Samsung UE32C6510 32-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p 100Hz Slim AllShare LED Internet TV with Freeview HD

I knew I wanted a 32" LED TV with Freeview HD tuner. I narrowed down my shortlist to two candidates: the Samsung UE32L65XX series and the Panasonic TX-L32D28X. Both had their pros and cons. After much thinking, it all came down to personal preference and as I have had Samsung before and found it reliable, I went for that option.

I ordered the telly on Friday evening from Amazon. Even I was surprised when the delivery man woke me up next day morning. Wow - that was superfast! Well done Amazon.

In terms of design it's a very good tv: The white frame looks real nice, compliments beautifully to the white wall. Who said that tvs should be dark? In various reviews on the internet I read that many people say that the remote is ugly. While it certainly would not win too many design awards, I found it ok and functionally it's very good. My only problem would be the "chicken-foot" stand which is outright ugly, but as I wanted to mount it on the wall that was not a problem for me. The wall mount however requires specific length of M8 screws which were different to my previous wall mount configuration (also from Samsung) and it took me all Saturday to find the right screws in a specialist shop. Wasn't happy about that.

The menu is well designed, both functionally and visually pleasing. No annoying lag time after key press as with most other tvs on the market. Sound is ok, but certainly not a strong selling point. Best to connect the tv to a decent speaker system. In-built Freeview tuner is weak though, could not pick up the HD channels and ITV channels even though that I should have an excellent reception according to the freeview website. I am yet to install a signal amplifier to see if that fixes the problem.

Picture quality is fab in my opinion. Blacks are nice and deep, colours are vivid and can be customised to the most tiny detail if you are not happy with the factory pre-sets. Even SD channels are rendered beautifully. Only small problem is viewing angle - the colours and contrast looses it's appeal outside the 30 degree range but if you look at it from a fixed place (e.g. couch) and optimise the tilt to that location, it will not be a big problem. Connectivity is good too, 4 HDMIs, and they all work all right. I can connect my PC on 1920x1080 resolution. Games look beautiful. Blue ray via PS3 is amazing! It sucks though to put the connection panel to the side of the tv, so close to the edge. You have to be very tricky so that you can conceal the cables.

The internet tv functionality works perfectly via cable although choice is very limited. More of a gimmick if you ask me. Rather connect your laptop via HDMI and enjoy full internet functionality. Those who do not have a network cable at the back of the tv will have to pay for Samsung's own wifi dongle. The cheapest price I could find it on the net was £45 - a big rip off if you ask me.

All in all, a great looking tv with good functionality and amazing picture quality, but with a handful of annoying (but minor) flaws.

I received this from Amazon at the weekend and am blown away by what a nice piece of kit it is. I opted for this one over the 40inch in the end as I didn't want it to overpower my living room (it's a living room, not a cinema)!

It fits in beautifully and subtly due to the white bezel (why more manufacturers aren't making lighter coloured TV's I don't know?) and is so slim and light that it glides around on the twin-arm wall mount I've fitted it to with no effort at all. Oh, and whilst I'm not actually using it, the stand is really nice.

Picture quality is excellent and on the HD channels so sharp that things look almost 'unreal' to me at the moment (but I'm assured you get used to that the longer you have HD). Sound quality is really good for such a slim TV as there's barely any space for speakers in the casing at all, but I'll probably be hooking it up to a surround sound system before long anyway.

The built-in internet TV is a neat touch, but despite the logo being displayed on all their promotional material there is no sign of the BBC iPlayer anywhere. Either I've missed it, or it hasn't been released yet. If that's the case then I hope they do so soon, as this will be a very nice facility to have in the living room at the touch of a remote. In the meantime there are apps to check the weather and to watch YouTube videos and stuff like that, but nothing to compare to iPlayer. It'd be nice to have 4OD and the ITVPlayer as well at some point, but I'll not hold my breath.

I'm lucky in that I have a CAT5 network point behind my TV, but if you don't you'll need to factor in buying the Samsung WiFi dongle (or running a long lead to your router) to get the Internet, but I wouldn't bother until iPlayer is available as whilst the other stuff is nice, I doubt I'll spend much time using it.

My main PC runs Media Center and whilst the TV did detect that machine it didn't pick up any of the movies, photos or music files on it (I suspect I need to perform some configuration at one end or t'other) but it'd be nice to have an app that ran as a Media Extender directly in the TV which could take full advantage.

All in all a great TV which I'm very glad I bought. Highly recommended.

Had this TV for 3 months now, Freeview HD works perfectly but you need to have a strong HD signal, I added a signal booster. Also just downloaded the BBC iPlayer App and its works great. Have watched a couple of programmes now.