VIZIO VA370M 37-Inch Full HD 1080p LCD HDTV
VIZIO VA370M 37-Inch Full HD 1080p LCD HDTV
VIZIO VA370M 37-inch Full HD 1080p LCD HDTVAlong with a sleek, exquisitely designed finish, this 37-inch HDTV boasts features such as full 1080p High Definition resolution and 15,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio give you crystal clear, razor sharp images. Listen to your favorite music and view your photos via the built-in media feature. And don’t forget to plug in your favorite HD devices, this baby packs 4 HDMI inputs! In addition, it exceeds current Energy Star Guidelines by at least 15% consuming less energy than traditional HDTVs.
Full 1080p resolution with wide connectivity and bonus multimedia features. Click to enlarge. |
Full 1080p resolution for the best picture. |
Enjoy MP3 audio and JPEG photo files via the USB port. |
Includes full-function remote. |
1080P Full HD
Full 1080P High Definition resolution gives you over 2 million pixels, making the clarity and detail of your picture razor sharp.
ECO HD
ECO HD exceeds the current Energy Star Guidelines by 15% below Energy Star 3.0, saving you money on your utility bills while limiting the impact on our planet.
Built-In Speakers
Two built-in 10-Watt speakers provide room-filling sound.
SRS Audio Technologies
SRS TruVolume evens out dynamics to limit volume inconsistencies between programming. SRS TruSurround HD delivers immersive virtual high-definition surround sound out of the unit’s two speakers.
176-Degree Horizontal Viewing Angle
The VA370M features a viewing angle of up to 176 degrees, resulting in a crisp and clear picture that is easily visible from just about anywhere in the room.
USB Multimedia Features
Plug portable hard drives, flash thumb drives or other USB devices into the VA370M and enjoy MP3 audio and JPEG photo files.
With MP3s, you’ll get repeat and shuffle playback modes along with standard controls. When in Music Mode, the screen goes darker to conserve energy. As for your JPEGs, you can browse through them or enjoy a slide show, complete with background music.
The VA370M also features a Pause Live TV feature. This feature allows the viewer to pause the program being watched and then to resume watching it at the point the TV was paused, up to 29 minutes (uses a high speed USB 2.0 device with a minimum of 1Gb of memory plugged into the USB port).
VA370M Inputs
- HDMI with HDCP: 4 (1 side)
- RF Connector for Internal Tuner: 1
- Component YPbPr plus Stereo Audio: 2
- Computer RGB: 1
- Composite Video: 1 (side)
- S-Video: 1 (side)
- USB Port: 1
VA370M Outputs
- SPDIF Digital Optical: 1
- Headphones: 1 (side)
One-Year Warranty
VIZIO provides a one-year warranty on its products for extra peace of mind in your purchase.
What’s in the Box
VIZIO VA370M, Detachable Stand Base, 4 Thumbscrews (to attach Stand), VIZIO Remote Control VR4, Power Cord, Screen Cleaning Cloth, User Manual, Quick Setup Guide, Registration Card, 2 AA Batteries for the Remote Control
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Extremely pleased with my purchase!
I am loving this Vizio tv. The setup was very easy, picture and sound quality are great. I couldn’t be happier.
5 Stars VIZIO ROCKS!
My Vizio 37″ 1080p HDTV is the best. The first thing I liked was the price…Even cheaper than Walmart, if you can believe that! My next purchase will be another Vizio HDTV for the bedroom. Great job, Vizio!
4 Stars I like it
I have had this tv for about a month now and I like it. I use this tv with a small hd over the air antenna and the hd picture that comes in with just that is remarkably clear. This tv is user friendly and has lots of inputs for other devices to be added to it. The sound is not very loud but sounds pretty good. The only real problem that I have is that while this tv does have a usb port for a flash drive to be hooked up to it, when you first turn on the tv it has to take the time to “read” all of the files that are on it before it will display anything, that is very annoying to me because I wanted to leave the external drive hooked up to it all the time but because of this I have to unplug it when not in use.
3 Stars Excellent TV - No analog audio out
This TV is an excellent TV marred by a dumb and short-sighted design choice.
Vizio doesn’t make it easy to compare across models with their seemingly pointless array of models with overlapping audiences. Their website is also quite poor in that regard. When I couldn’t find the “compare” button on their website after adding various models to the “compare list” I called their 1-800 number. Their rep also couldn’t find the button!! It’s been that way for the past two weeks.
Coming back to this TV — the picture, sound, the looks everything is great with this TV. But I am really mad that they decided to leave out a simple analog Audio-out for such a high-end TV. It has FOUR HDMI inputs, two composite inputs, and a component input, and an RGB input — going quite overboard as far as the inputs are concerned if you ask me, but inexplicably skimps on when it comes to the output side.
The USB input, which is functional in this model instead of “service only” as in many other comparable models, is okay for an occasional slideshow of a photo album or something. But keeping a drive (thumb drive, or hard drive) connected all the time would require you to press “okay” for a prompt every time you turn the TV on. Quite annoying.
I haven’t had much luck with the pause-live feature which allows you to pause live-TV similar to Tivo if you plug in a blank USB drive. I am hoping it is because of some issue with the speed of the thumb-drive; Even then, if it means having to press okay every time I turn the TV on I would much rather skip using that. Please see above.
The lack of analog out, in my opinion, is very irritating, annoying, and frustrating. In fact, I have some choice words for the people responsible for this decision at Vizio, but Amazon would not print the review if I include that.
Because of this I cannot connect my wireless headphones which I would use for all my late night TV watching. This model does have a headphone out, but plugging anything in that disconnects the main audio. So it is all or nothing, and hence not usable for connecting something permanently. Now, I have to look for a digital to analog converter which retails around 70-80 bucks.
It is well known that many people hook up these TV’s to home audio systems. Given that it is quite audacious on Vizio’s part to assume that a single optical digital out is all is needed. So I am giving this otherwise very fine TV only 3 stars.
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