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Introduction
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01.Tour & Design
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02.Blacks & Whites
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03.Color Accuracy
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04.Motion
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05.Viewing Effects
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06.Calibration
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07.Remote Control
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08.Connectivity
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09.Audio & Menus
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10.Formats & Media
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11.Power Consumption
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12.Vs LG 37LH30
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13.Vs Samsung LN32B360
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14.Vs JVC LT42P300
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15.Conclusion
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16.Ratings & Specs
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17.Comments
VIZIO VO370M
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Calibration
Viewing Effects Summary
• Viewing angle was disappointingly small
• Reflections on the screen produce an annoying halo effect
• Testing done using DisplayMate Software
Viewing Angle (2.84)
The viewing angle of the VO370M was rather disappointing; we test this by finding the angle at which the black to white contrast ratio falls below 50% of the maximum, and this happened here at just 21 degrees. That's a significantly smaller angle than some; this didn't happen with the JVC LT-42P300 until 38 degrees off axis. However, this is another curse of the cheap HDTV: we saw similar performance from the LG 37LH30 and the Samsung LN32B360 was even worse.
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What this means in real world use is that those sitting at the ends of the couch or on the chairs around it will get a weaker image; the blacks will look much brighter and the whites paler. We didn't see any evidence of other colors changing at wider angles, though, so that is something .
Reflectance (4.25)
We found that reflections on the display front were annoying; if you had a light at the right angle to reflect, you would clearly see the lamp in the screen, and a haze around it. This was particularly annoying on darker screens, where the halo effect was much more visible/
Video Processing (2.0)
The VO370M includes a number of features that are designed to improve the aulity of images on the screen or to enhance low quality signals. We looked at each of these below.
| Setting | Claimed Function | Our Impression |
| Noise Reduction | 'diminishes picture artifacts caused by the digitizing of image motion' | Reduces noise on some particularly grainy image |
| Color Enhancement | works by 'reducing oversaturation of certain colors and improving flesh tones' | Options for Off, Normal, Rich Color, Green/Flesh and Green/Blue. When selected, pushes specified colors. |
| Advanced Adaptive Luma | 'Large areas of brightness in the picture will result in a higher Average Picture Level (APL). This feature will lower the APL to counteract this effect' | Options for Off, Low, Medium, Strong and Extend. Pushes shadow detail into black on all settings, especially the Extend option. |
| Backlight Control | 'DCR (Dynamic contrast ratio) improves the black level performance and increases contrast ratio' | Options for Off, DCR or OCP (Optimum Power Control). Dims the backlight on very dark scenes (such as credits) to create a deeper black. For normal use, this feature made no difference. |
As usual with features of this type, none of the features were of any real use. The DCR feature seems to exist purely to allow Vizio to put a bigger contrast ratio number on the box.
| Compare the Vizio VO370M to other HDTVs | |||||||
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| LG 37LH30 37 inches |
Samsung LN32B360 32 inches |
JVC LT-42P300 42 inches |
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