The Xaria Thunder is a very ordinary looking display. The outer bezel is glossy black while the inner bezel is a matte-finished, dark purple colour. The wide bezel is a bit of an annoyance and quite frankly we don’t see the need on such small displays. The stand is also very mediocre and this display tilts forward even when its properly setup. Quality of fixtures of the stand and even the retaining screws is also mediocre. Since the outer bezel is slightly tapered it causes reflections on-screen which bespeaks volumes about design quality.

The HDMI connects on the rear jut out sideways and are very close to the back of the display; in fact we had trouble getting our slightly thicker reference HDMI cable. The slightly thicker plug would interfere with the body and we could not connect HDMI; and were thus forced to use D-Sub connectivity. VGA connectivity allows a plethora of resolutions and only 1080p and 1080i are not supported via D-Sub. Obviously since this display had a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels we did not expect 1080p to work. The 32-inch Xaria Thunder has a lot of issues with the colour blue and any scene involving displaying of skies or water has a lot of artifacting and banding. Even greens are not displayed accurately, especially the higher intensity shades. Finally reds also have a slightly compressed look to them and colour tonality is way off – even after calibrating. With issues with colour it was obvious that this display is not ideally suited to movies and such, although to be honest most viewers will not be as discerning. One redeeming quality was this displays superlative performance with any sort of text – fonts are renditioned beautifully and everything looks crisp and sans artifacting. Priced at Rs 39,990 the Xaria Thunder is not really something that any serious movie buff should consider. Its good as a monitor however and its price makes it an attractive grab for someone looking at something that offers good value.