FEATURED JVC Emerald EM32T 32″ 720p LED-LCD TV – 16:9 – HDTV ATSC – 178° / 178° – 1366 x 768 – Dolby Digital – 2 x HDMI – USB
- 6,000,000:1 Contrast ratio
- Dolby Digital Sound
- Energy Star 5.3
- HDTV (720P)
- Direct LED
JVC Emerald EM32T 32″ 720p LED-LCD TV – 16:9 – HDTV, ATSC – 178° / 178° – 1366 x 768 – Dolby Digital – 2 x HDMI – USB
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Jadyn Austin
November 2, 2013
JVC Emerald 32″,
I saw this TV at Sam’s and could not pass it up for the price($225). I had been shopping around at all the electronic stores and online and this TV really grabbed my attention. The display model had the best color/picture, in my opinion, of all the other 32″ 720 TV’s. Bought this for a bedroom TV. If you are going for 720p vs a 1080 TV; this is a real bargain. I am very happy with my purchase. As mentioned in other reviews, it only has one button…but I can look past that. Great price, great picture/colors for a 720p 32″ TV.
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|nonotnatto
November 2, 2013
32 Emerald series,
****
Update: after comparing with a 32 inch 720 P Westinghouse UW edge lit series, I eventually chose the Westinghouse only because it was sharper for computer text and I use these TVs as computer monitors. You cannot adjust the sharpness setting when used in PC mode on the JVC, which is a dealbreaker for me because I like to make my sharpness a tad above average to make text look extra crisp. I can achieve this level of crispness with my Westinghouse, but unfortunately not with the JVC.
The JVC does indeed do 444 on native resolution, but I really prefer to have the sharpening setting as well. It is the lack of the sharpness setting, I suspect, causing the JVC to be slightly more blurry for text compared to the Westinghouse. Or maybe it has to do with IPS versus VA panels,. The JVC definitely looks like a IPS, whereas my Westinghouse is definitely a VA panel.
For everything else though, the JVC blows the Westinghouse out of the water. The colors, the viewing angles, the menu system, the sound, the ghosting, it’s always better. So don’t be misled by my update, unless you plan to use this as a computer monitor for heavy text reading.
****
Been using for one month on average eight hours a day. I like this TV. I use it as a PC monitor sitting 5 to 10 feet away at various times and the picture is very comfortable to look at. Yes there is 444 chroma subsampling if you use the 1366 or 1360 native resolution’s. I got it hooked up to HDMI to my PC with a Radeon 7700 video card. Games like Guild wars two look great especially with the program called sweet FX which makes the colors look even better.
I am comfortable reading webpages, although I do have a text-to-speech program that reads knows text while for me. The program is called “text aloud” for those who are curious. Keep in mind that you have to play with the settings to get computer text to look the best. I found that turning down the contrast and color helps.
The contrast ratio is very very good. I got this TV at Costco for a good price and it’s got the best contrast ratio and colors, with a 6.5 reported gray to gray response time by the manufacture. Colors are very vibrance. I play a lot of video games on this as well and bright colorful games look great. Dark games like doom three look great as well because of the deep blacks that can be achieved. There are six programmable picture modes that you can customize and reuse later. This is very convenient because I like to use custom color and brightness settings for my various games. Input lag is fine I play counter-strike on this thing.
There is only one button on the TV and it’s power on-off and input switching. But I checked the harmony remote database and this TV is supposedly compatible in case you lose the original remote.
The sound lacks clarity and bass. You can watch TV and understand spoken dialogue just fine, but don’t expect this to be the oh my God amazing sound that they advertise. I think the higher-end models like the 42 inch probably have better sound, but this 32 definitely lacks good sound. If you are not a picky person about sound than the TV speakers will do just fine. It’s fine for me and I watch shows and play games and listen to music on the built-in speakers.
The TV is very light and the base is level and sturdy.
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|Etian “videopix”
November 2, 2013
No buttons, No VGA input, but great price and quality,
Don’t misplace the remote, because the only button on the unit is on/off. And I just spent $50 to buy a separate VGA to HDMI adapter, because it has no VGA input. That said, it does compete well with units costing over $50 more. Certainly can’t beat the price, especially with the back-lit LCD display.
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