I was looking to buy a 32" LCD TV. Sharp made a 1080p set, model LC-32D62U, that I was interested in, and ended up buying.
The TV arrived and it did look nice. But I have to say that a glossy frame is very impractical, and just plain stupid. The reason is dust. On the same day the TV arrived, dust started to accumulate heavily on the glossy frame. It makes the TV look like it was in a bad dishwasher job. And when you try to wipe the dust off, you get streaks everywhere. The tiny dust particles scratch it; and there is NOTHING you can do about it. Not only that, but when you watch it in the dark, the image reflects on the borders of the screen.
Now let's get to the image quality. I calibrated the TV as soon as I got it with AVIA with a 1080p signal over HDMI. For some reason, this TV appears to not show anything progressive. The TV said it was receiving 1080p, but I noticed lines that looked like scan lines. It was difficult to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p when watching a movie. Playing 1080p PS3 games showed that there is a significant visual difference between 1080p and 1080i: much more aliasing everywhere in 1080i. So this must prove that it is displaying 1080p, but there must be some chip somewhere creating these lines.
I was able to tell when I was watching First Blood on Blu-Ray. Then I started seeing it everywhere. It's also easy to spot if I get close to the TV and move my head up and down. I was very disappointed. I wasn't too upset about the three or four dead pixels that I got, but this got me upset.
So because I wasn't sure if this flaw was a characteristic of the display, I sent it back and settled on a Sony KDL-32S3000. They are both the same price, but I'm downgrading in resolution to 720p.
The Sony didn't have this scan line issue, showing a solid picture. I was more impressed with the Sony than the Sharp. After calibrating the Sharp, it didn't blow me away. But after calibrating the Sony... Wow! The image was so sharp and had such good color saturation that it felt like the people were in the room in front of you. The Sony displays very vibrant images that really brings HD to life. The Sharp set didn't do that.
The Sharp TV did have better blacks, although the whole picture seemed too dim. And it also had better response time. With the Sony, I could see ghosting in a few areas of Dirty Dancing on Blu-Ray. But I wouldn't trade back for a perfect Sharp 32D62U.
...and the frame of the Sony looks so much better too.
These are my settings for the Sony. Whatever isn't listed is set to off.
Backlight - Min (Using Light Sensor)
Picture - 80
Brightness - 48
Color - 46
Hue - 0
Color Temp - Warm 2
Sharpness - 8
Color Space - Wide
Live Color - High
I initially though that activating the Color Space and Live Color would screw with the colors, but I actually get more accurate colors with them set this way. According to AVIA, Red is -5% off, green is +5% off, blue is 0% off. However, Reds seem to stand out more than other colors. Tweaking the saturation didn't help.
The TV arrived and it did look nice. But I have to say that a glossy frame is very impractical, and just plain stupid. The reason is dust. On the same day the TV arrived, dust started to accumulate heavily on the glossy frame. It makes the TV look like it was in a bad dishwasher job. And when you try to wipe the dust off, you get streaks everywhere. The tiny dust particles scratch it; and there is NOTHING you can do about it. Not only that, but when you watch it in the dark, the image reflects on the borders of the screen.
Now let's get to the image quality. I calibrated the TV as soon as I got it with AVIA with a 1080p signal over HDMI. For some reason, this TV appears to not show anything progressive. The TV said it was receiving 1080p, but I noticed lines that looked like scan lines. It was difficult to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p when watching a movie. Playing 1080p PS3 games showed that there is a significant visual difference between 1080p and 1080i: much more aliasing everywhere in 1080i. So this must prove that it is displaying 1080p, but there must be some chip somewhere creating these lines.
I was able to tell when I was watching First Blood on Blu-Ray. Then I started seeing it everywhere. It's also easy to spot if I get close to the TV and move my head up and down. I was very disappointed. I wasn't too upset about the three or four dead pixels that I got, but this got me upset.
So because I wasn't sure if this flaw was a characteristic of the display, I sent it back and settled on a Sony KDL-32S3000. They are both the same price, but I'm downgrading in resolution to 720p.
The Sony didn't have this scan line issue, showing a solid picture. I was more impressed with the Sony than the Sharp. After calibrating the Sharp, it didn't blow me away. But after calibrating the Sony... Wow! The image was so sharp and had such good color saturation that it felt like the people were in the room in front of you. The Sony displays very vibrant images that really brings HD to life. The Sharp set didn't do that.
The Sharp TV did have better blacks, although the whole picture seemed too dim. And it also had better response time. With the Sony, I could see ghosting in a few areas of Dirty Dancing on Blu-Ray. But I wouldn't trade back for a perfect Sharp 32D62U.
...and the frame of the Sony looks so much better too.
These are my settings for the Sony. Whatever isn't listed is set to off.
Backlight - Min (Using Light Sensor)
Picture - 80
Brightness - 48
Color - 46
Hue - 0
Color Temp - Warm 2
Sharpness - 8
Color Space - Wide
Live Color - High
I initially though that activating the Color Space and Live Color would screw with the colors, but I actually get more accurate colors with them set this way. According to AVIA, Red is -5% off, green is +5% off, blue is 0% off. However, Reds seem to stand out more than other colors. Tweaking the saturation didn't help.
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