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| 22.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.46 inches | | Product Height:
| 15.67 inches | | Product Weight:
| 12.54 pounds | | Package Length:
| 25.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 17.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 6.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 16.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
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69 of 69 found the following review helpful:
 Fair evaluation for a medium level SonyJun 12, 2010
By Historken
I purchased this unit from Sears but wish I had gotten it through Amazon given the price differential. I compared it in the store with other similar sized TVs and its picture was superior. Having had it for a few weeks I've drawn some conclusions pro and con:
Pro: very easy set up, audio better than others though speaker sound comes from behind the unit. Nice remote and other Sony remotes work with it. Bright and brilliant colors. Quick start up. The whole unit has a quality feel to it and its manual is simple and user friendly. It really isn't needed. Easy to make adjustments to picture size and color settings.
Cons: picture quality is 720mp. My 48" high end Sony LCD has much better defined skin tones and colors don't vary as much as this unit. Faces washed out in some settings unlike the higher end Sony that I have. I prefer speakers in the front. There is no contrast adjustment and it sorely needs it with some channels. Minor assembly for the base. "Favorites" are not as easy to use as my Samsung's or my high end Sony.
I primarily did this review b/c the one existing review brought the rating much lower than it should be. For the money this TV set is a good buy. It is also the best of the comparable TV's that I looked at. I should not have compared something this inexpensive to a $3400 top of the line 48" Sony.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Good price. Good Product.Aug 18, 2010
By Gaia1muse
"Gaia"
After 15 years, I finally needed to replace my reliable old 15" analog TV. I'm not a huge television watcher but I am pretty picky about quality when I do watch. This is a good to very good television with some slight drawbacks, but not enough to take away a four star rating.
The good: The color balance is good and DVD playback is excellent quality. Adjustments are easy to access and I was able to finetune the set to get the color, contrast and tone that I wanted.
You can output sound to external speakers.
Sony includes a rear RF/coax cable connector, which not all sets do any more, so if you just want to plug in the coaxial cable from your cable company without getting a box, you can do that. You will lose certain functions though (no on screen info and loss of digital only stations).
The so-so: A 22" set is actually what used to be called a 16" to 17" diagonal when the TV picture is on "Normal." When the source is not a wide screen image (like a TV signal), and you select "wide-screen," or "zoom" the image will be blown up and you will get the "bigger" 22" wide picture, but it will look squashed and/or stretched and image quality degrades.
The remote is not well designed -- the input buttons force you to look at them and search for just the right place to push. In the case of input selection (going between a DVD and TV for instance) if you don't find your selection fast enough, the on-screen input selector goes away and you have to start over again...
There is a very loud "ding" when the set first comes on -- you can't rid of it and it's about twice as loud as the volume. Annoying.
Note that while DVD quality is very good to excellent, if you choose not to pay for HDMI cable and just have a standard cable box, your TV image quality decreases to "good. "
One other note: This set "outgassed" for about a week and half, giving off a slight burning plastic smell. After checking with Sony I learned this is not unusual for flat panels, though I wish they'd do it at the factory. It's not really a problem unless you're sensitive.
Overall, this is a good set and good quality. I'm pretty picky about image quality and it's is a very good image on "normal" and okay image on zoom, or "wide." I leave it on "normal" for all TV shows and change it over to "wide screen" when it's a DVD.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Some good, some bad...Jul 22, 2010
By Kevin J. Gierl
"Kevin"
On the good:
* Great HD picture
* Great sound
On the bad:
* 11 seconds from the time I hit the ON button until I get a picture (that's way annoying)
* Takes too long to change channels.
* Awkwardly shaped remote control...has a weird curve that doesn't conform to your hand.
* Numbers, channel up/down and volume on the bottom of the remote make one-handed operation difficult
* Non-HD channels look no better than the 14-yo TV it replaced.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Sony Bravia KDL22BX300 TVDec 26, 2010
By R. Green
I was amazed at the rapid response to my order. The order was placed in mid-afternoon, and it was in the hands of the carrier by that evening. Can't say the same for UPS speed in delivery, but that was not any fault of Vann's. The Sony TV is a great piece of electronics, as expected. I'll never buy any other brand TV after unqualified success with several I've owned prior to this new one. Great job Sony and Vann's.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
best of the bestDec 08, 2010
By Neil L. Hudson
been a sony man ever since the 19 inch model 35?yrs ago-(1974?)-presently own 2 bravia 40 inch models(kdl40v5100)-(and previous models were many- i needed tv in kitchen replaced-(20 yr old 21 inch sony tube)-went cheap--got a 19 inch samsung--had a week-it wasnt a sony!soso picture but it wasnt a sony-(im particular--the samsung probably would be ok for the non discerning viewer--buy im not in that catagory- i can see the diff--took it back-got a 22 inch sony for 70 bucks more--NOW im happy--sharper and crisper picture--cant think of a better tv out there for the price and size--get it --you wont be sorry--hooked it up in the kitchen using an ACTIVE(plug in elect outlet)NOT passive hdmi splitter from cable box in liv room as box has only one hdmi output(VIEW hd-splitter from amazon))-if you connect cable to this tv using a splitter you will get all basic chans in hd--to get the higher ones in hd(via your cable box) you need the view splitter-(and switch the tv input from tv to hdmi)--and use the cable box to view the kit tv-superb pic-if you are a sony enthusiast--you cant compromise-you WILL take the other brand back!wife be dammed!! lol-good luck - been there a few times--and wifey said this time,after seeing the difference=--you did good!!! go for it--and by the way--ignore ALL sarahs remarks --she disses ALL sony products!!her comments are BIASED-evidently she has a hard on for sony where sony cant ever do good-lol
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