The 2017 M series seems good like I said. The P series didn't change for example, but the M series is now 2016's P series which is a big upgrade. Particularly in the brightness which was the prior downfall.
Yeah you could get a lower end Samsung or something for a similar price, but it seems to me like Vizio typically offers a better value. I dont think the low end Samsungs have things like FALD. It also helps I've had good experiences with Vizio, my current TV and soundbar are Vizio.
It's the war of the
television technology acronyms! This morning, the number two flat panel display maker in North America announced that what its P-Series and M -series displays are now called XLED. The term may be new, but these are flat FALD (full-array, local dimming) LED-lit LCDs. Looks like OLED and QLED have some new acronymic competition!
The M-series is getting wide color gamut, which the company is calling Ultra Color Spectrum. Now, Vizio's mainstream line of
TVs fully supports HDR in both
Dolby Vision and HDR10 formats. This is great news for budget-minded videophiles. The company refers to this year of picture quality as XLED Plus.
Brightness cite:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/28/vizio-m-series/
The 2017 M-series TVs, which start at $800 for the 50-inch model and go up to $3,000 for the 75-inch, still pack in 32 local dimming zones. That helps them deliver even backlighting and solid black levels. But this time around, they also have a wider color gamut and a higher peak brightness, reaching up to 600 nits.
It seems to have all the bells and whistles. As well as solid input lag figures of course.
https://www.vizio.com/audio/home-theater/sb3651e6.html
This seems cool as well, wireless 5.1 soundbar for 250.
I had a wired Samsung HTIB 5.1, but the wires annoyed me too much (even though I had the wireless accessory for the rear speakers, there were still tons of wires going around) so I ditched it for a basic Vizio soundbar/wireless subwoofer 2.1 combo. Love it. For the first few days I did notice it did not sound as good as the Samsung, but that pretty quickly wore off and overall I love it. I was doing some remodeling and I put up the soundbar a while ago, I literally couldn't stand gaming without it. I had to put it back immediately. It's also nice since they're both Vizio branded it integrates seamlessly, such as the TV volume remote automatically controls the soundbar volume without me doing anything.
The subwoofer that comes with that wireless 5.1 though is likely in the same class as the one I already have though, so the improvement wouldn't be noticeable enough to be worth the expense probably.
The ultimate upgrade would be new bigger TV+new/bigger sound system/Scorpio all at once. However the sound system part very well may not happen as it's probably not worth the improvement/price ratio. In addition I'll be very likely locked to the same 55" size I have now, as prices seem to increase drastically beyond that.
