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Vizio 65-inch Razor 3D TV Slices Through the Competition for 3D Gaming

When it comes to upgrading to a 3D home entertainment center for your gaming room, the new Vizio 65-inch Theater 3D Razor LED LCD HDTV is the way to go. In fact, a leading Sony game developer who’s tested all the 3D TVs on the market with their bestselling 3D game franchise said this Vizio is the one to buy. The 3D TV employs passive 3D technology, which means you can use the same glasses you wear at the movie theater. The co-founder of the company talks about this new 3D TV in this exclusive video interview from CE Week in New York below.

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just_looken4674d ago

still no japan glassless tv's.

deadpoole4674d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

I would buy this baby like right now .... too bad its not available in UK. Always wanted the passive 3D tele ... 65inch is awesome size for 3D gaming.

@iNFAMOUZ1
Dude ... Jessica Chobot is one hot mamaa. :))

ATiElite4673d ago

but Sara Underwood is way hotter!

deadpoole4673d ago

^^^^^

No doubt in that ... she got the assets.

TheDivine4673d ago

They sell a 47in passive 3d tv for 850ish. Very good qulaity and price. The 47in with internet apps is 950. 3d is cheap now. 3d projectors are where its at though.

nveenio4673d ago

I'll never buy a Vizio. The upscaler in those TVs is crap.

SilentNegotiator4673d ago

Slices nothing. Vizio is the crappiest TV brand I've ever encountered.

It's the kind that people are always buying for their small businesses because they're cheap.

jeseth4673d ago

You pay for what you get. You can't beat high end Samsung and Sony picture quality.

Vizio is cheap for a reason . . . its cheap.

CommonCent4673d ago

@jeseth too bad Samsung LCD/LED suck for gaming with their horrific input lag.

bozebo4673d ago

"too bad Samsung LCD/LED suck for gaming with their horrific input lag."

Turn on gaming mode...

nveenio4673d ago

I've got a Samsung Plasma in my bedroom (I hate the picture that Plasma offers, btw), and I game on it exclusively. I don't turn on "gaming mode", and I have absolutely no trouble at all. So maybe it's not the brand but a specific model instead?

deadpoole4673d ago

I got Samsung 40inch LCD screen ... totally amazing with minimal lag ...
The only and I mean to say only thing I dont like is the Dynamic setting and DNIe on with my model. Literally crushes black.

However Ive calibrated to perfect level with no black crush and awesome popup images feelin when you watch bluray on PS3.

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Bigpappy4673d ago

I can't believe people are slaming on Vizio because they keep their prizes low. I have to of them and a Sony. They are equal in quality, eventhough I paid much less for the ViZio. If you go feature by feature with the same quality, Vizio will more times than not beat any TV on the market.

It is a great TV for anyone who isn't a band loyalist.

thedisagreefairy4673d ago

vizio is a horrible brand. i worked at ultimate electronics and best buy and those tv's are horrible compared to other brands like sony, samsung, panasonic, and toshiba. cheap ass tvs that prove u get what u pay for.

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deadpoole4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

You know the ultimate thing Im actually waiting for ... LED 1080p 3D Projector 2000+ lumens.

The day they'll release this .... Ill be the first one to buy. Hopefully Optoma, Samsung or LG.

ZBlacktt4673d ago

Toshiba and IBM both use the Cell found in the PS3. Just saying, lol. :D

Perjoss4673d ago

I wonder what the view angle is like on those glasses free TVs. Is it like a 3DS where you need to be looking at it from a pretty direct angle or it will not work...

BeastlyRig4673d ago

LG is shipping it's first glassless 3d pc monitors this year so I would thing 3d monitors and tv's would be more popular in 2012..

I would wait for thoughs.. to get cheap..

Bolts4673d ago

For real? Do want! But how would this monitor work with Nvidia's 3D solutions? I wish the PC industry would get thier act together in the regards to 3D, it's a mess.

Thecraft19894673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

The tech is simply unready. Viewing angle is terrible for one. The 3d dose not compete with current offering quality wise and and just the general effect.

I've seen demo's of Sony 3d glasses tech. On large screens.

It will be the next step but not for a long.

