Sony KV-32HS500 32" Flat-Screen HDTV Monitor

• 32-inch flat-screen Trinitron WEGA TV with 4:3 aspect ratio and twin-tuner, split-screen picture-and-picture; 35.375 x 27.175 x 24 inches (W x H x D)
• Displays JPEG image files from Memory Stick media
• Offers analog and digital high-definition inputs, picture-enhancing technologies
• CineMotion Reverse 3-2 PullDown technology lets you watch progressive-scan movies in their native 24-frame format
• Includes 7.5 watts per channel stereo speakers and a built-in powered, 15-watt subwoofer

The set's standard 4:3 aspect ratio, Hi-Scan 1080i display, and picture-improvement circuitry let you view a mix of source signals at higher resolutions, up to 1080i, more than a thousand horizontal lines. DRC--Digital Reality Creation MultiFunction circuitry--upconverts standard interlaced (480i) video sources to 960i or 480p, while inputs as high-quality as 720p (720 lines, progressively scanned) are upsampled to full 1080i.

Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p and 720p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Auto 16:9 enhanced mode detects anamorphically encoded widescreen program sources and offers full picture resolution on the video program, wasting no usable lines of resolution on the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. And MID X (Multi-Image Driver X) circuitry lets you watch NTSC television broadcasts and high-definition programming simultaneously, side-by-side, using Flexible Twin-View 2-tuner picture-and-picture. A special zoom mode lets you customize the size of each viewing window.

ClearEdge VM wideband velocity modulation improves the definition at picture edges, creating sharper images by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam's horizontal scanning during demanding work--say, when rendering transitions from light to dark parts of an image--and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas. The set's 3-D digital comb filter further enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped t-shirt).

The KV-32HS500 employs CineMotion Reverse 3-2 PullDown technology, a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movies in their native 24-frame format. Digital video mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

Two high-definition component-video inputs grant optimum connection with a DTV decoder and progressive-scan DVD player, while standard composite- and S-video inputs accommodate all DVD players. The set even has a DVI-HDTV interface to provide a digital connection between your DTV receiver and the KV-32HS500. You can choose between a set of rear AV inputs and a set of front AV inputs for extra convenience. A rear AV output offers both fixed and variable-level analog audio outputs for hookup with, for instance, both a VCR and a surround receiver. If you don't have Dolby Pro Logic processing or a surround speaker system, the TV's SRS TruSurround will simulate surround sound through any two speakers. The set provides stereo audio (with 7.5 watts per channel) as well a powered, 15-watt subwoofer to round out the low end. You can label the set's video inputs and channels for easy selection.

Other video technologies include auto white balance, Dynamic Focus circuitry, Dynamic Picture Processor circuitry, Magnetic Quadra Pole, tilt correction, Trinitone color temperature control, and vertical aperture compensation. An optional accessory for the set is the Sony audio/video cabinet SU-32HV1.

What's in the Box
TV, RM-Y186 remote control, batteries, user's manual, warranty information.