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Test Harper 32R575T: just a TV for home and cottage

In Soviet times, it was hard to find any TV in a store. And now it is difficult to find the simplest and most common – without 3D, without Smart, without Internet access and without Wi Fi… And to the remote cottage, where even the cell phone is not always ringing, sometimes you need just such a TV receiver. Why would you overpay for unnecessary functions??

Who looks for exactly this kind of model, I can advise: look closely at the TV Harper 32R575T – nowadays a rare kind of regular TV, which is perfect for country houses or as a second TV in the kitchen, and, maybe, as the first – for the elderly, who do not need all these modern gadgets at all…

Nevertheless, for rather low price you get a complete TV with a digital tuner, built-in media player and HD Ready resolution, which is ideal for terrestrial television. If in the course of time the access to the Internet is necessary, it is possible to buy a smart device.

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Appearance, controls and connections

The design of Harper 32R575T is very concise, no matter how you look – both left and right, everything is perfectly symmetrical. 32″ glossy panel is framed with “lacquer” frame about 1 cm wide. Visible design element, perhaps, can be declared only the company logo and the work indication light, located in the bottom frame on the left.

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And the legs here are worthy of attention. They are sort of flush to each other, but at the same time spread out in different directions for stability. A wise decision: a TV with these legs can be placed on any mini-object: a nightstand, a narrow chest of drawers, a table, and even on the microwave oven..

By the way, unlike other models of this manufacturer, the legs are made of glossy plastic, which allows them to fit better into the overall design concept.

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The control buttons on the body are on the back. They are rubberized, very pleasant to the touch. True, the problem may arise if you install Harper 32R575T on the bracket. In this case, the buttons will not have captions . And which one to press? The side placement of the buttons is still more convenient.

But the buttons of remote control are big and obvious – very similar to the buttons of grandma’s phone. They will be very nice for elderly people. The battery compartment is located closer to the bottom of the Harper. The grip is made so that the thumb is adapted to control the volume and channels. This configuration on the remote control is quite logical: there is no smartphone and navigation buttons become secondary.

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The buttons have a nice velvet covering, they are pressed softly, but there is no feedback. Button set is perfect: Picture control – all modes, sound, aspect ratio, etc. – is placed on the remote control. d. After the initial setup of channels on Harper 32R575T the need to enter the menu will certainly be close to zero.

By the way, the menu is very simple and understandable. Even old timers out of the woods can figure it out…

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Special attention should be paid to the “-/–” button, which solves an interesting problem.

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Video technology

Have you ever faced such a trick: You dial a channel manually, but the TV set doesn’t know how many channels it has, and offers to dial the number of the program in the pin-code format – hhhhh. And it doesn’t matter that you only get 10 channels at your dacha, the TV will long “move the electronic brains” until it finally realizes that there will be no more digits… So in Harper 32R575T you can specify how many digits – so you can not think for a long time. The most popular format, of course, is XX, entering two digits the TV will instantly turn on the desired channel. Simple, but very comfortable and quite infrequent service.

Harper 32R575T has the following inputs/outputs:

– Antenna input

– Component input

– Composite video/audio input

– Audio output 3.5mm

– PC audio input

– 2 x HDMI one supports ARC

– 1 x USB

– 1 x VGA

– Cl slot

– SPDIF coaxial

They are divided into two units: on the bottom and on the side. The layout is convenient. The main thing is that the distance between the connectors does not prevent or hinder the access to them when using the neighboring ports.

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Both units are recessed inside, so you can hang your TV with confidence on the brackets close to the wall – free access to them for new connections will remain, although we are talking about VESA 200×100.

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Only one moment seemed doubtful to me: the depth of the seat of the USB slot is not enough, the slot is located in such a way that “pudgy” flash-drives will not pass here in any way.

Yes, here’s another important point: the HDMI in this TV does not support MHL technology, which allows you to display images from gadgets directly on the TV screen. For an apparatus without SMART-function this is quite logical. Component y/pb/pr adapter to mini jack is also not included. It is worth taking into account and if necessary you should buy it in advance.

Over-the-air television

In the Harper 32R575T is a modern set of tuners, including digital, corresponding to the modern American standard. Lack of smart TV for Harper 32R575T allows you to flip through the channels at a cosmic speed, especially analog channels.

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In digital TV mode with one touch you can display information about the program, the current time, the duration of the program and the age limit. All in all, all information is at your fingertips! And it’s easy to read from the screen.

