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Samsung Touch Of Color T220HD 22 inch LCD HDTV Monitor
Samsung Touch Of Color T220HD 22 inch LCD HDTV Monitor
1680×1050 Resolution / 10000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio / Analog – DVI – HDMI connectivity / 5 millisecond screen response / PC or Mac / HDTV Tuner 5 ms fast response time – Fast pixel response means fast action with virtually no blurring of ghosting Unit Dimension(With stand) – 20.47 x 17.38 x 8.46; 13.6 lbs
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Fantastic Monitor
I did a HUGE amount of research to find the best 22″ computer monitor under $300. The sound is not great (no bad either), but I did not buy it to be a HDTV. It works perfectly. The remote is intuitive, the buttons on the side allow you to switch between monitor and TV very easily. It comes with both VGA and DVI (male-male) cables and it overall a fantastic product. This is the best 22″ monitor for under $300 and it just to happens to be a television too.
4 Stars Good for a small bedroom or office
Pretty satisfied with this product. Had to adjust color and brightness control to get a good picture. My husband says picture is still too small for his satisfaction but I find it just fine for the bedroom. Still haven’t figured out how to program my remote to use my video player (not so easy according to the directions)
3 Stars Good Picture but speechless
Connection was a breeze but no sound. Nothing i tried worked. Someone please tell me what to do. Picture quality is great.
4 Stars Great Product
I ordered this monitor as a 2nd screen for my bedroom, I hooked up my 2nd Blu-ray player & 2nd PS3 to it. It looks great,and is very sleek looking. It is a “computer monitor” so it doesn’t have the ability to wall mount so it just sits on my dresser. The plastic stand worried me in the beginning but after a couple of late nights “bumps” into the dresser the stand held firm. It is a great purchase for the price. It has the connection form the coaxial cable and a built in digital tuner….I have not used them since the main purpose was just for the Blu-ray & PS3 not cable. My friend saw it and immediately bought one for herself & her daughters rooms.
4 Stars Samsung TV
Everything came on time as promised and was quick to set up. The picture as usual is amazing but the sound as other reviews have noted is tinny to fair. Still for a birthday present for the wife so she can watch tv in the kitchen it rocks. She uses it every day so mission accomplished. Thanks Amazon.
VIZIO 32 1080p LCD HDTV Java VOJ320F1A
VIZIO 32 1080p LCD HDTV Java VOJ320F1A
VIZIO VOJ320F was designed to buck the trend of traditional black accents most commonly portrayed in consumer electronics today. The VIZIO “Java” colorization blends a more modern hue that is suitable for any decor. While impressing with overall design characteristics, VIZIO packs the VOJ320F with technology including full high definition 1080p processing power, 3x HDMI inputs and over 16 million colors to impress.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars I love this TV
I decided that it was finally time to do something about the 15-year old 19″ CRT I’ve been using in the bedroom, and I spent weeks looking at every 32″ LCD TV sold in the area (many trips to Best Buy, Sears, Target, Walmart, anywhere that carried TVs). I thought I had convinced myself that the Sony XBR6 or XBR9 was the right choice. However, last week Target had these on sale for $519, and I had another 10% off anything, so the final price was about $470 – 400 less than the Sony. The display Vizio looked decent, and I decided to take a chance. I could not be happier that I did.
The picture looks great. I thought that the refresh rate would be too slow and I’d be annoyed at motion artifacts, but on my test sequences I haven’t noticed a thing. In fact, I’ve moved the Blu Ray player to be attached to this TV instead of my Philips CRT HDTV because the picture is considerably better – the text on the PS3 is finally actually readable.
I have no idea what the heck the “Java” in the name means, but it’s not any sort of annoying software running on the TV getting in the way of just watching TV.
If I had one complaint, it’s that analog cable looks terrible on this TV. Maybe I just didn’t figure out the right settings for it and it would work fine, but in the end it didn’t really matter – I needed a second HD set top box from my cable company for $5 a month to get the HD lineup anyway, and through box the SD channels look pretty good. As a bonus, this TV switches between HD and SD very fast, unlike my other HDTV.
