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Mar 8, 2021 Madison     Would rate higher if it was still 2006 the year this tv was made. It still works...

Jul 10, 2011 BRAD     I had the tv in my bedroom. Tv was okay. I was Manufactured in November 2006, It...

Jan 25, 2011 Fred borovich     After two years the screen started to go black. I turned it off then on and it w...

Jan 24, 2011 Ichigo     We have had this tv for over 2 years now and i must say that for a cheap entry i...

Nov 9, 2010 Cpt D     Great, Now I get to join the cloud club ! Mine started on the right side and is ...

Oct 4, 2010 jeannette     Had my 46" HD Sanyo TV for exactly 2 years. I bought the thing from Walmart. L...

Mar 9, 2010 warpeddude     After owning for about 1 year, it developed a dark spot that kept growing until ...

Oct 4, 2009 Rod     Had it 2 yrs and works ok except as noted below about Channel 4. Also, the remo...

Oct 3, 2009 jimmy     We should start a black screen club. Only 2 years old and the TV went black. Pur...

Oct 25, 2008 fehrboy     Screen went Black after two years of minimal use. DO NOT BUY.. This is a ongoing...

Oct 24, 2008 wesalexleft     Purchased in Feb 2007 and as of Oct 2008 the screen has gone black and is in the...

Oct 2, 2008 Norma     My Sanyo DP32746 went out after just 2 years. I'm told it's the inverter board ...

Jul 22, 2008 andys     Tv less than two yrs old and now when it is turned on, I get a flash of light th...

Apr 9, 2008 Jake     Aweosome tv. I have a 42" hitachi plasma in my livingroom and this one in my bed...

Feb 11, 2008 Judith Munoz     This TV is great. During the year I've had it, I have moved it from one room to...

Jan 16, 2008 ne pats     i like this tv this is first lcd tv.i have nothing but good to say about this tv...

Dec 31, 2007 Gabriel Sotelo     I bought one of these some weeks ago in Mexico, and the digital cable service in...

Dec 6, 2007 Ace     Awesome picture quality!! I love this tv. I have had it, about a month, no probl...

Nov 10, 2007 lucas324     Awesome picture. Can't understand brightness issue. Compared side by side with S...

Jul 17, 2007 slamjames     Easy setup. picture quality is great. low on the features but overall excellen...

Jun 28, 2007 Tasha     I received this set as a birthday gift and I'm VERY HAPPY!!!! The picture on...

May 1, 2007 Dave     I like the set a lot, and cost versus quality makes it an impossible set to pass...

Apr 14, 2007 Wes     I bought this unit a little while ago to replace my aging 20' CRT tv/vcr combo a...

Feb 18, 2007 Trevino     HD-DVD and X-Box 360 looks awesome on this LCD tv. I "recommend" having HD comp...

Jan 14, 2007 Harley Chris     This is an absolutly wonderful HDTV LCD,Great color, great resolution, and easy ...

Jan 1, 2007 Jon     Just purchased the Sanyo 32" the set up was easy and the manual was simple.Good ...

Dec 13, 2006 Staff     Bought this model in July and it has been working great since then without probl...

Dec 8, 2006 10-e-c jim     A good buy for the money, overall bargain. I compared this model with about six...

Dec 7, 2006 jason     Overall the TV has poor image Quality varying greatly on what input is used. ...

Nov 22, 2006 NorthRiver     First off: Great TV in this price range. While shopping, the only set I found th...

Nov 20, 2006 John     I have had this Sanyo set up for about a week and so far so good, I did ton's of...

Nov 18, 2006 Mabus     To the junk guy with the color problems and complaints on the television. It is ...

Oct 30, 2006 craig     Had it 2 weeks and like it alot. Great picture and great price for the quality, ...

Oct 22, 2006 HappyOne     I am an electronically challenged older female, yet had no problems at all setti...

Oct 17, 2006 RobertTvMan     Was shocked when I plugged this in (Took 5 minutes from Box to watching Monday N...

Oct 12, 2006 hello     great for the $$$$$$$. i ...

