Vizio D32f-e1 32-in Smart 1080p Led Tv Review

Examination Results

Design

Curved No

The pattern of the Vizio D Series 1080p 2017 is similar to virtually other recent Vizio TVs. The stand up looks the same every bit the E Series 2017 and is slightly more fashionable than the 2016 model. The whole torso of the Television receiver is plastic, and the TV appears a flake thick when viewed from the side.

The stand of this Vizio is very similar to other Vizio TVs from this year and previous years. It is almost as wide as the TV, and is fabricated of plastic just supports the Television well and feels stable.

Footprint of the 32" TV stand: 7.8" x 25.i"

Wall Mount VESA 100x100

The rear of the Tv set is quite basic and looks virtually identical to the D Series 1080p 2016 from last year. The inputs are relatively like shooting fish in a barrel to access when placed shut to a wall, as they run parallel to the TV which is good.

Borders 0.67" (1.7 cm)

The borders of this Vizio have an average thickness and look quite basic. They practice accept a slight textured finish on the side though, which is a skillful impact.

Max Thickness iii.03" (7.seven cm)

The Television appears quite thick when viewed at an angle. Like most TVs, the thickest role is near the base. It will stick out from the wall a bit if mounted.

Maximum Temperature 95 °F (35 °C)

Average Temperature 91 °F (33 °C)

The Television receiver runs adequately cool, just getting warm to the touch in a few places on the back.

The whole exterior of the TV is plastic, still, this is common to almost competition in the price bracket. This isn't likely an issue for normal use.

Motion-picture show Quality

Native Contrast 803 : 1

Contrast with local dimming North/A

The 2017 Vizio D 1080p Television set has a disappointing contrast ratio. With a contrast ratio of 800:1, this place this TV in the lower ranking of the 2017 TV nosotros have tested, even when compared to other IPS TVs. When set in a night room, blacks look more than like grayness and dark scene actually suffer. When set in a brighter room setting, the picture quality is a chip better, merely the prototype won't accept as much of an bear on than other IPS with a higher contrast ratio.

Update 01/24/2018: The 50" model (D50f-E1) likely uses a VA panel, every bit explained in this Q&A. We await it to take a much higher contrast ratio, similar to concluding twelvemonth'due south D50-D1, but a worse viewing angle.

Local Dimming No

Backlight Direct

The Vizio D 1080p 2017 does not have a local dimming feature. There is an option named 'Backlight Control', but this is not a local dimming feature, but more a frame dimming, which dims all the screen depending on what is displayed on the screen.

SDR Real Scene Superlative Brightness 172 cd/one thousand²

SDR Peak 2% Window 195 cd/one thousand²

SDR Height 10% Window 195 cd/k²

SDR Superlative 25% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR Peak 50% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR Peak 100% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 2% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR Sustained ten% Window 195 cd/g²

SDR Sustained 25% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR Sustained fifty% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 100% Window 195 cd/m²

SDR ABL 0.000

Plot over time

Disappointing SDR superlative effulgence, just expert enough for a moderately lit room, as in a bright room the TV will appear dim by comparing. Fortunately, the brightness is very consistent no matter the content played, though in our real scene test, the edge of the screen is a little more than dim than the eye. This brightness is similar to the competing TCL S405 and S305, just not virtually as bright as the Samsung M5300 or the LG LJ5500.

Update 12/13/2018: The SDR ABL value wasn't calculated, which resulted in a slightly lower score. This has been updated.

HDR Real Scene Height Brightness N/A

HDR Peak 2% Window N/A

HDR Peak ten% Window North/A

HDR Meridian 25% Window Due north/A

HDR Peak l% Window Northward/A

HDR Summit 100% Window Northward/A

HDR Sustained two% Window N/A

HDR Sustained 10% Window Northward/A

HDR Sustained 25% Window N/A

HDR Sustained fifty% Window N/A

HDR Sustained 100% Window N/A

HDR ABL N/A

HDR is not supported.

fifty% Std. Dev. five.247%

50% DSE 0.168%

5% Std. Dev. 0.610%

5% DSE 0.113%

The overall gray uniformity is better than average. On the 50% gray uniformity examination film, we can see that the 4 corners are a fleck darker than the middle and also that at that place are some faint vertical and horizontal bands that are likewise a bit darker. The vertical and horizontal band are often visible on TV with full array backlight, and unfortunately here, it causes some dingy screen effect.

On the 5% grey uniformity, not much tin exist noticed when looking at the test movie, which is a expert result for this specific examination.

