Vizio's VO47L and VW46L leak ick into our consciousness

Ew. That Goatse-inspired pic with a "peek at perfection" tag-line are just a few of the startling things netizens will notice in that picture above. The other being the fact that Vizio hasn't announced the VO47L FHDTV yet. Or VW46L FHDTV for that matter (pictured after the break). The 47-inch 1080p VO47L LCD features a 2,000:1 contrast, 178-degree viewing angle, and a healthy spread of 4x HDMI inputs. The VW46L scales it back to 46-inches and 3x HDMI. No pricing yet, but you can expect them to bend over and pop on the budget side of your big box's offerings. Now let's see if Vizio gets their marketing department in check or at least, edu-macated about the dark-side of the intertubes before these sets get official.

Update: Oops, Vizio pulled the pages.

[Thanks, Dan]

Read -- VO47L
Read -- VW46L

[Luis @ Dec 20th 2007 4:57AM]

MMMMM Goatse

[Will @ Dec 20th 2007 5:30AM]

ahahah my comment just now shows up when i get the rss feed, strange..

[Luis @ Dec 20th 2007 6:51AM]

Epic Fail =]

[Will @ Dec 20th 2007 5:31AM]

OH and both read links are dead! :(

[nh @ Dec 20th 2007 5:34AM]

Thank you engadget for spoiling my breakfast...

[ZeroTech @ Dec 20th 2007 6:43AM]

Pulled because it wasn't supposed to be up or pulled because someone in marketing Googled "goatse"? Hmm...

[Neeko @ Dec 20th 2007 7:01AM]

Cmon vizio just release price. I wanna see what the other companies will have to scramble and price match.

[Yoshi Kick @ Dec 20th 2007 8:13AM]

Why such a low contrast ratio?

[mtarlton @ Dec 20th 2007 8:17AM]

It's not low, it's the static ratio not dymanic. It could be 10,000:1, 15,000:1 or whatever depending on their rating for dynamic. That's why those high contrast ratios Sharp, Sony, Samsung, etc slap on TVs don't mean a thing because there is no standard.

[Jason @ Dec 20th 2007 8:26AM]

ROFL I was wondering when someone was going to mention Goatse!

[Brian @ Dec 20th 2007 9:30AM]

Ugh, Goatse...now weeks of sleepless nights. Thanks, Engadget.

[Silverfrog @ Dec 20th 2007 10:33AM]

Someone in engadget watches too much porn. Goatse is almost as bad as that scene in Borat where the fat guy gets him on the bed.

[Dee @ Dec 20th 2007 10:43AM]

Vizio brand is cheaper than the rest for a good reason - its picture
quality. As with all Vizio's you get what you pay for.

[David Becker @ Dec 20th 2007 10:52AM]

That pix reminds you of goatse? I never heard of goatse until you brought it up,then I had to look it up, what sick fuckers troll for that shit, and what are you doing at Engadget??
HHMMMMMMMMMM, maybe I know.

[borble @ Dec 20th 2007 11:33AM]

how long have you commenters been around the intertubes without knowing about goatse? welcome to the meme-web, circa 2000.

[murray @ Dec 20th 2007 12:48PM]

I wish I could have been in a fly on the all in the Vizio Marketing department this morning when they heard about "this goatse thing" and googled it...

[ZeroCorpse @ Dec 20th 2007 1:16PM]

Isn't there some sort of Internet law that states that you may not mention "goatse" before noon?

If not, there should be.

[ZeroCorpse @ Dec 20th 2007 1:19PM]

So, now that they've pulled it, I'm thinking the scene in their ad offices is like this:

Boss: "OK, so the old ad had to be pulled because it reminded people of this-- AWFUL-- Internet meme. Does anybody else have any ideas for the new ad?"

Prankster Employee: "I do! We'll have this image of a girl in a tub, and she's covered in chocolate syrup. . ."

[palehorse @ Dec 20th 2007 2:28PM]

OK, can someone please explain to me the point of releasing two TV models 1" apart...?

Just seems... odd.

[Larry Warner @ Dec 20th 2007 3:28PM]

Its getting to be that if you see two hands in a picture - it reminds you of the g word. Please - grow up.