While grinding through the 20-page AVS Forum thread for the Vizio VF550XVT 120hz LCD, I noticed that there was talk of “waiting until July” because Vizio had some much-anticipated plans to release an LED-based 551 model bump to the 550.
One thing I ntoiced in the Vizio thread was a lot of comparisons made between the VF550XVT and the Samsung 650-series set. The most common +1 given to the Samsung 650-based sets was “superior black levels” when the two sets were compared side-by-side. Fortunately this is one of the things that the LED-based VF551XVT will improve upon.
Right now the only other hot LED-set on the market that I’m aware of is the Samsung LN55A950 which boasts some hot specs, but a $3200 price tag.
With the existing Vizio VF550XVT hovering at $1800 at Costco.com, the hope is that when the Vizio VF551XVT drops, it shouldn’t be much more than $2000-2200 — hopefully offering a $1k price premium over the Samsung.
Overall I’m just excited to seeing LED-based LCD sets go mainstream like this to help bring down prices.
I love this vizio tv, great specs all around, i haven’t bought it YET, instead i entered Vizio’s Million Dollar Event (www.viziosweepstakes.com)
If you haven’t heard of it, check it out an sign up, they post winners weekly on a map of the Unites States, shows where the winners are from and a little bit about them!
^ u must not wanna win if you are posting the contest.
Hah, or he’s from the Vizio marketing team