Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #7254 in Home Theater
- Color: Black
- Brand: Vizio
- Model: M3D420SR
- Dimensions: 25.00" h x
1.20" w x
39.90" l,
32.20 pounds
- Native resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Display size: 42
Features
- 42-inch class (42.02 inches viewable) 3D HDTV features Razor LED backlighting with Smart Dimming, Full HD 1080p resolution
- Immersive VIZIO Theater 3D uses lightweight, inexpensive polarized glasses (two pairs included)
- Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity with Internet Apps for access to Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Pandora, and more
- 240Hz SPS delivers an enhanced frame rate for sharper clarity of fast-action scenes and blur-free images
- Enhanced two-sided remote control with full QWERTY keyboard
- Built-in WiFi 802.11n
- Edge Lit Razor LED backlighting
- Includes 4 pairs of VIZIO 3D glasses (2 premium, 2 basic)
- Theater 3D - Bring the movie theater 3D experience home!
- Two-sided IR QWERTY remote
VIZIO M3D420SR 42-Inch 1080p 3D LCD TV (Black)
Product Description
Bring the movie theater 3D experience home! VIZIO’s 42 Inch Theater 3D Edge Lit Razor LED LCD HDTV delivers stunning, cinema-style 3D. Whether you’re watching the latest summer blockbuster or the championship game, Theater 3D means you see crystal-clear, flicker-free 3D that has a brighter picture than conventional 3D. Includes 4 pairs of 3D glasses, so you can immediately share the excitement with friends and family!Featuring Edge Lit Razor LED backlighting, 240Hz SPS refresh rate, and 1080p Full HD, this superb HDTV renders both 2D and 3D with amazing clarity, color and contrast. And VIZIO makes no compromises when it comes to sound with SRS StudioSound HDAlso includes VIZIO Internet Apps and built-in dual-band 802.11n WiFi, giving you the convenience of on-demand movies, TV shows, social networking, music, photos, and more-all at the push of a button on the premium Two-sided IR QWERTY remote.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
so far so good
By James Forester
Bought this tv today at walmart for black friday. Got it for 600. So far the picture looks great. My last tv was a 42" 720p plasma. This has a noticeably better picture. The 240hz refresh rate is very noticeable, even on standard definition. Everything looks very smooth. I was very excited to try the 3d. It was pretty cool at first, for the first 20 minutes, but i don't see using it very often. It was fun to flip through all the 3d content and see what everything looked like, but I think i would rather watch most movies in 1080p 2d. The 3d does look good, but its not as good as the movie theater. At the movie theater things look like they jump out 20 feet and hit you in the face. With this, the pop out effect is less than impressive. I would say stuff only pops out 6 inches. There is a lot of depth though. The background effect is much better than the pop out. This is my first experience with home 3d and i would venture a guess that this is a good as any home 3d. So far i really have nothing to complain about. If i find something negative, i will edit my reviewforgot one negative is it only has 1 hookup that can be hooked up either composite or component. It has loads of hdmi ports, but for older devices without hdmi, you can only hook up 1
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
I am impressed so far. **IMPORTANT** UPDATED 10/02/12 @ 03:50
By Brian S. Walcott
I got this TV on Black Friday at Walmart. Fantastic picture and the 3D works great. I watched Conan The Barbarian and the newest Pirates of the Caribbean. Conan was the first I watched and to be honest I thought the 3D part of the TV was going to suck. Then I watched Pirates and realized that the 3D worked fine, at the end where Black Beard stuck his skeleton hand out of the water spout showed what this TV's 3d can do. I paused it and the hand really looks as if it is reaching out of the screen. So the 3D quality of the movie you are watching will make a world of difference. The best way to judge 3D TV will be to watch Avatar on 3D blue ray on a 3D blue Ray player. I haven't done that yet but should have a new BR by the end of the year. Avatar is the gold standard for 3D so if this TV can impress me there it will have been well worth the money. The 240hz refresh rate does give the shows and movies a live look. I watched The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy and realized that the 240hz refresh rate makes all the large battle scenes of Orks and such look pretty real considering the only thing real is the computer code written for the scenes. The sound SUCKS OUT LOUD & it sounds terrible while doing it. I have mine ran through a Surround system so that is easily fixed. The Audio Optical Output feels really lose and audio can be lost if you move the TV from side to side and put the least amount of tension on the line. I would rather it have a separate HDMI output for