San Francisco Chronicle
December 11, 2009

If you've had your fill of flat-screen HDTVs with shiny black bezels, check out the Vizio VL470M ($1300 as of 12/10/09). Moderately priced for a 47-inch, 1080p LCD TV with a 120Hz refresh rate, the VL470M sports a classy-looking matte bezel that sets it apart from the crowd--and it's no slacker in the image-quality department, either.

Judges gave the VL470M--one of Vizio's higher-end sets--above-average scores across the board in PC World Labs testing, placing it toward the top of the 46- and 47-inch HDTVs we've tested (only the Samsung LN46B750 earned a better performance score). Judges gave the VL470M particularly high marks for its color and skin tones, and it performed extremely well in our demanding motion benchmarks and panning tests. This is a set on which you'd enjoy watching the Super Bowl and other fast-action programming.


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