32" 720p LCD HDTV

Pros: The picture is excellent; the color needed no adjustment out of the box. My family owns a 42" Samsung 1080p LCD HDTV and I found the standard-def video on this Olevia tv looked better! The HD quality is fantastic, looks better than a Sharp Aquos in my humble opinion. I didn't see any dead pixels on my unit, although I didn't exactly examine every inch of the machine.

For anyone concerned about the "complicated menu", I wouldn't worry about it, it serves its purpose, and I haven't touched the menu since the first few days of setup.

The audio is fine with me, I was never big on theatrical sounds. The picture is clear, and the lag between channels is no greater than it was on my previous Samsung HDTV, and that's fine with me.

Cons: The greatest problem this TV had for me (and it caused a huge headache) was the fact that the guide instructed me to install a firmware update as soon as I had the TV. So I did this. Much to my horrible dismay, this firmware update essentially KILLed the TV's ability to communicate with my Comcast Motorola cable box via HDMI. I went to great lengths to figure out this ridiculous problem. I replaced my cable box twice, replaced the wires, used on-line and on-site techs with Comcast... I then used a DVD player via HDMI on the Olevia and it worked fine! This troubling point had convinced me that the TV's HDMI was fine, but it turns out it was the Olevia's firmware all along that was the issue, and not Comcast. If it weren't for one Internet user's small forum post regarding a similar problem he had that helped me discover this, I would have been extremely dissatisfied with this unit. I had to call Olevia tech-line and get a firmware "downgrade". Also, Olevia tech support is not that great

Overall Review: I've owned this television for close to one month now. I wasn't necessarily ready to lay down some heavy dough on a high-end HDTV, especially because once I save more money, I can always be assured greater advances in technology (for TV's and everything else) lay ahead. So I was looking for a smaller-sized HDTV that was affordable but with good quality and this one certainly hit the bill. I was planning to use it for occasional TV viewing, and gaming with a Nintendo Wii (which maxes out at 480p anyway).

The unit however is really wide b/c of the speaker's positions, so that's a bit of a downer. The fact that it only has 1 HDMI and 1 set of Component cables can hurt. And these ports are also inconveniently located on the underside, or at strange angles so its a bit of a hassle to plug in/out.

Picture quality / cost are great, and those were my two greatest concerns. Everything else is average.

Pros: Inexpensive, easily navigable menus. variety of inputs. I've been pretty happy with it in light of the fact that it was a 32" in my budget.

Cons: blue LED indicates 'standby' state and it lights up the room when the TV is turned off. There is a menu setting to turn this off, but it continually resets itself and must be re-selected. The remote is non-universal, i.e. you cannot program it to work with other products. The remote also has a somewhat slow response; noticeable, but too bad. No code available (as of 4/2/08) to program a Scientific Antlanta AT550 remote. I purchased a logitech 768 harmony Remote- and despite hours on the phone and emailing with logitech support, they were unable to get their product to turn off the Olevia 232V (s13). Olevia's Tech support was virtually non-existent.

Overall Review: Despite my complaints, I'm reasonably satisfied with my purchase. There are just several "small" issues i have with it. If your remote works better than my harmony did (it WAS a refurb remote) or don't mind juggling 2 remotes, then it's a good TV. If you're like I am, and the fact that the LED doesn't operate as it SHOULD (resets the setting, but electrical tape fixed this problem) and the Harmony 768 didn't power it off (powered it ON, though), then these bugs will irritate you.
Bottom line: 'BUDGET' LCD.