Vizio SV470M

Vizio SV470M

The 47-inch Vizio SV470M LCD TV ($1300 as of December 10, 2009) is a midrange offering in its size class, priced the same as the Vizio VL470M (another 1080p, 120Hz 47-inch HDTV) but with fewer features (it lacks support for multimedia playback). The SV470M is also a magnified version of the previously reviewed Vizio SV420M (they share documentation)--but bigger isnâ??t necessarily better: In our juried image quality tests, the SV470 scored somewhat below its smaller sibling. In fact, the SV470 earned one of the lowest ratings for image quality in its test group--but that's mainly because the group as a whole performed very well. In a more diverse group that included some very poor performers, the SV420M scored a shade above average. The SV470M didn't get notably poor marks for any particular picture-quality attribute, but it didn't earn any high marks either, except on the motion benchmark and panning tests, where the set scored very well. Meanwhile, the VL470M, which we tested in the same group, earned significantly higher scores on most tests and matched the SV470M's good scores on the motion test.