JVC LT-32DE1BJ TV reviews

Score 9.6/10 Read 5
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JVC LT-32DE1BJ with 32" HD ready LCD screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	9.8
Image quality	9.4
Sound quality	9.8
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.6

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Confirmed purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Easy to use, great that it has the built in hard drive
Bad points:: Screen is a bit 'different' after our old style tv, probably something we just need to get used to

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 30 Oct 2009

Hugh, Manchester Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: All good points apart from initial TV went faulty within 1st week but company were excellant and called at shop to exchange tv but was not in stock but received replacement within the week. great service would definately deal with this company again. JVC fantastic product, freeview, dual tv recorder onto hard drive built in, so easy to use 3 appliances in one. Hope it carries on working.
Bad points:: Have recommended this TV to many others but it appears unavailable now and cant find any other tvs with a built in harddrive recorder and duel tuner.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Nov 2009

Daphne, Birmingham Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Integrated HDD
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 10 Nov 2009

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	32
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	HD ready
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	50
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	6.5

Screen aspect ratio	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	30000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	136.6

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	768

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	450
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	160.0
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	12.7

Release date	2009-04-14
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: LT32DE1BJ

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Manufacturer's Description

HD Ready LCD TV with Freeview (DVB-T) Tuner (x2), 160GB HDD PVR, DynaPix Plus Picture Engine, and HDMI Input (x3) • HDD Functions: 2 DVB-T Recording, Time Shift Recording, Timer Recording, Variable Speed Playback, Recorded File Editing, and Instant Replay
• DynaPix Plus Picture Engine
• Hyper Sound
• Swivel Stand
• WXGA (1366 × 768) Eco Panel
• HD Ready
• Dynamic Contrast 30,000:1
• Freeview (DVB-T) Tuner x2
• 8-days EPG
• 160GB HDD PVR (Digital TV Recorder)
• HDMI Input x 3
• Component Input
• SCART x 2
• Digital (Optical) Audio Output

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