Viore LED22VF60 22-Inch 1080p LCD Television (Black) Reviews
My wife and I purchased this TV from Amazon and it arrived today. br /br /Scott Conway already covered most of the details in his excellent review, but there are a couple things I feel I should add.br /br /1) Contrary to Scott's account, ours did not come with the "surround sound" enabled by default. The sound from the internal speakers is downright horrible. enabling "surround sound" makes it worse. Interestingly, while I was underneath the unit (plugging in my external speakers) I noticed that the sound was actually better. I believe their attempt to hide the speakers by aiming them down was a mistake. Maybe it sounds better if used with the stand on a table or something, where a flat surface can reflect the sound, but when mounted on the wall, the sound is thin and tinny and no amount of adjusting of bass/treble will make it sound good. Luckily, I read the reviews here and elsewhere and knew the sound was a major setback for this TV and I had my external speakers ready to go. The surround sound option works pretty well with the external speakers, providing some good simulated separation, but I would probably only use that for movies and such, not for regular viewing.br /br /2) Its slim form factor comes at a price, that being a laptop-style power brick with a 3-prong power plug. This really blew my wiring setup I had for the set I replaced. I'm going to have to do some major rework in order to get cables hidden from view again. br /br /Ok, that said, I will confirm that the screen is clear, bright and provides a stunning picture. Set up was easy and the remote is uncluttered and even has braille markings for power, channel and volume buttons. Unfortunately, it's a one-trick pony and is not a multi-function remote, so I'll probably be using my cable remote for the most part, once I get it programmed for the tv. br /br /As mentioned, I have cable so the TV itself won't venture from channel 3 so I don't know how responsive it is to changing channels. I was happy that I was able to quit the auto-scan after it found channel 3, instead of having to wait for it to slowly make its way through a complete scan. br /br /All in all, this seems to be a pretty solid tv for the money. 5 stars if it had better sound and had a use for the USB port other than firmware updates.
Viore LED22VF60 22-Inch 1080p LCD Television (Black) Feature
- 21.6 inch Wide screen
- 1920x1080 Res
- Intergrated ATSC
- Energy Saving Eco TV
- Slim LED Backlight
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Quality to Match it's Price - AHA Says - Oakland, CAFirst of all, this TV the embodiment of the adage, "you get what you pay for." You'll spend more time justifying how cheap it is rather than marveling at what a value it was. br /br /First, the pluses: being an LED TV, it's exceptionally thin and light. The contrast is decent, but not spectacular. The OSD menu is clear and easy to use. It can tilt on its stand. And, of course, it's really cheap; you'll never find a 1080p LED TV at any size for under 0. The resolution is pretty good, and you get a lot of visual real estate as a computer monitor. I was able to watch anime on CrunchyRoll, edit a document in Word 2007, and design bookmarks in Illustrator, all on one screen.br /br /Now, the minuses: The first and biggest complaint is the quality of the image. If you view a completely white background, you can see faint strips of darkness running up and down the monitor, which are probably the gaps between the LED backlights. It's subtle, and mostly invisible when surfing a colorful website or watching a video, but it's noticeable when reading documents that rely on bright, monotone backgrounds. Even when you don't actually see those dark strips, it's one of those things that'll subconsciously bug you and influence your perception of the TV.br /br /In addition, it's damn near impossible to get a consistent, clear image with a VGA cable; if one portion of the screen is sharp and solid, another portion isn't. There are "PC Setup" settings that allow you to tweak the clock, phase, and horizontal/vertical position of the projection, but you'll probably go blind trying to eyeball the entire screen while adjusting the settings. There's a requisite "Auto Adjust" feature, but it usually misses the mark and still leaves you with an inconsistent picture. What's worse is that the TV inexplicably adjusts these settings on its own, so even when you think you've finally got it right, it might still change. This TV simply won't fly as a computer monitor, despite the fact that the vast majority of LCD TVs, even cheap ones (*cough* DYNEX *cough*), do just fine.br /br /If I could simply send a digital signal to the monitor instead of analog VGA, that might fix my problem. However, that turns out to be the nail in the coffin: this TV has lousy support for DVI/HDMI. The TV will not overscan an HDMI signal from a computer, which means you get an inflated projection that cuts off the edges of the screen (i.e. no task bar, no close/minimize/maximize buttons). There's no way to change this; the "PC Setup" tools only function when a VGA cable is plugged in. br /br /Yeah, it's not a computer monitor, it's a TV. With the right calibration, you can get a fairly vibrant picture, fair contrast, and fairly brilliant colors. But it's far from being LED quality (I have some doubts about its purported 30,000:1 contrast ratio), and the 1080p resolution makes SD television look absolutely disgusting. I haven't had a chance to plug in my Xbox 360 or PS3 into this thing yet, so I guess this review is incomplete, but what I've seen so far is quite disturbing.br /br /The Viore's TV stand has a pretty large footprint that defeats the purpose of its thin design, and while the tilting feature is cute, height adjustment would have been far more useful. Getting a decent wall-mount for this TV could solve both problems, but watch out! Even the VESA mounting screw-holes seem a little off... br /br /But I am still satisfied with my purchase. The TV itself looks very sleek and cool floating against my wall, and while the sub-par quality of the picture aggravates me to no end, I remind myself that if I wanted something spectacular, I could have just paid 0 more and gotten a Sharp, Sony, Samsung, whatever. But I didn't. Because I'm cheap. I got what I paid for.br /
Not a good choice for computer monitor - Michael McInerny -
Overscans on the HDMI input (which means if you hook your computer to the HDMI inputs your desktop will be missing pixels on the top/bottom/left/right -- e.g. your Windows Start button won't be visible). Does not overscan on the D-sub VGA input, however (but that's an analog input).
Nov 02, 2010 03:26:04
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