VW37LHDTV30A

Product Review (submitted on November 8, 2010):

Let me begin by saying that I have developed, in adulthood, a serious medical condition that keeps me homebound on most given days, and because of it, I am no longer allowed to go outside and enjoy the world, at least when it is covered in sunshine. I realized that, after only the first few months of being stuck in my apartment my old analog TV, something I'd previously enjoyed very much, seemed quite suddenly dim, and began adding to what I realized was a growing sense of depression. I knew I needed to make a change, and needed to do so right away.

Living on disability can be a very great challenge, especially when you want to invest in something like a new TV. It took months and months and months (and MONTHS) of saving, but finally, to my great joy, there was just enough in the account to begin an honest search for just the right TV.

Prior to being restricted indoors, I'd spent over a year in a hospital in Seattle, WA. During my stay there, they installed in one of the lounges, the most magnificent TV I'd ever seen- a 55" VIZIO VF550XVT. It was so amazing that, despite any hazards, at least once a day I'd sneak out to enjoy whatever the visitor's happened to be viewing. After being cooped up for so very long, watching TV on that set was just like having an magical door onto a fantastical universe.

As I began reviewing the various brands of TVs, I began recalling just how much those few hours each day had truly meant. It quickly became clear that the VIZIO HDTV experience was exactly the one I wanted to recreate in the space of my living room. So, after a serious review of every set on VIZIO.com, it became obvious that the 37" VW37LHDTV30A was going to be exactly the right one for me. It isn't quite the massive 55" window of my fantasies. but I knew it would very likely do what I needed, just on a slightly smaller scale. I contacted a local dealer who reps VIZIO products, and he had one installed for me less than two days later.

I cannot begin to explain how much my VIZIO has grown to mean to me. The amazing images, the good-as-being there colors seem to have the same effect on me as one of those light-hats do on those people in Alaska who suffer depression caused by light deprivation. On the days when it is most sunny outside, and I am required to keep my shades tightly drawn,with my TV to serve as a distraction, I no longer suffer from the boring TV doldrums, something I feared might be a lifetime thing.

It is important to note, too, that my VIZIO has proven to be very much more than just a great TV. By using the HDMI inputs, I was able to connect my little Mac-mini, and so now I am able to use it as one very impressive computer monitor. I have expanded things even further by using it as a display for literally every video or audio file I've ever downloaded- movies, missed programs, pictures of friends and family.. Heck, there are even times I use it as a gigantic eBook reader. (With all this use, you'd think such a specialized TV would grow temperamental or show some signs of the heavy usage I've put it through, but that just isn't the case. My VIZIO works as well today as it did a year ago when I first got it, and it has been used almost 24/7 since.)

Corny as it might sound, I genuinely LOVE my VIZIO VW37LHDTV30A, so much so, I decided to begin a new saving's account, in hopes of someday buying that magnificent 55" fantasy. But even should that never transpire, there is no doubt, when the time does come, my next set will be another VIZIO- and the one after that, and the one after that- presuming, of course, my current one ever shows any signs of dying.