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Panasonic TX-32LXD70 - 32" Widescreen Viera HD Ready LCD TV - With Freeview | 
| Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 20497
Media: Electronics
Display Size: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 38.6
Dimensions (in): 34 x 28.4 x 12.4
MPN: TX-32LXD70
Model: TX-32LXD70
EAN: 5025232425440
Release Date: April 29, 2007
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 Stunning August 13, 2007
P. Alexander (UK)
114 out of 114 found this review helpful
If you're looking at a nice new shiny 32" TV, then you really should stop looking. You've found the best money can buy right here.
The Panasonic Viera range is getting excellent reviews at the moment. Which? recently made Viera's more than half their Best Buys in a round up, which tells you something about the quality they are producing right now. Pulling this one out the range is easy. It improves over the LMD70 by adding 100Mhz technology, but saves £100 against the LXD700, which offers a slightly nicer look (all black) and improved sound system. Your choice if you think that's worth it, but bear in mind that this looks pretty stylish anyway and if you aren't already hooking up your DVD player to a 5.1 surround sound system, the £100 saving could go a ways towards this.
Firstly, let's be clear about the 100Mhz technology. It's not about a flicker free picture. It's about increasing the number of frames the panel shows to reduce motion smear. I'll quote Trusted Reviews here and give their explanation, "The thinking (in oversimplified terms!) is that by doubling the number of frames that appear per second, you can put back in some of the resolution lost by LCD pixels struggling to react in time to changes in the image content."
LCD panels can suffer from a blurred image when images pan quickly across the screen. Watching football and seeing the crowd fly by in the background as a greasy smudge isn't great when you're old CRT TV never had this problem. This problem is worse on some LCD TVs than others, but the 100Mhz technology applied here certainly makes a difference, having compared the LMD (without) and LXD (with) side-by-side.
The 100Mhz technology combined with the Viera's other image processing systems combine to produce an excellent picture. Happily, that goes for standard definition (SD) as well as high definition (HD). The pictures from my Sky+ box and the Freeview channels are excellent, even when the source picture is relatively poor. Better still, the image doesn't look horribly over-processed to achieve this, either. And on the subject of Freeview, I would switch to this TV's Freeview channels permanently, since the TV Guide and its use are better than Sky's Fisher Price affair, if only it offer all the Sky+ functions...
Using an upscaling DVD player (Philips 5980), DVD images also look excellent especially more recent releases like Superman Returns. These really are very sharp and produce quite stunning pictures, sometimes all but indistinguishable from an HD source.
Unsurprisingly, given this TV's excellent SD credentials, HD also looks extremely impressive. Using Apple TV and some HD downloads, I was blown away by the image. Sharp, colourful and blur-free. Excellent.
Top marks all round, then, without any downsides that I can find. Very easy to set up (lift out box, plug in sources, power on, auto tune in a couple of minutes and you're done), well designed remote, and magnificent picture, comprehensive connection options keeping it future proof. It's only worth considering the LXD700 if you're going to use the TV as your primary speaker system, because the sound is only acceptable from this model. I personally would use the price difference to get a basic DVD Upscaler and 5.1 speaker system though.
Panasonic TX32LXD70 August 26, 2007
V. Bedford (Cambridge)
37 out of 37 found this review helpful
Marvellous service from Amazon. Ordered this set on Thursday 23rd August and arrived at my house at 10.am on Friday 24th August!! By 11am it was out of its box, set up and being viewed. I had read 'Which', surfed the internet for technical reports, read the Amazon reviews and even gone to local shops to get various salemen's opinions. You could say I had done my homework! It came down this set or a Sony. It was the price difference which really tipped the balance. I am extrememly pleased with this television. I particularly like the fact that you can swivel the set to different viewing areas. The handset is more substantial and user friendly than the Sony in my bedroom. With just a few tweakings of the 'picture' option I now have a great product.