Klaykid1234673d ago

I seriously don't mind glasses. I prefer glasses over glassless. 3DS has WEAK and I mean WEAK 3D effects.

SilentNegotiator4673d ago

If there's a brand out there that competes with Vizio in the god-forsaken, cheap, crappy products department, it's LG.

jeseth4673d ago

@ Silent.

Finally. Someone else that isn't on LGs C*&#! LG is super over rated. Their TVs are wanna be Samsungs, their washer/dryers break all day long, and people just love LG.

ViserysTargaryen4673d ago

Vizio displays are actually quite decent with tech that can match up with Samsung and Sony offerings for less.

I don't see why people gotta hate.

jeseth4673d ago

People hate because people say its on par with and/or better than industry leaders.

Saying you get good bang for your buck is one thing. . .saying Vizio is on the same level as industry leaders and innovators is the catalyst to the "hate".

Vizio is ok. Middle of the road. Period. A bang for your buck product. Like a Hyundai. Its nice, but it isn't an Infinity. So don't call it one.

bozebo4673d ago

Glassless can only work (ANY type of glassless that can ever be made by mankind at any point in the future) for a specific location in relation to the screen.

That is why it is possible for a monitor, and for the 3DS. It would be really impractical for a TV because they are designed with the assumption of multiple concurrent users.

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kamakaz3md4673d ago

toshiba is workin on that, maybe end of year or 2012 for sure

cannon88004673d ago

I bought a 50 inch 720p samsung 3d tv with two glasses and a copy of black ops for under 1K! If anyone's interested on the tv its a samsung pn50c490b. My tv has great image quality!

cannon88004673d ago

yeah you might think that the image quality sucks but it actually doesn't. There's no other 3d tv out there that even comes close I think for the price, size and deal that they're offering for it.

JsonHenry4673d ago

My father just purchased a 55 inch Vizio (TruLed, internet widgets, 480hz 3D) and it looks really good. So much so that I am thinking of buying one myself and replace my Sony. (my Sony is good, but only 60hz) The best part is that the Vizio supports 3 different types of 3D and has HDMI 1.4a meaning it **should** work with Nvidia 3D vision and it will most certainly work with AMD/ATI cards.

50Terabytespersec4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

great for PC gamers and 1080p content but for Blu ray ,prepare to sit far back thus reducing your Screen Real estate effectively making it a small screen..
I will wait for 4k TV so i can actually situp close and be taken away in sheer awe at dense pixels and sharp eye poping clarity (not noise and blocks etc with 1080p large screens up close..BS..
Stick with 37" for now 1080p is on its last legs..

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paladinaz4674d ago

Vizio - cheap quality, but for a really good price.

LOGICWINS4673d ago

No not really. My friends Vizio LCD blows away my Sony Bravia in colors and overall picture quality.

Coffin874673d ago

Then chances are pretty high your settings are somehow wrong.. in like 95% of all cases lower-priced technology equals lower quality.
Sometimes that's ok, but that's the customer's choice.

jeseth4673d ago

Bottom line is people always defend what they buy like its as good or a better value.

Kind of like all the suckers that bought DLP TVs. LMAO. Every person I know that bought a DLP had their set die within 3 years.

I still have my original Bravia 46" XBR I bought 5 years ago in my game room. Never had an issue and the picture quality is still very good. I just bought a KDL-55HX800 240hz 3D LED Bravia in February and that TV is the Tits. It refreshes so fast my eyes bug out when the motion flow is set on high. But sports and Blu Ray look absolutely breathtaking.

High end Samsung and Sony can't be touched for picture, style, quality, and features.

LOGICWINS4673d ago

"Bottom line is people always defend what they buy like its as good or a better value."

I don't know why people are like that. Human nature perhaps. I'll happily admit when another person pwns my setup lol.

jeseth4673d ago

Me too. My Tv is really nice but I know there are better sets out there.

You pay for what you get. Can't say it enough. If you are buying a 55" Vizio or Mitsubishi for 1K then guess what it probably has a 60hz refresh rate and a crap contrast ratio, etc. . . . the 46" TV at the same price point has the better picture.