Finally, I think this is about as close to an “American” TV as you can actually buy, though it’s OEMed in Taiwan. For this price, I don’t think you can go wrong. Maybe I would have liked the Sony a bit better, but I’m happier that I saved the $400 and have a TV I really like.
4 Stars Chose this for a Computer Monitor
I needed a new external monitor for doing CAD work, and based on the dimensions of my office I decided a 32″ 1080P LCD display would be optimal. I spent about 3 weeks reading on-line reviews, tech specs, and going to brick & mortar places to actually see some of the sets. Let me say right now that in Vegas at least, most of the stores I saw spent zero time trying to make their TV displays appealing or to get a good picture. Many didn’t have the remote either. I found the store visits to be most unhelpful. stores I visted were [...], [...], RC Willey (a furniture store!!!) and Frys.
hands down, the samsung 7 series absolutely blows my mind with the picture quality. They are very expensive though, so I kept looking. I’d never heard of Vizio before this search, but I come to find that they are assembled in the good ol’ USA, got universally good reviews, have decent tech support, and sounded like I’d get a good deal.
another important thing for me was warranty. sometimes a good deal pricewise isn’t such a good deal if a lot of people have had problems with it. At first I was torn between a large LCD monitor and a 1080P tv; however I was shocked to find that there was only a very few monitors larger than 24″, and of those most were in the [...]+ range, with the Apple 30″ Cinema display a whopping $[...] bucks (about what I paid for my current MacBook Pro). UG!
there is a Hanspree 28″ monitor that has more than 1200 reviews here on Amazon. great price, until I started looking into warranty. EEEK! let’s see: I can return it if there are 8 or more dead / stuck pixels……….
I can’t imagine how furious I’d be if I had a nice new monitor and had to live with as many as 7 bright dots (or blank spaces). This monitor was [...] bucks, reasonable in my opinion. the next least expensive monitor of similar size was [...] bucks. I balked.
the very lowest price 1080p tv’s were no-name brands I’d never heard of in big box stores. the only warranty was the store 90 day warranty and after that I’d be on my own dealing with a company no one’s ever heard of before. No Thanks.
I’d just about steeled myself to pay 550 to 650 for my display, when Dell came up with this VOJ320F (one of the contenders) for [...]. I called their customer service dept to ask about return policy and etc; it bothered me that none of the questions I was asking were answered on their website, but the verbal answers I did receive were exactly what I was hoping to hear. The customer service person told me that if I ordered the tv verbally over the phone it would get here more quickly because she could circumvent some of the on-line verification procedures. so great! I did the deal. That was Aug 15. Delivery date was projected to be Sept 2. ug.
for the next 2 weeks I checked their on-line service several times a day. no progress! I was getting worried that the set was going to be back-ordered and that it would take much longer. finally on Aug 27th I get the email. guess what? it shipped from Cali and only took one day to get here. but it’s nerve-wracking to deal with the dell delayed-gratification system. One great thing about dell: for [...] they extended the factory warranty. heck, the vizio website offered one year at [...] bucks. also by purchasing the 1 year extension, Dell picks up all warranty dealings, so I don’t have to deal with Vizio to get any warranty work done – just dell.
setup was very simple, I currently have the backlight and brightness turned all the way off, and the contrast at about 60%. My macbook pro has a DVI output, so a DVI to HDMI cable worked perfectly. it took about 1 second for the TV to recognize and automatically pick up the MBP. I am really happy with the results – I haven’t been able to mount it to the wall yet, so it’s still sitting on my desk, approx 3′ from my face. as a monitor, it is very good and I’m very pleased. as a TV it’s ok, but I’m not going to watch that much. SD channels at 3′ are not impressive (a good reason not to watch, right?). The remote is minimal, and I miss my larger tv’s capability of stretching/zooming/normal modes to deal with different channel’s formatting.
to sum up my long-winded post, I’m happy with the quality and the deal I got from Dell. for less than most large computer monitors, I got a great external that’s also a TV. Sweet!
