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At first I thought this was an awful TV/monitor. I also had to fool around with individual colors using the automatic monitor setup tool that comes with Nvidia video cards. The buttons are easy to hit and the backlight behind the keys makes it easily usable in a dark room.The stand is sturdy and looks very nice and clean. I purchased this TV second-hand, and I use it as a computer monitor. The base's rotation works well and stays where placed, it will not rotate on its own.If you do much switching between resolutions, such as transitioning into a legacy full screen program, the monitor does take a few seconds to catch up. Then moving onto the video card settings I found that I needed to drastically alter the gamma settings to alleviate serious black-bleeding (+1.27). It is much worse than any monitor I've used before, but not a deal-breaker for me at all.I can truly recommend this product, but be prepared to calibrate.
It took me a couple more hours of a tinkering to finally get it how it is now, but NOW it is fantastic.It took a combination of video card settings and monitor settings. It's quite ugly, but it's designed with older folks in mind. Now don't get me wrong, you will not want to do any sort of graphic work on this TV, but it looks great for movies, games and general computer use.It is sufficiently bright with the backlight on level 0 both at night and during the day.The remote is alright. While calibrating I ensured I had a high contrast background with lots of dark colors. Even though this is a TN, it does have very acceptable color reproduction.
I do a significant amount of graphic design work, so color reproduction, black levels and clarity are very important to me.Expect to spend some time playing with the settings if you want anything approximating true colors. Obviously, your TV and video card are going to differ from mine, but hopefully this serves as a helpful starting point.The color reproduction and black levels are almost on par with my IPS and PVA panels that sit to the left and right respectively. Then I played with the settings individually, I first got the monitor optimized: sharpness (0), contract (65), brightness(60), color(50), tint (G50/R50), color temperature (Cool2), in Dynamic mode using the "Just Scan" option and none of the stupid gimmicky software filtering they add under picture options. I spent a couple hours trying to calibrate it and, after being unable to achieve usable results, I almost sold it the next day. I played a video with lots of action and facial tones, and kept a color palette up.
Driver even stayed until set was programmed. This is the second set I bought through Amazon. I was very satisfied in the service I received for buying this TV through Amazon. A great guy, and very well informed on the workings of this TV. Last July I bought a 46" Samsung HDTV and also was extremely pleased in the service in making sure set was in working order before they departed. TV is working just great. And the delivery company (PILOT FREIGHT SERVICE) was just excellent in setting up this set and making sure it was in working order.
I love the fact that the TV decides the best configuration for the picture being fed. Gorgeous picture. Fairly easy to figure out all the features.
I buoght a VGA cable, connected to my computer and the TV but still not reception. The only problem I have right now is connecting to my PC. it fits in the space we dedicated for it. The picture is clear and has many options that are are easy to manipulate.
Fast shipping. Nice purchase. Even better than the Samsung product. Easy to install. Great price for a 32 ich TV set, excellent image even using my laptop, VCR or even my DVD player. Excellent customer service.
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