This review is from: Samsung UE22ES5410W 22-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Smart TV with Freeview and Built-in Wi-Fi – White (New for 2012) (Electronics)
I Bought this TV to replace an old Analog 15inch Samsing LCD that i’ve had for a good few years and i’m not dissapointed.
The Picture is excellent after a bit of dabbling with the picture settings.
The Sound is ok and pretty much what you’d expect for a TV of this size.
Had it connected to my wireless network within a couple of minutes (bearing in mind you have to input the wireless password using a TV remote control, but it’s a one off excersise, so not an issue)
Plays pretty much everything i’ve got on my Network – The menus took me a while to get my head round as they’re a bit different to my other Samsung equipment, but I soon got used to them !
I downloaded BBC iPlayer which at first didn’t work, but once i’d upgraded the TV firmware, (I had to download it from the samsung website as the online update didn’t find a newer firmware to install) (it downloads as an .exe file that you then have to run and save the firmware image to a USB dongle, stick your dongle in the TV and then upgrade from your USB dongle) re-installed BBC iPlayer and hey presto it works a treat over my wireless network !
All in all a great TV once it’s all been set up, took me about 45 in total as the download was 200mb and took 15 mins to download !
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This review is from: Samsung UE22ES5410W 22-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Smart TV with Freeview and Built-in Wi-Fi – White (New for 2012) (Electronics)
I bought this TV for the bedroom, here’s some of the pro/cons.
It looks nice (the wife likes it and that’s always a positive. For me it was a toss-up between this and a slightly larger panasonic that was reported to have a better picture but very few features. Crucially it also looked blocky and and old fashioned so the wife was not impressed.
I hoped it would support LoveFilm and iPlayer/itvplayer/4od apps. In fact these aren’t available (4/5/2012) which is very annoying from my perspective as they are the only ones I really wanted. It even shows LoveFilm in the picture being used to advertise it FFS (see above). I’m sure that could be construed as misleading.
Note: This TV does NOT have an HD tuner!!!
The picture is very nice on the whole, it does suffer a little “fuzziness” with freeview, but is better than many sets I’ve seen and it’s still very watch-able. With the exception of the “film” pre-set picture modes are garishly bright and colourful. Once you fiddle around it looks a lot better, be nice to have a decent pre-set. I’ve found the sound to be perfectly ample for the bedroom, I was expecting it to be underwhelming given the older Samsung set we have in another room.
As mentioned the “smart” apps are largely useless to us, there a few ones that are OK, but I won’t be playing any games or running “lifestyle” applications, my main concern is watching videos and not having a NetFlix account (which is on the set) makes it useless to me at the moment.
The guide and software is generally pretty good although I do find it sluggish to use, whilst playing with some of the apps it seemed to crash occasionally, this is of course all part of the fun of it being computerised/smart 🙂
So to sum up:
– The picture is pretty good for a set this size, certainly amongst the best I saw, especially after some tweaking. – Audio is perfectly adequate, although audiophiles may not agrees. – If you’re planning on watching video on demand or catch-up (without another box) there’s not much to watch unless you have a netflix account. – Stylish looks. – Reasonable price for what you get, especially if you shop around. – If they update the software it could be a great set, only the lack of an HD tuner lets it down.
Oh and I saw on another review site that some people were reporting problems connecting the stand, but it was fine for me.
18/7/2012 UPDATE – I’ve added another star as lovefilm is now available. iPlayer also appears in the list of applications but isn’t currently working as it requires a new release of the software (TV software, not the iplayer) which last time I looked wasn’t available yet, but fingers crossed!
7/8/2012 UPDATE 2 – I checked today and iPlayer updated itself and is working now.
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This review is from: Samsung UE22ES5410W 22-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Smart TV with Freeview and Built-in Wi-Fi – White (New for 2012) (Electronics)
Very happy with my purchase. Fast delivery, easy to use and overall a great quality product. Would definitely recommend it to future purchasers.
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Great TV – Got BBC iPlayer Working a treat !,
I Bought this TV to replace an old Analog 15inch Samsing LCD that i’ve had for a good few years and i’m not dissapointed.
The Picture is excellent after a bit of dabbling with the picture settings.
The Sound is ok and pretty much what you’d expect for a TV of this size.
Had it connected to my wireless network within a couple of minutes (bearing in mind you have to input the wireless password using a TV remote control, but it’s a one off excersise, so not an issue)
Plays pretty much everything i’ve got on my Network – The menus took me a while to get my head round as they’re a bit different to my other Samsung equipment, but I soon got used to them !
I downloaded BBC iPlayer which at first didn’t work, but once i’d upgraded the TV firmware, (I had to download it from the samsung website as the online update didn’t find a newer firmware to install) (it downloads as an .exe file that you then have to run and save the firmware image to a USB dongle, stick your dongle in the TV and then upgrade from your USB dongle) re-installed BBC iPlayer and hey presto it works a treat over my wireless network !
All in all a great TV once it’s all been set up, took me about 45 in total as the download was 200mb and took 15 mins to download !
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I bought this TV for the bedroom, here’s some of the pro/cons.
It looks nice (the wife likes it and that’s always a positive. For me it was a toss-up between this and a slightly larger panasonic that was reported to have a better picture but very few features. Crucially it also looked blocky and and old fashioned so the wife was not impressed.
I hoped it would support LoveFilm and iPlayer/itvplayer/4od apps. In fact these aren’t available (4/5/2012) which is very annoying from my perspective as they are the only ones I really wanted. It even shows LoveFilm in the picture being used to advertise it FFS (see above). I’m sure that could be construed as misleading.
Note: This TV does NOT have an HD tuner!!!
The picture is very nice on the whole, it does suffer a little “fuzziness” with freeview, but is better than many sets I’ve seen and it’s still very watch-able. With the exception of the “film” pre-set picture modes are garishly bright and colourful. Once you fiddle around it looks a lot better, be nice to have a decent pre-set. I’ve found the sound to be perfectly ample for the bedroom, I was expecting it to be underwhelming given the older Samsung set we have in another room.
As mentioned the “smart” apps are largely useless to us, there a few ones that are OK, but I won’t be playing any games or running “lifestyle” applications, my main concern is watching videos and not having a NetFlix account (which is on the set) makes it useless to me at the moment.
The guide and software is generally pretty good although I do find it sluggish to use, whilst playing with some of the apps it seemed to crash occasionally, this is of course all part of the fun of it being computerised/smart 🙂
So to sum up:
– The picture is pretty good for a set this size, certainly amongst the best I saw, especially after some tweaking.
– Audio is perfectly adequate, although audiophiles may not agrees.
– If you’re planning on watching video on demand or catch-up (without another box) there’s not much to watch unless you have a netflix account.
– Stylish looks.
– Reasonable price for what you get, especially if you shop around.
– If they update the software it could be a great set, only the lack of an HD tuner lets it down.
Oh and I saw on another review site that some people were reporting problems connecting the stand, but it was fine for me.
18/7/2012 UPDATE – I’ve added another star as lovefilm is now available. iPlayer also appears in the list of applications but isn’t currently working as it requires a new release of the software (TV software, not the iplayer) which last time I looked wasn’t available yet, but fingers crossed!
7/8/2012 UPDATE 2 – I checked today and iPlayer updated itself and is working now.
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Very happy with my purchase. Fast delivery, easy to use and overall a great quality product. Would definitely recommend it to future purchasers.
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