VIZIO VM230XVT 23-Inch XVT-Series 23-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV
I bought this TV because my 20″ LG that I use in my home office was going out. I figured that if I was going to buy a new TV I might as well get the latest technology. I picked this one because of Vizio’s reputation. When I hooked it up I was truly amazed at the picture quality. I own 4 HDTVs and have replace all of them at least once, so I have owned at different times 1 projection LCD, 1 Plasma, and 6 CCFL backlight LCD TVs. The picture on this TV is truly great. The standard definition channels look almost as good as the HD channels did on any other HD TV I have owned and the high definition looks so real one would think they were looking out a window. I remember how impressed I was with my first HD TV, well this TV made an equal impression on me over my prior HD TVs.
The only annoyance is the fact that the volume bar does not go away when the sound is muted. I remains until you un-mute the TV. This annoys me, but is livable considering everything else.
The biggest advantages to LED LCD over CCFL LCD are the power consumption, the expected life of the backlight, and the picture quality. This TV is advertised as only drawing 30W but my UPS tells me it only draws 26W. The weakest link to a CCFL LCD TV is the backlight. It is what goes first most of the time, but LEDs last virtually forever so I will have to see what the next weakest link will be that will cause me to have to replace this TV. I expect this TV to last for at least five years before needing replacement, but time will only tell.
Samsung UN46B8000 46-Inch 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV
just got it up and running today. put in “crank” and knew i would have to take it off standard and put it on movie mode. that was good. tried “the matrix” and it looked a bit too green so i took that down a little, along with picture. took dark up one. then threw in “death race” and damn, there it is: perfect tv! i suppose i will do a THX tweak whenever i get one of those movies but it looks really great after just a few adjustments.
after reading some reviews that had distress about some light in the corners, i went to best buy and stared and stared. i just can’t see it! i love this tv. still have a sony DLP in the living room which is decent at 1080i but this blows it away for clarity. movies look wet, like they did when i had a plasma tv (a toshiba that broke) and i may noticed a couple motion moments but i can’t be sure until i watch a lot more. which i plan on doing. also plan on running ps3 games but have not gotten around to that yet. i’ll ammend if i find problems but so far i am very happy with my purchase.