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When I finally receive this TV, I will review it. But, for those who have not purchased it yet, BEWARE: the “2-day shipping via UPS or Fed Ex” is dead wrong. I ordered thinking I would have it in 2 days. When I didn’t, I contacted Amazon and they said “Oh, well for big items it isn’t 2day shipping”. I asked why their website said it was 2-day (even with a 1-day option). They didn’t really say, but refunded me some money (not sure how they determined the amount; maybe they have a pain and suffering factor), and said these always ship via special carrier. I asked them to change the web page, but it has been 5 days and it still says 2-day. MEANWHILE, I finally got a call from the trucking service and they will deliver it a mere 13 days after I ordered it. The shipment originated about 250 miles from where I live. I should have driven over to get it.
Rating: 3 / 5

By groff5 on May 1, 2010

I have a Sony 60″ DLP 1080p and a PS3 (playing Blue-ray) for a couple years now, and I couldn’t stand to watch in my bedroom, my CRT 32″ on the cable anymore. Then I decide to spoil myself. I look at the 32″ 720p They are cheap but the picture, well it’s not 1080p… The Toshiba at 400$, 1080p 32″ did sound good. But a 16:9 32″ is the height of a 24″ 9:4 and most of the time I will be watching the so call digital cable (what is a good picture on 9:4 ratio). Mean at the end I will have a smaller aria of view (effective view).

Then I look at 38, 40, 42, 50 and up. Ok 50 and up get really expensive and forget the LED tech. Then I make a little math to see the best ratio, price / surface. Find out the prices of LCD 1080p, not with pip or wireless, where in between 0.92$ to 1.20$ a square inches. But this one is standing out of the pack at 0.72$ sq.in. Then for 500$, a 40″ is the best deal. Ya but, who are Proscan?

Google, Wikipedia, etc. then it is a very serious Co. who make monitor for medical equipments, PC, military, and was affiliated with RCA to make TV’s and it’s a Japanese base Corp. They have a similar guaranty of Toshiba, and other. Also it’s coming from Amazon and if I don’t like it, I can return-it. Ok, I got-it.

When I receive-it and install it, it look really nice. I turn it on then WTF… its look like 1.08p or even less. Ops… Well let test-it before returning-it. I put the PS3 and a good Blue-ray and still it’s greedy, floe and pixcellated. Well, is that what I got for being cheap… I got drunk, left it on the all night… The next day, it didn’t look that bad. I try to see if it’s not something in the set-up. I play with the contrast, brightness and everything. Not much improvement but it was definitively greater then when I first start-it. Not as good as the Sony but them acceptable. I give it another day.

I did let it cool down (to see if it need to be hot), no difference. Later I watch a couple of movie on it… Of course I was getting please and happy.

At the end (a week later) I keep it and even recommend-it. It is very good, not as good as my Sony but I give it a 95% of it. I paid near 2000$ for the Sony and a 40″ Sony will go for 950$ almost twice. If, for you the price is not a problem, then go for the Sony. For 500$, over 700sq,in. 1080p @60Hrz 3HDMI can’t be yet beat. And I should add The tuner find almost twice as many digital channel then my Sony… What-up with that??? Now I have to see if the cable connection is good or is my Sony tuner is not properly set-up… So much fun for the money.
Rating: 5 / 5

By Luc Belec on May 1, 2010

I was in the market for a circa-30″ LCD display that could double as a television, and if you’ve priced things in that size range, you find out quickly that as soon as you go above 27″ diagonal, you’re into four figures (at the moment). So you could have knocked me over with a feather when Amazon gold-box specialed this 32″ 1080p monitor with a TV tuner for about one third of the price I was seeing for other 30″ 1080p plain monitors. And I was very pleasantly surprised at how fast Amazon got it to me, considering I took the free shipping option, expecting it to get here within three weeks, only to have it arrive in three days. It is huge for a computer monitor, it is bright, the colors are strong and well-balanced right out of the box, and setup was a breeze. I don’t see how anybody can call this a bad monitor, or a bad TV, for the price. And the digital tuner in it is excellent, picking up about a dozen channels that my other TV with a digital tuner, plugged into the same source, couldn’t.

REVIEW UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: This monitor reports its default resolution to Windows as 1440×900, and I previously rated this monitor 3 stars for misleading advertising, especially when at least three tech review sites also agreed that the packaging is misleading. On the contrary, while the monitor is reporting wrong information to Windows, this really is a 1080p monitor, and it really does give near-1080p resolution even in Windows. If you are having trouble getting it to support its full resolution, try this: assuming you have it hooked up to your video card via HDMI or DVI-D, set it down to 16-bit color (and apply changes), then set the size up to 1680×1050 and apply changes, then set the resolution to 59 Hz and apply changes. Now Windows will let you set it to 32-bit color. At 32″ size and 1680×1050 resolution in Windows, and full 1920×1080p for TV and for its component inputs, this TV/monitor is an insanely good bargain at this price.
Rating: 5 / 5

By J. Bradley Hicks on May 1, 2010

works good just plug in and turn on.Picture quality very good40 inch hdtv, good price, flatscreen, hdtv, 1080p, lcd, 40 inch,
Rating: 5 / 5

By Charles Dalton on May 1, 2010

what else is there to say? its not native 1080p meaning it stretches and contorts pixels to fit the signal into 720p its garbage. works fine at 720p if thats all you care about. higher than 720p output from any computer will show this screen’s awful. 1080p from a ps3 seemed to work ok in game, but when i opened the internetbrowser you can see the pixels are all contorted in the text. HDMI vga/dsub dvi none of it will work well over 720p.

i saw a review saying ppl cannot tell the difference between 720p and 1080 on such a “small” screen but that is boloney, and especially when the tv isnt native 1080.
Rating: 1 / 5

By Douglas Shatterly Jr. on May 1, 2010