Panasonic CT-32D12D 32" TV

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Summary: Definitive 32 inch Television Set
Review: I still spend many weekends window shopping video components and Televisions. There is something new coming out every day and you really have to keep up on what's out there. PANASONIC and SONY still manufacture the best tube televisions from what I have observed. When entering into the tube TV market (20 inches and above) your best bet for uniform picture quality and consistent performance is PANASONIC and SONY. Both of these manufactures stake their reputations on this market. Both manufacturers also have a loyal following of satisfied customers who return time and again to their Televisions. I used to sell audio and video products. A returning PANASONIC customer settles for nothing but another PANASONIC television. A returning SONY customer settles for nothing but another SONY television. That's the way it was. From my point of view PANASONIC and SONY still make the best television sets utilizing a conventional picture tube. Price range aside, my criteria for choosing a set is simply how well the picture looks to me. I look for picture definition, sharpness and color consistency. Personally I found SONY to have a slight edge over PANASONIC in picture definition and sharpness. PANASONIC televisions offer great definition with a slightly softer looking image than SONY. However, I do find that PANASONIC has better control over color consistency. A color picture is made up of Red, Green and Blue signals. Reds are the hardest to reproduce and control because they have a tendency to over-saturate and "bleed." From the many sets that I have observed PANASONIC controls this "bleeding." PANASONIC keeps the Red signal at the same level and consistency of the Greens and Blues, which is more pleasing to the eye. In order to compare sets I always use the same video source, which is usually, a DVD player (I use the same player as well as the same software). My point is that I still see a discernable difference in the PANASONIC 32-inch sets compared to Sony's 32-inch sets. PANASONIC is still very much consistent on these 32-inch sets on the several that I viewed and compared. They still have the market on the 32-inch set from what I have seen. The Panasonic CT-32D12D 32" Television set is excellent.

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Summary: GOOD TELEVISION FOR THE MONEY
Review: The PANASONIC CT-32D12D is a good value for the money if you just have to have a larger screen than the run-of-the-mill 27 in. models that are so ubiquitous. The major drawbacks is a a profound shortage of input jacks. The rear of this television only has two sets of input jacks, video one and video two. For a person that has just a satelite dish and a DVD player, this may be just fine, but what about a place to plug in a VCR or even a game console. Of course this set does have a video three input in the front of the set, which comes in handy for plugging in a game console whenever you want to play, but I am the kind of person that prefers a permanent connection to from my PLAYSTATION 2 to my television, I really hate to drag the whole thing out of a shelf and hook it all up everytime that I want to play a game. Two video inputs are just not enough for this video age that we live in. The only other complaint regards the factory settings of the set. It takes a lot of time and energy to calibrate this set to display a picture that is pleasing to all of the viewers in the family, but once you get it dialed in this set does offer a better than average picture.

Rating:
Summary: GOOD TELEVISION FOR THE MONEY
Review: The PANASONIC CT-32D12D is a good value for the money if you just have to have a larger screen than the run-of-the-mill 27 in. models that are so ubiquitous. The major drawbacks is a a profound shortage of input jacks. The rear of this television only has two sets of input jacks, video one and video two. For a person that has just a satelite dish and a DVD player, this may be just fine, but what about a place to plug in a VCR or even a game console. Of course this set does have a video three input in the front of the set, which comes in handy for plugging in a game console whenever you want to play, but I am the kind of person that prefers a permanent connection to from my PLAYSTATION 2 to my television, I really hate to drag the whole thing out of a shelf and hook it all up everytime that I want to play a game. Two video inputs are just not enough for this video age that we live in. The only other complaint regards the factory settings of the set. It takes a lot of time and energy to calibrate this set to display a picture that is pleasing to all of the viewers in the family, but once you get it dialed in this set does offer a better than average picture.