VIZIO 22″ 1080p Class LCD HDTV – Black

5 comments

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   J. Thomas on November 12, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   I’ll agree that the picture quality on this TV is wonderful. I have tried to convince myself that is enough, but it simply isn’t. There are two major flaws with this model that make it a total waste of money and a daily frustration.

   First, the channel numbers are so small, you simply cannot read them. I read that in a review before I bought this TV and thought “Oh, that couldn’t be so much of a problem!” I have this TV in a very small room, so every chair is less than 6 feet away, and I CANNOT see the channel numbers! Not only are they small (think point size 20 on your computer) but they are also light blue! I never have any idea what channel I’m on unless I get up and walk right up to the TV. If you are a foot or less from the set, you can see them. Of course, how often is that?

   The second huge flaw is the time it takes to change channels. This doesn’t sound like a major problem either, but it is incredibly annoying. You hit 03 and the input, and then (ONE one thousand, TWO one thousand, THREE one thousand, FOUR one thousand, FIVE one thousand, SIX one thousand, SEVEN one thousand, EIGHT one thousand, NINE one thousand, TEN one thousand) the channel changes. If you like to flip through the channels to see what is on, forget it on this TV!!

   My last complaint is that the remote control is terrible. The layout is horrible. The channel numbers are at the top, but the balance (the place your hand holds the remote) is at the middle. You can’t comfortably hold it and press the channel buttons. You have to set it down on your knee to press the buttons. The buttons are tiny, and the channel up/down and volume up/down are on the opposite side than usual, which takes some getting used to. The remote that comes with this TV has 10 keys that you can’t even use (if you try, it will say “This feature is not available”) like PIP, which take up a lot of room. The keys are way too close together, so it is difficult to press them. I didn’t put this as a deal-breaker, because you can always go out and buy a universal remote – but should you really have to do that on a brand new TV?

   I thought the TV picture quality would be enough, but after 2 weeks of trying to cope with the small numbers and the huge lag-time in changing channels, it is going back to the store. Don’t buy this TV! It is nothing but frustration!

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   A. Harrison on November 12, 2009 at 11:44 pm

   I’ve had this TV for a few months now. There is a lot to like about it, but… even with the sharpness turned all the way down to zero the image is still HEAVILY sharpened. Not only does this make video/tv look funny and more noisy, it makes small text really hard to look at when playing video games or using as a computer monitor. Every edge looks like a double line that your eyes can’t focus on. And completely forget about using Photoshop or doing any image editing, since the monitor doesn’t show you the actual image. Side by side with my laptop, there is no comparison. The laptop has no sharpening and is much, much easier to look at and the text much easier to read.

   I don’t know what VISIO’s problem is. I hate this stuff. Its great that they have a sharpness setting for people who want it, but zero should mean zero, i.e. no sharpening. They must have some marketing person or product manager whose dumb idea it is that everybody would want pixel level sharpening on all the time.

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   P. Buechner on November 13, 2009 at 2:15 am

   I purchased this TV for our bedroom. While the picture quality and sound are both great one thing I was not aware of and find annoying is the light on the frame, with the TV in the bedroom, the light is on all the time. It is annoying at night and there is no way to turn it off. It’s like having a night light on all the time. We do cover it with a book but I must say…why is it there? It is drawing electricity unnecessarity. With all the studies of green products, you would think Vizio would make this an optional light. It was one thing I never even thought about while shopping for a TV.

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   Jane Diokas on November 13, 2009 at 4:20 am

   I am returning my Vizio TV today. It looked so good in the store and it was full hi-def, so I expected something pretty good. I bought it for a sunny kitchen and I could hardly see it at all the picture was so dim – and the sound was like a tin can – so annoying I just couldn’t imagine getting used to it. In the meantime I bought a Samsung (only 780 hi-def) but the picture was so much clearer and brighter I couldn’t believe the difference. I would steer clear of the Vizio.

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   Jim Moore on November 13, 2009 at 6:21 am

   Like another reviewer, I bought the Vizio VO22L at Sams. My first Vizio, I’m impressed by it. Due to space limitations I need to use the same device for both computer monitor and TV, and the Vizio works great in that role. (According to Sams Club’s web site, theirs is model V022LF (which is the model Vizio’s web site advertises), while the Amazon/Target model is V022L. It looks as if the part numbers are interchangeable, as mine (from Sams) is labeled V022L on the back.

   In any case, the V022L has a nice display for HD content, but what impresses me more is the display I’m getting via a standard RGB connection to my desktop PC. I was worried that being unable to use the DVI-D connector from the video card would result in a degraded display, but the clarity at 1920×1080 through RGB is astounding (especially after running Microsoft’s ClearType optimizer). All I had to do was upgrade my (nVidia) video driver and connect the monitor. I wouldn’t think of using 1920×1080 on a smaller display, though, as (at least for me) the desktop features would be way too small.

   Two (minor) complaints: the sound quality isn’t as good as I’d prefer (2×3W output), though for the PC it’s fine (and there’s a standard connector for audio input to the monitor); and, the remote lacks a dedicated source button for RGB (there’s one for each of HDMI, TV, component, and AV), so I have to use the Input button to scroll through the list to select RGB. Those are quibbles, though.

   Another plus, the TV came with an HDMI cable.

   I’d certainly buy this model again.