v.happy , no reason to look elsewhere.... August 28, 2007
hussman (Herts, England)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
bought from amazon end of June and been v.happy with TV. As per other reviews very easy to set up. Have been using the DVB all the time as the picture quality is superb. So, far only used the Scart connections with good quality cables and again can't find anything negative so say. A review in one of the mags put me onto this model (won the group test i think) and i really don't look elsewhere after i found it on Amazon for what seemed a competitive price. I think its about £40 cheaper now so i can't really see why anyone would want to buy another model or manufacturer. This TV replaced a 100mhz Pana CRT set which has now moved off to a bedroom and i'd say the picture quality on this LCD panel is better. Haven't used the HDMI inputs yet but i feel confident the results will be as good if not better.
King Of Its Category December 29, 2007
M. Scholl (United Kingdom)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
The Panasonic TX-32LXD70 will, without a doubt, surprise you. Especially at this price point. The picture quality is stunning for both SD and HD signals. I have been in-store and compared visuals from Sony's (more expensive but equal quality), Samsung's (not my favourite), Toshiba's (best price/quality ratio) and Sharp's HD-Ready models. All of them rather top of the line.
To be honest, the only two that stood out of the crowd were the Sony and Panasonic displays. The sharpness, colour and viewing angle were unmatched and especially in motion, they were unbeatable. The Panasonic actually was superior to the Sony when displaying fast motion.
Unlike other reviewers, I have not only seen SD picture on this TV. At home, I already had a Toshiba LCD which I bought about 8 months ago. I bought this one as replacement for it and hooked it up to a PlayStation 3. I've watched Blu-Ray movies and played games in HD.
The one thing that will separate it from other 720p panels is that this LCD accepts 1080p inputs and processes 1080p24 through HDMI. This is a clear advantage over other LCDs in this pice range. While it may not have a 1080p panel, the input from e.g. a Blu-Ray movie doesn't have to be scaled or adjusted, improving overall picture quality and response. It also benefits from the 100HZ Motion Flow technology, which becomes increasingly noticable in comparison when playing videogames and fast-paced videos/movies.
I don't want to tell you about the basics like input interfaces and stuff like that, as you will already have found out. If you are worrying about SD picture quality, I can confirm that it comes close to CRT.
The most remarkable things about this LCD:
- Picture quality in HD outstanding; sharpness, response, motion flow, detail
- SD picture coming close to CRT levels
- Colour quality and differentiation
- Viewing angle
- 100HZ
- 1080p24 processing
The good, yet not extraordinary details:
- Contrast
- Connectivity
- Built-in speakers
The mediocre things:
- Design too plain; lacks a glossy finish - however the case itself looks decent
The bad parts:
- "Just" 32-inch; bigger LCDs with less advanced technology for slightly less money
I really thought of something to come up with as negative points except the size, but there simply aren't. For this price point (about £150-200 off highstreet), you will simply not get anything better in terms of technology.
However...you will find 37" LCDs from e.g. Toshiba for a bit less than the price of this LCD. You might as well find 42" panels from the first generation for this kind of money.
Still, whether 32" is too small for your needs or not is totally up to you. I simply brought that up for comparison purposes. At the end of the day you will have to decide between a bigger picture or more advanced technology, unless you want to spend a lot more money.
Bottom line, 5 stars for a great piece of technology by Panasonic.
As good as the 32LXD700? October 6, 2007
PEF (Norfolk, UK)
48 out of 49 found this review helpful
I've just got one of these, having spent some time choosing between this, the more expensive 32LXD700 and the new 37LZD70. In the end I plumped for this because the picture is identical to the more expensive LXD 700, and whilst the latter is supposed to sound better, I've got a good home cinema system any way. As for the new 37" set, this is gorgeous, but with standard def signals this 32" set had a clearer, richer and more stable image. What I would say is that the picture quality is markedly improved over the 18 month old 32" LCD Panasonic I replaced. It also has a significantly better picture than the cheaper 32LMD70, and cheaper still 32LMD7.
So, this is probably the optimum set of the current 32" Pana LCD's; save yourself a couple of hundred quid over the 32LXD700.
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