Color Shift 38°

Effulgence 44°

Black Level 75°

Decent viewing angle, fifty-fifty for a TV with an IPS console, and far improve than all TVs with a VA console. Blacks stay blackness, and colors and effulgence remain decent when the TV is viewed at moderate angles. This makes this TV a good choice for a room where people often sit to the side of the TV and view it from an angle.

Native Std. Dev. 3.510%

Std. Dev. west/ L.D. N/A

The black uniformity of the Vizio D 1080p 2017 is poor. Flashlighting is visible on each corner and nearly the edge of almost all the screen leaving almost only the center of the screen free of real uniformity issues.

Screen Finish Semi-gloss

Full Reflections 5.five%

Indirect Reflections 0.five%

The Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017 is decent at handling reflections. It has a semi-gloss finish which diffuses reflections across the screen, reducing their intensity. It should be fine for an average-lit room simply may be an issue in a bright room.

Picture Mode Calibrated Dark

White Balance dE 5.08

Color dE five.06

Gamma ii.08

Colour Temperature 6,510 K

Out of the box, when assault the nigh accurate setting, the accurateness of this Tv is disappointing. Both white balance dE and color dE are merely higher up the 5.0 mark, which is high plenty that anyone could notice that the Television receiver is not really accurate. The gamma is above our 2.ii target and the gamma curve is also not tracking our flat target, with a dip in the darker and also in the lighter end.

The well-nigh accurate setting for this Tv set was the 'Calibrated Dark' picture setting with a combination of the 'Normal' colour temerature. All other moving picture modes available take even higher level of inaccuracy, and are therefore not recommended.

Picture Mode Calibrated Nighttime

White Balance dE 0.87

Color dE 1.49

Gamma 2.xix

Color Temperature 6,688 Grand

Afterwards scale, the Vizio D 1080p 2017 has an fantabulous accurateness. The white residual dE was brought down to 0.87, which is accurate plenty that nigh people would not notice the inaccuracy. The Color dE was brought down to one.49, which is a big improvement over the dE of 5.06, but with a dE of one.49, professional would notwithstanding notice some color inaccuracy. Every bit for the gamma, it is at present tracking more closely our 2.2 target, but the dip in the brighter IRE points could not be corrected to bring the gamma curve completely flat.

Y'all can discover out scale settings hither.

Low-quality sources such equally DVDs look good. The epitome is a fleck softer than usual, however, this isn't an issue for most people.

720p content such as sports is displayed well. The paradigm is quite soft, but this isn't a large difference.

Native 1080p sources are displayed well, and appear detailed.

This Idiot box doesn't support a 4k input.

Wide Color Gamut No

DCI P3 xy 77.17%

DCI P3 uv 83.17%

Rec 2020 xy 54.89%

Rec 2020 uv 59.88%

Standard color gamut, but good enough for SDR content, which uses the Rec 709 color space. This gamut wouldn't exist good for HDR, only this Idiot box doesn't support HDR anyway.

Normalized DCI P3 Coverage ITP 63.9%

10,000 cd/m² DCI P3 Coverage ITP 20.eight%

Normalized Rec 2020 Coverage ITP 45.4%

ten,000 cd/m² Rec 2020 Coverage ITP 14.8%

Poor HDR color volume, as expected of an SDR but TV. The volume is expert enough for most SDR content, but nighttime colors will be shown brighter than intended because of the TV'south mediocre contrast ratio, and their color volition exist shifted because of the Telly's blue tinted black point.

Color Depth 8 Bit

Crimson (Std. Dev.) 0.138

Green (Std. Dev.) 0.177

Blue (Std. Dev.) 0.128

Gray (Std. Dev.) 0.133

The Vizio D 1080p 2017 perform well displaying our gradient test image. 8-bit banding is visible, particularly in the blueish shade of color, leaving the remainder of the color and grayscale costless of issues. Since this Telly does not back up HDR, an 8-fleck panel does cause any problems as SDR content only back up 8-bit content.

IR later 0 min recovery 0.00%

IR subsequently two min recovery 0.00%

IR after four min recovery 0.00%

IR afterwards six min recovery 0.00%

IR after 8 min recovery 0.00%

IR after 10 min recovery 0.00%

Skilful result for the Vizio D 1080p 2017, as no image retention can be seen on our examination picture, which is a good result for an IPS TV.

Permanent Fire-In Hazard No

Although some IPS panels can suffer from temporary image retentivity, this doesn't appear to exist permanent every bit seen in our long-term test.

