Looking into buying a new HDTV. Need Advice.

[Nyokou]

Originally Posted by MrGiggles

While, I'm at it, I bought a 650$ Vizio, 47". It has these horizontal dark stripes across the middle, two of them, at approx 4/10 and 6/10 of the way up the screen. It looks like the backlight is faulty, or sucks, or idfk. Is this pretty standard for vizio? Is there a fix or should I send it in? 1 Year warranty still active, have the receipt, etc.

It's usually only irritating when displaying a mostly solid screen but certain games just seem to exaggerate the effect. SM64, for one.

No. You should get it checked out. Nothing like that has happened to me while playing games on my dad's Vizio(s). Sucks though, that's pretty unlucky but at least you still have the warranty.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by jump_the_bullet

anyone know if Zenith is a good brand for HDTV's?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4133343AAXnNO4

"Zenith is not a bad brand, they are part of the LG Electronics group."

I got to that by Googling "Is Zenith a good brand for HDTVs".

LG is a major company, so getting a Zenith is probably like paying Vizio-type prices on a name-brand quality piece of hardware. That said, LG doesn't exactly have the best reputation either.

Altogether, it's probably not too bad. If you're aiming for the highest quality, you'd want something like Panasonic, but you'd be paying for it too.

Try looking around on Google. You'll probably be able to find forums where every one of the regulars is more familiar with this stuff than I am.