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(NT) Its a 42" LCD

Vizio has come on fast. They design them in the USA &

have them made under contract in Asia. They have been aggressive & each years models has had specs with substantial improvement. Their large sales make a point that they are a player - particularly a lower price make that is gaining good acceptance.

Enjoy yours.

VIZIO

My old pappy used to say, "When you buy something, it's time to stop shopping."

Visio

We bought a 32 inch LCD soon after they appeared at Sam's. After about three months, it made a loud screeching noise and sound quit working and the picture was in shades of blue.

We called the Visio support center and they sent us a new set.

We have owned TVs of various sorts and brands for more than 50 years. We decided to return it to Sam's and we bought a Sony. We paid more, but we have never had a problem with a Sony product.

I own three Vizio's

Bought my first Vizio LCD three years ago and it's on every day, all day long. Second one was the 50" plasma and it went out before a year was up. Couldn't find my receipt for purchase at Sam's Club so Vizio customer service contacted Sam's to search their database using my member number. Unfortunately, Sam's had just cleared their records, so Vizio sent us the parts to have it repaired. The third one, a 47", was bought again, at Sam's, from their open box "Returns" table. We've had zero problems with it and would recommend Vizio LCD without hesitation. Plasma...not so sure. I will say the times I've contacted Vizio, located in California, I've had outstanding help from technical support and from customer service.

I think a lot of us do NOT consider Costco model numbers as

inferior to their regular model numbers. It is just a common case of private branding which any authorized dealer who will buy a certain number can get. Frankly, they often want that because it usually differs from regular models by having one or a few minor features packaged so the dealer doesn't have unrelenting pressure to meet or beat other sellers advertised prices.

Anyhow, Vizio has come a long way in rather short time & are now very close to equal as to lots of specs. The company has done a good job of creating the specs then having them manufactured in Asia under contract rather than going the route of having their own factories.

We really enjoy our Vizios!

I took the wife to buy our first 50" TV. I had already researched the plasma TV's and all that I had read about the Vizio was positive. When we walked into the store I asked the wife if she could tell any differences between the various models on display. She said she could tell slight differences, but the differences were very slight. As we looked at them a little further she was quite shocked at the differences in prices. We both agreed that the slight differences between broadcast quality were not worth the hundreds, most time thousands, of dollars you would have to pay. We enjoyed our first Vizio so much that we went out this year and bought another 50" Vizio for the basement! And on the plus side, this second 50" Vizio was priced even less than the first and came packaged with surround sound system to boot! The most important thing I have found is that you have to have good signal input no matter what. You remember the old saying "garbage in, garbage out"? Well if you have good input and plug in through the HDMI, (and make sure you read CNET's guide to purchasing HDMI cables which points out the high dollar cables are not all that they're cracked up to be) I think you will be more than satisfied with a Vizio - especially when you have the extra monies to purchase a decent HD DVD player to go along with it! Pleasant viewing, and a Merry Christmas to all