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John Lewis JL22LCD HD

High street favourite's own brand telly

The remote control may look a little bit cheap, but it actually feels very comfortable to hold and the buttons layout is reasonably good. I especially liked the way the different inputs have individual buttons so you can quickly jump between a HDMI attached Blu-ray player and the Freeview tuner without having to cycle through lots of inputs as you do on most TVs.

John Lewis JL22LCD HD

Not much to look at, but comfy and functional

However, the Info button, which calls up a text summary of the current program, is a tad awkwardly placed as it’s down at the bottom of the remote. It would have been much better if it was next to the Guide button towards the middle of the zapper as this is where your thumb tends to hover when you’re holding the remote.

When watching X-Men Origins on Blu-ray, the set produced strong, vibrant colours and was good on sharpness and detail. Freeview pictures look impressively crisp too. However, there’s a certain amount of backlight bleed visible at the top and bottom of the screen and blacks have a slightly grey hue.

That said, it does pick out a decent amount of detail in darker scenes, which is something that cheaper TVs often struggle with. Nevertheless, motion isn’t as smooth as it could be, as there’s some judder visible on fast camera pans when watching footie matches, for example. On the whole, though, the picture performance isn’t bad for a small sized screen in this price range.

John Lewis JL22LCD HD
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