Vizio - L42HDTV Television Review

The last two TVs I've purchased were a 36" JVC that weighed what seemed like 1000 pounds and the Vizio 42" LCD flat screen.  Both cost the exact same amount (although the JVC was purchased about 5 years before.)

It's amazing how far the TV world has come.  The Vizio was simple for 2 people to hang on a wall with minimal effort and the picture beats the old JVC in every aspect.  It was torture trying to even move the JVC off a stand.  The hardest thing about hanging the vizio was finding studs and leveling the wall-mount.

The Vizio has all the features you'd expect and the 'quick start' manual is logical and easy to follow.

A couple of nice features are the detachable stand (a requirement since a lot of people hang these on the wall) and the detachable speaker for people who want to hook into an external sound source.  The remote is also easy to use but a little bulky.  Both of my cheap, generic remotes have the Vizio codes so the real remote is sitting unused in a drawer right now.

I was put off by vizio being a 'lesser known' brand, but I can't believe I could have got better without spending twice as much.

The only flaw is that sometimes the buttons on the side take a second or so to register (for when I can't find the remote)