sound but I think the higher priced models do that. Get your High Speed HDMI cables on Amazon or somewhere else on line. The price at the store for 6ft of High Speed HDMI was no less then $30.00 for the cheapest and over $70.00 for others. I got one for $9.95 on Amazon. Be prepared though: Regular channels (non HD)look terrible and Black and White movies do not show well on this TV. I am a huge old movie fan too :( As far as regular channels it may just be my cable provider. What they say is HD is not the true 1080P HD one would expect. I have yet to find a HD channel that they have that has 1080P, this TV tells you the signal strength if you press the info button on the remote control. I have not used the Wi-Fi feature & hope I can get it to work when I get it hooked to the internet. On set up I did not have it connected and the TV said if I skipped steps in the initial set up that certain features on the remote will not work. Surely once I connect on-line it will go through those steps again so my Remote will be up to date. If not I will be pretty pissed. I am very happy with my purchase so far but give this 4 stars for the poor audio quality and the loose optical connection..UPDATE: I would not suggest this TV or ANY 3D TV for families with small children. My 3 1/2yo grand daughter was over last weekend so I ordered Cars 2 3D. We watched it for about 5 minutes until she took the glasses off and said they were "making her eyes burn."Update: Captains Log Earth date February Thirteenth Two Thousand and Twelve: Time 22:44. I have had several people over and the response I got from them when viewing 3D content on this TV was WOOOOOOOOOW! Several different people on several different occasions all with the same comment. WOOOOOOOOOW! I am such a Star Trek geek. LOL!Update: 002/29/12 00:44. When I wrote this in the original review "Be prepared Black and White movies do not show well on this TV." I was wrong. After learning the ins & outs and how to use the settings this TV shows the oldies just fine.Update: 06/11/12 00:41. I was babysitting kids this weekend ranging in age from 4 to 12, when I put the Smurfs 3D in and once again the response was WOOOOOOOOOW!! They loved it and were so fascinated by the 3D effects they were not really paying attention to the movie. They had seen it before but not in 3D. I had to tell them to NOT TOUCH THE TV & that it only looked like an open window into another world. I am very happy with this black friday purchase as a matter of fact I think this could be the best buy I have ever made. The response I get from EVERYONE is WOOOOOOOOOW!UPDATE: 09/27/12 02:17. I got home yesterday morn and tried to turn it on. Nothing happened, it did not even click or flash. Called Vizio tech support & they scheduled a tech to come out. It is suppose to be under warranty I bought it on Black Friday (11/25/11). As long as they either fix it or give me a different one I will be happy. If they don't I will let you know to NEVER buy a Vizio, evidently powering problems are rampant in all Vizio T.V.'s.UPDATE: 10/02/12 03:50. It took 5 days from problem start to problem corrected. Vizio did make good on their warranty and a tech fixed the problem. HOWEVER: (This will change my review to a 3 star). The problem was with a firmware update (specifically lack of one). A firmware update or lack it should not have caused such a catastrophic failure. The unit would not come on at all requiring a tech run. This type of issue should not warrant having to pay someone to come out & do it. I am connected to the internet through a direct link to my modem, I have always been able to use Facebook & hulu but I have never been able to get the updates. I will be checking in with Vizio monthly to see if updates are available so I can get them before the set turns off & a tech is needed again. The picture, 3D and internet apps all look great and still when people see the 3D picture the response is always WOOOOOOW! But a lack of firmware update should have never caused the set to NOT work.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Vizio M3D420SR - Terrific HDTV
By Sam
I was looking for a 42 inch HDTV from Samsung or Sony. But I was blown away by this Vizio that I found for $598 at Sams Club. Amazon sells it at $900+ for some reason.The Vizio M3D420SR had razor sharp clarity, 3D w 4 glasses, a QWERTY keyboard, 240 HZ refresh rate, 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 1080p resolution and surround sound amongst a host of other features. It has all the new features I am aware of. But the real pleasure is the razor-sharp clarity. And at $598, it is an amazing deal for a 42 inch TV!!!One con is that the Wi-Fi isn't strong enough. I had to still connect the Netflix through my Wii as the connection through the TV's Wi-Fi would break off after running for a few minutes (It would give the buffering sign and almost hang). I have not tried the 3-D yet.
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