Had to take this TV back

We bought it from Comet and the picture was poor - dull colours and poor definition. The Freeview channel information was almost unreadable from any kind of distance. For £320 we expected better. So we went for the slightly bigger (20") and more expensive (£365 from Amazon, £385 from Comet click and collect) Sony Bravia KDL 20S2030, which we are very happy with.

Hmmm......

Having had this TV a few days here are my thoughts on it.

The picture is bright and bold - though skin tones rarely look natural.

On watching movies in a dimly lit room the gloss black case only goes to show that"black" on the picture isn't quite as black as it should be. Looking even slightly at an angle to the screen this gets worse. Having compared with a few others maybe this is just a feature of LCDs - I'm not sure this one is that much better or worse than similar offerings.

The bit that really offends my eye however is there is something very odd going on when things move....whilst you can notice it on normal pictures as moving picture being a bit"blurry" perhaps the proof is on titles which over a certain speed become absolutely illegible (considerably more so than the same material on my old TV and on both analogue and digital signals).

So in summary....I'm not glad I bought it.

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Having submitted my initial review it's developed a fault (horizontal wobbles on all inputs), and I have returned it.

Looking Good

Took a quick delivery last week - not seen any HD on it but it is a 2nd TV - excellent value for money, great picture, great sound - and the wife likes it as well so no ear ache there - what more can I ask for

Good Stuff

Overall this is a great TV, it has everything you would expect of a TV of this standard, quick channel changing, easy menus, a great deal of handy features & loads of image & sound enhancing technology.
A great buy at this price though, i don't think you can find a TV with as many features as this at the same size for any cheaper.
The only downside is the running temperature, you can feel the heat coming off the screen at even 2 feet away. I'm not sure if this is the case with all LCD's this size or not, but it will save you money on central heating atleast.
A strongly reccomended purchase.

Great TV

We bought our 32PFL9632 last October. It looks great with DVDs played through a progressive-scan DVD player and really sharp with our Nintendo Wii (using a component cable, not the composite one that came in the box) despite the Wii not outputting a high-definition video signal.

Howver we are underusing it since we don't have a high-definition input to really show it off (eg Sky HD, Blu-ray player or XBox 360).

This telly has lots of inputs. Also it has a USB port on the side for flash drives for playing back audio and picture files.

Downsides:-
The pettiness of the following comments should illustrate how good I think this TV is:-
Picture isn't much cop with our cheapo Pace Sky box. Ironically the TV really shows the shortcomings of the Pace's output.
The composite (RGB) input on EXT3 only comes with a minijack audio connection. I only noticed this when trying to plug the 4gamers Wii component cable in: you have to either buy a two phono-minijack converter or (as I did) plug the Wii directly into your amplifier. And if you're not using a good amplifier with this beast, what are you playing at?
There's no way of turning the screen off if you are playing audio files from the USB socket through a hi-fi.

Ours cost £692.99 including postage from electrical 123.

Obviously it's a lot more expensive than many 32" LCDs but from what I've seen you very much get what you pay for. A lot of cheaper ones seem to suffer problems with large amounts of movement onscreen and I find them fatiguing to watch.

And finally...it looks great. Very shiny and stylish. The"Ambilight" feature is fun and we'd probably miss it if we turned it off but quite frankly I wouldn't pay more for it.

Fantastic television in all areas.

Well just purchased this television and personally I think its sensational.Great picture quality, looks and sounds good, a steel for the price as this technolagy should not need changing in a long time.Very happy 10/10.

It's huge!!!!

Having lived with this TV for a couple of weeks now, I have to say I feel it is of excellent quality with a truly amazing picture through HD sources.

I am no TV expert, but compared far and wide before purchasing, and have not regretted my choice for a moment. The ambilight certainly adds a good deal of depth to the picture, and prolonged viewing spells do not fatigue the eye, as seems the case with other sets. Edges are crisp and sharp, with coherent and realistic colour reproductions. The onboard freeview tuner provides pleasing images, particularly when you consider the level of upscaling required.

The only slight reservation I could offer is that black colours occasionally look grey, and darker scenes can suffer from a lack of detail at times. However these problems seem generic to LCD technology, rather than a particular trait of this set. You may also wish to note that no VGA/DVI input for computer input is provided and you will therefore require further adaptors!