Zenith C32V37 32-Inch HDTV Integrated TV
Pretty nice set for the money
I've had this TV for about 10 days now, so I wanted to do a review to tell people that are thinking about buying it, what to expect.  I know these reviews can be very helpful when you're trying to sort through all the HD TV's out there. I know they are for me.  I compared this to 40 to 46 inch projection HD TV's, and to several other Tube HD TV's that were around it, including a couple of Sony's and a Toshiba, and thought it had the best HD picture.<br />First, I hooked up the TV to my regular outside antenna that is about 10 to 15 years old, and my Hughes Standard Directv system.  I'm about 30 miles away from most of the St. Louis, MO TV stations.  Using EZScan, this TV brought in every one of them (except a really weak station), both analog, and digital - I didn't even realize that all of the local stations had gone digital.  Each digital station looks great. Of course some look better than others, depending on how the station is sending the signal - 480p, 480i, 720p, or 1080i.  I must say that I definitely like the 1080i picture the best so far.  That's the good. However, the regular, non-HD channels on satellite, and the analog channels don't look as good as they did on my analog TV.  But, I won't be watching the analog channels, now that I have them digitally.<br />A few days after getting the TV, I got my Samsung SIR-TS160 HD Satellite receiver installed.  The high definition satellite channels look great. Particularly Discovery HD Theater.  The downside is that there's not really very much HD programming on the Satellite right now, but I'm sure we're going to be migrating that way over the next couple of years, where more and more HD programming will come available.  The Super Bowl looked really good last night, clear and colorful, and you could really tell the difference when comparing that picture to a good analog set.<br />I have my DVD player and the satellite receiver connected to the TV using Monster 2 Component cables.  I've played with the DVI connection that was supplied with the Samsung HD Satellite receiver, and really can't tell much difference between that and the component connection.  They both look great.  The sound is also pretty good over this TV's speakers. I'm using the simulated surround, mostly.<br />I have a Panasonic progressive scan DVD player/recorder, and quite frankly I can't tell if the picture is much better on the Zenith, than it was on my old analog TV.  I really don't think there's that much difference, both TV's looked great when playing DVD's.  However, that will probably change with the advent of the High Def DVD players.<br />The one feature that I'd like to see this TV have, that it doesn't (unless I'm overlooking it), is that it would be nice to be able to \\"de-activate\\" inputs that you're not using, so that you wouldn't have to go through unused inputs when pressing the TV/Video button, or the DVI/COMP input button.  I also don't like the fact that when you turn the TV off, using the power button, the TV goes into standby mode.  I'd rather it just totally shut off.  You don't want to accidentally leave the TV on for a long time, when you think it's shut off, and get black bars burnt in at the top &amp; bottom of the screen.  I also don't think the Aspect modes help much.  You pretty much need to watch a program in the way that it was intended to be viewed, whether letterbox or full screen.<br />The remote is easy to use, I think, and works pretty well.  The manual is not very explanatory though. <br />So, here's the bottom line.  A really nice, vivid, clear picture on the HD &amp; digital channels.  Non-HD channels don't look as good as on a good Analog TV. I would have given it 5 stars, if it had brought in the non-HD sources better. But, all in all, for under $1000, a pretty good HDTV.