Customer Reviews

Haier HL19SLW2 White 19-Inch Ultra Slim LED LCD HDTV

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Pro:
- Very nice appearance, tidy design.
- One of the few TVs available in anything but black.
- Decent picture on digital signals.

Con:
- Finicky remote tends to double your key pushes: 2 often registers as 22 and so on.
- The sound quality is truly appalling, way beyond tinny. It sounds like a cell phone, except without the excuse of fitting in your pocket.
Increasing the volume level simply generates intrusive distortion, but not much more volume.

Bottom Line:
- Speaker performance is inadequate even for a small, quiet room.
- Product rates zero stars. I returned it.

First of all, as this is the only 19" white monitor/TV in the market, you simply have no option but to get it if thats the color/screen size you are looking for. For 22" and 24", "Benq" makes white PC monitors (no sound). For 32" and above, Favi also makes white TVs.

In terms of design, this thing is beautiful. The white is very glossy and resistent, the external built material is very high quality. Regarding the on/off light indicator, its very small and impossible to notice while using the product. But if you look at it, its a beautiful shade of blue for "on". In addition, the small infrared chamber is transparent, so you make take a glimpse of the internal components, very "macintosh alike". Last, but not least, the stand is a very beautiful acrylic glass in an oval shape, connected to the monitor by a silvery chromated alluminium ring. Everything is visually perfect.

The sound speakers on this unit are tottaly CRAP. Ridiculous quality sound, if you use this a TV set, you gonna be very disapointed. I use it as a monitor, so I dont care much.

Now, this is a 1360x768 model only (at least as advertized). The monitor does take 1080P signal, but I cant tell if the displayed image is scalled down or shown in an unadvertized resolution. Probably its the first scenario...the bad thing about this unit is that when receiving HDMI signal at 1360x768, the colors get all "pink". thats a simply "dont use it" resolution. Any other resolution is perfect, I use 720P, whites and blacks look great and colors are vibrant. However, Webpages do look way better in 1360x768 or higher, so getting a 22" model is very worht it, believe me. (22" and above are 1080P)

You can tilt the monitor vertically by some degrees, wich is great to adjust it to your eyes, depending on the height you place your monitor. Im currently using this model at aprox 45cm from the front edge of the table (45cm edge to stand, 50cm edge to screen) At this distance, screen size is not small, neither is the resolution. However, I tested a 22" (other brand) on a 1600x900, and it looked way better. So, if you are planning on using this monitor in a postion wich is closer to your eyes, this would be an excelent model. But if you are using at the same distance as I am, get the 22", it will look better, and who knows, the sound speakers may have better sound, who knows...

And a nice feature about it is that the monitor automatically shuts itself down, when it senses no signal for aprox 4 minutes. So if you forget your PC on, when it goes to sleep, a few moments later, the Monitor turns itself off as well.

I totally recommend this model solely based on its design, but Im upgrading to Haier 22" in a near future. If you dont care about sound and/or high resolutions, and want something white and gorgeous, this model may be for you.

The speakers are pretty bad on this little TV. But I bought it as a portable screen for my PS3 and I'll probably hook headphones up to it anyway so I don't care about the sound quality. It also doubles as a computer monitor for me. It does the job but don't expect it to be your main TV in your entertainment center.

This is one of the few white TVs on the market and it looks great in the kitchen. Picture quality is decent too, but one of the compromises of the slim design must have been the speakers, which produce very poor sound quality. Voices are are garbled and there is no mid-range/bass at all, resulting in distortion even at low volume. I returned the unit and opted for a 19" silver Toshiba, which is higher quality overall.

The white 19 inch haier is above average in most aspects, but for its size there are many other choices I PAID 249.00 EACH FOR 2 OF THEM, yoU CAN BUY ALMOST ANY NAME BRAND FOR 179.00 OR LESS. aVERAGE QUALITY PRICED WAY HIGHER THAN SHOULD BE, oK SET , BUT DONT WASTE,THE MONEY. UNLESS THEY GET RIGHT ON PRICE!

It's a nice looking unit with a decent picture but the sound is tinny & generally of poor quality.No matter how much we alter the "controls", the sound remains terrible.
I guess there's a reason we import so much stuff from China...it's cheap for the consumer & highly profitable for the retailer but quality seems to be the last concern.

I purchased this TV as a gift and the recipient just told me the sound is not good )feedback/echo). They did not keep the original packaging and I would like to replace it but I am not sure how to do this with Amazon.

Bought this to mount against the back splash in my kitchen. Works great. Most of the other reviews ding this TV for the speakers. They aren't "performance" speakers by any means, but they work just fine for watching TV in the kitchen. I would give this TV 5 stars, but the picture / colors on mine is not spectacular. The cable guy said it was because it's only getting 480 input from the cable, but is trying to display 720, so some of the image is "ghosted" - which throws off the picture and colors. So, it may not be the TV's fault, and it looks decent enough that I am happy with it - though I do get a slightly better image on my 42 inch Philips TV.

I really like my TV. But I called Haier to ask a question about a black line on the top & one on the bottom of the screen sometimes & they wanted to charge me to answer the question --- I gave up.