Let me first preface this review with the fact that I have not bought the 3D glasses, so this review is everything else.
I asked my Sam's Club on a day that had free shipping, so I paid $ 1,999 more in taxes on sales. Purchased on 11 December.
Sharpness and image quality in 2D. Almost surprisingly, the image is very strong, the details pop. The color was obviously trash the store, as with any TV you want to ensure that the appropriate adjustments. Brightness to my factory was too high, and the colors were a bit off. If you do not want to go with a professional calibration for someone with the hardware to do this, a good base is to use a THX-certified DVD or Blu-ray out in the past year and find the THX Optimizer on the menus. Blacks are very black, not that kind of grayish black backlit obtained from the edge lit backlight or CCFL models. Very impressed with the level of black.
The TV has many inputs, HDMI sufficient to connect a lot of DVR, game system, htpc, etc. Even with audio inputs. You get an RGB input for PC audio with a 3.5 mm height, quite normal in a Vizio, but are not included in many of the systems of other manufacturers. Three USB ports that are currently useless (more on that later). A good thing to remember is that HDMI inputs are downfacing, so it is a decent option for wall mounting. Unfortunately, most of the audio inputs, and RJ45 Ethernet looking back.
The menu system is fairly simple design. You have the normal audio and video options, input selection, and things Internet applications. It's not terribly difficult to navigate and find what you're looking for. The game comes with a decent manual, and is easy to find on your website as well. I have not had the opportunity to use the Vizio technical support phone recently, but had used about two years to a set owned by my mother and they were great. It was a call center in California, not abroad, and the set was replaced with minimal discomfort. Hopefully they still have a great service, but also the hope of not having to use.
Internet Applications. These are virtually identical in design to all the major brands we offer. All standard features are there, and it works great. Amazon and Netflix HD streaming worked well, I have not seen any hiccups through the wireless connection for both the display last week. Pandora also works well. Wifi worked out of the box up to my home network because it has a cable connection.
I had no problems with the remote, I am a regular user of a sliding QWERTY smartphone, so I can only be me. The remote feels very light, which gives a quality feel kind of cheap but in my use of the sliding mechanism is solid and is not really complicated to use. The up / down / left / right would be better placed on the right side, but I can see why places like the buttons on the left red / blue / green / yellow on the right.
I've received in good condition, no dead pixels, no problems with the gray areas of darkness have seen a few others here have had. After using a couple of weeks I've had and the breaking of the time, I have seen no problem. As with other full-range backlight, there is a halo effect when you have a bright white text on a solid black. Wait until they have TVs that can control each LED separately, or when a sufficient number of control zones to reduce this effect. I have not had any problems with drink or something. Very fast response time.
The screen is bright. A lot of Vizio sets come with a matte screen, it does not. This affects some more than others. The configuration of my room in particular makes this not a problem, but your mileage may vary on this.
The panel is also brilliant, is not really a problem, but it shows fingerprints and dust more than a matte frame. This is a Vizio, not a samsung, so that the panel is very broad. Not really a problem for me, but if you're OCD about this kind of thing, something to note.
Some of the features you want included:
The use of USB ports. According to Vizio - the functionality is enabled in the future. The future is now and most other manufacturers now offer this feature of the box sets of similar price and range of models. Even with DLNA. Include it. That should be the norm on a set of $ 2k.
I can say that the HDMI inputs do not include the functionality of back-channel audio. I have a home theater and an HDMI going from my Denon receiver for the joint itself for my blu-ray, HTPC, etc works fine, but when the use of Internet applications and groups Vizio has the sound through the receiver I have to connect an extra cable for audio output from TV to receiver. This should be required to support the HDMI audio return patterns through the HDMI cable. The TV has both a red and white RCA style audio as well as a Toslink optical out style.
It really is a very well so far. These questions are very detailed. I did my research and I have seen many groups locally and read about other options. At the time of this writing, Samsung is not available backlight out 3D models, everything is illuminated by the songs, and good weather, I bought this game specifically for the full range of local dimming. Sony and hx909 LG LX9500 have the complete range of local sets of regulation. However, I could not find the set of Sony in any store within a decent price difference for the Vizio. The same goes for lg, were only significantly more expensive, and the wifi was a separate supplement for additional charge. I had also read several comments on the LG has problems with gangs. So I went with the Vizio for the price you get a lot of features, a full array of local dimming, and 3d. I am very happy with the election and not in any way regret the purchase.
UPDATE 06/01/11: As of this morning, Vizio has enabled the USB ports via firmware upgrade, are now accessible through the application through. Only show pictures and music from a USB drive, but no video.
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