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Vizio P50 HDMThis HDTV plasma monitor is easy to set up, but its picture quality isn't thrilling.
Chris Manners
The first thing to understand about the Vizio 50-inch P50 HDM is that it's a plasma HD monitor, not a full-fledged plasma HDTV. This means that it forgos an analog NTSC tuner and a digital ATSC tuner, instead requiring an external tuner to display any kind of TV content. Priced at $2500 on 4/17/2006, the P50 HDM costs considerably less than an actual HDTV. However, PC World found better image quality in another plasma HDTV monitor at the same cost.
Our jury found the Vizio's image quality adequate on high- definition and...