Hardware Geeks

For the past two weeks, I have been testing out the AURIA EQ2288F 22” LCD HDTV, and I have to say for a brand I have not heard of before it is a pretty nice TV, the picture quality is great and it is very easy to set up and it looks great too.

I was a bit disappointed in how easy it was to setup, maybe it is just me but I like to spend a good 20 to 30 minutes setting up the TV, but with one HDMI cable I had it all hooked up in less than a minute. For those of you who are unfamiliar with HDMI, the cable delivers both High-Def video and sound to your television.

The EQ2288F has an eligant modern design to it, that will probably look good in any room with any decor as you can see from the picture to the right.

When I first turned on the TV I was impressed by the picture quality, it’s a great picture especially in HD. The sound quality however when I first turned on the TV wasn’t that great, it kind of sounded like they used notebook speakers in it, but after going into the settings menu, I saw that the sound settings were a bit off and after tweaking the settings back into what I thought was an acceptable range the sound was much better and clear. My guess is the person that reviewed it before me fiddled with the settings without returning them to their original state. So I think what I experienced is a non issue, however if you buy this television and the sound is off a bit, tweak the sound settings in the menu and see if that helps.

As I already said the picture quality is great, and continuing with the ease of use, the TV has preset color settings, that will make it easy for people like my to mom adjust the colors on the television to their liking, but of course if you want you can adjust the settings even more in the menu if the preset color settings aren’t to your liking.

When people think of HDTV’s especially ones with a 1080p resolution, they expect to pay an arm and a leg, even on smaller 19” - 22” models, and during this past Christmas Season I almost bought a 19” Phillips 1080p screen for $279 on sale at Target until I saw how small the screen was, so I was pretty amazed to learn that the AURIA 22” 1080p HDTV I have been reviewing for the past two weeks has an MSRP of just $279 and although only 3 inches bigger than the 19” TV there seems to be a lot more than 3” inches of added screen size. You can’t find a TV this size with a 1080p resolution at this price. You may find some 720p TV’s at this price but 1080p is almost double or triple the cost of the AURIA EQ2288F in some cases.

In these bad economic times, saving a penny here and a penny there will go along way, and if you need a new TV an AURIA TV may save you a couple thousand pennies, for you to use on other things.

The EQ2288F also doubles as a monitor, and works pretty damned well as one, I only wish it had PIP so that I could watch TV in the corner of the screen while I was writing up this review, but then I would probably never get anything done.

The remote for the TV is a standard report not to flashy and it’s not extremely long like some other remotes I have seen come with TVs.

There is a request I’d like to make the people at AURIA. You need to include the online user manual in the box. The included manual leaves a lot to be desired. If you purchased this TV and are looking for the online manual. It is located here.

The AURIA TV is great and we recommend it for a small room, a kids room, a kitchen or if you dare great for a bathroom, and the price can’t be beat. In fact you can find the AURIA EQ2288F at Newegg for $269.

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