People just have a hard time admitting stuff like that.

jetlian4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

to say you yourself aren't justifying what you bought? lol

Fact is better is all subjective. some people are color blind so color isn't a factor. some looking at games where lag is more important.

The you get what you pay for isn't true in most cases. 250 dollars for jordans is it better than payless shoes?! no both made in china

most tvs are made in the same plants with slight changes if any.

EDIT: lol funny thing is the same people think 600 dollars console magically has better games over a 400 dollar and have been proven wrong to many times to count

BUT you got what you paid for lol

STICKzophrenic4673d ago

@jeseth

"Kind of like all the suckers that bought DLP TVs. LMAO. Every person I know that bought a DLP had their set die within 3 years."

Samsung 61" DLP owner here for more than four years without any problems.

*knock on wood*

Haha.

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NeoTribe4673d ago

Ive had a vizio 1080p tv for 5 years now and the picture is flawless. There not cheap quaity, ur just not paying for the name.

ambientFLIER4673d ago

I've had a Vizio 42in 720P plasma for 3 years and it's been excellent.

bozebo4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

I love the way hardly anybody on N4G has even the slightest understanding of how the TV and PC monitor industry works >_<

Only a few companies actually make the screen panels: Samsung do, I think LG do too - and Dell make monitor panels also. The panels of the same size/tech are made in individual batched but they are not all identical. The panels are tested and separated into divisions of quality, even dead pixel count (don't ever buy a budget brand, ever). Companies like Panasonic (just one example, but this applies to most brands) buy the graded panels off the manufacturer companies because they don't have the trillions required to set up, update and maintain their own production line. They may be buying cherry picked high quality ones, lemons, or anything in between.

Brands don't really count for anything, if you actually care about screen quality. Also, 2 TVs or monitors of the exact same make and model can have different quality panels - for some strange reason it is legal for them to do that. So they start off with high quality batches then start botching junk panels onto them once the marketing campaign has been a success (like some kind of strange loss-leader marketing, they make a loss from the high quality batches near the start of retail).

i.e. stop arguing about brands, if you are choosing a TV - go into a shop and request the one you physically laid eyes on (because i'll bet that's the high quality one). If you are in the UK or EU, buy online or through mail order so you can return it with distance selling laws if they throw you a dead pixel or crappy panel set.

The brand literally means nothing at all most of the time. The individual screen that you have infront of you is what matters.

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Soldierone4674d ago

You lost me at Vizio...Their prices are so very tempting at times, but you get what you pay for.

As for this, I wonder when the articles will start rolling "theaters Not Lack of Recycled Glasses" haha Everyone taking them home so they can watch 3D. :P

Cerberus294673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

I thought the same thing at first, but then my brother got the 42" vizio 3d LCD, and I gotta say I was actually pretty impressed. Especially for the price.

We also went and saw transformers in 3d and all kept our glasses lol

aGameDeveloper4673d ago

Remember back when "Made in Japan" meant "cheap" to many Americans? Now, Japanese automobiles and electronics tend to be more reliable. The same may likely be/become true of Korean products.

Thecraft19894674d ago

if you got the room and the money for 1 grand more you can get the jvc x3 3d projector. I've got mine set up with an 150'' screen. Its like having an miniature cinema in my living room.

Sarobi4674d ago

I love Vizio HDTV's but i have never actually seen a 3DTV by them in person

jetlian4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

getting there 42in 670 dollar one sometime this week. Saw it at walmart and it seem pretty big. 3d wasn't on though.

thats why if your trying new tech just buy cheap first time around. I could get the 32 for under 500 but even if 3d does suck the 1080p 120hz still looks awesome and i'm only out 200 for the 3d

edit: i'm getting it from amazon since no taxes walmart was like 750.

TronEOL4673d ago

But you see, the problem with this logic is that you're basing your thoughts on new technology with the cheap version.

It's like buying a low-class Mitsubishi Lancer Evo to test out it's max speed as opposed to buying it the way it was made to be in it's racing form.

So my personal opinion is to avoid 3D all together unless you plan on spending money. Same goes for any new tech. There may be some very lucky cases where the cheaper version is on par with the more expensive choice, but DO NOT believe that will be the same case most of the time.

