[PC Magazine]
Vizio strikes again with a low-priced, well-equipped edge-lit LED HDTV. Last year, we tested the 65-inch Vizio XVT3D650SV ($3,699.99, 4 stars) and were pleased by its Web features, passive 3D, and picture quality. Now, the M3D550KD follows suit, with just as many useful features and a much, much lower $1,429.99 (direct) price tag. Its 3D isn’t quite as crisp as with some active 3D HDTVs, but considering everything you get for the price, the M3D550KD earns our Editors’ Choice for budget HDTVs.
Design
Plain and unassuming, the M3D550KD has a slightly glossy and rounded black bezel with a backlit Vizio logo on the bottom and no other design flourishes. A row of controls sit behind the right edge of the screen, offering Power, Menu, Input, Channel Up/Down, and Volume Up/Down buttons. The inputs face left and downward in a recessed part of the back panel …
If you want a big, full-featured HDTV for a low price, the Vizio M3D550KD should be at the top of your list. At $1,430 it’s not exactly an impulse buy, but for offering 3D with four pairs of glasses, Wi-Fi, lots of Web options, a QWERTY remote, and excellent contrast and color for a lot less than similar-sized and similar-equipped HDTVs, it’s our Editors’ Choice for budget HDTVs.
Read the full review here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404054,00.asp