Oct 3, 2006 Satisfied     I bought this TV a few weeks ago after looking at many 32" sets priced from abou...

Sep 9, 2006 Frankie     We purchased our 32" Sanyo a couple of weeks ago. Have it hooked up to both cabl...

Aug 28, 2006 DAN THE MAN     I HAD A TOSHIBA LCD BEFORE THIS ONE. THIS SET IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE TOSHIBA A...

Aug 28, 2006 Razamataz     Rate this high accrosed the board. DVD Picture is outstanding. I cant wait for s...

Jul 29, 2006 Jim     Great TV for the money! I looked around and found lower quality TVs for much mor...

Jul 21, 2006 Debbie     I bought a sony and vizio took both back and bought this set. Better than both o...

Jun 13, 2006 CHRIS     I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THAT BAD REVIEW ON THIS TV, BUT I EXPERIENCED NOTHING BUT...

Jun 12, 2006 Matchpoint     My experience is 180 degrees from #1 Chump's. The Sanyo 32" is outstanding. Gr...

Jun 8, 2006 #1Chump     JUNK! That is what this set is. I should have never bought a major appliance at ...

Jun 2, 2006 kevin     Vibrant colors and contrast. This tv could have been 500 dollars more and still...

My Experience: First off: Great TV in this price range. While shopping, the only set I found that had a better picture IMO was the equivalent Sony model, but that was twice the price. For $800 new, this is a fine set.

Tuners: DTV - good but not spectacular. You will need a *good* antenna to receive local HD broadcasts (especially since DTV transmitters are currently operating at lower power in many markets). Search function is easy, but this set does not allow manual selection/entry of DTV channels to be programmed. (Example: if you want to watch DTV Ch. 9, and scan won't program it, you cannot just hit 0-9 and tune to it. The TV will not allow tuning to any channel that isn't pre-programmed by the scan feature. Very annoying!) Remapping feature is handy, channel labeling is accurate. NO access to PSIP information with this tuner. Cell-phone style signal meter is available, as well as current program & rating titling.
ANALOG - very good off-air analog tuner. I was quite surprised to find such a good analog receiver in this set. Above average reception, particularly on UHF. Beware though; this TV throws quite a bit of RF interference, so if you're using rabbit ears, best to place them a minimum of 8 feet away from the TV. This will effect analog picture qlaity, and reduce/prohibit VHF (Ch.2-13) DTV reception.

LCD: The LCD in my set isn't perfect, but it's pretty good for the money. Good reaction, good contrast, decent resolution & outstanding color. Sony makes a better one, but again for a bargain priced set this one will do nicely. Picture improves after some warm-up, like most LCD's do. I've had plenty of compliments for it's picture quality.

CONNECTIONS: Everything you need to connect DVD's, cable boxes, game consoles, etc... WATCH YOUR R/G/B CONNECTIONS, make sure you get them right!

REMOTE/EASE OF USE: This TV has a good full function remote control. It could've been designed more ergonomically (CH & VOL are reversed from most remotes, numbers are a bit far apart). Even a beginner/electronic novice should be able to have this TV up and running inside of 30 minutes. Fairly intuitive on-screen menus, easy adjustment of picture, etc. My only suggestion would be to do at least 3 scans of DTV channels ("Digital Add-on Scan") to make sure you're getting all available signals. The DTV tuner can be picky and will reject poor/unsteady signals.

BUILD QUALITY: I've moved this set several times, kept it in storage (cold too) for about a month... had no problems. While this is a fragile piece of electronics, it won't readily break if you have to relocate it. Keep the box it came in!

Problems: My only concern is the thin coating on the screen is very easy to scratch. Not an issue for most, but be careful when cleaning it!
Also, the LCD does not appear to be uniform in brightness all the way across the panel. Not noticable during most programming, but it may be seen on some programming/movies that have lots of camera panning and moving shots. You can see it when you have a blank screen.

DRAWBACKS: No PSIP access for DTV, no direct tuning to unprogrammed DTV channels. Far more RFI generated than expected. No grid-style program guide. No menu access without remote.