Samsung LE32R74BDX TV reviews

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Score 8.6/10 Read 114
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+ This TV has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on sound quality.

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Samsung LE32R74BDX with 32" HD ready LCD screen, 1 HDMI port and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.5
Image quality	8.7
Sound quality	6.9
Design	9.2
Value for money	8.9
Overall rating	8.6

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Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good picture and easy to use menus
Bad points:: Sound - not much power

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 14 Apr 2007

Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Picture quality and use of use compared with competition
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

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

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Confirmed purchase: 14 Apr 2007

Confirmed purchaser

Score 4.0/10

Good points:: good picture and nice look
Bad points:: remote menu and guilde is slow, sound is not good

Ease of use	4.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	2.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	4.0

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Confirmed purchase: 12 Apr 2007

Rory, Manchester

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: slick design, smooth picture yet to test hd picture
Bad points:: has froze on me twice when flicking through channels

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

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Confirmed purchase: 12 Apr 2007

REX, beaconsfield

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: I just like everything about it
Bad points:: 0

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

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Apr 2007

Cale, Edinburgh

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Design and picture quality are excellent.
Bad points:: Sound quality is very poor.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	1.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Apr 2007

dot, ayr

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: design and pitcure quality
Bad points:: none

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

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Confirmed purchase: 02 May 2007

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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	1
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)	8

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)	6000
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.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	5000
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)	1366

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	768

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	500
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.
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)	No
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.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	14.8

Release date	2006-03-13
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: SAMSUNG LE32N73BD, Samsung LE32N73BDX, Samsung LE-32 R 74 BD, Samsung LE-32N73BD, Samsung LE-32R74BD, Samsung LE32N73B

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