5 Stars GREAT GREAT GREAT
I JUST BOUGHT TWO 32 INCH VIZIO FLAT SCREEN TVS AND MY KIDS LOVE IT. THE PRICE OMG LOVE IT,YOU CANT GO WRONG WITH THIS BRAND AND PRICE HURRY GET ON LINE NOW BECAUSE THEY WONT LAST.
5 Stars Vizio Ranked Above a Sony Bravia by Consumer Reports, I agree
Got this TV to replace my old 35″ Sony 2 Tuner (analog) PIP set that was 11 years old that died last weekend with a ‘pop’. High Voltage transformer blw & TV shop said it wasn’t worth repairing since I had analog tuners in it. Plus it was a beast sized TV, all 200 lbs of it. I had researched TV’s online and pretty much convinced myself that getting a SONY 32XBR9 or getting a Sony Bravia L series 32″ would be my best move. Until I wondered into a [...] store in the mall. I had seen the display at Best Buy but those TV’s are all mounted on the wall. However the [...] display had them all lined up so you could touch them & operate the Volume controls at viewing level.
One thing I found out was, the Vizio picture was equal to ANYONE’s picture. Despite what Sony had in the past, this TV is equally as capable with a High Definition signal or a Standard Definition signal (like from DBS satellite)I must admit I am normally biased to Sony, but Sony doesn’t have a thing on this TV except Sony does make a better remote. Thats the only complaint I have about the TV … the remote is bland, not lit and very lightweight. But since I do have SD Directv Satellite. I have already purchased a lighted remote for the Satellite & my Satellite Remote will work this Vizio, so I am good to go.
The Vizio ran me 499 but it is ONSale for [...] members right now until 9/30/09 in the store <50> off. The projected cost for the Sony Bravia of the same specs is 649. and the cost of a Sony XBR9 32″ was to be 999 at Best Buy. I bought the Vizio after checking the ON screen menu which is in a very readable orange color; the volume levels of the TV were checked too (the Vizio is louder then the Sharp 32″ or a Panasonic 32″ , volume seems the same as the Sony models) I must say that the thing that impressed me somewhat and made me take a second look at the Vizio is that Consumer Reports October 2009 issue had a LAB TEST where they rated the Vizio 32″ the best . Seeing is believing!! I must agree the rear hookups connection capabilities, Vizio even has a jack for headphones, the Sony models do not. But the Sony models all have significantly higher prices… Sony.. you cant rest on your past laurels; you got to show me where its worth the extra money… times are tight.
Regarding Motionflow technology… That’s something you can’t see unless you have a TV screen that is 40″ or above.. so it wasn’t a factor for a 32″ TV. Vizio doesn’t mention whether it is 60Hz or what speed it is. But I couldn’t notice any blurring in its picture even when viewing a tennis match.
Got to agree with Consumer Reports, this is the best Value for the money.
4 Stars GREAT viewing, but device/channel changing problems
I love everything about this model, except for device control. I’ve connected it to my cable and Blue-Ray player with HDMI cables. When I watch them I must switch to HDMI1 and HDMI2 respectively. Often, very often, after I turn the TV on I have to switch off HDMI1 and back 2+ times before I can view the TV. This doesn’t happen with the Blue-Ray… When I can’t view the TV I get the message, “Unrecognized format.” Frequently I loose the “connection” between the TV and cable box when changing channels. In those cases I need to switch away from HDMI1 and back 1+ times. The cause of this may be something that I am or am not doing, but haven’t figured it out.
Great viewing–great sound–great looks… Sorry to say that I may return it because of the channel hassles.
