02-08-2009, 05:22 PM
Black wrote:
Never heard of Visio. Any idea who makes the internals?
Won't do business with wal-mart, but thanks for the link.
I was doing some research on Vizios, and apparently there are different sources for components, depending on who is offering the best deal to the company, and some of the components are pretty high end. The guy who started the company wants the best he can get for the least amount of money. Overall, there aren't too many companies who manufacture these components anyway, so the parts used in Vizios could conceivably be the same as those used Sonys and Sharps.
I bought a small Vizio last Tuesday at Costco after the little 13" set I'd been using in the kitchen died. I didn't buy any new cables; I just brought the new 19" home and plugged it in, using two very old cables that are strung together with an adapter. It's great! It has a QAM tuner, so it picks up a couple of HD broadcasts. Wow. I could get spoiled fast. I'm not a particularly discriminating viewer, but I'm very happy with this little set, especially for $199, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Vizio. Of course, I've only had it for a few days, so I can't speak to reliability.