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Big and beautiful, the Westinghouse 32″ HD-ready LCD TV lets you experience the latest in digital entertainment. A huge, super-bright HD-ready widescreen display provides vivid and lifelike images. The stylishly thin, wall-mountable and frame-ready design complements any d?cor. Loaded with picture-enhancing technologies and a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) for a direct-digital connection with a DTV receiver, Westinghouse Digital’s LTV-32W1 32-inch widescreen LCD television will amaze you with its ability to render sharp, vivid images from standard- and high-definition sources alike. The set’s widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio is specially designed to match the dimensions of your favorite DVD movies and HDTV broadcasts, and you can use it as a computer monitor, too.
The 1,366 x 768-pixel LTV-32W1 features an ultra-thin, 8.5-inch profile with a 170-degree viewing angle that makes it possible to view a clear picture from almost anywhere in the room–perfect for gatherings and family movie nights. The TV is compatible with everything from standard 480i to 480p, 720p, and full 1080i HD pictures (built-in image scaling adjusts 1080i signals to match the set’s 768 horizontal lines). Compatible PC inputs range from 640 x 480 to 800 x 600, 1,024 x 768, 1,280 x 720, and full 1,366 x 768.
Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p or 720p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
LCD screens offer a number of benefits over CRT monitors and televisions, including general ease of use, freedom from eye strain (no screen flickering or radiation emissions), quiet operation (no high-pitch “flyback” noise, an issue with CRT TVs), image geometry (no curvature distortion or susceptibility to magnetic interference from, say, speakers), screen life (no risk of image burn-in), space savings, and light weight/easy positioning.
The set boasts not just TrueLife video enhancement, but award-winning Faroudja DCDi (Directional Correlation Deinterlacing), as well, a video processing technology designed to eliminate jagged edges and provide a clearer picture. The LTV-32W1’s exceptional 8 millisecond response time (the time it takes the screen’s pixels to update themselves with fresh data) delivers crisp images for fast-action moving video and video games. The set also displays the broadest possible range of colors and–with its 550 cd/m2 brightness–produces vibrant images in almost any lighting condition.
Westinghouse Digital’s single-tuner PIP (picture-in-picture) feature lets you watch any source as your main image and some combination of sources as a secondary image atop each main screen. PIP functions include positioning, sizing, image swap, and audio swap.
Connections include 2 component-video inputs (both SD), 2 composite-video, 1 S-video, 1 RF, and 1 PC (RGB). A headphone jack fosters private listening. The set gives you stereo audio (with 9 watts per channel) from inputs or broadcast programming.
The set is “frame ready” so you can attach a Westinghouse Décor frame to match the furnishings and style of any room in the house.
What’s in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries, an AC power cord, a quick-connect guide, a user’s manual, a component-video cable, and a stereo analog audio cable.
- Includes Table Stand and Remote Control
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Bought one on 1/2/2006. TV didnt pick up remote very well and had a line appear only 14 days after. I got a new one and all seems ok. As for picture quality and value, I would give it a 5. Like others, they have much to improve on.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought my unit for $999 at Best Buy, and recommend this unit highly. Compared the display to all of the other LCD televisions in the display rack and based on a very patient selection process, I found this unit to have more features and outstanding qualities than in more expensive LCD televisions that cost $500 – $750 more! In fact, the quality of the image is more on par with what one expects from a plasma display.
Unpacking was simple – Nice simple box with easy slide-out for the TV. I recommend keeping the box for moves and such – Doesn’t take up that much room. I did buy a service contract so it does pay to keep everything handy just in case.
Power-on for the first time and a bit of a new-TV smell. Took about one day to go away. The set is mildly warm when running and very easy to position/move if you need to point the set to one direction or another.
I have a Directv Tivo, and did have a devil of a time getting a code to work with that system remote to control the Westinghouse. It turned out that Sony codes work with the Directv Tivo “peanut” remote unit – code 0067 will do the trick. It takes a few tries to get it working, but be patient, it will work. Seems like the Westinghouse remote codes have yet to be universally recognized by the Tivo remotes, but at least there are options. For more visit the Tivo user forums.
Other than this pleasant adventure in finding a code, I can say I’ve had absolutely no troubles with the Westinghouse unit. Westinghouse has a real sleeper in this system! I have yet to try the SVGA and DVI inputs, but will be moving my Gateway to the same room as the TV soon enough to try this out… My guess is that it will be as eye-popping as the Tivo/Satellite displays.
I also have an older X-Box and ended up using the second set of signal inputs (on the left side of the TV) to input the signals from the X-Box. It worked great and I’m happy with the quality of the picture and sound.
Speaking of sound, the reviews that talk about the great sound that the internal sound system delivers are right on. I did eventually override that system with my theatre sound system, but I must say it was quite acceptable and shows what a quality job the Westinghouse engineers did in the design of this exceptional unit. I did note that you have to manually override the default selection of internal sound to redirect the audio signals to your theatre sound system – All easily done from the remote.
The thing that takes getting used to is the “stretch” that some video broadcasts take on with respect to conventional aspect ratios you see on a regular “square” TV. It doesn’t take long though. Once I had a couple of days of use on the set, it became “normal” to view regular broadcasts in this aspect.
Another interesting thing is the zoom feature for DVDs when you want to have the image fully zoom into the picture. Many times you don’t need the zoom, I guess it depends on how the DVD was recorded or how the broadcast is being done, but I can say that it is nice to have options to override and get the quality of image you want.
What really made my day is that the unit is so light in terms of weight and on power draw. I got rid of an older Panasonic 36 inch set that weighed over 200 pounds and it was a real relief to get a set of similar size with more features and at a much lighter weight.
Power on takes about 3 – 5 seconds – Totally acceptable and from the looks of it saves $$$ in terms of electricity without having to use tube warmers for instant on.
I use this set in a single room studio, and it is plenty large enough for my setup, but I will say this: When it is time to get a new house, I’ll buy another Westinghouse set 36 inches or larger and use the 32 inch for my den… Not a doubt in my mind of what a great set this is and I will definitely keep an eye on Westinghouse products in the future!
Rating: 5 / 5
bought one two weeks ago. had to bring back to store 3 times. 1st 2 were light leaks in corners. 3rd one was leaks,dead pixel and sound wasnt as good as 1st 2. i decided to give it 1 more shot and lucked out and got a good one. would recommend when they have it on sale for $900. wouldnt pay more for it.
if quality control was better would give 5 stars for value.
Rating: 3 / 5
I just picked this TV up the other day. I wont have Hi Def TV till next month but I hooked up my Powerbook to the DVI input and was stunned at the image quality. Imagine surfing the web and video chatting on a 32 inch screen. Regular TV thru the coaxial input isnt good but not terrible either. This has to do with the source quality. If you feed it a low resolution image it will display one. Get yourself this TV and subscribe to Hi Def cadle or Satellite and you’ll be glad you did.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have had the LTV 32W1 for 3.5 years now and up to this point I have had no problems and I really enjoyed the TV. Great picture and easy to use. I bought it as an open item at Best Buy back in May 2006 for just under $800. The TV just recently started showing the symptoms of what everyone else is describing. The TV will be on for 15-20 mins and then blank out. I’ve been told by Westinghouse that it is a power supply board or a main board failure and either of these problems are common with this TV. Sending it to Westing house will cost you the shipping + $225. You can try to repair it yourself but the parts will run you around $100-130. Just something to think about when you consider buying this TV.
Rating: 3 / 5