Samsung LN26B460 26 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Samsung LN26B460 26 Inch 720p LCD HDTV
26″ screen (measured diagonally) * widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio * high-gloss black finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1366 x 768 pixels *
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Outstanding Product
This is a great television for a bedroom or den. It works well as a computer monitor also. I was a little surprised when I opened the package and found out that the base of this model is different from the base pictured in the Amazon photo. The base pictured is transparent. This matches the transparent bezel that spans the base of this LCD. The one that I received has a solid black base that matches the piano black finish of the rest of the set. An attractive unit overall, but would have looked better with the transparent base. This set is surprisingly easy to set up and use. The included remote is well planned and easy to use. (not cluttered with alot of unnecessary buttons) Outstanding picture quality even without an HD signal. Standard cable signal is beautifully reproduced on this item. I hooked up a Samsung Blu-ray player and was totally impressed with the HD picture. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who is looking for Samsung quality at an attractive price.
2 Stars Poor reliability
I had this LCD for 13 months and then one day it just blanked out. When I turned it back on it would come on for about 2 minutes (no picture) and then turn itself off. I took it back to Best Buy who said it was out of Warranty by one month but agreed to send it in for repair at my cost. I received a call from the repair Dept a few days ago who quoted me a price of $399. They said the main board was burned up. I paid @ $600 for this TV 13 months ago and now you can buy the same Samsung LCD for @ $400. Needless to say that I will not be repairing this TV. Anyone need a 26″ doorstop? I have put my digital 2o” Sony back in service (that I’ve had for 10 years) and it’s doing fine. I will say that the Samsung did have a nice picture while it lasted.
2 Stars Great TV Until….
Bought last year’s model from Amazon in July 2008 (LN26A450C). Worked great until last week (a little over one year…now out of warranty). Now, the power standby light is on, but the TV will not turn on when the power button is pushed. Also won’t turn on when the remote power button is pressed. Picture was great until this happened. Samsung website says component has failed and it must be serviced. Probably more money to fix the problem, than just by a new one. I have Samsung computer monitors and another 40 inch LCD TV. All have been ok. Oh well, live and learn. I may try Sony next time.
4 Stars 26 ” Samsung TV
I wanted a larger TV for my kitchen and a 26″ screen seemed to be the solution. This TV has a nice picture (great on near-high def, over the air digital transmission) and OK sound.
Like other Samsung TVs (I have three) it looks and feels like a quality product. The only downside is sound and that is mostly a volume issue. Kitchen TVs are more often stand alone and the volumn and quality has to come from the TV. If better sound is needed a sound bar would provide a small space, great improvement.
Samsung makes highly rated TVs for a reason . . . they perform.
5 Stars Aweseom buy!
We originally saw this TV at Bestbuy with a price of $399.99 (March or April 2009). We weren’t sure if it would fit in the space we had so we got measurements and went home. We were also hoping they would have the TV on sale. Lo, and behold, it went up in price $130.00!!! We watched for months for someone to have it on sale again. The picture is wonderful and, so far, we haven’t run into any problems with the functions.
Sharp AQUOS LC32BD60U 32 Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Built In Blu ray Player
Sharp AQUOS LC32BD60U 32 Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Built In Blu ray Player
Once again, Sharp has shown its LCD technology leadership by successfully creating a LCD-TV category. By leveraging their technology expertise in Blu-ray Disc players, Sharp’s AQUOS TV engineers have developed Full HD 1080p LCD-TVs with a built-in Blu-ray Disc slot, enabling you to take easy and full advantage of 1080p Blu-ray titles. The slot is also backwards compatible enabling it to play DVD and CD titles. The LC-32BD60U features a screen size class of 32″ (31-35/64″ Diagonal). It features Sharp’s proprietary advanced super view Superlucent LCD panel for the brightest, most vivid colors with reduced haze. Sharp’s proprietary spectral contrast engine UD (Ultra Dark) provides high contrast ratio and deep black levels. The LC-32BD60U features 3 HDMI terminals, two HD component inputs, a PC input and RS-232C for control.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars No Complaints….Great TV
I love this TV so far. The picture is incredible. I use the TV in my bedroom to watch movies and television shows at night so I appreciate the dark blacks that Sharp is so good at. Some people complain about disk load time for the blu-ray player, but I see no substantial issues with its load time.
