Superb TV for a great price
We recently purchased this television from a different store but were impressed as soon as we turned it on. We had received a 24" Vizio LCD for Christmas but its quality was severely lacking - the picture went dark very quickly if you viewed the screen off-center even about 10-20 degrees off axis - to the point that having the television on top of a chest of drawers caused it to be too high to watch TV with any decent quality. We returned that one and bought the SV320XVT and were blown away by comparison.
Pros: The 1080p quality at 120Hz makes digital television channels look great. Device buttons are easily accessible for changing inputs instead of pressing a single "Source" or "Input" button multiple times to get to the input you want. There are three HDMI inputs which is great for a cable/satellite tuner Blu-Ray player and another source (we use it for the Canon 7D's video output). The viewing angle is excellent especially for an LCD. We were able to get a consistent view at about 120-140 degrees off-axis. Different video modes are available for different types of viewing (Basketball Golf Baseball Movies Normal etc.). Sound quality out-of-the-box is excellent though a surround sound system could be hooked up with either RCA HDMI or TOSlink.
Cons: 120Hz can still make some live-acted shows and movies look computer animated but that happens with any TV that has this feature. This TV does not have a 10/100 network port which I've only seen on a few televisions at this point but it would be nice to have it for web streaming. There is an RGB input however so we can still hook it up to a computer. I'd also like if the TV had an alarm clock on it but that's a very minor issue. Also having a jog dial on the bottom right side of the panel makes for an awkward way of controlling power volume and channel control; I'd rather have actual buttons for each. It took trial and error to figure out that adjusting the volume from the side did not require me to push the button inward to confirm the change as that just turned off the TV.More detail ...
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