vivona's Full Review: Vizio VA22LFHDTV10T 22 in. TV
The Vizio VA22 has a 22-inch (diagonally measured) LCD screen that can display resolutions up to 1080p, making it a true HD television set. A remote control is included. The VA22 comes with a desk stand, but can be wall mounted using a standard VESA mount with 100mm spacing. Setting up the VA22 was easy using the large Quickstart Guide. Also included is a well-written and illustrated manual printed in color on glossy paper. If you still need help, free phone and email support is available from Vizio.
You have a choice of inputs, ranging from a regular cable or antenna coax input, or a choice of HDMI, Component Video, S-Video and Composite Video. There is even an RBG input allowing you to use the TV as a VGA monitor for your computer.
The included remote control has all the usual buttons and fits nicely in your hand, though direct channel number entry at the top of the remote is a bit of a reach and may require using your other hand. There are 12 buttons at the bottom of the remote that do not apply to the VA22. Obviously, Vizio uses the remote for other models that do have those features.
The VA22 includes both an analog and digital tuner. I use an antenna in the attic and found off-air reception to be quite sensitive, with a solid picture on all available channels. Once you have set up the TV and scanned for all channels, you can use the on-screen menus to add or delete any channels you desire. From power-up, it takes about 10 seconds for a picture to appear. There is a 2-second delay when changing channels. Surfing the channels on a digital television is always going to be slower than it was for analog televisions due to nature of digital transmission. If you use the Channel /- control to change channels, the VA22 will jump to the next channel that you had selected during setup. If you directly enter a channel number using the remote, you must specify the subchannel or the VA22 will go to the analog channel of that number. For instance, entering 2 will select analog Channel 2. Entering 2 - 1 will select the main program of digital Channel 2. That is a bit of a nuisance for off-air antenna users, like me, now that analog channels are no longer broadcasting. This shouldn't be a problem for cable users, though.
The current channel number appears on-screen for a few seconds after changing a channel. The characters are ½ inch tall, a bit on the smallish side, but with average eyes I can see the channel numbers from 10 feet away. The characters for the on-screen setup menus are 3/16 inch tall, making them a bit harder to see beyond about 8 feet from the TV.
I use the VA22 wall-mounted in front of a treadmill so my viewing is mostly within 2 feet, so good picture quality was important. In my judgement the color is vivid and the details are very good, particularly with HD sources. You can adjust viewing aspect ratios to eliminate squashed or stretched pictures when changing between original 4x3 and widescreen picture sources. Some smaller LCD TV sets use a screen size other than the standard widescreen 16 x 9 aspect ratio, so even if you adjust for widescreen, the picture will still look distorted. This is not the case for the VA22. As with almost any LCD display, the picture begins to degrade as you move away from directly in front of the TV. I found the picture was pretty consistent up to 45 degrees off to the side or above, then it fell off quickly in brightness. The picture brightness drops off more quickly if you view from below. If your setup requires viewing from any of these angles, get a pan and tilt mount so you can adjust the screen to face towards the viewers. I use an inexpensive wall mount from Cheetah Mounts.
The bezel surrounding the screen is glossy black plastic. While that may look nice, it does reflect any lights from behind the viewer. I would have preferred a flat black bezel. There are no controls or inputs on the front of the panel. The inputs are on the left side and back of the panel and a set of controls are on the right side of the panel. If you are near the TV and don’t have the remote handy, you can adjust most functions using the controls on the panel.
The speakers are on the bottom of the panel. The sound quality is reasonable and the volume is loud enough to be heard over my treadmill. We also view the VA22 from across the 13 x 19 foot room and the sound volume and quality is still adequate. If you need better sound, you can use the headset jack as an audio source to drive an external amplifier with speakers. A nice feature is the ability to adjust for lip sync so that the sound matches the movement of the lips of people talking onscreen. This adjustment is also helpful to remove the echo you may hear when you have the same program on televisions in adjoining rooms.
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