Samsung LTP227W 22-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV Review


This television is the best you can buy for the price (69 at Circuit City on sale) – I’ll break it down by its possible uses:

Television:
With an analog television signal, the picture is mediocre – but that’s true of most LCDs (and with how bad analog signals are getting, that might be true of all TVs these days). With an HDTV signal, the picture is crisp, clean, and static graphics don’t waver like on most LCD televisions in this price range. Fast moving action doesn’t blur or pixelate at all.

DVD playback:
When hooked up with component or S-video cables, DVDs are about as good as you’d get with a regular television. There may be some pixelation on static graphics and default color settings may not be to your liking, but playing with the settings will fix that for standard viewers. Using a DVI cable hook-up, you’ll get an amazing picture that almost makes the cost of DVI cables worth it. The default widescreen picture may look pinched between two large black bars, but changing the picture settings will allow you to eliminate the typical widescreen black bars without sacrificing the edges of the picture.

Computer monitor:
*Note this television was hooked up to a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra graphics card*
This is an excellent computer monitor, but ONLY if you use a DVI cable (this will keep you from hooking up a DVD or cable box with a DVI cable). Using an S-video cable to hook this television up to a computer will probably leave you with a massive case of eye strain because text will be blurry and the S-video option doesn’t allow you to alter the setting very much. With a DVI hook up, this television can act as an excellent (and huge) computer monitor. With some programs such as video games, you may need to alter the in-game resolution to make it fit with the monitor resolution (tested with World of Warcraft), otherwise the game action will look blurry. Again, changing the setting will fix this problem for most peoples’ tastes.

You can have your computer running with the television picture-in-picture or side-by-side (or vice versa), allowing you to work and watch television or a DVD (S-video connection only).

As for points of criticism, this television only has 1 S-video connection, 2 component video connections, and 1 DVI connection. The S-video connection does not face downward like the other connections do so pressing this unit back against a wall isn’t possible if you’re planning on using an S-video connection. The remote is serviceable, but the picture-in-picture channel must be changed via the remote by going through the on screen menu. The picture-in-picture cannot be swapped without going through the menu as well. The sound is face-forward only, but with a standard surround hook up you won’t feel like the TV is projecting sound straight at you.

With any LCD TV, you may find one or two dead pixels (visible on dark backgrounds), so you may want to check the picture before hooking everything up just in case.

For the money and the size, this television can’t be beat. I compared this TV to a 20″ Sharp Aquos LCD and this Samsung actually came out on top in practically every category, including price. If you’re looking for a great LCD television that can also be used as a computer monitor, this is the way to go.

Samsung LTP227W 22-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV Feature

  • 22-inch HD-ready LCD monitor with 3D digital comb filter; 23.58 x 16.45 x 4.43 inches (W x H x D) without stand
  • Digital Natural Image engine ensures sharp, colorful images; 16:9 letterbox format
  • Picture-in-picture format broadcasts choice of TV, DVD, and PC programming side by side
  • 2 component inputs, S-video input, 2 composite inputs, and DVI input
  • 10-watt speaker system (5 watts x 2) with SRS WOW surround sound and MTS decoding

Samsung LTP227W 22-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV Overview

The Samsung LTP227W vaults viewers squarely into the 21st century. The 22-inch LCD model functions as both a TV and computer monitor, and it’s capable of receiving high-definition content when paired with an HD receiver. More impressively, the TV is designed to switch effortlessly between different media, and it even broadcasts two at once, meaning users can surf the Web in one window while watching HBO in another. The crisp 1,280 x 720 resolution ensures impressively realistic images on the narrow, flat LCD screen (which includes a wide 170-degree viewing angle). The screen also adds a striking design element to a room, with a black and silver bezel that draws attention without dominating.

The monitor’s picture is enhanced by Samsung’s exclusive Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe), which optimizes motion, contrast, detail, and color to create vivid, lifelike pictures. Colors are more accurate, motion is sharper, and edges are more defined. The TV also includes a 3D digital comb filter that precisely separates the color signals to further clarify broadcasts, along with a specially designed filter that reduces or eliminates reception problems. The multimedia picture-in-picture feature not only lets viewers watch programs from two sources simultaneously, but also format them on a split screen in addition to a larger and smaller window.

Movie fans will delight in the 16:9 letterbox format, which broadcast select DVDs in a widescreen layout. The TV includes such additional features as a multilingual onscreen menu system, automatic tuning on the built-in NTSC tuner for up to 181 channels, adjustable picture and sound settings that store in the unit’s memory, V-chip parental control, and an automatic timer that turns the TV on and off.

