Customer Reviews

Best Picture for Movement Review by Todd

Went to Costco looking for a replacement for an old analog TV (thankfully it finally died). Wanted a LED/LCD for the improved picture. Glad we waited for this technology. It came down to the Samsung or the Vizio 47". Both had great pictures that blew the others away easily, but the 240 Hz Vizio and the extra features like built-in WiFi made Vizio stand out. Sometimes features are just gimmicks, but there was a very marked improvement visible even in the store in going from 120 Hz to 240Hz. Pictures in motion (like sports) were dramatically improved.

Has been in use for 3 months now and we are quite happy with the set, the features, the accessibility/ease of setup, etc.

(Posted on 8/16/10)

couldnt be happier, blown away! Review by Scarburst

first off, id like to say, im a very technological male, i know what to look for when it comes to shopping for new tvs. I know name brand models, plasma vs lcd vs led vs projection, etc. Ive always been a big samsung fan, have had several tv/s and monitors from them that all worked very well. but over the years, i think they are more like sony now, relying on the name instead of worrying about performance and product/costumer support. anyways, i was in the market to upgrade from my 32" samsung LCD i had in the living room, and it was a toss up between samsung, Vizio, and i really liked the picture quality that proscan (formally RCA) had. but the reviews on the proscan were horrible, just like RCA was back in the day. there were several contributing factors that made me go with vizio.

1. For a 47" samsung, the highest contrast ratio at the time was 300,000:1, and that was $1,999.00. My new vizio is 47" 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and was $1,300.00 at samsclub. i know a lot of people say you shouldn't base your tv off contrast, but i love rich colors.

2. Another reason, is samsungs 47" tv's only had 120 mhz. My Vizio is 240 mhz and is fa nominally fast and extremely crisp with hd and blu ray.

3. Although i don't use them that often, my girlfriend an i really enjoy the internet apps on this tv, especially Vudu. so much easier to rent movies with wireless internet then it is to use netflix and have someone dip their hands in their account every month.

4. it as LED technology and smart dimming. most other tv's don't offer this even though they are catching on now.

the only reason i was going to go with samsung over these contributing factors, was because the tv i wanted from samsung was a 52" LED screen that was 3D capable, which had everything my tv has now, except my tv isn't 3D capable. and of course, like i said, my tv was $1,400.00, and the samsung was a little over $3,000.00 after taxes. but who wants to pay $400 for 2 sets of glasses a 3d converter starer kit box, and have the glasses go missing, get broken........ all so you can see a little bit of depth perception... I'm not interested in 3d tv's until it looks 3d like the kind of stuff tony stark has floating around his office grabbing and throwing away. lol.

on a serious note, to be honest, i was worried after watching the samsung for 30 minutes at HHGREG, they had star trek playing in blu ray, and the picture clarity was so amazing it just sucked me in, i mean, it takes a lot to impress me when it comes to tv's, especially movies Ive already seen and know what to expect; but i mean WOW, i was blown away at the 240mhz samsung. despite how much i really wanted that tv, i just couldn't see doping $3,000.00 on it when it was going to be considered obsolete as soon as i walk out of the door with it. so i did some more research, checked out several of these models, and the first thing i did after buying the tv, i went ahead and got a new blu ray player and bought star trek in blu ray, hooked it up, sat down and wanted to see how it compared to the $3,000.00 samsung, and once again, i was in aw... i was sucked in by how clear this tv was and the vibrant colors..... its incredible. i was so happy that i went ahead and went with Vizio, because honestly, i think they are thinking quality over quantity. the rest are thinking quantity over quality.....

i know this is a super long review, but i wasn't to share everything so you better understood the predicament i was in, and that this is best $1,300.00 Ive spent when it comes to all the tv's Ive had.

(Posted on 8/7/10)