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VIZIO 37" 1080p Class Slim LCD 120Hz HDTV - Black (SV370XVT) |  | Brand: Vizio
Category: CE
List Price: $679.99
Buy Used: $479.99
as of 9/6/2010 20:12 CDT details
You Save: $200.00 (29%)
Used (2) Refurbished (1) from $479.99
Seller: WarehouseCentral
Rating:  17 reviews
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 37
Battery: 2 AA
Size: 37 Inch
Shipping Weight (lbs): 100
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.1 x 0.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: SV370XVT
Model: SV370XVT
UPC: 845226002618
EAN: 0845226002618
ASIN: B002L9SZD2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
 | Television Features:120Hz, Picture-In-Picture, Detachable Base Stand, Wall Mountable | | | Maximum Resolution:1920 x 1080 | | | Vertical Resolution: 1080p | | | Video Upconversion: 1080p | | | Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen | | | Tuner Type:ATSC/NTSC/QAM | | | Brightness(cd/m2): 500 | | | Response Time: 5ms Response Time | | | Comb Filter Type:3D Y/C Digital | | | HD Compatibility: HD-Built-In HDTV/ATSC Tuner | | | Speakers: 2 Bottom Fixed | | | Input Type(s): S-Video, HDMI Port, 1 Component Video , 1 Composite Video , 1 S-Video , 1 PC , 3 HDMI | | | 1 Optical Digital Audio | | | Includes: Warranty Card, Standard Remote Control, Power Cord | | | Finish: Glossy | | | Dimensions: Length: 24.8 "; Width: 35.5 "; Depth: 9.2 " | | | Product Weight:35.5 Lb. | | | Warranty Description: 1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty |
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Product Description
Breaking the mold of traditional HDTVs, the VIZIO XVT series brings you the latest, cutting edge HDTV technologies. The SV370XVT gives you Full 1080p High Definition resolution, 120Hz Smooth Motion technology, a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and SRS adv
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
Agree: Great tv for the money! May 12, 2010
I. Reed (Heartland, USA)
I've had this Vizio sv370xvt for about a week now, having come across it at target, for a clearance price of $545. Am so glad I had done some research so was in a position to buy. Inventory must be so low there, they took it off their website, altho you can still google and see the page. :=)
Anyway, if you find one at your local target, for less than you expected, you will be very happy on almost all counts.
Picture: Happy. Great picture with digital cable channels broadcast in 720p or 1080i. Regular 480i channels are only average. Has zoom1, zoom2 (closer up) or normal (4:3) settings. Panoramic or stretch also, on some channels, the tv automatically decides what to offer. Great picture on digital broadcast channels in 1080i. As it should have.
I don't find the Vizio label that glows softly during use too distracting, yet. Have watched one old black and white movie, and with some adjustment of the dark settings, I was fine with it.
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Sound: Sorta happy. Good sound, not great. The only thing is, I thought this model was supposed to have a feature that evens out the volume between commercials and programming. Nope, doesn't. Commercials blare louder than ever! Anyone notice a setting to fix this? I'm adjusting the sound all the time, for quieter parts of movies as well as for muting the commercials.
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Tuner: Happy, picks up everything I expected and more!
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Remote control: Sorta satisfied, not happy. It's fine, not too lightweight, fits easily in the hand. Takes two AAA batteries. Major downside: lacks a sleep button. This function is in its menu, so you have to search for it. I'll be programming my universal remote any day now, just to have a sleep button available. WHO did Vizio consult on this omission of a sleep button??? It's not a deal breaker, though. Very small buttons that aren't lit up, so you have to squint to find the functions. Volume and channel up/down are lit up.
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General features: Easy to move from room to room, with care, of course. How nice to find just the right combo of screen size and weight -- for me.
This is something important to me, as I like to rearrange furniture often.
Remote control has a program guide that is kind of annoying to use, as I keep forgetting the control sequence to be able to view the descriptions. Maybe it's me.
