Branded 19 inch LCD TV

There are not many branded 19 inch LCD TV available in the market locally. I suppose the profit margin is lower and the demand is less for this size so the retailers and manufacturers are pushing their bigger 32 inch and above sets for better profits. There is a small market for these small LCD TV as in my case where I needed the small size to fit on my desktop for personal viewing or maybe you need this size for the kitchen or even in the bathroom!

Apart from the Sharp LC-19A35M that I bought, I found two other branded 19 inch LCD TV locally and they are the Sony KLV19T400A and the Toshiba 19AV550E. The Sharp and the Toshiba are very similar in the main specifications as both have resolution of 1366 x 768 (aspect ratio of 16:9) while the Sony has a higher resolution of 1680 x 1050 (aspect ratio of 16:10). Though the Sony has the higher resolution, I'm not sure if there is any distortion when showing movies that uses the 16:9 ratio. The Sony also has FM radio and all three models have RGB input for connecting a PC. (These models may not be available in all parts of the world or may have different model names.)

You may want to check out the detail specification here for the Sharp, Toshiba and the Sony. I've seen all these three models at Harvey Norman so you may want to do some live comparison down there before your purchase. Both the Sharp and the Toshiba are selling at RM999 while the Sony is at RM1299 (but prices will change over time). The Sharp is also available in Best Denki at the same price currently.

Since all these models have plenty of adjustable items, the differences that you see may be due to these adjustments which may not be set optimally. One of the most important item to check will be the different screen display modes to see how it handles the various aspect ratios of movies that are been produced. A set may be great in all the features and produces wonderful colors but all these come to nought if the display is distorted.

I believe all these branded LCD TV may show some differences when they are compared side by side but when they are viewed on their own, any one will look OK since the technology is more or less the same despite what fanciful terms they use in the advertisement (Aquos, Regza and Bravia; wonder what they really mean). Some of the technical figures they quote will show up only in a lab measurement but to the naked eye, they don't mean much, in my layman opinion; especially for a small 19 inch model.
In my next post I'll talk more about the Sharp LCD TV since that is the one that I have. Readers who own other 19 inch LCD TV are welcome to give their opinions of their sets. Happy viewing.

Ronald Kwok
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