Price Paid:  $550.00 from Ebay

Summary:
Purchased this TV after winning an Ebay auction. It had some cosmetic issues, but ones I was willing to deal with. Got it home and set it up. Everything worked perfectly, DVDs with an analog connection looked pretty damn good with the flat screen and such. Next day I went to the store and bought a progressive scan DVD player and some component cables. Hoooked that up and popped in Lord of the Rings. Holy freaking crap!! What a difference!! I now have a HD cable box from Time Warner and I must say its a blast watching the Laker's games on ABC in widescreen hi-definition! It looks so much better! Damn, I just wonder how much better it will be if I get an Avia CD and get it setup properly.

Strengths:
Beautiful picture side handles for moving it araound numerous component, svideo and rca connections on the back. S-video connection on the front!

Weaknesses:
Overly bright red hues, sound sucks, but thats what home theater systems are for! I got mine, you got yours? The cover for the front control panel comes off VERY easily, pops on easy as well, but its the coming off I don't like.

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
This review is actually for the 32hx42 but there is no listing for that model yet. I honestly like this TV a lot but unforunately there's a few flaws that have made me return it. First off, straight lines are not straight. I realize geometry problems are common in flat screen sets so it was to be expected and I figured any problems could be fixed. Unfortunately there is a slight "bow" to horizontal lines on this set (and every other one I looked at) that is clearly visible when watching letterboxed movies. I went to three different stores (and had a replacement delivered) and they all had the same problem. According to the manager at CC this is caused by the curvature of the actual picture tube. The second problem with this set is the lack of an anamorphic squeeze function. There is an "aspect" button on the remote but, according to the instruction manual, this button does nothing. There is also a menu option to change the aspect ratio but so far (in 480i and 480p, no 1080i yet) this option has been greyed out. I'm really surprised Panasonic decided to take this function out of this year's model, unfortunately this problem made this set unacceptable for me. On the plus side the picture is really clear on 480p input and it seems to do really well with sd material (I thought better than the more expensive Sony). The colors are a little oversaturated but I managed to get them pretty close to where they should be by using video essentials. The sound is ok, I generallly don't use TV speakers but it could be worse. One very cooll feature of this TV is the search feature. When watching one show you can hit the search button and it will open up 3 pip boxes on the right of the screen. In these boxes the tv will scan through the other channels so you can find out what else is on without having to change to pip channel. Overall I think this TV has potential. If Panasonic had included the squeeze I would have been able to overlook slight geometry problems. I'm actually glad this set wasn't perfect for me. After trying to find a replacement for weeks I decided it's not worth it to spend the money for a 32" when, for the a similar price, I could get a 47" ws rp model.

Strengths:
Clear picture, calibrated picture looks beautiful. Plenty of inputs. Search/scan function.

Weaknesses:
NO SQUEEZE!! (It was there last year, why did they take it out this time!!) Bowed horizontal lines. It weighs a ton, not easy to move (although it does have built in hand holds).

Similar Products Used:
Samsung 3297hf Sony 32HS500

Price Paid:  $1199.00 from Now! A/V

Summary:
I purchased this after returning two Sony Wega's due to unacceptable picture geometry problems. So far, I am quite impressed with the Panny. I didn't expect to go for a digital TV, but this one was the same price as the new generation of non-digital 32" Sony Wegas, and I liked the Panasonic picture better! Win-win situation there. On my TV there are slight geometry and convergence issues at the extreme edges (say 1") of the screen. The picture in the middle is spot-on perfect, near as I can tell. I love the automatic sensing of the 16:9 and the ability to actually use the progressive scan output of my DVD player. The overall color balance is outstanding, after appropriate setup, suffering from only a mild red push, which I will fix as soon as I can get ahold of a service manual. All in all, I'd give the TV 4.5 stars. My setup: Panny 32HX41 Pioneer Elite DV-37 NAD T752 (coming) Dish Network PSB Image 4T's PSB Image 8C PSB Alpha S Kimber Kable speaker cabling Monster interconnects

Strengths:
Seemless picture. Progressive scan friendly. Beautiful picture. Outstanding picture. Terrific picture. (Get the picture?)

Weaknesses:
On screen menu sucks. Badly. Gaudy colors, inane layout, options that don't make sense. Also, slight though they may be, I wish the geometry and convergence errors were not there.

Similar Products Used:
Sony Wega 32FS13

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Sears

Summary:
Please disregard the idiot who posted before me. Evidently he wanted to include his review of the CT32HX40 under the right TV listing, but he put it here, skewing the ratings.

Strengths:
Everything

Weaknesses:
Heavy, but what 32" HDTV's aren't?

Similar Products Used:
Sony, Toshiba

Price Paid:  $1700.00 from wilshire

Summary:
purchased the CT32HX40 read good reviews so I bought enjoyed it for a year and one month, turned it off and a pop sound was heard tried to turn it back on and nothing. It has been in the shop for 2 months this tv should have lasted longer than that. What a mistake Ive talked with panasonic and its in questions fix it Panasuckit

Strengths:
nice picture easy to use

Weaknesses:
see above