The construction seems very solid. The base is made of a solid metal so it doesn’t seem easily breakable like the other TV I have with the base made out of plastic. The TV swivels too…pretty cool feature.
The built-in blu-ray was big for my wife for aesthetic reasons. Since it just sits atop the dresser, it would have been difficult to put a DVD player anywhere else, so this TV does the job well for that. No complaints here. I was a little worried about how “blue” that streak was at the bottom of the TV. It isn’t bad at all…hardly noticeable. All you can see is a small blue shimmer. The pictures on this website make it look like its painted blue…looks much sleeker in real life.
There are plenty of inputs for anything you want to hook up to this bad-boy. There are also a good amount of options for customization. I love one feature of your “favorite channels.” It has 4 buttons, but also has 4 toggles for each of those buttons, so you can have a total of 16 favs. It’s also easy to toggle between picture brightness and picture aspect with just a click of the button.
I definitely recommend.
3 Stars Blue Ray Player slow going.
Already had a service call.Sharp sent someone out fast and changed out my Blue Ray Player. Works well now and the sound and picture are crystal clear and vivid. But playing at least the BBC’s disk “Planet Earth” the player is real slow to manuver between screens. I don’t know the reason. Maybe a slower processor in the Tv. Also had to upgrade the firmware on the player. Still I hope the Tv is worth it. The price was good. So far since the installation of the Blue Ray Player everything appears Great.
5 Stars perfect for camper
i bought to use on my deck of my camper.my other tvs i had trouble seeing.this tv ajusts to the different light each day.i have a 42in. for inside camper also a aquos. thank you aquos…
3 Stars Perfect for what I needed
Looking for a combo tv/dvd player I came across this TV at the 11th hour. With a built in blu-ray that could play dvd as well, it was much better than what I was looking at initially. I wanted a tv for the bedroom but didn’t want to have to buy and wire components, so this was a nice clean option since its all built in one.
After reading the reviews already on this page, I felt pretty confident this tv would be good for what I needed, and so far I have not been let down. Everything works well and is as described. My only gripes are that the blu-rays take a long time to load, but this is the case with my living room tv and stand alone blu-ray player too, so its just the nature of the beast. I gave 3 stars only because the frame around the tv looks a little cheap and has the super glossy plastic-y look, as well as all the little proprietary cheesy symbols printed on it on the front panel (dts, blu-ray, hd tv, etc). Typically that stuff would be on a sticker you could peel off, but here is permanently part of the finish. Also the picture is not quite as good looking as my Sony in the living room, so my expectations were a little higher, but for what it is, its great!
The biggest draw for me, apart from the convenience of having my media player and tv in one, is Amazon’s service and prices. Once again, I was very happy with Amazon’s fast shipping (they beat their estimated delivery time by a week!), and the white glove service (Ceva) is top notch. They bring the tv to your house in a small van (no bouncing around in big UPS or Fed Ex trucks), unbox the tv, set it up, test your remote, you can test out a movie, the full nine yards. Only then, once you’ve decided your cool with everything, do you sign off on the form and the guys take off. Try getting that kind of service anywhere else, its impossible.
To make the deal even sweeter, the shipping was free and the purchase was tax free, saving a couple hundred bucks when it’s all said and done. Highly recommended, and be sure you buy from the Amazon store, to get all these perks.
4 Stars Sharp Picture, but Blu-ray DVD lags
The picture quality is amazing. And I particularly like the “side-stretch” feature– it makes ordinary TV shows and movies look like HD without any great distortion. I don’t think any other brand offers this feature. The only downside is the built in Blu-ray DVD. It’s convenient, but . . . takes a very long time to load, doesn’t remember where you were if you stop/eject and come back later, and when you stop, the TV doesn’t automatically go back to the previous mode you were in, like back to cable tv. But the picture is amazing. The blacks are truly black, and the colors are vibrant. I love that picture!
