Samsung LE32A456 Reviews: Series 4, 32" Screen LCD HD Ready TV

+ there are no bad points about this lcd it is without doubt the best make in lcd tv, the design is excellent all in all the best deal on the market

- none what so ever

+ Very easy set up and the remote is clear, easy to se and uncluttered. Well set up for linking to peripherals. Currently linked to a PC, DVD and X box all work clearly.

- Music sound quality could be more adjustable - lacks decent base control .... only a minor criticism.

+ This TV is brilliant, I already own a 26" version, which I've had for 2 years. This 32" was purchased for my father. It's sleek and stylish, and as my scoring relfects picture/sound can't be faulted. I would definately recommend this product. As I have done to my own father.

- There's no On/Off switch on the 32" model. As standby still pulls down power it is important to be able to switch power off. If the main power switch can't be reached easily this makes it rather awkward. But this really is only a minor point. I still think it's excellent.

+ This is the 3rd flat screen i've purchased recently, (all different makes), and samsung is easily the best picture and sound quality.

- None

+ Excellent image quality, design is very modern and sleek . The controls on side of TV are simple to use and the remote though rather large is pretty self explanatory . It was very easy to set up with the auto tune even for someone who is not particularily good with technology!!
The menu is very comphrensive and for the majority of tasks easy to explore and change values though I found the majority of the factory settings ok for me . Overall I am very impressed with this TV

- The only negative is that the sound quality is not as good as I had hoped for in such a quality television and I find I have to have the volume higher than on another TV I have in order to get the equivalent sound

+ Great value for money, Lots of inputs including 3 HDMIs and VGA. Perfect for HD Gaming at 720p or 1080i. Sexy piano black finish even if it is a fingerprint and dust magnet

- Not Full HD (1080p), although the price makes up for this. I discovered the minor problem of being unable to use a line in sound source whilst viewing VGA(PC) but this isn't a problem if you plan to use an external sound setup anyway.

+ Bought as a present for mother, no problems with it, she thinks it's really good and the sound is great. seen it myself it looks and sounds good.

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+ Great picture and sound in a great looking unit piano black looks great. especially with the matching samsung home theatre system I got to go with it.

- when you hit the power button it take a few seconds before it actually comes on.. not sure if this is common with all LCD TV's

+ Stylish, high quality - looks good, sounds good with an excellent picture. Installation was a a breeze.

- None that I'm aware of.

+ For the value, this is a great product. Have had no problems so far (touch wood), picture quality is decent, excellent number of connections, Freeview reception is great (even with a cheap aerial), set-up was a doddle and aesthetically looks the business. Haven't tested any HD sources yet, so got that to look forward to!

- Sound is a bit on the flat side, but if your using an external speaker system, this isn't an issue. Changing ext sources is a bit slow, and it would have been great to have a PC/TV PIP. Oh well, can't have it all!

+ Picture quality is good
Sound was better than I expected
There was no ghosting when watching foorball

- Cannot edit channel list to remove unwanted channels
Slow to navigate through channel list, cannot move a page at a time
Set is slow to start and there is a delay when changing channels

+ Design and simplicity

- None I can think of

+ Looks good and had no problems. I only wish I had went for the 37" version but wife said no.

- None so far.

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- SOUND WAS TERRIBLE

+ good design

- none

+ picture quality is fantasic

- none

+ Very good balance for technical spec and price

- noneyet!

+ excellent tv all round, display,design and sound all excellent

- none, great tv

+ Nice picture and good quality

- nothing really

+ Very good performance for price.

- Not full HD :(

+ Great sleek design

- Imagine is a little blurry

+ Excellent picture when tweaked correctly.

- Sound is a little lacking, plugging in external speakers creates an echoing effect if you leave the internal speakers enabled due to a few milliseconds difference in the audio output. If you use external speakers - definitely disable the default ones!

+ Crystal clear picture. A good reliable make and a brilliant design.

- Hav'nt found any yet.

+ Looks great in shiny black, has good picture on SD freeview and looks stunning with 720p HD material. Swiveling stand is very handy. Looks great paired up with my ps3 playing games and dvd's through the hdmi.

- Attracts dust (hardly a bad point but all i cant think of any other issues)

+ Good quality for price. Very easy to set up.

- Bit slow to change channel.

+ Great value LCD TV. Image is crisp and clear, setup and interface is incredibly easy to use. Would highly recommend if you're looking for a good TV without breaking the bank.

