I did a LOT of reading on Yahoo in regards to choosing the right TV for the room based on lighting, spacing of the room, etc. I can't remember how it all broke down, but something along the lines of 720 vs 1080 and if you're more than like 10-15 ft from the TV that you'll never notice the differences, plasma vs LCD vs LED and eachs pro and con, yada yada yada. When it all comes down to it, for me it was best to just go down there w/ a DVD of my choice, take over the floor for like 30 min and just watch each one and see which I liked best within my price range.

The Vizio's are literally a tide me over until I can make an actual movie room, so I didn't beat myself up too much w/ my choices. I remember shopping for multimedia monitors in my M5, and until you see them all side by side, you never really get a good feel for it based on specs...kind of like driving a car on paper vs. sitting in the actual seat. For me, the biggest thing was warranty (Costco comes in handy here), the brightness ( for some reason i'm always watching my movies on WMP w/ the brightness a little bumped past the middle) and lack of glare.

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