XVT472SV

Product Review (submitted on January 28, 2010):

I've only had it one night, but so far I'm impressed with what I've seen. The setup was remarkably easy. Though the manual said a setup app would start as soon as I turned on the TV, it didn't. However, configuration was pretty straightforward. I paired the bluetooth remote in 15 seconds, I was able to get the wireless internet started within 1 minute. The longest part was inputting the very long password I have for my network, but it was made immensely easier since the qwerty keyboard is on the Vizio remote. This same task took 3or 4x longer on my Wii and I had to repeat it twice since point and select is so much slower. The picture is very bright, the contrast is excellent and the sound (especially the mid and tweet) is respectable for TV speakers. I haven't run bass heavy battlescenes, but I'm sure any shortcomings can be overcome with external speakers or soundbars.

The apps load fairly quickly. The Yahoo news app needs more fleshing out since I can't see much more than the headline, so it's mostly a tease. The weather and stock app are ok and similar to iPhone apps of the same kind, I hope they can add Pandora at some point. What would be nice is a good sports app that you could do player stat or story searches while a game is on. Netflix app is what I really wanted and it works pretty well. Search would be nice, but you can workaround it by setting your instant queue on a computer beforehand. I was able to watch HD movies over wireless internet without having to buy a Roku, PS3 or Blu-Ray player with this capability.

The other impressive thing was programming the Vizio universal remote. I was controlling my cablebox and DVD very quickly with no 4-5 digit code entries. It would be nice if the remote was illuminated though.