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Akai 32D20 HD Ready LED TV

01 Mar, 2011, 12:35 pm IST | by Siddharth Basrur | LED Backlit

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A pretty nice looking TV

A pretty nice looking TV
The inputs are pretty sorted
A pretty sleek TV
The flimsy menu buttons at the back
Not bad to look at, but the performance leaves a lot to be desired

PRICE IN INDIA

38,100

TECH2 RATING

4.0

AVERAGE USER RATING

7.0

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As for audio, there’s a lot left to be desired, and if you do end up buying this TV, you will need a set of speakers at the very least. However, the dialogues were pretty in your face and crisp, so that’s one thing you can bank on when it comes to sound on this TV.

When I checked the settings, the brightness, contrast, sharpness and saturation were all at 50. So I carried on to the next round, which was the DisplayMate test. The TV scored pretty bad in most tests, but did reasonably well in some of them. For instance, it failed the Fine Line Moire Pattern, Video Bandwidth and Colour Registration tests with a score of 1.5/5, but did well in the Colour Scales (4/5) and Streaking and Ghosting (3/5). It scored a total of of 45% which makes it a very average TV.

The flimsy menu buttons at the back

The flimsy menu buttons at the back

 

 

Verdict
There are a lot of things that I don’t like about this TV. Firstly I would not ask anyone to pay as much as Rs. 39,990 for an HD Ready TV. There are plenty of Full HD TVs available for around the same price making this a very unfair deal. The TV has some other issues which could’ve been addressed to make it worth the money. The colours look quite uneven and inaccurate. In fact, it seemed like they weren’t being reproduced well as blues looked more like purple and everything looked a tad uneven. Even the backlight had major issues with keeping up when scenes changed from dark to bright ones. Everything about this TV isn’t bad though, as the black levels were quite nice and the response time was above average. Another thing that works in its favour is that it plays back media from hard drives, and not just flash drives. The TV looks great too, and is built pretty well apart from the menu buttons at the back.

A pretty nice looking TV

A pretty nice looking TV

 

 

I give this TV 2 stars as it doesn’t really provide value for money and has its fair share of flaws. However, you could check out some other TVs such as the Samsung UA32C5000QM which costs around Rs. 38,100. It is a full HD TV and has functions similar to the Akai 32D20.

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Akai , 32D20 , HD Ready. LED , 720p , USB

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