Re: Vizio question

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 wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 06 May 2008 17:56:15 GMT Bob Rudd <bobrudd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> | We're considering a 1080p 42 or 47 inch Vizio model.  Any opinions and
> | help you could provide us, would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> My brother's 32" 768p Vizio is now 10 months in use and still works as
it did
> when it first arrived.  One glitch: the "zoom" feature never worked
regardless
> of video mode.  So when a TV station/network gets dumb and pillarboxes
video
> that is already letterboxed from 16:9 into 4:3, just to get it into
their HD
> video stream, it will have black all the way around ("pilletter boxed"
is the
> term I use for this) and it can't be zoomed to the full size of the
screen
> (even though at this point the transmitted video has less than SD
quality).
> 
> I'm exploring a big screen HD TV myself.  Vizio is an option I would
consider
> if it meets all of my tests and requirements ... or at least as many as
any
> other brand.

Yea, those second tier / store brands seem to be fine. I have a little
Insignia LCD SD TV that I got real cheap as an open box display model a
couple years ago and it still works fine with daily use both in TV and
VGA modes.