I use long wide spreadsheets every day and the scrolling back and forth was too tedious so I bought this TV to use as a computer monitor. It is awesome for this purpose. Now I can fit a lot more spreadsheet on my 1920x1080 than I could on my 1280x800. The screen is bright and the colors are great. Movies look nice too. Best of all, it is a steal of a deal. This was the lowest priced 1080p 32" TV (or monitor) I could find, and at $399 it is well worth it.
The setup menu is pretty basic, and the graphics for it are pretty plain, but hey you don't see them very often so no big deal. My only complaint is the lack of availability of documentation online. I spend days researching and comparing electronic products before I make a purchase and it would have been nice to be able to research this thing a bit more before I bought it. Despite that, no regrets on the purchase. Acer AT3265 32-Inch 1080p LCD TV
Pros
I just got this TV today, and it's beautiful. The number of connectivity options on this TV is amazing. It has both digital audio output, and analog audio output, so old home theatre systems can be used with this without any problems.
The On Screen Display graphics for the TV menu, are basic, and most certainly not the most pleasing to the eye, but they are not unpleasant, and are only seen for a tiny fraction of the life of the TV.
There is a small LED (I'm not sure if it's an LED, but it's very likely to be) below the screen, that is orange when the TV is off, and blue when the TV is on. In the time I've been using this TV it hasn't been found to be distracting.
The remote is basic, but does everything I'd expect it to do.
All in al, for the $350 dollars I bought it for on on another site, this is a steal. This TV has all the features of much more expensive TVs from other manufacturers. Even at the $390 or so it sells for on Amazon, this would be a great TV. It would be comparable to a lot of $450 TVs, but might miss out on some of the more extravagant features of the high end Sonys, and such (no light sensor to automatically adjust image settings for you, but I don't really need that).
Cons
None that I can think of
Other Thoughts
I found the default brightness setting to be a little too high, but this might just be so that it looks good in stores. All I did was just turn down the brightness in the TV menu.
I was looking for a monitor for my mac mini- this 32" at this price point with 1080P capability and the ability to use as a tv as well really fills the bill. Picture works well as a monitor and very good as a TV as well.
Seems hard to find 1080P LCD monitor without jumping into 40" and a lot more money. Considered plasma, but wanted to avoid any buzzing monitors on the desktop, Considered 24" monitor only, but the additional
cost to upgrade to this unit to get the tv capability was worth it. Great bang for the buck here.
I bought this from another website for the same price as Amazon minus the tax. First one was DOA and RMA'd, received the replacement in less than 2 weeks. I'm using this as my bedroom TV, after about a week, here are my pros and cons.
Pros
- Cheapest 32" 1080P set I could find anywhere.
- 3 hdmi and plenty of other inputs.
- Digital and analog audio outputs.
- No dead pixel, clear and sharp pictures.
Cons
- There is a screen delay in most functions, like power on or input change, although no delay in changing channels.
- Narrow viewing angle. colors are washed out if you stand just a little bit off to the sides.
- Cheap and basic remote control. The TV doesn't respond well with the remote, most of the time I have to aim directly at the lower right corner of the set in order for it to work. I'm not sure if it's the fault of the TV, the remote or both, Just wondering if it'll work better if I use a universal remote, like Logitech Harmony.
- Sound quality is not great, but that's expected from most flat panel TVs. I plugged a pair of Logitech Z320 computer speakers into the headphone jack, and the sound improves significantly.
- No add channel scan function. I watch only over-the-air hd program using a Terk HDTVi antenna. As this antenna is highly directional, I couldn't get all my local channels scanned in the TV. I would get all the channels except channel 2 (CBS) with the antenna facing one direction, if I moved the antenna facing a different direction and re-scanned, I would get all but not channel 13 (PBS). I need someone to tell me how to manually add channels on this TV.
- No DVI input. Not a con yet as I'm not using it as a computer monitor, but if might be down the road if I decided to or for someone who purchased this to use as a monitor.
- I hooked up my WDTV box and dvd player via hdmi, watching movies in avi and mkv format, the picture is great, nice colors and crisp images, but I never get the picture to fit the screen correctly, in FULL mode it's the best but always with black borders all around, in ZOOM mode it will cut off part of the picture, and I got distorted images in all other modes. It could be my video files' fault. I have to try a commercial dvd to see if the same happened.
So far I'm satisfied with the Acer AT3265, I took off one star for the DOA first set.
I am not sure why this model does not appear on Amazon search results when you search for HDTV's. I bought this TV from Frys Electronics store over the weekend. Even there it was displayed in computers department and not along with other 32" TV's. So far I have been liking it. Its great for my small bedroom where viewing distance is less than 10 feet. Hooked up my MAC and this TV is internet ready
Pros:
- Value for money: got it for less than $350. For most other 1080p TV's with similar picture quality you pay at least $100 more
- Simple to use remote.
- Built in NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuners so no set top box required. I am getting about 12 HD channels and 100+ SD
Cons:
- Favorite function seems to be buggy. I added about 20 channels to FAV but 2-3 disappeared after the restart of TV.
- Missing DVI port (Not a big deal as it has many HDMI ports) - 1920x1080 - Lcd Monitor - 1080p - 120hz'
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