Sharp AQUOS LC52BD80U 52 Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with Built In Blu ray Player
Sharp AQUOS LC52BD80U 52 Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with Built In Blu ray Player
By leveraging their technology expertise in Blu-ray Disc players, Sharp’s AQUOS TV engineers have developed Full HD 1080p LCD-TVs with a built-in Blu-ray Disc slot, enabling you to take easy and full advantage of 1080p Blu-ray titles. The slot is also backwards compatible enabling it to play DVD and CD titles. The LC-52BD80U features a screen size class of 52″. It features a 10-bit advanced super view superlucent LCD panel with Deep Color compatibility for the brightest, most vivid colors, as well as Sharp’s 120Hz Fine Motion Enhanced circuit for the ultimate in fast-motion image processing. Sharp’s proprietary Spectral Contrast Engine XD (Extreme Dark) provides high contrast ratio and deep black levels. The LC-52BD80U features 4 HDMI terminals, two HD component inputs, a PC input and RS-232C for control.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Great image, slow Bluray
Great high def and standard def images. Bluray is slow to load and disc always restarts from begining.
5 Stars Awesome combo and good value
After 3 months, we are still wowed. This is my 3rd Sharp TV. The best of any flat-screen I’ve purchased. Superb picture. Unlike other reviews here, it keeps up with any sport. No problems processing fast images, baseball, football, tennis, motor sports, whatever. DVD and Blu-Ray is awesome. Up convert for DVD works well on this as well. Definitely better than standard DVD quality. It appears almost as good as full HD. Was worried disc player would not allow me to hang it on a wall mount. No problem. Plenty of clearance with this layout. All around phenomenal at a good value.
4 Stars Great video, weak audio
This is my 4th Sharp Aquos. It has great video quality, but the sound is tinny since there are no front speakers on this model. The rear sound reflects off the walls badly, forcing me to use my A/V system continuously. Not a big deal unless one doesn’t have an A/V speaker system. Also had a repair issue right from the first power on (which was non-operational). Had to go to the repair shop to get new inverters.
4 Stars Great view/sharp pictures
I love the size and the look of the picture when viewing HD channels. The shipment was on time with no problems and the delivery carrier took the product out the box assisted with hooking up the cable and plugging the TV up to ensure it was working properly. He even set up the TV for cable and the viewing options. The one thing I didn’t expect is the slow response when switching from cable input to DVD. There’s also a short delay when changing channels. I assumed that since this is an HDTV then it’s like a computer with lots of drive and memory space so it moves faster but no there is a couple of seconds delay, approx. 3-5 seconds but over all I love the TV and would recommended to anyone as a great purchase like I said excellent picture.
5 Stars The Good and the Bad
First the delivery and help was great. The picture is very clear (120Hz helps). The only problem I have with this unit is the FIRMWARE for the Blu-Ray is not up to date. This can be fixed by downloading the latest from Sharp. Problem is you either must have or must purchase a Flash/Thumb drive without any programs. If you purchase a new one check it out and delete any preloaded ones. Once the new firmware is loaded ALL of your Blu-Rays with work. I would suggest a person who is not used to PCs and downloads have a friend do it. If you call Sharp support they will tell you exactly what you need to do. Print the instructions from the site and you should have not problems. Remember if any other programs are on the drive it will not work in the Blu-Ray player. Now back to the TV itself. Love the power saving features. The on screen data is great. You know if the programs is 1080I, 720P, 480P, 480I. If you read the booklet you will find this unit has so many features to make it a unit which should last a long time and be useful for a long time. Remember one thing, if you want a TV you can tilt, it is not recommended and the Blu-Ray might not work. One last thing, no separate unit messing up the wall mounted unit looks.
