Samsung LA 32A450 Series 4 LCD TV

We reviewed Samsung's Series 5 and Series 6 LCD TVs recently, and now it's time to look at a candidate from Series 4. The model currently sitting in the Tech2.0 AV room is the LA 32A450, an affordable entry-level job that will appeal to the budget-conscious (that's most of us). As it’s begun to make a wave of sorts in the market, let’s take a closer look...

Design and Features
This is a no-frills model, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The simple, high-gloss black bezel is a fingerprint trap, but looks quite good. The surface of the bezel is slightly convex, though it’s not an individual design element. The bottom panel is arched a bit, with a thick transparent plastic rim kissing its entire border. This is only on the bottom panel, which also has a tiny red LED on the right end.

The back is plain enough, with only a small connection window. There are 3 HDMI terminals, along with a PC (VGA) in and a couple of component and composite ins. There is a side panel too with one of the three HDMI terminals and a composite AV input. There is no USB input and all that jazz, but I don’t care much for those.

The contrast ratio is 10,000:1 and the response time is 6ms. The 81cm (32 inch) panel is Samsung’s popular SPVA LCD with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It’s got picture-in-picture, in-built audio speaker with 20W output, and a brightness of 450 cd/m2. This model does not come with 100Hz artificial frame rate, as it’s a mid-range model.