Not to mention you shouldn't be buying something you're unsure about anyways. If you have that feeling for anything, you probably shouldn't buy it.

jetlian4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

which cost 15+ Gs i'm testing out an still you never know if its a lemon! I probably could have asked them to turn on 3d but I was in a hurry.

And 200 dollars won't kill me. Active shutters is a total no go. Passive sometimes makes me sick. But after seeing transformers 3 (imax) and watching more 3d (red/blue) my eyes getting better at it.

Uncharted 3 the real reason and l have blops,crysis2, and socom 4.

I got the wii mainly for those naruto fighting games. If I want to try something l'll take a chance

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar359d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor359d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar359d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg358d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149358d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138359d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim359d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC359d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138359d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle359d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76359d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM358d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730359d ago (Edited 359d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger358d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca359d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy359d ago (Edited 359d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal358d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright358d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Revisiting PS3 classic Motorstorm - The driving celebration that should never have ended

Digital Foundry : Evolution Studios' Motorstorm is one of the first, finest and most fondly remembered of launch titles for PlayStation 3. It's a release designed to answer the question posed by each new console generation: what makes a game 'next-gen'? With its robust physics engine and massive tracks, Motorstorm serves up a bold affirmative answer to this question, delivering an experience that could never have existed on prior console hardware. At the same time, the path to release was fraught with challenges that almost serve as a microcosm of the PlayStation 3 release situation itself. It was a success, however, with a trilogy of PS3 releases, plus PSP, Vita and even PS2 off-shoots.

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RaidenBlack713d ago

After Driveclub and Onrush, the dev team will now contribute to and assist with the development of the upcoming NFS.

darthv72712d ago

I would give anything to have a full compilation of the series remastered to play on PS5 with full DS support. Feeling the deformation of the tracks as you race in pacific rift or the snow laden tracks in arctic edge... that would be sweet.

MastaMold712d ago (Edited 712d ago )

Yes MotorStorm World Tour for PS5 damn it Sony make it. The Desert, Pacific Islands, The Arctic and City races.

Army_of_Darkness712d ago

Motorstorm Pacific rift was awesome! I think MotorStorm: Apocalypse was what killed the franchise due to its change of direction...

darthv72712d ago

Pacific rift is the best (IMO) but apocalypse wasnt what killed it. At least it was still somewhat of a MS game. The RC one is really a departure from the norm. None of which were bad as they were all fun in their own ways.

Army_of_Darkness712d ago

Lol! I completely forgot about the RC version.

Knushwood Butt712d ago (Edited 712d ago )

RC was a blast to play on Vita.

Apocalypse had unfortunate timing due to the 3/11 earthquake in Japan. I never got around to playing that one.

Evolution had some harsh experiences. I had Driveclub from launch and the server issues weren't that bad and certainly didn't prevent you from enjoying the game.

ABizzel1712d ago

Agree Apocalypse didn't kill it, it's just racing games in general just became less popular nearing the end of the PS360 generation as it was flooded with medicore racers and the extremely niche but enjoyable ones like Motorstorm, Blur, Spilt Second, and Forza Horizon (still going strong, but actual sales have been decent fro a racer, and often expanded by console bundles and now GamePass)

But since the PS4/XBO generation had a lack of arcade racers, it's a prime time for games like this to come back.

I've said for the longest, the additional income of PS+ Premium should be used for, Remastering, Remaking, or recreating sequels / spinoffs of classic PS franchises to launch into the service. Many PS3 games fit this mold of looking good enough that a quick remaster to 4K@60 with better texture maps would give them near PS4 quality.

Remasters: A game like Motorstorm look good enough where it can simply be remastered in 4K @ 60fps, and have better textures for mud, mountains/rock structures, and vehicles and it would hold up WELL.

Remakes: Games like Legend of Dragoon, Warhawk (could be a simple remaster also), and so many others could get remakes like FF7.

Recreates: Shorter sequels/prequels/spin-offs to other classic PS IPs like how Infamous First Light / Blood Festival (BF was a highly underrated vampire game) and Uncharted Lost Legacy. Give spin-offs to things like Heavenly Sword, The Order 1886 (1786 or 1986), Puppeteer, Tokyo Jungle, and more.

