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Vizio P50HDTV Review

P50HDTVThe Vizio P50HDTV is one of the least expensive 50-inch HD plasmas we’ve reviewed to date. Having never heard of Vizio or its parent brand, V, Incorporated, you may rightly be wondering whether that price is too good to be true. In short, it isn’t. The P50HDTV performed commendably in our tests, exhibiting deep blacks and accurate color.

The Vizio P50HDTV is one of the few HDTVs we’ve reviewed with two HDMI inputs, which are becoming increasingly desirable given the proliferation of HDMI-equipped DVD players and set-top boxes and the dearth of HDMI-switching receivers. The P50 provides two component-video inputs, two S-Video inputs, two composite-video inputs, one VGA analog RGB input for PC hookup

We were pleased to find that the panel passes all the resolution from 720p HDTV sources. Oddly enough, this is something most displays can’t do, even though their native resolution is either exactly 1,280×720 or an even higher 1,366×768, as in the case of the Vizio.

With commendable image quality and plenty of connections, the relatively inexpensive Vizio P50HDTV 50-inch plasma is the best value in its class.
Source: http://reviews.cnet.com/