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Vizio VF550XVT 120hz LCD Soon to be Replaced by LED-based VF551XVT

While grinding through the 20-page AVS Forum thread for the Vizio VF550XVT 120hz LCD, I noticed that there was talk of “waiting until July” because Vizio had some much-anticipated plans to release an LED-based 551 model bump to the 550.  One thing I ntoiced in the Vizio thread was a lot of comparisons made between the [...]

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Vizio VP505XVT 50″ Plasma TV – King of Value, PC Mag Editor’s Choice

Some quick background, Vizio broke out onto the scene with the most value-minded (read: cheapest) televisions at Costco and eventually other major retailers, servicing the middle to low end crowd with affordible HDTVs that performed OK. Since then Vizio’s business and ability to execute at delivering increasingly better panels, still targeted to the mid-range, have made [...]

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VIZIO Launches Higher End Plasmas – VP605F and VP504F

Since VIZIO has more or less dominated the low-end plasma market they are now moving up into the previously Panasonic and Pioneer-dominated mid-level Plasma market with some new kick-ass announcements from CES. First in the lineup is the VP60, at $2800 this 1080p set with 4 HDMI inputs as well as Silicon Optix HQV Processing is [...]

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