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  • Tour & Design

  • Performance Features

  • Connectivity & Media

  • Controls, Menu & Remote

  • Conclusion

  • Series Comparison

  • Tour & Design
  • Performance Features
  • Connectivity & Media
  • Controls, Menu & Remote
  • Conclusion
  • Series Comparison

Tour & Design


The front of the LT-32WX50 has a pretty clean, simple look to it; there is nothing there to distract from the image on the screen apart from the blue indicator light in the bottom right corner. At the bottom of the display is the sound bar that holds the speakers.

Back


The only major feature on the back of the LT-32WV50 is the cover that goes over the HDMI port, on the left side.

Sides


The svelte profile of the LT-32WX50 really shows when you look at it from the side: the display itself is just a quarter of an inch thick, although the bulge at the bottom where the ports, sockets and other circuitry are located increases the total thickness to about an inch.

Stand/Mount


The angle stand of the display adds to the minimalist look of the screen: it is a simple metal affair that holds the display up well enough, but does not allow it to rotate or tilt, although it can be removed if you want to wall mount the display.

Aesthetics


The LT-32WX50 is a very stylish display, although the cables coming out of the back do rather spoil the effect. Real cablephobes may prefer the wireless displays that were announced by several manufacturers, as these don't require any cables except the power cable. But the thin progule of the LT-32WX50 will certainly elicit some oohs and ahhs from your gadget-loving friends and neighbors.

Performance Features

Display Size & Technology


The LT-32WX50 is built around an LCD panel with an LED backlight. This is an edge mounted backlight, where the LED light sources are located around the edge of the display. This is how the LT-32WX50 keeps its slim figure; it doesn't have a big, bulky backlight behind the screen.

Formats & Resolution


The LCD screen is a Full HD screen which has a resolution fo 1920 by 1080 pixels. This means that it can show every pixel of a 1080p signal.

Brightness, Blacks and Contrast Ratio


JVC claims a static contrast ratio of 4000:1, and a dynamic contrast ratio of 80,000:1. Our experience with a demo unit running at the CEDIA show seemed to indicate that the black level and peak white look decent, but nothing to write home about. We were not able to do any real measurement of these, though; we'll have to wait until we can get a review model in to determine that.

Color


We were not able to run our usual suite of color tests on the display unit, but the sample footage that JVC were showing seemed to have decent color. One thing that JVC did clarify was that the display supports the full sRGB color gamut, which is one of the standards that HDTVs use. They also claimed a 90% coverage of the Adobe RGB color gamut, which is much wider that the sRGB one. This display also supports the wider x.v.color gamut, although this will only work with devices that support this wider gamut.

Motion & Refresh Rate


The LT-32WX50 uses the same 120Hz Clear Motion Drive III motion processing as other JVC models. We were not able to test this, but motion on the demo unit looked decent.

Viewing Angle


We saw a decent viewing angle in our exmaination of the sample model on display at CEDIA, but we were not able to run our full suite of tests.

Connectivity & Media

Audio & Video Ports


The LT-32WX50 is a little limited in terms of input ports: there are two HDMI ports and a single VGA port, but no analog video inputs or outputs at all. This is perhaps unsurprising given that this display is really designed to be slim and cool-looking, but it does mean that you'll need to add an external converter if you want to drive it from an older video source that does not have a HDMI output. One of the HDMI ports is located on the left side of the back, just below the controls.

There are no outputs on the LT-32WX50, and the inputs are located on the back of the display either on the rear of the display (the VGA and one HDMI port) and on the left side (the other HDMI port). Also missing is an antenna input; if you want to watch over the air TV or cable, you'll need a decoder or cable box.

Media & Other Connectivity


The single USB port and SD card slot allow this display to show photos from USB drives or SD Cards, which means this display could double as a picture frame if you wall mount it. We were unable to ascertain if it also supported playing back music or video. One thing that it definitely cannot do is connect to the Internet; this is not one of the growing number of displays that can play back streaming Internet content.

Placement


The ports on the back are a little awkward to reach, but the HDMI port on the left side just below the controls is easy enough to reach; you should have no problems connecting and disconnecting a device such as a camcorder or digital camera. Whether you will need to use this often is another question; you'll set this display up to attract the oohs and ahhs of admiration from friends and neighbors more than for much serious use.

Audio


We weren't able to test the speakers built into the display, but the speaker bar below the display looked to be a decent size, which usually means better quality. This speaker bar is also detachable, so you can either place the speakers elsewehre or jsut use another set of speakers than the included ones.

Controls, Menu & Remote

Remote


The remote that comes with the LT-32WX50 lookes to be a pretty standard model: JVC didn't decide to go with one as thin as the display itself.

 

Controls


The controls for this display are located on the bottom bulge under the right side of the display, where your fingers can reach around and press them without too much difficulty. You will need to learn the positions of each, though, as you can't see them from the front of the display. The power switch is a different size than the rest of them, though.

Menu


We were unable to access the on-screen menu of the LT-32W50, so we can't comment on the menu usability and structure.

Conclusion

 

Series Comparison

WX50 Series


The LT-32WX50 is the only model announced so far in this series, so there is nothing else that we can compare it with at this time.

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Richard Baguley

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