Vizio VO47LF

Pros: connectivity, out-of-the box to on in less than 15 minutes

Cons: angle viewing, not-so-black blacks

Summary: I spent an hour trying to mimic the color/picture of the 50" Sony Bravia sitting next to this TV at Costco today... not by choice. I had to return a Vizio 42" plasma as the screen had developed green and red specks (my kids called them the bees) in the black areas of the screen after about 18 months. Lucky for me that set was bought before Costco's return policy changed last year. Anyway, I was pretty wary of buying another Vizio, and was set to buy a 42" Panasonic Plasma (which was sold out) or possibly even a 46" 720p Sony that was the same price as the Vizio. Then I found this new model up front, but the picture left a lot to be desired as it sat on the shelf. I couldn't take my eyes off the picture of the Sony next to it, but at 50", it was too big for my space, and at $3K, twice what I had to spend. Anyway, after about an hour of tweaking, stepping back, tweaking, stepping back, etc, I finally had the picture at what I consider pretty darned close to the Bravia...which was reason enough to bring it home and give it a try here. So far, so good. The best part about it was that I got $130 back since what I paid 2 years ago was more than what this (bigger, nicer) LCD set is today.