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hi this is ty pendlebury from cnet com and today I'm looking at the Vizio e-series TV it's not often actually it's almost never that we will review a TV after already looking at at once but with the Vizio a series we made an exception as its much lauded but ultimately underdone local dimming feature was finally fixed several months after appearing on the market the e series comes in a range of sizes from 39 to 50 inches and now includes the promised local dimming for better contrast the styling of these direct LED panels is thick as this is where all the LEDs go but it has a minimalist look from the front with a very slim bezel the stand is unfortunately non swiveling the TV comes with a fairly button heavy remote which unfortunately also lacks the reversible QWERTY keyboard of last year's TV the app selection is fairly standard with netflix youtube and pandora all standard inputs are limited to three HDMI slots unless you get the 50 inch in which case you get four as you'd expect the latest changes do have an effect on the picture black levels now rival plasmas like the Panasonic s60 and shadow detail has been much improved be aware that we did find differences between the 42 inch and 50 inch versions and would pick the 42 if we had to as it has less black crushing problems color is okay but a little under saturated and not as vibrant as its plasma competition Vizio was shown that it is possible to improve picture quality with a simple firmware update but we found that getting it can be tough if you're having problems check the review on cnet com for details on how to get it overall this is a very good TV and if you're looking to spend under a thousand dollars it's quite a good buy this has been ty pendlebury with a second look at the e-series Vizio television you