The 16:9 32-inch screen has a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The back panel is quite bare, again with a different connection layout. The HDMI ports are separated, with HDMI 1 & 2 isolated in their own corner; with the rest of analog/low-def connection placed in an I/O window in the center of the back panel. Other TVs usually have the connections tucked away at the right hand corner.



Connections include only 2 HDMIs (one less than what I expected), and the side panel only has composite in, S-video and headphone out. Besides, there is a PC-in (VGA cable) and a couple more composite and component-ins. And yes, also an SD card slot for viewing JPEG photos. The manual is way more intuitive and illustrated than usual; it makes setting up and understanding the TV easier.

The native PC resolution to use is 1024 x 768. There is no rated mention of contrast, response etc. though some sources state a 10,000:1 ratio which is not as high as some of today’s extravagant ratings. Specs don’t mean much anyway, so we shall rely on the subjective results of our tests.