Sony KE-32TS2
Sony's KE-32TS2 plasma TV combines elegant styling with incredible performance, versatility, and usability. Unlike many plasma "monitors", this is an all-in-one TV - it includes an NTSC (analog) tuner, stereo speakers, and a tabletop stand for a totally sleek, slim look. You can actually have this beautiful, high-tech flat-panel TV out of the box and ready to watch in minutes! The KE-32TS2's widescreen design is "picture perfect" for DVD movies and HDTV programs (to receive HDTV broadcasts, you need to connect a separate HDTV tuner). Non-HD signals get a big boost in quality from Sony's latest video upconversion circuitry. As a final step, Sony's Digital Pixel Generator™ System "scales" (converts) signals from all of your video sources so that they precisely match the panel's 852 x 1024-pixel resolution for the best possible picture at all times. The exception is when you feed the TV a 1080i signal from an HDTV tuner. Because 1080i is so close to the panel's native 1024i resolution, 1080i programs are displayed without any vertical scaling - you see 1024 out of the 1080 lines. The few lines of information at the top and bottom of the image that are discarded are insignificant (naturally the image still completely fills the screen). But the clarity and detail gained from cutting out one conversion step is very significant. This model's outstanding brightness, clarity and contrast is due in part to cutting edge ALiS panel technology. ALiS (Alternate Lighting of Surfaces) panels work in a way that's similar to interlaced-scan tube-type TVs. Typical plasma panels have a strip of electrodes for each horizontal line of plasma cells, while ALiS panels share an electrode strip between two lines of cells. These lines switch on and off rapidly 60 times per second, and at any given instant only half the panel's pixels are turned on. Because there is less screen "real estate" taken up by electrode strips, there's more phosphor area to be illuminated, and as a result, ALiS panels provide an exceptionally clear, bright image. Other ALiS benefits include high-efficiency - they require only half the voltage of conventional plasma drive systems - and extended panel life. To accommodate a wide variety of video sources, you'll find four A/V inputs including composite, S-video, component video, and DVI connections. To help you make the most of the TV's widescreen design (and to reduce the chance of image burn-in), Sony included several picture display options. By stretching and/or zooming a conventional squarish 4:3 program, you can make it fill up this panel's wide screen. Other image-adjustment options include color temperature control, and five picture presets tailored for viewing conditions ranging from watching a ballgame in bright daytime lighting to savoring a movie at night with the lights turned low. The KE-32TS2's thin design and light weight allow TV to fit into your lifestyle in new and creative ways - and its 32" screen makes it the perfect plasma TV for smaller rooms. The supplied stand is a rounded pedestal design that provides a graceful look on a tabletop, or on Sony's matching SU-TS1. Or you can remove the stand and wall-mount the TV (hardware not included, see Sony's WB-PW2 wall-mount bracket).
Features of the Sony KE-32TS2 include:
- 32" plasma panel (measured diagonally)
- Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio
- 852 x 1024 pixels
- ALiS panel technology (Alternate Lighting of Surfaces)
- 160° viewing angle
- Digital Pixel Generator System
- Pixel-by-Pixel I/P Conversion (upconverts analog signals)
- CineMotion ™ 3-2 pulldown processing
- 181-channel NTSC tuner
- MTS stereo reception
- 7 watts x 2
- SRS TruSurround for enhanced 2-speaker sound
- Multibrand remote control
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