Auto cropping works well, cropping unused parts of the screen. If the automatic mode does not suit you, you can use the manual mode, which can be accessed directly from the remote control.

EPG is a program guide, made in this television set somehow unconventionally. The program for some reason only shows 1-2 gears ahead. Nevertheless, the navigation is up to the mark: without leaving the menu and without entering additional modes you can switch between the channels and the days of the week. Add a personal viewing schedule and you have a fairly functional scheduler which promptly “beep” about the desired program.

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At one point I thought the Harper 32R575T TV was a godsend for the video pirate. Why? Because in the PVR mode recording of TV broadcasts , the name of the file is not formed from

The built-in antenna is equipped with a serial number, but from the program name and recording time, which makes it very easy to navigate through recorded programs. Of course, for this function to work you need to connect an external drive. By the way, an old flash drive with the writing speed of 10 Mb/sec was enough to join the camp of “pirates”.

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By the way, the air can be paused TimeShift, without removing the flash drive or hard drive. The shell will tell you how much storage capacity is enough.

I would also like to mention that I was very pleased with the sound, it is deep and very loud at maximum volume.

Due to the fact that the Harper 32R575T is the main function of on-air TV, the engineers have invested in it to the maximum. And the result is pleasing: the picture and the shell are very pleasant, they work “for sure. Moreover, Harper 32R575T is not deprived of modern features – such as PVR and TimeShift.

Media player

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Harper 32R575T has a built-in media player that allows you to open photos videos audio files from external drives. We couldn’t find any detailed information about the supported formats. But by the method of an active pathfinder it turned out:

Harper 32R575T reads thumb drives and external hard drives up to 3TB I couldn’t find more on hand . No problems with the NTFS file system. Importantly, when you turn off the TV, the hard drive shuts down, too, without wasting the life of the spindle.

As for formats, all that was at hand, Harper 32R575T reads like a polyglot – without a single stutter, even the naughty format of MKV – this is a definite plus!

The media player itself is built on the principle of type-division of files, you can enter it through the section SOURCE.

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In Photo Viewer, you can zoom and rotate photos, and you can turn on background music to accompany a fresh slideshow. In this mode, by the way, you can set the time interval. In a word, no complaints about the photo mode.

The music mode is also not bad. I would only add a screen saver, animated in time with the music. But that’s a quibble!

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No complaints to the video mode, too. I especially liked the fact that you can change the cropped image. You can cut too widescreen video 21:9, etc. to an adequate aspect ratio.

As a result we have a good media player, which can be compared with top Android and WebOS solutions in terms of speed. And the main thing is that this TV does not have any intrusive advertising!

Matrix quality

This part is ambiguous. Harper 32R575T offers the user four picture modes – standard, custom, dynamic and soft. Other picture settings are minimal and boil down to just three preset color temperature modes.

All in all they are quite similar. Below is the CIE chart for standard mode.

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Great color reproduction right away. Red, lilac, yellow and lime colors are displayed even with excessive saturation. A slight lack of blue-green tones in practice is not a problem at all and visually it is practically imperceptible. For a budget sensor this color gamut is very decent.

The actual contrast was 2200:1 which is very good. Not every monitor, much less TV set, can boast of such figures. Pleased with the value and stability of color temperature. It’s a little cool standard mode and quite stable.

The brightness of the panel in the standard value 50 percent – 182 cd/m2 is not an average value, which is enough to comfortably watch TV in a room with bright lighting or indirect daylight.

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Definitely advise to see everything with your own eye when choosing a TV. Personally, I found the subjective picture of the Harper 32R575T television very pleasant. It’s natural, smooth, no blues, no exaggerated colors and contrast. Gradations are smooth. In general, Harper 32R575T has a very good matrix for its price segment.

Pros:

Complete absence of intrusive advertising, notifications and other “charms” of smart TV

Price/quality ratio

Excellent color gamut of the matrix

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A very fast shell

Easy menu and remote control, big buttons, which is convenient for people in the age

Cons:

Very deep USB socket fit, which can interfere with the use of “chubby” flash drives.

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John Techno

Greetings, everyone! I am John Techno, and my expedition in the realm of household appliances has been a thrilling adventure spanning over 30 years. What began as a curiosity about the mechanics of these everyday marvels transformed into a fulfilling career journey.

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Comments: 1
  1. Stella Dixon

    Is the Test Harper 32R575T suitable for both home and cottage use, or does it have any specific limitations or features?

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