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Black Friday TV Deals: TCL 32-inch LCD TV: $279 with 2-Year Warranty (L32HDF11TA) - But Who is TCL?

By Big Picture Big Sound Deal Meister

TCL L32HDF11TA
TCL's L32HDF11TA features a native 1366x768 resolution with support for 720p, 1080i and 1080p inputs.
There are two types of Black Friday TV Deals: sales on high-end well known brands like Samsung, Sony or Panasonic, and there are those unknown brands that seem to magically appear out of the woodwork just before Black Friday.  In this case, the brand "TCL" (which we've never of before they started selling them on Amazon), has a sweet little deal on a 32-inch LCD TV, the L32HDF11TA.  For only $279.99, you can bring this 32-inch diagonal flat panel TV home in time for the holidays.

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But who is TCL?  TCL (The Creative Life), unlike most of the fly-by-night brands, is actually a well established company in Asia (Southern China).  Founded in 1981, TCL maintains the number 1 TV brand in that country.  But they haven't really become established in the US yet.  Amazon is trying to reconcile that with a big push of their sets at extremely attractive prices this holiday season.  You can read more about TCL here on their "About Us" page.  And if you think "Made in China" is a stigma, well think again.  Many of the big brands (including that young upstart, VIZIO) manufacturer some of their TV products in China.  Other major manufacturers use facilities in China, Korea and Japan.  Asia is really where it's at for TV manufacturing.

As for this specific TV model, it's a standard 32-inch (diagonal) flat panel LCD TV with CCFL backlighting and a native resolution of 1366x768 pixels (which qualifies as a "720p TV").  It supports connection of both SD and HD sources at 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p for maximum compatibility and picture quality.  It has a rated 178 degree viewing angle, and a rated brightness of 420 cd/m².

The set offers numerous inputs, including one rear composite, three HDMI (two rear and one side), one rear component video, one rear RF cable/antenna input, one rear PC video, one rear PC audio, and a side USB 2.0 port.  The set supports 720p, 1080i and 1080p/60 Hz inputs over HDMI and component video.  For outputs, it offers headphone output, stereo analog audio output, and coaxial digital audio output.  A built in ATSC tuner allows you to tune in HDTV and DTV channels without a cable box, and the USB port can be used to playback a number of different audio and photo formats from a digital camera or other USB-based device.

The set is covered by a 2-year limited warranty, and is also covered by Amazon's 30-day TV return policy.  Stock will most likely not last at this price so grab one (or two!) while they last.

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