Motility

80% Response Time 8.0 ms

100% Response Time 17.7 ms

Expert pixel response time, shown by how brusk the trail is that followed our moving logo. Nigh of the blur in the photo is due to image persistence. This response time is good enough for watching fast-moving content, and is better than the competing TCL S305, merely isn't quite as good as the Samsung M5300.

Flicker-Free No

PWM Dimming Frequency 480 Hz

The Tv only dims the backlight using PWM, then the screen will always have flicker when not at maximum backlight, and the flicker will go more severe at lower backlight levels. Fortunately, the flicker is at 480 Hz and so it shouldn't be as well bothersome, but it volition cause some double image artifacts during fast motion, as shown in the photo in the Response Fourth dimension box.

Optional BFI No

Min Flicker for 60 fps 480 Hz

lx Hz for 60 fps No

120 Hz for 120 fps N/A

Min Flicker for 60 fps in Game Mode 480 Hz

The Idiot box unfortunately lacks a blackness frame insertion setting to reduce the flicker frequency to lx Hz, which would clear upwards motion during gaming.

Motion Interpolation (30 fps) No

Motion Interpolation (60 fps) No

The Television set does not have a motion interpolation office, though this is mutual for Vizio TVs.

Frame Hold Time @ 24 fps 24.0 ms

Frame Agree Time @ 60 fps 0.0 ms

The Vizio D series is great at showing content smoothly, without stutter. For 60Hz content such every bit sports the image appears very smooth, as the image doesn't remain static (the frame changes before the transition completes). For 24Hz content such as movies the prototype is too smooth, as the static image time is reduced by half.

Judder-Complimentary 24p Yes

Judder-Costless 24p via 60p No

Judder-Costless 24p via 60i No

Judder-Free 24p via Native Apps Yeah

The 2017 Vizio D 1080p TV tin display without judder 24p movies playing from 24p sources similar DVD and Blu-ray players. When 24p movies play via 60p/60i sources, they practise present judder and there is no way to remove it, unfortunately.

To remove judder from 24p movies playing from 24p sources, just turn on 'Picture show Mode'.

Native Refresh Rate 60 Hz

Variable Refresh Rate No

4k VRR Maximum N/A

4k VRR Minimum N/A

1080p VRR Maximum N/A

1080p VRR Minimum North/A

VRR Supported Connectors Northward/A

Every bit with other 2017 models, the D Series 1080p doesn't support whatever variable refresh rate features.

Inputs

1080p @ 60Hz 24.9 ms

1080p @ 60Hz + HDR North/A

1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode 25.0 ms

1080p @ 120Hz N/A

4k @ 60Hz N/A

4k @ 60Hz + HDR N/A

4k @ 60Hz @ iv:4:4 N/A

4k @ 60Hz @ 4:iv:4 + eight bit HDR N/A

4k @ 60Hz Exterior Game Fashion N/A

4k With Interpolation N/A

4k @ 120 Hz Northward/A

4k with Variable Refresh Rate N/A

1080p with Variable Refresh Rate N/A

Slap-up low input lag, good enough for all but the well-nigh competitive gamers. The TV e'er has low input lag as long as 'Film Mode' is off; the 'Game' motion picture manner has the same input lag every bit all the other modes. Activating 'Game Low Latency' disables 'Picture show Mode', so we recommend turning on 'Game Depression Latency' when gaming. Nosotros recommend leaving 'Film Mode' on 'Auto' for HDMI ports that aren't used for gaming, as it removes 24p judder.

1080p @ 60Hz @ four:4:iv No

1080p @ 120Hz No

1440p @ 60Hz No

4k @ 30Hz @ four:4:4 No

4k @ 60Hz No

4k @ 60Hz @ four:4:4 No

4k @ 120Hz No

Only bones resolutions are supported. The Television cannot show 4k equally it has a 1080p panel, and information technology cannot properly show 4:4:4 color, even in the computer motion picture mode, and then when using the TV every bit a PC monitor text may appear a trivial unclear.

HDMI 2

USB 1

Digital Optical Audio Out 1

Analog Audio Out iii.5mm 0

Analog Audio Out RCA i

Component In 1 (shared)

Blended In one (shared)

Tuner (Cablevision/Emmet) 1

Ethernet ane

DisplayPort 0

IR In 0

SD/SDHC 0

Note that some models of the D Serial 1080p 2017 do have more than HDMI inputs. Come across the sizes and variants section for the full list of differences.

