Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

I spent months doing research, and lots of review/viewing/and interviewing to come to this decision. I think the deciding factor was when I told a sales accocite at a big box store about the 480Hz and back-lit features of this set when compared to a Samsung, he said "well, hell, if they have those features for less than the Samsung, you should buy it." We did. The picture is as good as Samsung, better than Sony, and comes in much lower in price. Research shows Vizio is using the same glass and LEDs as Samsung. Regardless of the ambient light, the picture is brilliant and well-defined.

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

The blackest blacks I've seen, even when compared to most plasma TVs. Easy set up, and instantly recognized my DISH DVR reciever and trained the remote. Works flawlessly with the PS3, especially with 3D (Tron, bowling) and Move games (The Shoot, Sports Champions. I haven't even tweaked the standard settings-- just paired it with the Vizio soundbar/sub woofer, deleted a few worthless (to us) Internet Widgets. The bulit in Wi-Fi works flawlessly with our home network, and took 10 seconds to setup with the initial setup ultility.

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

Netflix works great with no bandwidth issues. My wife and I actually love the remote. Sure, backlighting would be great, but so would free popcorn for life. You can't have everything, but this set comes VERY close.

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

3D: great 3D picture on The Universe and on 3D games. (that's all we have at moment.) Vizio's 3D glasses are WAY less expensive than the competition-- You can pick up two sets for $148 at Sam's Club...far less than the $200 a pop for each set of Sony, Samsung, et al.

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

I have now had the Vizio XVT3D554SV for 3 weeks. It was a difficult decision for me to choose Vizio, as my last 5 HDTV's were either Sony or Samsung and I was generally very happy with those TV's, however, when it came to buying a 3D HDTV there were not many reviews to help me.

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television

I went to several big-box stores, and viewed the 3D sets they had. I asked the attendants (when I could find one) to let me adjust the pictures to my liking. As usual, all the TV's were poorly adjusted on the floor, and the picture could be significantly improved. Only two times was I able to view 3D content, and in both cases I was only able to stand 4 and 6 feet from the screen... not enough for a 55" display, however it was clear to me that the Vizio glasses were comfortable, and that the 3D effect was stable and clear.

Vizio 55 LED 240Hz Television