Comments on: Vizio SV420XVT Review – 42-inch LCD HDTV

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:53:14 +0000

I bought this Vizio model from BJ’s last April of 2009 and it’s been over a year and a half and it’s still a beautiful HDTV, no problems with the remote either, it’s been dropped plenty of times and work’s very well, well rounded product.

By: bill

bill — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:14:14 +0000

tv is best i’ve seen on the market how ever the tv remote that comes with the set is not the best in the world. very flimsy and doesn’t work half the time. lasted less then six months before acting up big time. vizio only has a universal repacement models. can’t replace original model remote.

By: marty

marty — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:03:26 +0000

some of the reviewers are way off. The sound on this set is excellent, and this is coming from a lifelong audiophile. I think they just don’t know what good sound is. The picture is amazing. Any jerkiness relates to incorrect setup and settings. Mine is supersmooth. the only negative is the slightly weak black levels, but the beautiful color reproduction and vividness more then makes up for it.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:44:59 +0000

i was skeptical about an ‘american’ brand tv and so spent some hours in costcos/sams clubs/bestbuys comparing the various lcd 42″ 120 hz 1080p/i tv sets. the high end samsungs produced noticeably better pictures and sonys produced marginally better pictures though the sound was pretty similar across the board (in the stores it was hard to hear the nuances) i performed a cost/benefit analysis and vizio came out the winner, though not by far. the picture quality/color saturation/sound combination when used in conjunction with a sony blu-ray and toshiba hd player was fantastic. only time will tell if the internal quality of the vizio is as good as the much-touted sonys but so far so good.

By: Susan J

Susan J — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:01:57 +0000

I’m honestly not sure what the first reviewers issue is with the sound on this model. I spent several months researching, viewing, and inspecting LCD TVs before settling on this model and I was actually pleasantly surprised by the quality of the sound on this TVs native speakers. So much so that I’m considering not bothering with the effort of setting it up on the external surround sound system we already have and moving that to our other tv, whose sound definitely isn’t up to par. We paid over 2600.00 several years ago for a 46 inch Mitsubishi rear projection TV that can’t touch this tv for either sound or picture quality.

Ours did have an issue with slight jerkiness that I noticed right after unpacking it, however this wasn’t due to any sort of flaw in the set itself, but rather a menu setting that needed adjusting. Like all TVs, it needed some tweaking of it’s settings and color options, and it’s sound, to get it adjusted to our liking, but that only took reading the manual and about 30 minutes of playing around to get there.

The picture is outstanding, sharp and crisp, and we’ve since seen no motion blurring or jerkiness in either 480, 720, or 1080 picture definitions. HD programming on this tv is absolutely unbelievable in it’s detail and it floored us. Watching a basketball game was almost like standing in the stadium.

The input hookups can be a little confusing, admittedly, but that’s largely because there are so many of them and various possible configurations. Some trial and error and consulting of the manual was needed to get everything all the external components connected, but it was a minor annoyance. The pip function also isn’t as advanced as it could be – for some reason leaving out anything connected to the RCA inputs – but that’s something we rarely use so it’s definitely not a deal breaker for us on this tv.

The stand is sturdier than I thought it would be and the delay between turning the tv on and getting the picture is very minimal. Channel changing is fast with little to no noticeable delay, both of which were issues with some other models we looked at. We’ve had it for a little over three months so far, and all in all we couldn’t be more pleased. Currently, we’re looking at another LCD to replace our ancient bedroom TV and it will likely be a Vizio as well.

By: Wes J

Wes J — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:58:10 +0000

Vizio SV420XVT1A, mine was a piece of junk. It worked fine for a month then the picture went black after about 30 minutes of watching. I think it overheats or something. Vizio said they could not repair it, just replace it. I said no, I just took it back to Sams club and got my money back, I purchased a Sony 120 hz at Bestbuy and was glad to spend the extra 500. for a tv that works

By: Joe B

Joe B — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:50:28 +0000

Sorry Visio! I owned this TV for a month, the first and most obvious problem were the cheap speakers… can you say ouch! It hurt to listen to the sound coming out of the set. The next issue was the jekiness of the motion on the prgrams I was trying to watch, and finally it never seemed to focus well. However, this was my first HD LCD with a sell price of $799 after a $200 instant rebate at Costco, I thought that this must be normal for a LCD TV! Well the ear splitting speakers were to much for the wife and I, so we returned it to Costco. We then replaced the Visio with a Philips Brand TV.
The Philips also a 42′ TV with 120hz and only $945 ( thats only $150 more then th sell price of the Visio) makes the Visio look and sound like a what it is CHEAP! Even though the prices are comparable the quality is not. Spend the extra $150 and buy the Philips!