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If you are bypassing the TV's speakers, you can turn them off in the Audio Settings menu. In addition, an SPDIF (optical) digital Audio Out is provided and is active when you are receiving digital audio from programs from the tuner input (see below).
So you would connect them to your home theater receiver and not directly to a set of external speakers. Adding to the mix are a stereo pair of Audio inputs, (which are linked to the HDMIs), two Component inputs (YPbPr) with matching stereo Audio Ins, two Composite (with Audio), two S-Video (with Audio), one VGA (15 pin D-Sub) with a stereo Audio In mini-plug, and a Service port.Īlso on the panel is a stereo pair of analog Audio Outs, which is unamplified. Even if you do turn it at an angle, reaching around a five foot screen is a job for the limber and long armed.Īt least, once you traverse back there, you are greeted with the most HDMI connectors (4) that we have seen on a TV. With a 180 pound monster, swiveling is not a one person task.
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If you place your TV on a stand near the wall, with a lighter model, it is fairly easy for one person to maneuver it so you can reach around back and attach a cable. With this unit, it is definitely an obstacle. Now we have complained about this ad nauseum and with smaller TVs, the location has been more of an annoyance. Once again, the connectors are located on the back of the TV facing downward. It's not loud or distracting, but you do get the impression that there's some heavy lifting going on inside to present a 60" image. The other way that you can tell this TV is switched on is by the noise it makes when this colossus is running. The only adornment on the front is an illuminated VIZIO that changes from yellow to white when the TV is turned on. The control buttons are inset on the left side. Since they point downward, a snap-on translucent sound reflector is included, which directs the sound out to the audience. To maintain a svelte profile, VIZIO enclosed the pair of 20W speakers inside the bezel below the screen. This plasma sports a brushed copper bezel. With the VM60P, VIZIO has departed from its usual palette of a black bezel and silver speakers. If you are planning to hang it on a wall, make sure your mount is firmly attached to stout studs. At 179 pounds, this HDTV demands at least a couple of strong backs and a sturdy resting place. This Maximus was the first TV that really tested the limits of the two of us lifting it out of the box and maneuvering it onto its table.
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Though don't expect the fine detailed sharpness that a 1080p TV can provide. HD material, on the other hand, can look great and in glorious 60". But occasionally, it looks like chopped liver. With that said, this plasma does not do a bad job with SD. If they touted their HDTVs as great handlers of SD material and didn't deliver, then it would be my duty to kindle a blaze. From my viewpoint, I admire VIZIO for their candor. Now, I've received emails chastising me for not holding VIZIO's feet to the fire and demanding that they make a TV that does a great job of displaying SD material.
Perhaps VIZIO's self admonition that they print on their box says it best, "This VIZIO TV is optimized for HDTV, without an HD source, it's just an ordinary TV." And at five feet, it can reveal that ordinariness in a grand manner. O.K., we'll stop with the sports metaphors. Standard definition programs can be like wicked curve balls. (Can you tell that baseball season just started?) With HD content, the VM60P consistently hits for extra bases. Of course, all the impressive stats don't mean a lick unless the TV can hit with men on base. While the newest LCD models are boasting twice that, most LCDs are still languishing in the under 1500:1 range. That's the contrast ratio of this beast of a plasma TV. And finally, let's add a little spice to our spec soup, 7000:1.
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This VIZIO is a 720p plasma even though it accepts 1080p sources, which it downscales to 720p. Since we are throwing around numbers, here's another that must be added to the equation, 1366 x 768 native resolution. VIZIO has good reason to call this TV, MAXIMVS. Inches and dollars might not be the greatest gauge of the quality of an HDTV, but a 60" plasma for $2895 is an awfully big elephant in our review facility that must be acknowledged. Any discussion about VIZIO's VM60P Plasma HDTV must begin with that mammoth measurement and end with this price punctuation – under $3000.
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