Model year with a 22-inch (56 cm) Full HD LCD screen and a resolution of 1920 × 1080 px. The developers decided to keep up with their competitors and launched a small budget TV on the market, which is devoid of various functions and modern chips, but does an excellent job with its main job - it catches all analog and digital channels well, gives them out in very good quality. You shouldn't demand or expect more from a TV set for such a price.
This model participates in rating of the best Full HD TVs and in ranking of the best TVs for the kitchen.
Screen
22-inch (56 cm) liquid crystal screen, display resolution 1920 × 1080 px (1080p Full HD), refresh rate 50 Hz. The manufacturer's viewing angles of 178 degrees are not true. If you look at the screen from the side, the image will lose its color quality, clarity, will become a gray tint. In this model, LED backlighting is implemented, and in the models Hyundai H-LED24F402BS2 and BBK 22LEM-1056 / FT2C - Direct LED, where the backlight LEDs are evenly distributed under the LCD matrix.
Appearance
The body is made of ordinary black plastic. Outwardly, it looks better than Hyundai H-LED24F402BS2... Dimensions - 506 × 360 × 166 mm. There is a stand for installation on a table or a curbstone, and for hanging on a wall, an additional bracket with mounting dimensions of 100 × 100 mm is required. TV weight - 2.2 kg.
Connectors
The Polarline 22PL12TC TV supports the reception of common TV broadcast formats, including digital DVB-T and DVB-T2, cable DVB-C, satellite DVB-S and DVB-S2.
Available connection formats:
- AV input (red, white, yellow) - connect analog devices (camcorders, DVDs, Blu-ray players, some TV transmitters).
- USB-connector (1 pc.) - connect a USB-stick or external hard drive.
- HDMI (1 pc.) - connection of digital devices for image and sound transmission (computers, laptops, video recorders).
- 3.5 mm audio output - for connecting headphones or acoustics.
- Coaxial output - can be used to transmit sound when connecting an external speaker system.
Sound
The total sound power is 6 W, 2 built-in speakers of 3 W each. To create surround sound, special signal processing is used. Sound power is not enough, as in Hyundai H-LED24F402BS2... For comfortable viewing of films, you will have to connect additional speakers through the 3.5 mm audio output.
Functions
Video recording - it is possible to record broadcast channels on a storage medium or USB-drives.
Timer - you can schedule the TV to turn on and off. This function is convenient to use as an alarm clock in the morning.
Protection from children - will limit the number of channels available for children or block certain ones.
Advantages and disadvantages
Benefits:
- All necessary TV tuners are available.
- Attractive design.
- The signal reception level is high.
- Affordable price.
Disadvantages:
- Poor viewing angles. The image clearly loses quality when viewed from an angle.
- The picture quality of the analogue channels is poor, but the digital ones are very good.
- Weak, indistinct sound, it will be necessary to connect additional speakers.
- Small set of functions. There is no technology to improve image quality.
Verdict
Polarline 22PL12TC is good for giving. Outside the city, he perfectly catches cable, analog television - this is one of its main advantages. TV price - total ... In my opinion, it is better to purchase this model than BBK 22LEM-1056 / FT2C... They are almost identical, but Polarline stands on cheaper, but for this money you can buy small additional speakers. The TV looks more attractive.
