| There are many companies that make flat screen | | | | So make sure that the high Hertz is an optional |
| TVS: Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, Sony, Sharp, Vizio, | | | | features, you turn it on when you watch a game, you |
| etc. Vizio is a newer company (started in 2002). The | | | | turn it off when you watch a move. |
| other companies have been around for a while, have | | | | 2. The other thing to know has to do with calibrating |
| great name recognition. Vizio is starting to have great | | | | your fine HDTV (Vizio or other). They come with a lot |
| name recognition too. | | | | of features that you not only do not need but work |
| The advantage Vizio has over brand names, say | | | | against you getting the highest pleasure out of your |
| Samsung (the company that sells the most flat screen | | | | HDTV. Some of these features have to do with the |
| TVS) has to do with pricing positioning. Vizio aims to | | | | image modes (Vivid, Sports, Dynamic); they do make |
| be the least expensive maker of flat screen TVS in | | | | colors brighter. The questions are: Do you need colors |
| the mid- to high range price, specifically LCD HDTV's. It | | | | that are brighter than real life? Should you pay extra |
| succeeds too. You can get 42 Vizio LCD TV's for the | | | | for what you do not need?. Don't let unnecessary |
| price of a 36 Samsung LCD TVs. And they seem to | | | | features make you pay more for a HDTV. |
| be comparable in quality. Just go online and read | | | | Here are the five things you need to play with to get |
| reviews, lots of people are happy with their Vizio. | | | | the best picture (the other features can be turned off): |
| The thing though is that Vizio is outselling most of the | | | | 1. Black level (usually found in Brightness) |
| brand name companies. And attacking Samsung LCD | | | | 2. White level (usually found in Contrast and Picture) |
| models' status as number one. | | | | 3. Sharpness (usually found in Detail) |
| Since they are many, there's fierce competition. They | | | | 4. Color saturation (also known as Color, Chroma) |
| are continuously coming up with something new. Often | | | | 5. Color tinge (usually found in Hue). |
| is something that is good for the consumer, sometimes | | | | One other thing you might want to check out is |
| it sounds like it's good but in reality it makes no | | | | Backlight Settings. The default mode usually is |
| difference or makes the consumer's experience | | | | "brightest". That is hard on the eyes if you watch TV a |
| worse (sometimes without the consumer being aware | | | | long time. Besides, it reduces the life-span of your LCD |
| how or why). | | | | TV. Set it on "Normal". If you watch TV in a dimly lit |
| 1. Lately TV makers have come up with TVs with lots | | | | room, go for Low Power or Power Saver, if available. |
| of Hertz (Hz), 120 to 240. The reason, to reduce | | | | Obviously, it's your money, you spend it on whatever |
| blurriness in fast action scenes. But this comes with a | | | | TV you want. I'd go with a Vizio 42" HDTV if I were in |
| price: you get to see too well. If you're watching sports | | | | the market right now. Next year, who know? Maybe |
| and you get to see each grass blade, it's okay. If | | | | Samsung will figure out a way to get me. Maybe a |
| you're watching a movie and you get to see that the | | | | new company will come out of nowhere and start |
| stones and boulders or the cactus and other desert | | | | winking at me. But they will not make me pay extra |
| plants in the background are made of plastic (look like | | | | for things I do not need. |
| they are), it kind of ruins the movie for you. | | | | |