ABizzel1712d ago (Edited 712d ago )

This is also why Sone NEEDS to get PS3 emulation up and running. It gets rid of all the PS3 server farms and replaces it with software that can work on EVERY future PS console with updated coding.

At bare minimum emulation could double the resolution and framerates of all PS3 games making many of them 1440p@60fps without any real work, and a few 4k@60fps.

As for full-on remakes again updating to 4K@60fps with completely revamped textures, and an option for 1440p@60fps with global illumination can make these games shine with a new lease on life.

Also I'm still waiting on my DriveClub 1440p@60fps update 😭

ChiefofLoliPolice712d ago

Apocalypse was actually pretty good i don't think that's what killed the series. PR was the best though.

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Kurt Russell712d ago

I was late to PS3 and Pacific Rift was the first game I picked up on it... huge miss to not have one on PS4, hope it gets some love on PS5 (as well as Ridge Racer and Wipeout).

akurtz713d ago

Only driving game i enjoyed.

darkrider713d ago

Really cool franchise. It's shame it ended

RosweeSon713d ago

Never really got into it myself I remember getting it with ps3 and being a bit underwhelmed I preferred the RC version they did for vita 🙌🏻🤣

EvertonFC713d ago

Going from ps2 to ps3 was not underwhelming when I first played motorstorm, it was like nothing we'd ever seen before ?

RosweeSon712d ago (Edited 712d ago )

Each to their own didn’t like it myself. 🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻 ;I didn’t say going from ps2/3 was underwhelming just the launch game motorstorm, bit different but hey ho.

PS3 was a slow burner for me it’s my least favourite Sony console, maybe as I had my 360 as my main at that point but yeah wasn’t impressed with first couple of years to be honest but that’s just me. Once uncharted MGS4 GT5 Last of us GTA4/5 dropped sure but launch games weren’t all that imo. Resistance was alright wasn’t as big a change as ps4 or even now ps5 for me. PS3 took out rumble and basically went HD it’s wasn’t exactly a revolutionary start. 🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻 ;

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Analyzing 'Uncharted: Drake’s Deception' – Wait, What is The Game About?

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception has a lot to live up to as Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an incredible and near-perfect game.

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Profchaos911d ago

It's about retirement...oh wait

UNCHARTED2FANATIC911d ago (Edited 911d ago )

I cant even say what the point was its easily the worst story in the series. The online was a whole lot of fun though but overall doesn't come even close to 2

porkChop911d ago (Edited 911d ago )

It was a step back for sure. Personally, I thought even the MP was way better in U2. Solid game, glad I played it. I just think they didn't push as hard as they did with U2.

UNCHARTED2FANATIC906d ago

Yes both the online and story was better in 2 no doubt

Flewid638911d ago

The "young Drake" portion was pretty top notch, story-wise. But yeah, everything outside of that I felt was inferior.

DanielEndurance911d ago

Villains were all over the place in this… one second they wanted Drake dead, the next they needed him, then they want him dead again, then they coulda killed him, but poisoned his friend instead, then coulda shot him again, but had brunch with him, then needed him alive, then coulda mowed him down, but decided to kill him by fire and let him escape… Uncharted 2 was way better. 😅😅

slowgamer911d ago

=D Sounds crazy. I don't remember any of that. Played it on ps3 and I remember thinking that why was this game so bashed compared to second one. I liked it.

Chocoburger910d ago (Edited 910d ago )

Another thing that annoyed me about UC3 events was the agent Talbot teleporting around Turkey. It just felt off to me, and made no sense.

Also, for about one third of the game, you go on a wild goose chase to rescue Sully, who wasn't even there to be rescued, and you end up back where you started again. There was simply no pay off for all the events you go through, so it fell flat in that regard as if they couldn't figure out how to make the game longer, so they decided to side-track you to do something with no pay off, hoping you wouldn't notice due to all the incredible action set pieces they made.

Overall though, even with its flaws, I still enjoy the game.

TheEnigma313911d ago

This was actually my least favorite in the series. Didn't have that same impact that part 2 set.

Flewid638911d ago

Uncharted 2 is the pinnacle of the series (to me).

Granted, 4 had the best story in my opinion, but 2 was the overall best game.

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