Vizio VW22L VW22LHDTV10T 22 inch LCD HDTV

by Vizio

Product Details

• Item Weight: 16 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds
• ASIN: B001T776TG
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,845 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 14, 2009

Product Description

As "America's HDTV Company", VIZIO strives to make your HD experience the best it can possibly be, and always at a great value. From high quality HDTVs and monitors to amazing sound products and accessories such as cables, mounts, and remotes, we continue to create innovative products that raise the bar. We believe that HD should be enjoyed by all ... you could say it's our guiding mantra.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice TV, January 6, 2009

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Philip H. Rand "Phil" (Lynnwood, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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My sister bought one of these for use in Yakima, WA.

Pro:

1) Nice picture, especially HD. Yakima has HD broadcast channels I didn't know about, and they look great.

2) Audio better than I expected with a small TV like this. My dad is hard of hearing, but I was able to boost the treble and roll off the bass via the menu, and he can hear much better than with the old set.

3) Reception good on digital channels. Rabbit ears antenna from old tv works fine, though this house has really good reception, so you may need a better antenna if you are in a poor reception area.

Cons:

1) Remote control gets the job done, but it's a little hard to find the mute button for commercials. The on-set controls would be a pain to use, like most tvs, so don't lose the remote.

2) A 22 inch diagonal wide-screen tv is really pretty small -- especially when displaying a 4:3 program. Ideal viewing distance is probably around 6 to 8 feet or less.

3) Reception and picture poor on the old analog channels, but they are going away next month, so who cares?

Caveat: Shop around -- we got this set at Costco for about [...] less than the price I see at Amazon, though the picture at Amazon shows a wider base than the one we have. I double-checked the model, VO22L, but maybe there is some mixup?

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No regrets in buying this, January 14, 2009

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Andariel Halo "Disillusioned Smark" - See all my reviews

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CONSPIRACY! Are all HDTV's required to have crappy, tinny sound like a full-treble, no-bass radio to get consumers to buy surround sound systems for it? Probably.

I bought this TV in particular because aside from the low price which impressed me very much, it had a deal-breaker for me; speedy remote control.

Despite the vast advances in technology these days, TV technology seems to be backtracking, as a 10 year old Philips Magnavox POS TV I've had for ten years has superior quality sound to this TV, and has a faster-responding remote to most TV's these days.

I could not handle a TV that takes 3-5 seconds just loading every damn channel, and so I picked this one because the response time is often times only 1 second maximum. So the biggest value here comes in fast remote respond time.

It is indeed HD and it's small with a large screen, so considering the price it is, it's a good value.


My only complaints aside from the sound is that it appears to have some difficulty regarding some widescreening and HD compatibility:

- There are only two widescreen options: fullscreen and widescreen (or panoramic, which does almost nothing). As such, it seems completely incapable of adjusting itself for watching a widescreen DVD by zooming the picture in on top of the black bars, and you can either watch the image stretched out needlessly with gigantic black bars on top or bottom, or watch a super small image with FOUR black bars---two on the sides as well.

I hope this was just an issue with my DVD player and not something that affects all DVD players with pan n scan abilities. It didn't have this problem when watching a DVD on my Xbox360.


- There's only one row of HD compatible wires. Anyone who knows how to plug in an HD device into the TV knows that aside from SD's yellow-white-red wire configuration, the HD equivalent has green-red-blue added on to the white and red for audio. This TV only has one row of them for use, so I can only have one HD device plugged into the TV at one time. This isn't a big deal.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent TV but the rest is lacking, August 18, 2008

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Deanna (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

I am very happy with the picture quality and reception with this TV. I only have a basic rabbit ear antenna on it and the HD channels are great. It was easy to set up. There are a few cons 1) the stand is very short. 2) The remote is poor. The sleep timer function is buried in the menu. The shape and feel are boxy and uncomfortable.
If you are wall mounting and using a "universal" remote, you will love this little TV.