HDR10 No

Dolby Vision No

HLG No

3D No

5.i Passthrough ARC Dolby Digital Yes

5.i Passthrough ARC DTS Yes

5.i Passthrough Optical Dolby Digital Yep

5.1 Passthrough Optical DTS Yes

HDMI 2.0 Total Bandwidth No

HDMI 2.1 Full Bandwidth No

ARC Aye (HDMI two)

USB 3.0 No

HDCP ii.2 No

CEC Aye

MHL No

Variable Analog Audio Out Yes

Wi-Fi Back up Yes (2.4 GHz)

Audio Quality

Low-Frequency Extension 134.54 Hz

Std. Dev. @ seventy 4.70 dB

Std. Dev. @ 80 4.50 dB

Std. Dev. @ Max 5.71 dB

Max 90.7 dB SPL

Dynamic Range Pinch 3.80 dB

Mediocre response. The D Series' below average low-frequency extension causes it to sound sparse overall, and a pregnant crash-land in the lower-mid frequencies reduce clarity and brand for a boomy, muddy sound. It does become pretty loud though.

Weighted THD @ 80 0.294

Weighted THD @ Max 1.367

IMD @ 80 3.47%

IMD @ Max four.73%

Passable distortion performance. The D Series, similar nearly speakers, produces more than THD at higher volumes, just information technology stays at a low enough quantity to not cause major problems. IMD remains reasonable as well since the Tv does not produce aliasing artifacts.

Smart Features

Smart OS Vizio Internet Apps Plus

Version seven

Ease of Use Boilerplate

Smoothness Not Polish

Fourth dimension Taken to Select YouTube one due south

Time Taken to Change Backlight iv s

Advanced Options Many

The Television has a fairly basic smart interface, consisting of a settings menu, an app quick menu and an app total carte du jour. This makes the interface easy to understand, but its ease of utilize is hampered by lag and stutter; button presses take a quarter second earlier the Telly responds, and all animations are low frame rate and janky. The interface is still very usable and it never crashed, just navigation is never a pleasant experience.

Ads No

Opt-out Northward/A

Suggested Content in Home No

Opt-out of Suggested Content N/A

The Telly has no ads in its principal interface, though third-party apps can still have ads. The TV likewise has no annoying suggested content except for a carve up 'Featured Apps' section, which is nice.

App Pick Not Many

App Smoothness Not Smooth

Cast Capable Yes

USB Drive Playback Yep

USB Bulldoze HDR Playback North/A

HDR in Netflix N/A

HDR in Amazon Video N/A

HDR in YouTube N/A

The Television comes preloaded with most of the popular apps such as Netflix, Amazon Video and YouTube. Unfortunately, the Tv set'southward app store doesn't have many more apps; only 82 apps total were bachelor on our unit of measurement. The apps themselves were stable and usable, just they had lag and stuttery animations when interacted with, similar the rest of the interface.

Size Medium

Voice Control No

CEC Carte du jour Control Yes

Other Smart Features No

The Television receiver comes with a basic remote with surprisingly practiced buttons and ergonomics. The buttons accept great tactile feedback and a short travel depth, far improve than the rubber chunk buttons constitute on most basic remotes. The layout of the buttons is as well fairly adept, centering all usually used buttons within easy reach of the navigation pad. The remote is fairly light and has a curved back for a good in paw experience.

Acts as the Remote Due north/A

Directly Launches Apps and Inputs North/A

Inputs Text in YouTube N/A

Inputs Text in Netflix N/A

Streams Device Files N/A

Controls Goggle box Settings Northward/A

Voice Command Northward/A

Vizio's old smart Television receiver platform has no app, dissimilar the newer SmartCast platform.

The TV has physical buttons for power, volume upward/downwards and changing inputs, like most other Vizio TVs.

• Manual
• Remote
• Batteries

Power Consumption 22 W

Power Consumption (Max) 34 W

Firmware V7.one.xiii

Differences Betwixt Sizes And Variants

The Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017 Television set has a few variants. The 1 we bought is the 32" with SKU D32f-E1. The smaller 24" variant uses a lower 768p resolution than the larger models. Some other differences tin be found depending on sizes as illustrated in the table below.  Our review is not valid for the 4k UHD variations of the Vizio D Series 2017.

If someone comes across a different blazon of panel or if their Vizio D Series 1080p 2017 doesn't represent to our review, allow the states know and we will update the review.

Update 01/24/2018: The 50" model (D50f-E1) likely uses a VA panel, as explained in this Q&A. We expect it to score amend overall than the IPS panel D32f-E1 we reviewed, due to having a much better contrast ratio and blackness uniformity; although its viewing angle will be worse, like to last yr's D50-D1.

