Has anyone purchased this "latest" Vizio television, the "XVT Series"? Looking at the SV470? Reviews?

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Has anyone purchased this "latest" Vizio television, the "XVT Series"? Looking at the SV470? Reviews?

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I set this TV up in the shop last Sunday & have been playing with it over the week. The new SV470 has an amazingly detailed and sharp picture. In side-by-side comparisons with the Samsung LN-46A650 (what I consider the best quality picture in an LCD HDTV currently shipping), the SV470 produced more detail. It amazes me what detail this TV is capable of displaying.

Black reproduction was decent. A down side to this TV is its lack of brightness/contrast, especially when you enable the auto contrast enhancer. This TV needs to be viewed in a darken room to appreciate its sharpness and detail. It does not compare well to the contrast or brightness of other 120 Hz machines such as the LN-46A750, LN-46A650, KDL-46Z4100 or KDL-46W4100 but then it does not carry their price tags either!

I am not impressed with 120 Hz operation on the SV470. I saw lots of halo artifacts and erratic motion when watching a standard 1080i feed. I have not had a chance to actually test its ability to reduce motion blur or jitter, but judging from the artifacts I've seen I'm not expecting this TV to surpass the improvements made by Sony & Samsung in their 2008 implementations or the standard set by Sharp.

Considering its price, it's a pretty impresive piece of work by Vizio. Now if they could just improve their reliability!

Additional Details: Here a review on the SV470. I have not read this yet, but I thought it may be of some help. http://yahoo-ssp-cnet.com.com/flat-panel...