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Get this tv, if you can find it. Great bargain while the newer internet apps tvs are working out their bugs. The Vizio sv370 has an RGB plug you can use to hook it up as a monitor, with a VGA or other type cable from your laptop, along with an audio cable, to watch from online sources. Amazon even has a combo cable for this (includes both VGA and audio plugs in one).
Simply Fantastic May 9, 2010
J.F. "Jock" Gearhart (Exton, PA USA)
Over the last 40 years, whenever I needed a TV, after doing great research at the time, I have always bought the best TV available (usually Sony XBR's, or Sharp Acquos when they were the best.) I look for an excellent picture (superior contrast, brightness, and image detail in center and corners,) and good sound not requiring a home theater setup, and I am willing to pay for it. We needed a new TV for the master bedroom. Got a 32" Sony Bravia ex500 at Best Buy, $628 - it is the first Sony TV I have not been happy with, the picture was not as good as it should have been. I took it back, and then got lucky. For the same price, $628 at BJ's, I got the Vizio sv370 xvt.
Wow, A Fantastic TV!! The best picture of any TV we have had, even far better than my old Sony KD XBR 960 Trinitron Wega Cathode Ray Tube (it had the best picture available at the time I bought it.) The Vizio's sound is excellent, I do not use a sound system. Also, I like the remote, it is easy to use, and not cheaply made as some have said. The manual is also excellent, very explanitory for hookup and features, maybe written by someone whose first language is English, so it is very understandable. After 4 days of use, I very highly recommend this TV. If the TV changes, falters or fails (which I do not expect,) I will update this review.
Great TV For This First-Time HDTV Owner April 23, 2010
T-Lo (Exton, Pa USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Plain and simple: This is a nice TV for the price.
I did plenty of research before buying this and after considering the size, price, brand, features and online reviews, this was my choice. I've had this TV for 4-months now and I have to say that I'm VERY happy with my purchase.
I will admit that I was an HDTV noob before buying this Vizio as I never owned one before. So even though I give this TV a ringing endorsement, I can't honestly tell you if it compares favorably or not to any others.
All I know is that it looks great to me and my Xbox 360, Wii and DVDs all look spectacular on it. I also stream Netflix movies on my laptop and watch them on the Vizio via an HDMI cable and it looks quite good as well.
Before buying this TV, my main concern was how standard definition TV would look on it as I do not have HD cable yet. For those of you who plan on using this with SDTV, I have to say that it looks darn good. Admittedly, SDTV doesn't look as good as the 4x3 TV that I replaced, but that's understandable since that's the case when viewing SDTV on any HDTV. After seeing how some other HDTVs handled SDTV, I was pleasantly surprised.
In my opinion, the Panoramic screen mode which fills the entire 16x9 area is the best setting to use when watching SDTV. Things on the screen appear quite proportional and really don't look as stretched as some other HDTVs I've seen. I have a friend who just bought a 46" LG HDTV and the screen options for full 16x9 SDTV viewing look drastically more stretched than this Vizio model. My friend felt things looked so stetched or strange on his TV no matter which viewing option he tried, he now just watches in 4x3 mode with the black bars on the sides. I must admit that I was laughing on inside because of how much better my Vizio looked in 16x9 mode than his HDTV that cost twice as much.
Anyhow, after reading all the helpful reviews on Amazon which helped my make my purchasing decision, I felt obligated to write my own review in an effort to try and help others with their TV buying decision. I really like this TV and I hope that you'll be as happy with it as I am.
Looking for a quality inexpensive HD for your 360 or PS3? March 21, 2010
D. Denny (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well if you are looking for a LCD HD T.V. to play games and Blu-rays then, I suggest you check this one out. I agree with the other reviews about the remote control (not very well liked), but the set itself is unbelievable. I, like many other reviewers spend a considerable amount of time looking at the stores models as well as hours and hours on-line reading reviews and matching stats. A few key points: it is American company (bonus), it is 120hz (one of the cheapes of the kind), it can keep up with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 without blur or pixelation. I would say for the Xbox 360 you probably won't find a better choice in this class and size. I also have a PS3, but only play a few games mostly just watching blurays (which are great). For what its worth, the price point naturally is going to make you skeptical, but don't let your worries of other products following the "get what you pay for" model. This is one you may regret passing by. Oh yes one other thing, keep in mind that the remote is the only way to adjust the settings, so the ones on display at the stores may be decievingly poor video, because they are probably not displaying the proper settings or HD input. Best of luck in your decision making!
