VIZIO VBR100 Full HD Blu-ray Player Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought one of this when they first came out early last fall from a large discount store. I was really impressed as I unboxed it - it looked very nice and had a nice "hefty" feel to the case (unlike so many other players). I hooked it up to a 37" Vizio 1080p TV. The Blu-Ray quality was decent - nothing to write home about though. While it was better than an upconverted DVD of course, it didn't have the crispness to the image that I was expecting. I ran about three recent movies through it and all had the same result - good enough, but not great. Then I tried upconverting standard DVDs. That's where it really fell down. The image quality was much worse than my upconverting DVD player. No depth, fuzzy, stuttering in fast motion. Other disappointments were the weak sound quality with both DVDs and Blu-Rays and a very short range for the remote. I literally had to be in front of the player to activate it. The DVD player or TV had no issue with the same angle. All in all a weak effort from Vizio (and it went back).
Black Friday I grabbed a Toshiba BDX-2000 from Amazon. It has more or less the same specs as the Vizio but its performance is like night and day better. Sharper Blu-Ray, better upconverting (still not as good as my DVD player though), much better sound and greater remote range. I thought maybe I was being too harsh on the Vizio, but after having the Tosh for a few weeks I can see that I wasn't.

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VIZIO's VBR100 High Definition Blu-ray disc player places you in the center of the action. Featuring full HD 1080p playback, you get razor sharp, life-like picture quality you never thought possible. It also features 7.1 multi-channel audio via HDMI that delivers a surround sound experience that's so crisp you'll feel as if you're sitting in middle of the scene. Owners of the VBR100 get all this packaged in a sleek design with an illuminated touch panel that disappears when the player is off and includes an easy-to-use, intuitive remote control.

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Compatibility Add full 1080p high definition playback and 7.1 multi-channel audio to your home theater experience.View larger.

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