Vizio VX20L 20 inch LCD Monitor

The terms "widescreen" and "20-inch" tend to collide in the mind, but if you can accept the idea of a small-screen set that has a fair amount of big-screen performance, this may be your HD TV, at least as a secondary unit. As delivered, the picture was almost perfect; I spent very little time tweaking it. The local HD signals in 1080i (this set won't do 1080p) look just fine, and digital artifacts have been conspicuous by their absence. A lot of inputs are available, though you can't use both component and composite at the same time - they share the same audio inputs - and I haven't tried the HDMI connection since I don't have any other HDMI-compatible equipment. But my six-year-old DVD player through S-Video looks great. Sound, from a pair of 3-watt speakers, is just acceptable, though I suspect most people will feed it to external audio components. This is Vizio's smallest set: it's good enough to make me consider one of their larger ones for my living room.