 Very Nice TV March 13, 2010
Mom (NJ, USA)
This is our first HDTV of consequence. (We also have a 32" Vizio used for the kids.) I spent a lot of time researching HDTVs to learn about the technologies to know what is hype and what is significant. I spent time comparing sets in stores to get an idea of the differences, though often they didn't display the same content or were too far apart to compare easily. Doing so proved to me that the 120Hz Smooth Motion technology made for a nicer picture regardless of the input if for no other reason than it required better LEDs in the panel.
I read any review I could find. I couldn't find any thorough professional reviews, but I found many like this one. The gist of my research suggested that the SV370XVT was likely to serve our purposes well, but I really can't offer an experienced opinion on how it compares to other, similar sets. When it was on sale at Target for the Super Bowl, I bought it. It is now mounted on the wall in the master bedroom replacing a CRT TV that quit.
I am generally pleased with this set. The viewing angle is wide, so it works well throughout the bedroom (mounted with a Sanus MF110-B1 Articulating Wall Mount for 26" to 42" Displays (Black)). I have to set the backlight to about 25 for nighttime viewing because it otherwise floods the room with light. I cannot speak to the picture quality of 1080p HD content as we have no Blu-Ray player, but it does very nicely with DVDs making them the sharpest I've ever seen. OTA HD programming looks very nice, but as that is 1080i at best (or is it all 720p?), it's hardly a great test case for the TV, so I simply can't judge the HD performance of this set definitively.
Playing full screen (4:3) DVDs can require using the composite or component video inputs, depending upon the DVD player. For example, using a Sony DVP-NS700H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player, Black, the picture is correct using the HDMI connection, but using a Toshiba DKR40 DVD Recorder with 1080p Upconversion and Bonus HDMI Cable requires using the composite or component input for 4:3 DVDs, and the HDMI input for widescreen DVDs.
The remote is a bit odd. It is comfortable to hold and provides convenient access to a great many useful features, but there is one feature that can only be accessed via more than seven (!) clicks, a feature we use every night: the sleep function. There is no sleep button on the remote. You have to press Menu, Down, Down, OK, Down, Down, Down, then press Left or Right to rotate among the time options, then press Menu twice. You can omit the last two button presses if you want the menu to time out (after a minute). That's ridiculous. Considering the number of feature buttons on the remote already (21), and the space available between the Media and Mute buttons, Vizio could easily have included a button with direct access to the sleep settings.
We don't use the speakers as we have connected the stereo audio output to a normal stereo (no surround sound). There is a setup option to make the output variable, so the remote volume control affects the signal level on the outputs. That means we can use the TV remote rather than the stereo remote to control the volume.
Another less desirable part of this TV is the illuminated logo just below the screen. When the TV is "off" the logo is orange. That means it is an orange night light. When the TV is on, the logo is white. That means when the screen goes dark because of a fade to black or a dark scene, the white logo is distractingly bright.
I can also see some white light on the wall behind the TV. I don't know if that's from the backlight or the logo, but it can be a bit annoying. Do other TVs have the same problem? I have no idea.
We are pleased with this TV. It is much nicer (and larger) than our old set. The 4:3 display (via the component input) is a bit larger than a standard 32" TV, so the 16:9 display (via HDMI) is quite a bit larger. If it weren't for the missing sleep button on the remote, and the ridiculous sequence needed to get to the sleep function without one, the illuminated logo, plus the lack of experience with true HD pictures, I'd give this TV five stars.
(Mr. Mom)
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