Panasonic TX-L19X10BW 19-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV with Freeview – White

M. A. Bennett

at 6:47 pm

On the lookout for a replacement for our 19″ Samsung white tv/monitor, (used in same room as a Samsung plasma their remote switches other one on when changing channel!)spotted this tv in the window of a Panasonic store on new years eve for £199.99 with 5 year warranty. Went in to buy the black and came out with the white version.

As another reviewer has pointed out, it is not glossy white, more like a cream, which I think looks nice and neutral in a kitchen or bedroom for example.

My use for this tv is as a computer monitor, occasional tv, editing recordings

from a Panasonic hdd recorder (the remote is the latest ‘viera’ enabled for other Panny equipment if you have any).

It does all this marvelously, and a bonus is the sd card slot as we have two Panny digital cameras.

Although this is a 19″, it looked smaller than my Samsung LE19R71.

The reason for this is the Panny is a’proper 16×9′ shape, the Samsung is taller so overscans (crops) more of the picture. I do not know if later Samsung small lcds are sized this way.

There is also a menu option for ‘overscan off’ which is welcome and uncommon on such a small hd ready tv. All this helps toward a noticeably sharper and better defined picture than the Samsung.

There is a proper power on/off button (on top) along with some odd controls…

AV button cycles through the inputs as you would expect, +/- changes tv channels when in tuner mode. However, each press of the ‘F’ button allows you to use +/- to change volume, contrast, brightness, bass, treble.

I think a separate +/- for volume would have been easier, as the other adjustments are purely ‘set-up’, hardly useful on top of the tv.

Like all modern Panasonic tvs, there is no way to power up the tv from standby (or put it into standby) other than using the remote. If it was on when power button depressed it will come on when pressed again. A minor inconvenience really (if the Samsung had this I probably would have kept it, as many Samsung owners have found, it’s ‘power button’ is actually standby only).

The menu options are not straightforward, ‘picture settings’/’other settings’ etc., you tend to keep finding what you require by trial and error. I use a 42″ Panny too and have not got used to this yet. The manual is there but some logic would have helped. Again, a minor gripe.

The av inputs are pretty good, 1x hdmi,1x component,2x scarts(1x RGB capable, 1x ‘S’ video capable), and a d-sub pc input.

I question the inclusion of component inputs in the ‘hd ready’ tv spec. these days though. There is no commercially available UK high definition hardware (bd players/sky hd etc.) without hdmi, so another hdmi (or dvi for digital graphics cards) would be more useful.

Where this tv really excels is in it’s superb picture quality, standard or high definition, and good overall functionality, which is why I give it 5 stars.
Rating: 5 / 5

Mr Bun the Baker

at 9:18 pm

I purchased this TV as a bedroom TV.

Delivery from Amazon – Good

Set up and tuning – Easy

Picture – Good (using “Which” recommended settings which were only marginally different to the default)

Sound – Not HiFi but perfectly acceptable for dozing off to.

Not tried DVD playback yet, but quietly confident.

In summary, a good workman-like set at a good price. Time will tell if it deserves the 5th star for reliability.
Rating: 4 / 5

Catherine M. Rogers

at 2:22 am

Compact little t.v.Suits my small kitchen diner,very nicely.Off-white colour pleasant,sound excellent,but picture can tend to be a little on dark side at times.Still eminently livable with though ,so i am quite satisfied with my choice.
Rating: 4 / 5