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Vizio announces Black Friday deals on its LCD HDTVs, Blu-ray player

You may have noticed that Vizio hasn't been prominent in the Black Friday ads leaked online from Best Buy, Target, or Wal-Mart (save for a 26-inch LCD HDTV early special through Wal-Mart). But that doesn't mean the company, which has remained the number-one shipper of HDTVs in the U.S. for...

Tags: Costco, HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Blu-ray, Vizio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Vizio VO320E

Photo gallery: Vizio VO320EVizio chose to adorn its VO320E 32-inch LCD with claims of environmental consciousness, saying the little set exceeds Energy Star guidelines by 15 percent. But that's not a very high standard, and according to our tests the Vizio, while definitely no power hog, sips just...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, Vizio, Vizio VO320E

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Vizio VM230XVT photos

Vizio has announced two small LCDs, the VM230XVT and VM19XVT, both of which bring LED-backlighting technology to a smaller screen than we're used to seeing. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, LCD, News.com, Vizio, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-28

Vizio VF551XVT

Photo gallery: Vizio VF551XVTWe're willing to bet that when Vizio announced the VF551XVT back in January, plenty of savvy HDTV bargain hunters marked down "June" as the time they'd buy this 55-inch LED-based LCD. Then the company pushed its release back to September. Then it announced that the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio VF551XVT, Vizio

Product reviews 2009-10-23

Vizio VBR100

VBR100 Blu Ray Vizio player!! This was my very first Blu Ray Player. After doing much research on price and every thing elce this was by far the best deal. I love it. The picture is awsome. The sound is very nice. The price was even a good deal.

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Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Mid-week HDTV news: Plasmas are hot sellers (again); Vizio remains tops in LCDs; Sony delays next OLED set

Sony LCDI can see why Sony's sales are dropping in the HD market. Their projection LCD's are a piece of junk and high priced. They don't even last a year before they require service, and usually completely fail at 5 years or less. I'd stay away from...

Tags: Monitors & displays, LCD, Sony Corp., Vizio, organic light-emitting diode

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

VIZIO introduces Internet app-enabled XVT HDTV series

VIZIO introduces Internet app-enabled XVT HDTV seriesWowSwoon....

Tags: XVT HDTV, Internet App, Vizio, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

VIZIO introduces Internet app-enabled XVT HDTV series

Who really needs to pay extra for a TiVo or DVR during these trying economic times, right? VIZIO recently announced a new line of HDTVs that will incorporate video streaming sites and video applications. I got a chance to check out the TVs yesterday, and I...

Tags: RealNetworks Rhapsody, HDTV, Video, VIZIO, VIZIO Internet Apps Connnected HDTV Feature, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Web Site Development, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Internet, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Vizio spills the beans on its Internet TV plans

While Vizio was one of a number of TV makers showing off networked TVs at CES in January, the company was mum on details about them when it announced its 2009 lineup a couple of weeks ago. Now, the company, which recently became the top TV...

Tags: Internet TV, Vizio, Showtime, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Toshiba announces its first LED-backlit LCD HDTVs

Readers of this blog know that LCDs using LEDs instead of fluorescent tubes for backlighting are the wave of the future for the HDTV industry. Their superior contrast ratio and lower power requirements are the perfect answer to plasma's image quality advantage and energy-slurping tendencies. Samsung and Sony...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Toshiba Corp., Vizio, Engineering, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Vizio reveals 31 new HDTVs for 2009 lineup, from $249 to $2,199

Vizio reveals 31 new HDTVs for 2009 lineup, from $249 to $2,199My Visio is 18 months oldand has performed flawlessly. I could not be happier.

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Vizio reveals 31 new HDTVs for 2009 lineup, from $249 to $2,199

Vizio, newly-anointed king of U.S. HDTV sales, has unveiled its 2009 TV product lineup, with 31 new models in three product groups: the performance-minded XVT series, the style-minded VT series and the budget/value E series. Which one should you choose? I've provided the...

Tags: HDMI, HDTV, 1080p, Vizio, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Pricing gap shrinks between top-tier, value HDTV makers

With the recession still slogging on, it's hard for premium TV manufacturers like Samsung and Toshiba to keep market share at significantly higher prices than "bargain" brands like Vizio and Westinghouse. So it should come as no surprise that a new report from market research firm iSuppli finds that the...

Tags: Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Pricing Strategy, Pricing Gap, Vizio, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes the biggest brand

Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes the biggest brandRecent HDTV purchaseNewEgg.com recently had an LG 42LGX on sale for $1000 (w/ free shipping). And so I bought one. :)I've been waiting for sets to stabilize in regards to contrast ratios & refresh rates &...

Tags: Sales strategy, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio, HDTV, sales, HDTVs price, brand

Discussion threads 2009-05-10

Vizio delays release of its first Blu-ray player to August

Vizio delays release of its first Blu-ray player to Augustoh blu-rayyou've got ot be kidding me, i've been waiting on this since vizio announced it at CES... the fact that they delay and delay makes me want to forget about it.

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Vizio

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Vizio VF550XVT

Photo gallery: Vizio VF550XVTAt CES this year, Vizio caused a stir by announcing the VF551XVT, a 55-inch HDTV with local dimming LED backlighting and 240Hz processing for the rock-bottom price of $1999. If you look carefully at the model number of this review, you'll notice it says VF550XVT....

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, Vizio VF550XVT, Vizio

Product reviews 2009-03-26

Vizio VSB210WS Sound Bar

Vizio bills itself as "America's HDTV Company," but the company has begun dipping its toe into the home audio side of the electronics pool with the VSB210WS. Billed as a "High Definition Sound Bar," the $349 package is comprised of a sleek-looking single speaker paired with a full-size 2.4GHz wireless...

Tags: Engineering, System Setup, cloth grille, VSB210WS, light-emitting diode, sound bar, speaker, Vizio

Product reviews 2009-03-26

Bad Gas? Pioneer officially ditches TVs, Vizio abandons plasmas

Bad Gas? Pioneer officially ditches TVs, Vizio abandons plasmasI am ONLY considering plasmaAfter reading way too many reviews, I think that today Plasma is the only way to go.It provides a much better picture.I know it has a higher energy consumption, but I don't care as I only watch 1.5...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TV, plasma

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Vizio VO32LF

Despite all the times we've written about how 1080p just isn't that noticeable, especially at small screen sizes, it's becoming a moot point. Just about every LCD is 1080p these days, and with models like the Vizio VO32LF, the price gap between 720p and 1080p is negligible. This model replaces...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio VO32LF, Vizio, 1080p, picture mode

Product reviews 2009-01-22

Vizio VO22L

Vizio VO22LVO22L looking goodMy wife wanted to replace the 13" TV we had in our bedroom. We found this TV at a large discount chain store for under $300. I set it up, it went thru setup pretty much automatically, finding all the channels. It's the perfect...

Tags: TVs, Branding, TV & Home Theater, Vizio VO22L, Vizio

Discussion threads 2009-01-11