AOC Addara LE32K0D7D review

There are at least a good number of configuration options, but the simplistic user interface annoyingly fills the entire screen, even when you’re trying to change the display settings. This makes it much harder to adjust quality settings than on other budget sets from the likes of Panasonic and Sony. The LE32K0D7D also felt slow to use, with a noticeable delay between pressing a button on the remote control and the input registering on the television itself.

Thankfully, once we’d connected a Blu-ray player things improved. We had to lower the backlight brightness in order to bring out the detail in Casino Royale’s opening scenes, but contrast and colour settings were reasonably accurate. Although no match for some of the more expensive LCD panels we’ve seen, the LE32K0D7D at least has a Full HD resolution. Unfortunately, with no dedicated motion smoothing options, fast-moving scenes looked very blurry; the 100Hz panel couldn’t prevent this happening.

Considering it costs the same as Panasonic’s very reasonably priced L32C3B, the AOC set lacks any internet services and can’t match the excellent image quality of an IPS LCD panel. It might have a higher resolution, but even at this price it can’t compete with the superior offerings from the bigger brands.