Vizio is going all-out on the 3D front, it seems. The company has just announced 21 different 3D HDTVs, ranging from a Lilliputian 21-inch model to a massive 71-inch screen.
While the HDTV company's new additions are significant, Vizio made waves on Monday with its of a tablet and phone.
Each HDTV features Vizio's new Theater 3D passive 3D technology, first introduced last month. The HDTVs work with glasses with polarized lenses, meaning they're cheaper than the active-shutter glasses found on other 3D HDTVs, and interchangeable with any passive 3D glasses from the cheap frames they hand out in the theaters to the fashionable 3D glasses Oakley recently released.
Among the new screens are the XVT3D476SV and XVT3D556SV, 47- and 56-inch HDTVs that stand out as the inaugural HDTVs under Vizio's VIA Plus product line. Unlike the Vizio Internet Apps (VIA) found on other high-end Vizio HDTVs, these VIA Plus screens run Google TV, providing a plethora of online media and communication services. As VIA Plus HDTVs, they can communicate directly with the recently-announced VIA Plus tablets and smartphones, letting users play media directly from their mobile devices and use them as remote controls for the HDTVs.
All models come equipped with standard Vizio Internet Apps (VIA), and while they're not all Google TV-powered, they can all access online services like Netflix and Hulu Plus. Many models come with Bluetooth QWERTY remotes, that can both control the HDTV's standard media-navigation functions and enter text for communication services like Twitter. All but three of the models are LED-backlit or edgelit; only a 32-inch, 42-inch, and 47-inch HDTV use conventional CCFL backlighting.
Finally, Vizio also announced a 71-inch 3D HDTV. The company has not yet revealed pricing or availability on any of the HDTVs, and has not even announced a model number for the 71-inch screen. All we know is that they will be shown off at CES 2011.