Sony KDL22BX20DU BRAVIA 22-inch Widescreen LCD HD Ready TV with Built-in DVD Player and Freeview
Posted by Notcot on Aug 5, 2010 in Home Cinema & Video |
Product Description
22″ HD Ready LCD TV with Built-In DVD Player & Freeview Tuner. The stylish BX20D was designed to suit your needs. With a compact LCD screen and built-in DVD player, it lets you enjoy your favourite movies in any room in the house. A built-in DVD player means no wires, no clutter, and no fuss. Just pop in your favourite DVDs and transform your bedroom or kitchen into a mini home cinema. Its the ideal way to enjoy a great entertainment experience and save space too.
- 22″ HD Ready LCD Screen Screen Size
- TV & DVD Combination
- Freeview Tuner
- HDMI Socket
- USB Playback of JPEG & MP3 Files
Sony KDL22BX20DU BRAVIA 22-inch Widescreen LCD HD Ready TV with Built-in DVD Player and Freeview
Bought as a tv for a bedroom.
The picture quality is very good as is the DVD playback. Sound is a bit tinny but better than many small flatscreen tvs.
As in the previous review the freeview electronic programming guide (epg) is terrible. It only shows what is on 1 channel at a time for the coming few hours. You have to click through each channel individually. Most epgs show all channels and what’s on now, allowing you to scroll through and see what you like the look of. I’ve read the guide and it doesn’t look as though the view can be changed.
If you’re using this as a gaming tv, for the dvd or to hook up to Sky you’ll be very happy. If you’re planning to use the freeview epg you may find it annoying.
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought this for my daughter as a bedroom TV. It certainly is not the cheapest but far from the most expensive too.
I’m also aware well that there are several brands which eclipse SONY in quality. However, being a firm believer in brand loyalty when something never misses a heartbeat, I continue many many years of SONY purchases, from DVD & CD players to old style Trinitron TV’s & Video players. All of these products have served me well with reliability & quality. I honestly cant recall a single breakdown from any product named above.
I have no reason to doubt this latest purchase either which came with 3 years warranty also.(likely never needed) The picture is excellent and it feels robust in design too. The remote is very user friendly & auto tuning is so simple.
I thoroughly recommend this TV & SONY products overall – yes there are cheaper but I wont taking that chance !
Rating: 5 / 5
I chose this model because the Sony Bravia range seem to have a good reputation, and has good reviews – at least for the larger models. When I set it up, it did all the work itself very quickly, and was ready to use in a few minutes. The picture quality seemed a bit over-bright, actually garish. After a bit of fiddling with the on-screen adjustments I got a better quality picture, but it took a couple of days before the picture settled down to a good level of sharpness, brightness and contrast. It’s now quite acceptable. I can’t say the same about the sound quality – thats too tinny for my taste. The sound settings offer various options of sound type, but there’s no actual bass and treble adjustments, which are the obvious ways of getting a realistic quality of sound. Also the tiny speakers are backward-facing, which doesn’t help. So, all in all, not a really bad small-to-medium TV, but not a really good one either.
Rating: 3 / 5
I was wary of purchasing this TV due to the the previous reviews, but as I trust Sony and the price was quite good, I decided to go ahead anyway. I use this TV in the bedroom, and it is not linked up to games, speakers etc. so it only has basic use and I can’t comment on its total capabilities, however as a bedroom TV/DVD it does the job. It was easy to set up, although I did have to run the scan twice for some reason to pick up all the channels and has a nice clear picture. The remote control is fairly intuitive and it is easy to switch between digital, analogue and the DVD. However the sound is definitely more tinny than my previous (very old) Sony (hence not giving it 5 stars) and the colour was very bright until I toned it down. It also emits a funny smell when it has been used for more than about 30 minutes (I have had it for a month now). Overall I would recommend this TV for a bedroom as long as you are not needing quality sound without speakers. I can’t imagine the tinny sound filling a living room though. I am hoping that this TV will last as long as all of my previous Sonys.
Rating: 4 / 5
I took sometime searching for the right t.v. for my lounge, yes, my lounge (it seems most people think that this size t.v. is only fit for a bedroom)! I really wanted one with Freeview & DVD built in and it’s great from that perspective. I read reviews, went to various stores and had a look at similar models and decided to go for this one as it looked right and I thought Sony – good name, bound to be good qulity. But it’s only O.K. really. The sound is a bit naff and tinny if I’m honest, the t.v. that went u/s on me was much, much better and that was 10 years old. Call me crazy but I would have assumed that modern technology would have given better sound not worse. I will have to get separate surround sound in order to bring this upto to the same standard. The set up process is as simple as anything, the picture is o.k. and the general operation is equally simple.
Rating: 3 / 5