- No real bad points.

+ Picture and sound great for the price which is an absolute bargain online - looks good too

- Digital programme guide/info is not as good as my old digital set top box. No power off switch so you have to leave the tv on standby unless you turn off at the plug.

+ Easy setup,Good connectivity,Excellent picture Quality,Great value for money.

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+ The only thing we like bout this television is the design.

- My parents bought this design when it first came out approx 3 years ago and the picture and sound quality are superior to the on we have purchased.The image quality is particularly poor.

+ We already had a samsung television in the kitchen and was so pleased with it, we knew when the one in the lounge went it would be a samsung again. The picture quality is excellent, the sound is excellent, we especially loved the sleek design............would thoroughly reccommend it.

- NONE!

+ nice looking TV, very modern. great picture and perfect size for kids room

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+ Fantastic look and design, great sound quality and takes up a lot less space than the old 32 inch tube TVs.

- Picture quality is not as good on LCD TVs as on the tube TVs, and can look slightly pixelated espeacially when watching football.

+ Great product, and still smitten about this stylistic and sleek tv. Image quality is superb and mine's not even connected to a true HD source yet. I work in tv production myself so there were centain quality standards I expected.

- Be prepared to hook up your sound system to this to get the full cinematic experience but the built in speakers surfices for normal tv viewing

+ i love this tv, the sound and picture is wonderful and is ideal for gaming.

- none yet

+ The design, and connectivity

- I am having problems with the picture. The picture just not seem real, faces are very pasty and seem to lack the variation in colour and texture you would expect, giving them sometimes an almost cartoon type appearance

+ Brilliant picture. The design is wonderful, so sleek. The set up is a breeze.

- None so far.

+ Sleek design, Good quality sound and picture, Ample ports for both HDMI cables and Scart.

- None so far!!

+ Stylish piano black finish, turnable on its stand for best viewing angle.

- Piano black finish shows dust very quickly, remote control is a little too complicated for my 73 year old mother (who I purchased it for).

+ picture quality! and for gaming and Blue Rays its amazing

- sometimes the sound can seem to be to distorted if you have it over 25!

+ Excellent picture, lovely gloss finish & easy to setup

- Sound quality poor from built in speakers - but as I have a home cinema amp/speakers not an issue for me...

+ Looks very smart, good quality sound and easy to use.

- The buitl in Freeview sometimes looses signal on certain channels.

+ Fantastic picture & sound. a pleasure to watch

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+ Reviewer left no comment

- Not very good speakers. But with a home theatre system it is perfect.

+ design good, picture quality o.k for the price of television.

- seem to have volume control quite high to get a decent sound out of the television, and my hearing is good.

+ Looks very nice and easy to set up

- Picture quality is not as good as expected, can't seem to get it right. you get the picture right on one channel and then on another one its poor

+ Excellent value for money , good size ,easy to use.

- delay in switching channels

+ Reviewer left no comment

- As the Power switch on the remote and on the set itself do not indeed switch off the power, it remains on standby all the time unless you crawl around and disconnect from the electricity supply by pulling out the plug which is very difficult for one of advancing years!!

+ Excellent picture, stylish and compact design. great value for money.

- poor sound quality - recommend a home cinema kit too!

+ All but sound

- Sound could be better

+ Quick to set up, excellent design.

- Hard to get the picture settings right

+ All

- Takes a while to turn on

+ picture very good, lots of great features...especially the energy saver

- freeview process is slow and channel 24 has just disappeared - why? Controls should be on front, not the side and it takes time to switch on

+ his is a very impressive TV and brilliant for HD and Blu-ray DVDs.

- I brought a bracket to put this tv on the wall and the back of the TV is not flat and you need to get a very specific tv bracket to wall mount this TV.

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- no off button!

+ SUPERB TV EASY SET , PICTURE & DESIGN QUALITY WELLDONE SAMSUNG

- NO POWER ON/OFF SWITCH

+ Love the Tv Its amazing!

- None!

+ Picture quality

- Adjusting picture settings over elaborate and fiddly + needs to be done separately for each input e.g. satellite box and DVD

+ image quality, ease of use, brightness, many inputs

- sound with built-in speakers a bit weak - not a problem though

+ Good looking box. Light in weight. Easy to set up.