Fortunately for home theater buffs, the LTP227W doesn’t ignore the audio, with a pair of 5-watt stereo speakers and MTS multichannel decoding that includes a separate audio program (SAP) when available. For users that prefer a richer experience, the unit simulates the surround sound effect through its SRS WOW option, which also emphasizes midrange and bass levels.

Connectivity occurs through the two component inputs and single S-video, RF, and two composite inputs. The component inputs are designed to accept HD receivers and DVD players for unparalleled video quality, while the composite inputs are ideal for camcorders and video game consoles. The unit also connects to a PC through its DVI and RGB inputs, letting users check their e-mail, surf the Web, and watch online movies through the TV.

What’s in the Box
TV, remote control, two AAA batteries, power cord, RF cable cord, user’s manual.

Samsung LTP227W 22-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV Specifications

Samsung’s new generation of LCD TV’s with multimedia PC/DVD/TV inputs represent the ultimate in flexibility, picture quality and style. Available in a rang of sizes and styles to compliment your needs anywhere in your home, these sets can be used as an HDTV monitor or just to watch the evening news. At just a few inches thick, these products small size belies their powerful capabilities.

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Customer Reviews

In it’s day, this was one fine display! – BlackSCRunner – Boston, MA United States
Obviously this is an older product, and newer products have more and better features, nicer picture, and are cheaper. That being said, props to Samsung for delivering a product that has gotten used every day in my kitchen since I bought it 4 years ago, and is still working like the day I bought it. The newer TV’s will outshine this old girl, but she runs strong and really has a great picture. We watch this TV more than any other in the house, and the picture is bright even in the sunniest room!

Decent Panel …while it lasted. – Theo Skye – Rockville, MD
This LCD TV has a very nice picture. It has a good range in the dark grays and the colors are very pleasing, especially with HD content. I have only used this TV with the DVI input direct from a Comcast (Motorola) cable box. It is on my desk about 36″ away from my eyeballs. So, considering my extremely close viewing distance, this TV does have a far better than average picture. I can’t rate the speakers, because I’ve never used them.

Ever since I first hooked up the TV, about once per month or so, the TV’s picture would randomly go to black while watching TV. It wouldn’t give the “No Signal” error message or anything…just a black screen. I would have to turn the set off and then turn it back on again to get the picture back (which takes about 10 seconds total). I had this same experience with two different cable boxes that each had no problems with other TV’s I own that have a DVI input. By the way, the TV sounds a strange, descending electronic chime whenever you turn it off. And whenever you turn it on it plays a similar but ascending electronic chime. It’s kind of annoying and unprecedented. I never really minded the chimes, but still find it to be very odd. Perhaps this behavior is more common for electronics in other continents(?). Anyway, exactly one year and 18 days after I purchased this set, two things have suddenly and inexplicably gone wrong with the TV. First, the DVI input will only show a picture for about two senconds and then invariably goes black. This now happens every time, consistently, without fail, making the DVI input essentially useless. Very sad. I tried switching to every standard resolution that the cable box could output (480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i), all with the same results. ALSO, whenever I now press the “Menu” button on the remote or the TV itself, the menu attempts to display, but the menu graphics are so garbled, slanted and messed up that the TV’s internal menu is totally unusable. The component input still seems to work fine. And I use the cable box for tuning. I can still use this set with the component input and that still looks great. But I’m not feeling very secure in this panel’s reliability. I paid about per month to own this TV before it had these problems. And taking it somewhere to be repaired is probably not worth it for me.

So I, therefore would recommend that you look elsewhere for an LCD TV in this size. Even a different model Samsung with high ratings would be better than this one. Samsung does make some very, very good panels. I have 3 different Samsung computer monitors in my home (19″, 21.3″, and 24″) and they all look and operate as well as the first day I bought them–the smaller ones years ago. My unscientific theory, based only on my own experiences, is that this particular model of LCD TV has some reliability and performance problems with its internal electronics. The panel itself is fine, but the “boards” that the inputs attach to are faulty somehow, especially where the digital (DVI) input is concerned.

Excellent Television, and Monitor – Barbara C. Ginsberg –
At 0, there’s hardly anything that comes close to what you get with this beautiful Samsung. Sleek design, beautiful picture quality, intuitive and powerful menus, good connectivity….(just make sure to pick up a VGA-DVI adapter if your video card doesn’t support DVI. Changed my life. Buy. Buy. Buy.

*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Nov 22, 2009 09:22:55

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