Consumer Reports
27-inch and 32-inch TVs Which is better for you?The ads and stores may be pushing the consumer to buy the big-screen, wide screen, flat screen, digital, and high definition TV's but many buyers are buying the less expensive traditional TV's. TV's are offering more than ever for the dollar. Our tests have confirmed, that there are plenty of high quality sets on the market. Many of these sets have a long list of features that were never offered at such a low price. Many of these sets also allow connection of your other entertainment utilities such as your stereo system, VCR's, DVD's, and game systems. There are also the flat screens. Many manufacturers have at least one TV with little or no curve in the screen. Sony currently has the largest variety of these TV's. These flat screen TV's usually cost about $100 more than a conventional TV but offer you fewer reflections and higher picture quality. The five Sony flat-screen TV's we tested all had very good picture quality, and were among the best when using separate video inputs. We advise you to compare the difference if you are interested in a flat screen TV, to see if it is worth the extra cash for your purposes.
Most of these TV's came with a universal remote allowing you to program it so that it runs your TV, stereo, VCR and other electronic devices. The top scoring models were: Toshiba 27A50, $450; JVC AV-27D201, $400; JVC AV-27150, $450; and JVC AV-27D501, $450. The Zenith has very good sound and picture. The RF jack allows you to connect other video sources such as an antenna. It was a good thing that some of these sets had jacks that allow for a stereo system to be hooked up to it to better the sound quality. Virtual surround sound uses audio processing to enable the TV's two internal speakers to mimic the surround sound that you get with a multispeaker home theater system. The second most important part of a television set is the sound quality. Virtual surround sound, also called ambient effects, was another performance enhancing attribute that we tested. The Panasonic CT-32D10 is similar but cost $70 more. The Zenith B32A24Z offers good picture quality and excellent sound quality for $530. There were many fine choices amongst the 32 inches as well. Another performance enhancing attribute was the many connectors that were available on these TV's.
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