Skip to main content

Vizio’s flagship Reference Series are the ultra-yachts of 4K TVs, and you can buy them now

VIZIO Reference Series Event
Jeffrey Van Camp/Digital Trends
The Queen Mary of Vizio’s 4K Ultra HD lineup, the new Reference Series, is finally ready for your viewing pleasure. The flagship TV collection became available at Best Buy’s Magnolia Design Centers for in-store order, starting today — all you need now is your Gold Card.

Boasting the label of the industry’s first-ever Ultra HD TVs with High Dynamic Range courtesy of Dolby Vision, the state-of-the-art panels come in just two sizes: the 65-inch version, and the mammoth, put-it-in-the-ballroom 120-inch version.

The TVs come loaded with pixel-packed Ultra-HD goodness, including an expanded color gamut, and a full-array LED backlight with a whopping 384 active LED zones, allowing for extremely finite backlighting that enhances contrast between dark and light scenes. Speaking of contrast, as the first to exhibit Dolby Vision HDR technology in a commercial set, the Reference Series promises extreme variations between the brightest and darkest scenes, with up to 800 Nits (the unit manufacturers use to measure luminance) of brightness, along with enhanced color shading.

To put that into perspective, most current TVs max out at around 100-400 Nits. The TVs are, of course, future-ready with the latest HDMI 2.0a inputs, which will allow them to leverage their HDR technology for the forthcoming 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players expected to land next year.

Other features for the Reference Series include Vizio’s Internet App Plus for top streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, the company’s top-of-the-line processors, as well as an integrated audio system in the 65-inch model, which includes a 10-inch sub, and dual satellite speakers.

The price for the latest hotness from Vizio? The 65-inch model is offered at $6,000, while the 120-inch is in a very different category, priced at a staggering $120,000.

If you’ve got the scratch, Vizio’s new Reference Series is available for order from Magnolia Design Centers starting today.

Editors' Recommendations

Ryan Waniata
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Ryan Waniata is a multi-year veteran of the digital media industry, a lover of all things tech, audio, and TV, and a…
If you don’t see CBS in 4K on YouTube TV, try this
Super Bowl in 4K on CBS on YouTube TV.

A quick heads up if you have the 4K add-on for YouTube TV but aren't seeing the option to watch Super Bowl 2024 in 4K on CBS: It's likely because you're using a custom sort on your live channel listings. (Which is something you might have done if you want to hide YouTube TV channels that you never watch.) That'a bad enough for the game itself, and it also means you won't be able to enjoy the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 4K.

This is a known problem — and has been for years — anytime YouTube TV adds a new channel to the listing. If you're not using the default sort on the live channel listings, a new channel will appear at the bottom of the listings, which is bad enough. But worse is that it's hidden by default until you actively go in and unhide it.

Read more
You can now make your own AI art with Amazon Fire TV
An example of AI-generated art made available on Amazon Fire TV.

An example of AI-generated art now available on Amazon Fire TV. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends

Amazon has flipped the switch on its AI Art feature, allowing owners of the 2023 Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series televisions to create their own computer-generated backgrounds. This feature was announced at Amazon's fall 2023 hardware and services event, and one about which we went deeper in our interview with Amazon Director of Fire TV Experience Joshua Danovitz.

Read more
TCL’s giant 115-inch QM89 is the world’s largest 4K mini-LED TV
The 115-inch TCL QM89 television.

If you're going to unveil the world's largest mini-LED TV, CES 2024 in Las Vegas seems like an appropriate venue at which to do it. The honor goes to TCL's new QM89 -- an absolutely massive 115-inch 4K, quantum dot mini-LED TV. TCL announced the QM89 along with the rest of its 2024 TV lineup and its 2024 soundbars.

First Look at TCL’s 115-Inch QM89 TV | The World’s Largest Mini-LED TV at CES

Read more