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Samsung LN22B350 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Black

Posted by Review Awards in March 18th 2010

Samsung LN22B350 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Black Review

I have had this television for approximately six months and I feel as though I am well qualified to judge the quality of this television. This is an excellent television for the money. When you pick it up you will be surprised by how light it is and you may believe that it is a poor quality product. Don’t be fooled. Unless you are in the habit of carrying your television around and/or beating on it the durability of the shell won’t be an issue. The piano black finish is beautiful and has held up these many months just inches from my kitchen sink and directly in front of three windows. This is a quality product.
Before I purchased this product I tried several small televisions for my 15′ x 11′ kitchen and every one of them failed when it came to sound. I even went so far as to hook up computer speakers in order to compensate for the weak speakers of many small televisions. The speakers in this television are excellent when compared to the others that I have tried and I would put them up against any television in it’s price and size categories. I no longer need those ugly computer speakers in my kitchen.
The picture is true Samsung quality. I have a Samsung 46A650 that I purchased from Amazon and it’s clear that the people who created that gem had a hand in creating this television.
When I first bought it I tried to calibrate it by hooking up a bluray player and I accidentally left it on 1080p and I was surprised to find that this television can accept such a signal. It does down convert the signal to 720p because it has to (it doesn’t have enough pixels to display 1080p) but the picture was amazing. The only tweaks that I needed to make were to the brightness and contrast which should be adjusted on every television. There aren’t a lot of adjustments available on this model but the picture is very good.
I have not tried the built in tuner so I can’t comment on that.