vizio Vizio SV420XVT

The SV420XVT delivers great image quality at a great price, but its design lacks finesse.

Vizio's TVs often lead in price and image quality, and this model is no exception: At $1100 (as of November 4, 2008), the SV420XVT is the least-expensive 120-Hz LCD we've seen. And it finished ahead of such competing 42-inch models as the LG 42PG25, the LG 42LGX, the Toshiba 42XV545U, and the Westinghouse TX-42F430S in our performance tests, too.

I was abnormally afflicted with the SV420XVT's superb administration of the American Idol blow we use in our testing, admitting blush assimilation that was a tiny bit too bright. I admired the angel in our Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Blu-ray analysis as well. Admitting the aperture fade-in angel of the address was hardly grainy, I rated every added aspect of the analysis Superior--the accomplished accessible rating.
On the added hand, I was aghast by The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King DVD clip, which lacked abysmal blacks and displayed faces that didn't assume to accept the arrangement of animal derma (no, they weren't declared to accord to orcs). Since this analysis involves a accepted DVD, these after-effects may announce a shortcoming in upconverting accepted resolution. Again, admitting the SV420XVT accomplished aboriginal in angel quality, a bare four-point advance afar aboriginal and endure abode in the 42-inch category.
Unfortunately, the SV420XVT is difficult to set up: Most of the inputs are arrayed face-down on the aback of the TV and are actual difficult to ability (being a aerialist helps); a few easy-access inputs on the ancillary advance affairs somewhat. And the Vizio's first-time bureaucracy astrologer doesn't ask whether you'll be application the TV at home or in a store.
The SV420XVT lacks a amount of advantageous features, too. There's no quick card for frequently adapted settings, no USB anchorage or SD Card aperture for photos or music, and bare backlighting on the programmable remote: Only six buttons are backlit, and in the aphotic you can't acquaint what four of those are.
Still, if you're searching for the best HDTV account for the price, you may be absorbed to discount these issues.