Los Angeles Daily News
All Good Things
By David Weiss
May 4, 2010

Back in the day, a television deserved the ungainly sobriquet "idiot box." There were three channels broadcasting the same gruel, the picture was full of "snow" and you had to literally get up from your easy chair to switch stations. Man, it was almost enough to drive one to read a book!

Don't dust off that Dostoyevski just yet, comrades! Vizio -- well-known for shaving dollars off the price of a flatscreen -- has come up with a new box that combines the best of both worlds: great picture and internet connectivity. The VF552XVT TruLED HDTV lets you recline in bed, connect to Netflix and Amazon and Yahoo News, and even features a Bluetooth remote with a QWERTY keyboard that enables you to Tweet, update your Facebook status and even triples as a video game controller. Mais oui!!

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