I can only comment on the Harley Benton (the Ferrari-red one) which I got around 3 years ago - it's "basic and cheap" but not by any means "nasty".   I had to do some minor "re-work" to stop an annoying rattle from within the electronics enclosure.   I have nothing else to compare it to, but, for silent practice it serves me well.   It comes with a pair of cheap headphones as well.   

On occasions I do amp it up and pass it through an ME80 effects box - that can sound quite interesting !

Good luck with your search !

EDIT: If your reason is to avoid "noise pollution" ( LOL ) have you investigated some of the mutes available for normal acoustic violins ?   Also, there are definitely two schools of thought on this - on a solid-body electric violin you simply do not get much of the usual body and inter-string resonances which can possibly be a "down-side" - but equally - I find it very "telling" if my intonation is out because you are NOT getting the 'richer' sound from the other resonances - my ear, for relative pitch, is pretty good and although I would describe the sound/tonality as "somewhat sterile" compared to a normal violin, personally, for intonation practice, I like the cleanness of sound and clarity from the solid-body EV...   But that's just me 

CharlieStrings said
..... The acoustic I think is very necessary for learning intonation and training yourself to get a full tone out of the instrument, but the electric can be really fun on the side.....  

  I would agree on the "getting the full tone" - absolutely.   The EV is less demanding of your playing position ( in the sense of the 'lanes' between the end of the neck and bridge ), although its timbre and tonality does of course still change.   However, for development of proper tone, more subtle bow control, and awareness of sympathetic resonances when correctly intoned, absolutely - IMO the only way is an acoustic.

  But yep - the EV sure can be a lot of fun !