Review Samsung LN22B460 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Review Samsung LN22B460 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Great picture, abysmal sound
With the recent transition to all digital broadcasts, we decided to upgrade our old 13″ Toshiba instead of buying a converter box. We settled on this Samsung (LN22B460), a 22″ model. The tuner on the TV scanned and found most of the digital signals in our area easily enough, even using basic rabbit ears as the antenna. The menus on the TV are clear and easy to navigate. The picture is great — nice rich colors and good contrast — the best I’ve seen in an LCD TV of this size.
However, the sound is almost totally unacceptable. It is incredibly nasal and sounds like everyone who speaks is trapped in a big can. This must owe principally to the fact that the speakers aren’t front firing and cannot be too large given the slender cabinet. Adusting the EQ settings in the Audio menu seems to have little effect on the nasal, dry, recessed quality of the sound. My laptop computer sounds better. We’ll be keeping the TV but adding some small speakers so it’ll sound at least as good as the old $80 Toshiba 13″.
Recommended but with reservations about the sound.
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