Sharp LC-32GA5U 32-Inch AQUOS Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD TV with Installation
Fabulous HDTV - best in class!
I just received mine - from Amazon - a few days ago, and I have to say, it's fabulous.  I comparison shopped in person, and the Sharp had the best picture hands down - blacker blacks, crisper images that were not blurred when displaying motion, and in general less eye fatigue - in a row of 8 32\\" LCD TVs, my eye preferred to watch the Sharp every time.  Now that I've got it home I can't say enough good things about it.  My setup is a Comcast cable box, and setup was a breeze - a 5-connector cable from the box (3 component video and 2 sound channels) and I was finished. <br /> <br />Delivery was a snap.  The delivery guys were cool when I explained to them that I needed to see the machine power on and deliver video and audio before I could sign for it.  They understood that I would be sending it back if it had not worked.  In fact, they helped me set it up.  I recommend having your cable box in place and the cables ready to plug into the machine; it really took 5 minutes to get it out of the box and get a picture and sound.  (Actually after that there was no setup left to do; I haven't really adjusted anything since then and the picture is great.) <br /> <br />In terms of comparison shopping, Sony hypes their digital image correction technologies, but this set also has a good number of them, available in easy-to-access menus.  The default settings are best, especially for watching in HD, but if you are watching a grainy old black and white movie, you can set the noise reduction to 'high' to remove the grain - it's amazing, it just disappears - and the color to 'monochrome' to remove pesky color artifacts.  Likewise you can optimize for 'slow' motion, such as those HD nature documentaries that show deer grazing at  sunrise at Point Reyes; or 'fast' motion such as an HD NASCAR broadcast. <br /> <br />At the 32\\" size point, I compared Panasonic, Sony, Sharp, Westinghouse, and JVC LCD screens, and the Sharp won.  (This wasn't true for larger sizes or rear-projection TVs;Sony definitely seemed to have an edge there, but the 32\\" Sony LCD looked grey and washed out by comparison to the others.) <br /> <br />I also used the DVI input to make this a computer monitor, just for laughs.  The result: I immediately tossed my old Apple 20\\" monitor into the back room - no contest.  This is now on my desk and it is my main monitor as well as main TV. <br /> <br />Some other things I liked:  It's light.  The stand is on the TV when it's shipped, no assembly required.  There's a nice back cover to route wires cleanly.  The remote is easy to use. <br /> <br />Finally, a couple of reviews incorrectly mentioned the speakers being detachable.  They're not.  You could never get them off, they are totally built in, permanently attached, fully integrated into the case of the TV. <br /> <br />I'd buy this TV from Amazon again, my satisfaction is 100%.