Vizio has quickly established a reputation for outrageous flat-panel bargains at big-box retailers such as Costco and Sam's Club. At the same time, many of its products offer some serious bang for very few bucks. At a list price of only $1500, the VP50HDTV 50-inch plasma is certainly among the least expensive of its kind, but does it deliver the goods? Not as well as its more expensive counterparts, but when you consider the price tag, its shortcomings are easy to excuse.