- Remote control analogue/digital button poorly positioned near to ON/OFF button for elderly people. When moving the forefinger forward they cannot understand why they're just changing the channel or, worse, getting a different channel according to what happens to be selected in the other mode of reception.

+ The picture size, sound and quality of the picture is great

- There is only one bad point! being as everyone is trying to cut back on bills, i like to switch the television off completely and not leave it on stand by. There is no on or off switch, only stand-by button

+ Excellent value for money. Image quality is great and the wide screen is just perfect to watch my favourite DVD's.

- The sound quality is not great, or as good as the image. It can be improved if you connect the TV to a home system or sound equipment. I think this TV deserves a better sound quality. But none the less, in overall, it's a excellent TV.

+ Really good all round LCD TV, very easy on the eye and for the price, I am happy with the sound & quality

- The size of the stand but I appreciate that it has to be able to accomodate the weight of a TV of this size and the sound is not as crystal as other models

+ Fabulous tv for the money - looks great and the picture is very good. Would but another!

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Image quality of HD on HD channels/DVD 2nd to none
Sound very clear and loud if needed (good with surround sound too)
Looks very nice on stand.

- Remote control slow to change channel, volume etc.
Can only put on stand-by, not option to switch off except at mains, if left on stand-by the TV humms (very annoying when trying to sleep)

+ Great tv good design, picture quality excellent,

- The only bad point i can see is the speakers, they tend to vibrate on some channels if turned up to much, so its a good idea to add seperate speakers to the tv.

+ I love the style of the product and the image quality is excellent.

- When the tv is on a medium volume sometimes it will make a buzzing sound when people are talking on it. I am not show if the TV is maybe faulty or the quality?

+ design,looks

- sound, poor handling of base

+ Good picture, good looking and good value for money

- There's only one component in socket and there is no audio input for the VGA connection.

+ Excellent picture. Perfect for gaming and Blu-Ray.

- Freeview lacking features.

+ Price

- sound

+ very good picture quality and sound. easy to use and set up.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Picture quality sleek up, to the min design and value for money along with HDMI outputs for newer devices makes this tv a great purchase at a very good price. Very pleased with this tv

- none

+ Really good... Worth getting. Looks nice, sound and picture quality excellent.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ The image quality cant be faulted and the tv has alot of extras so you can improve sound and quality when watchig a film etc

- The freeview installed in the tv is great when you can pick up a signal, and the image quality is better on freeview. However the menu option with the tv listings is very slow and sommetimes makes a buzzing sound when it cant process what your wanting.

+ Looks lovely, has decent sound and image quality. Works well with boyfriends XBox360. Overall, very good value for money.

- Takes a while to turn over channels & there is no TV guide on screen whilst scrolling through channels (like with Freeview), but doesn't take long to get used to TV guide Menu option.

+ Picture is very good
In built freeview is easy to use
Good value

- No off switch, therefore permanently on standby

+ This is a beautifuly designed tv which looks fantastic, lots of features and very adaptable. Picture quality is great, particularly when running a games machine (which seems to be able to run at 1080i althought the tv is only rated at 720) and the srs trusound is great. Great quality, name and features, best for the money!

- The only bad point i would say is that the changing of channels is a little slow.

+ Stylish, good picture, easy to set up

- None

+ Fantastic Picture - vibrant
Excellent digital turen and onboard amplifier

- Sound distorts over 2/3 volume

+ Very smart sylish design. Excellent picture quality.

- I don't think there are any.

+ Great Picture,and Sound

- Dust Collector

+ It was a wedding present for my son and his wife, who recently came to South Africa on business. He was extremely pleased with the overall performance of both the TV and the sound system.

- None yet.

+ Fantastic picture, sound and good looking TV

- Flimsy case when wall mounting.

+ Great style, picture, price, energy efficint, good contrast, keeps up well on fast moving pics.

- Sound is ok for watching normal TV but if you watch MTV its not great, Lacks any real bass, cant quite put my finger on it but its just not right.
So its fine for Eastenders and Corrie but music channels and BIG saturday night movie, not so good. Thats not to say its bad, but just a bit tinny, muffeled or distant. Depends how much of an Audiophile you are.
Plug in external speakers or sorround sound and the TV is great.
Dispite sound 'issue' would still reccomend

+ lovely to look at.....lightweight and compact...

- pixels are very visible when up lose to the tv. The sound seems very tinny.....gettin used to it now...