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4.5 stars
"Fantastic Value"
Pros: HDTV Tuner, Value, Size, Performance
Cons: Toggle between Inputs, Black Levels, S-video input on the side panel instead of the back
Summary: Rather than review a litany of features, I will highlight the items I was looking for in a flat screen HDTV.
I have Directv with a composite video input into the Vizio
1) SDTV: My primary concern was that if I am still watching mostly regular definition television, what would the picture look like? The result: Depends what station you are watching. Some channels and programs look great, others are extremely grainy. On the whole, the postives with HDTV, DVD playback, and many good stations outwieght the ocasiional bad picture
2)When rating the picture and performance of an HDTV, I think you really need to have a great picture source to see what the TV can really do. I thought the picture looked ok in the store, but when I got it home and tuned into an over the air HDTV broadcast I was stunned at the clarity. While the best directv feed only looks OK, I was extremely satisfied with what this TV could actually do with the right signal.
3) HDTV content: When I first viewed HDTV at a friends house, I only saw the network stations broadcast upscaled content with black bars on the side. For most of the newscasts and commerical this remains the standard, however, I was again pleasantly suprised to find many of the prime time programming in full screen 720P and 1080i. Again, this TV shines with that signal input.
Generally speaking, I don't think you can get a better value at this time. I will say that you may really want to size up the space you are buying this TV for. In Costco with all the other huge TVs, this looked small, when I got it home, it almost overwhelmed the bedroom space. My wife almost made me take it back. However, we have gotten used to it and love it.
