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Vizio seems determined to stand out in the HDTV market and by standing out it seems that they are making an attempt to do so in other ways aside from being one of the more affordable models on the store shelf. The latest announcement coming from Vizio includes HDTVs that… Continue Reading »

Sony is reeling these days.  They’ve announced a close to $3 billion loss, layoffs and plant closings.  Now they’ve even Vizio is beating Sony. Vizio’s televisions are the second best selling televisions in the United States.  Samsung still leads the entire pack and Sony has fallen to third.  As an… Continue Reading »

Is the economy really forcing even TV to go down the drain?  It’s apparently even hitting the big names.  Former industry giant Pioneer has been seeing such a slump in sales that they are being forced to do massive employee cutbacks (10,000 more than they have already done) and even… Continue Reading »

Vizio has recently announced the new Connected HDTV platform and with it comes options to stream content from numerous providers. The services are numerous, as as one would imagine Netflix is one of those content providers, however in addition users will also have access to content from Amazon OnDemand, Blockbuster… Continue Reading »

Today at CES, Vizio announced their VBR100 Blu-ray player.  Feature wise the VBR100 will offer 1080p quality with Blu-ray movies as well as the ability to upconvert standard DVD’s in either 720p, 1080i or 1080p.  As for video outputs, the player will have HDMI (1.3), component and composite and the… Continue Reading »

Vizio, who is currently the “fastest growing brand of flat panel HDTVs in North America” has found a great partnership with big-box retailer Wal-Mart. Even with the Vizio lineup in the stores for less than a full year, that was still enough to have Wal-Mart give them some well deserved… Continue Reading »

Vizio have announced eight new models in their high-value, low cost plasma HDTV range, all offering increased contrast ratio and longer life. The key attraction of these flat panel plasma TV’s is the all in one nature of the 5.1 surround sound coupled with the price to quality ratio. The… Continue Reading »

Vizio has become the first TV manufacturer to offer a complete home theater solution that includes a flat panel HDTV and a complete 5.1 audio system with the launch of the Jive SV5.1 Enhancement Kit which it claims makes home theater installations easy and attractively reduces cable clutter. The SV5.1… Continue Reading »

Vizio continues with their busy CES announcements with two additions to the intriguingly named “Black Tie” range of LCD HDTV’s. The SV42LF 42-inch LCD and SV47LF 47-inch, both have 4 HDMI connections, full 1080p resolution, 120Hz processing and a side access HD game port with HDMI. Te real differentiator though… Continue Reading »

The Vizio “Envy” series are getting a couple of new additions, the VU32L-32-inch and the VU37L-37-inch. They both feature 720p and new side access high definition gaming ports which include HDMI. They will cost $699 and $899 respectively, although final launch plans have yet to be confirmed. The target market… Continue Reading »