black levels are quite nice and combined with excellent colour saturation, the pictures look realistic. The Component Cross Color Eliminator of this TV make provide the pictures with crispness, and vividness. The 5th Generation Digital Image Scaling Technology allows you to watch any standard television material with lot of enhancements both in picture quality and sound effects. You find four aspect ratios available with this TV for your use. This allows to choose the best aspect ratio to watch any HDTV material although you can view non-HDTV sources using other aspect ratios. Likewise, you can access Digital TV and analogue TV channels as this unit provides you with in-built ATSC, QAM and NTSC. There is also a 2:3 pull down feature which enables the fast moving images look realistic and removes any motion lag. The speakers are designed in such a way that the sound effects are quite pleasing. The powerful speakers render very good quality output which is indispensable when you play some DVD movies in this LCD TV.
