I have a confession to make: I’ve had Kogan’s latest 32-inch LED-backlit LCD screen sitting behind my desk for about two weeks, but just haven’t had a chance to check it out. Today that changed. And while I need a bit longer to completely put it through its paces, I did manage to slide a copy of Ninja Assassin into a Blu-ray player to check out the set in action. And I was duly impressed.
The days of Kogan’s picture quality looking like arse seem to be well and truly behind them, with a vividly bright picture, and (from my 30 minutes watching Ninja Assassin) crystal clear Blu-ray playback.
The set itself looks nice – not as slim as some other LED-backlit LCDs on the market, but a far cry from being chunky. The on-screen menu is clean and pleasant to navigate through, there are three HDMI inputs on the back and the controls are actually touch sensitive buttons on the front, which was a surprisingly nice touch.
I’ll have more of a review next week, but in the short term, I have to say I’m suitably impressed. Especially for a 32-inch LED LCD TV that costs $799
[Kogan]
Brad Webb
Friday, April 23, 2010 at 8:45 PMStill can’t see it coming anywhere close to my 27″ iMac…
Cyb3rGlitch
Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 3:44 PMOf course. It’s a TV, not a monitor.
welbot
Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 12:14 AMi dunno bout the tv, but ninja assassin is a kickass movie for sure!! /me is jealous you have it on blu-ray!! hopefully they didn’t cut too much out of the aus release though :\
edward co
Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 10:29 AMSure, run your blu-ray tests, but also tell us how well does it handle upscaling crappy SD tv or other low res source material? How does it look off axis? If you have a bright room with windows can it pump up the brightness to cope? The problem with Kogan is you can’t just walk in to JB HiFi and check it out for yourself, which means a Giz review would be helpful if it is comprehensive.
Rick
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:58 PMI’ve got one.. Pretty happy with it.
The two things I’ve noticed which aren’t great
1. Poor sound quality. Very tinny
2. Has a decent amount of light escaping on the corners, so a black picture on the screen isn’t evenly black.
Bernd
Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9:46 AMHi, One thing I haven’t heard about is whether I am able to record one channel while I am watching another, or even a DVD.
I have found that whilst watching something like a DVD and suddenly I am having to give it up because a recording is commencing. What can I do about this, please, as this doesn’t work for me.