SV471XVT

Product Review (submitted on November 18, 2009):

I bought in August after my first gen widescreen HD projection TV bit the dust. I did my best to compare models at my Costco and considered this Vizio and a comparable Bravia and Sharp, and went with the Vizio on the better price and the slight edge the 240hz and smoothness *seemed* to me to have. They were all *very close in the store. The final decider to go with a brand I hadn't tried before was Costco's companion extra warranty beyond Vizio's.

When I got it home I was SIMPLY AMAZED how much better LCD is than just 5 years ago with projection. It still floors me. HD finally has arrived for me!

My nits are two and really small:

1) The inputs on the side are convenient, but the cables don't tuck away from view easily. With such a slick licking TV it's just minorly annoying.

2) Once in a great while when I'm watching some 1080p scene on HD cable or Blu-Ray (like a tightly focused eagle swooping over a complex forest landscape) I'll see some minor artifacting. Very infrequent, but then I'm so blown away by the detail of things anyway that it just reminds how far things have come.

I did as much homework as I could before I bought it and was surprised that not only did the TV have all the inputs I needed for my soup of devices, but since the TV I've totally leapfrogged the next step to home theater PC integration and tied in my home computer via a PS3 and Tversity media server. I ended up having all the plug-ins necessary for that plus room to spare!

Vizio has arrived as a real player in the TV market and made the myth of PC and TV convergence FINALLY happen for me 10 years after I first heard the concept. Thanks Vizio!