Size	Model	Resolution	Constructive Refresh Rate	Real Refresh Rate	HDMI #
24"	D24h-E1	768p	60 Hz	60 Hz	1
32"	D32f-E1	1080p	60 Hz	sixty Hz	two
39"	D39f-E1	1080p	120 Hz	threescore Hz	2
40"	D40f-E1	1080p	120 Hz	60 Hz	2
43"	D43f-E1	1080p	120 Hz	lx Hz	two
48"	D48f-E0	1080p	120 Hz	threescore Hz	3
50"	D50f-E1	1080p	120 Hz	60 Hz	three
55"	D55f-E2	1080p	120 Hz	threescore Hz	3

Black Friday models

The D43n-E4 on sale at Walmart is a basic variant of the D Series 1080p 2017 which lacks smart features. Except for the standard interface, we wait its performance to be similar to the model nosotros've reviewed.

Compared To Other TVs

Top left: LG LJ5500 (43LJ5500). Lesser left: TCL S305 (40S305). Middle: Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017 (D32F-E1). Superlative right: Samsung M5300 (UN32M5300). Bottom correct: TCL D100 (40D100).  Different our other photographs, this motion picture wasn't taken under a controlled environment, then do not draw conclusions from it.

The D Series 1080p 2017 isn't very expensive, but information technology competes against a slew of other cheap TVs that frequently offer much better value for coin. See our recommendations for the best TVs under $300 and the all-time budget TVs.

32" 43"

The Samsung N5300 is somewhat amend than the Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017. The Samsung N5300 is brighter and has improve reflection treatment, so it's more suitable for a brighter room. It also has a better smart platform. The Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017 has a lower input lag which is cracking if you lot play games and tin can remove 24p judder from older content.

28" 32" forty" 43" 49"

The Vizio D Series 1080p 2017 has an IPS panel that makes it more suitable for broad viewing arrangements, whereas the TCL 3 Series S305 has a VA console and is more suitable for darker environments. The TCL S305 has significantly better contrast ratio and meliorate blackness uniformity so blacks are deep and compatible. This is smashing if yous sentinel HDR movies. On the other hand, the Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017 has slightly meliorate viewing angles which can exist good if you use it as a PC monitor and slightly better input lag for those who play video games.

32" xl" 43" 49" l"

The Samsung M5300 is a amend TV than the Vizio D Series 1080p 2017. The Samsung M5300 has better motility interpolation to handle those fast-moving scenes in movies and when used as a PC monitor can display properly a 1080p @ 60Hz @ four:iv:4 point. The Samsung M5300 has marginally better SDR superlative brightness that is credible when watching TV shows in brighter rooms and slightly ameliorate dissimilarity ratio and black uniformity to amend picture quality when watching movies or HDR content in a dark room.

43" 49" 55" 65"

The ii TVs are quite different. The Vizio D Series 1080p 2017 is a 1080p basic TV, that due to its IPS panel, has amend viewing angles than the TCL S405. On the other mitt, the TCL S405 has a significantly better 4k resolution, can handle HDR input bespeak, and is capable of showing basic HDR content. Also, the TCL S405 has a much better contrast ratio and can display deep blacks, which is swell when watching movies in a dark room. Finally, the TCL S405 has significantly better inputs for apply as a PC monitor and a bit ameliorate input lag to please those who play video games.

43" 49" 55"

The LG LJ5500 and the Vizio D Serial 1080p 2017 have very similar performance. The Vizio D Series 1080p 2017 has better reflection treatment, which is keen for vivid rooms, whereas the LG LJ5500 has somewhat better SDR tiptop brightness which helps it fight glare when watched in vivid rooms. The Vizio D Series 1080p 2017 has marginally ameliorate viewing angles and is slightly better for use as a PC monitor as it shows no trouble with temporary image retentiveness.

32" 40" 49"

If you have a room with a wide seating organization, the Vizio D series 1080p 2017 is a better choice as it has better viewing angles. On the other hand, the TCL D100 has much amend dissimilarity and tin can display a better picture quality if you lot sit directly in forepart. The Vizio is a smart TV whereas the TCL D100 does not have a smart feature platform. If you wish to apply it as a smart TV, you need to use an external box or dongle. The Vizio has a lower input lag, and this is neat if you play video games, whereas the TCL D100 tin can display well-baked text when used equally a monitor since it supports 4:iv:4.

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