VIZIO P50 from COSTCO anyone?

ODEKK

Anyone here buy a Vizio P50 plasma screen tv from COSTCO? I need to speak with anyone who purchase that model at any COSTCO location. I am having some trouble with mine and need your advice!

THANKS!!!!

Kevin

Joe Las Vegas

Wow! a plasma tv with problems, what a shock!, return the damn thing and get an LCD.

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SantaPimp27

then all the blacks can look gray and all the motion will be blurred.. thats what im looking for in a tv.. u jus gotta get the right plasma and an lcd cant compare

4Cowboys4Life

Yep, from my understanding with plasmas the issue is the Vizio brand, not the fact that it is a plasma. Ever see anyone here complain about Panasonic plasmas? As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for, and there's a reason why Vizio plasmas sell for cheaper than Panasonic.

And on top of that, if you did have an issue with your Panasonic plasma you wouldn't have to come ask for troubleshooting advice, as Panasonic's concierge service will send a repair technician to your house.

And on top of top of that, the OP didn't say what his issue is. It may not be a defect with the TV, but rather something he isn't doing right or a setting he needs help with.

ODEKK, there are a lot of knowledgeable people here who are willing to help, just go ahead and say what your issue is and chances are good someone here can help you whether they own that model or not.

mg2005

I bought the Vizio 505XVT last Sunday.

Here's my thoughts: Great Picture! I doubt I could find anything better for the $1400 price range.

MAJOR COMPLAINT: I use an antenna. In this mode, the TV has no method to manually add or delete channels. You scan the airwaves, and you get what you get. Once the list is built, you can skip channels - but only the analog ones that are about to be turned off in February. There is no way to skip a digital channel either in it's entirety (which would be adequate) or individual subchannels (which I prefer). Furthermore, if you unplug the antenna during the scan (so the channels you want to skip won't get found) then you can not manually select a channel that it didn't find (let alone add it to the list).

The tuner is very slow as well. And there is a large band of blue with the programming information that covers the top of the screen for several seconds each time you change a channel. Only after that goes away can you increment to the next channel.

You can BLOCK digital channels. What this does is show a black screen with a logo saying "BLOCKED" along the top of the screen as you scroll through the channels with the remote. This could have easily been set up to simply skip the channel.

The set has a decent remote. It is JP1.3 (programmable). If Vizio would publish discrete codes for this set, I would probably program the A B C D buttons to 4 of my most watched channels and keep the set.

Again - great picture but I can not live with the lack of functionality on the tuner. I already have a set with an external tuner. One reason I bought this set was so I could easily watch TV using a single remote. Since the set only has a single component input, and my DVD player is connected to it, I can't even use my old tuner with this set.

bootsy

This is BS. I bought a 42 inch Vizio plasma about a year ago and have had no problems with it. I have seen plenty of problems with a Panasonic plasma(LOL Panasonic isn't even the best kind for plasmas). Plasma's in general are going to have more problems than any other type of HDTV.

THe other thing you mentioned about Panasonic's concierge service(whatever that means) sends a repair tech to your house. Well when I bought my Vizio I signed up for a warranty where if something happens they will send a tech to my house.

The statement about you get what you pay for doesn't hold water either. I bought my Vizio for $850. There were other plasmas of different brands that I was thinking about getting:Samsung, Toshiba, etc that were the same price or a little higher or a little lower than the Vizio. So if I bought a 42 inch Samsung for $800 then I guess I would be getting what I am paying for also, right? Excuse us if we don't have billions of dollars like you apparently do where we can just go buy any plasma TV we wanted.

Before you start bragging about your plasma TV and dissing others get you facts straight.

4Cowboys4Life

It's not to say that all Vizios will have a problem, it comes down to percentages, and from my knowledge the Vizio plasma will have a higher percentage than a Panasonic plasma. That certainly doesn't mean one can't have a Vizio that will never have a problem, and on the flip side one can't have a Panasonic that will have a problem.

As far as the repairman, you say you signed up for a warranty. Do you mean to say you paid for one, for the Panasonic service comes with it without having to pay/sign up for anything.

And I'm not bragging about Plasma, only comparing Vizio plasma vs Panasonic plasma. It certainly doesn't mean an LCD won't fit better in some situations than a plasma.

Lastly, I led off with my reply with the 3 words of "to my understanding". I never said it was fact. So you need to get your facts straight!

bootsy

My warranty is for 2 years and it came with the TV. When I say signed up I went to Vizio's website and registered my TV, which automatically gives me the warranty. There was no additional costs.

As for your "understanding" you tried to spew that out as facts. Maybe you need to clean up your post because it makes you sound like you are stating them as facts.

4Cowboys4Life

My response was to this post. "Wow! a plasma tv with problems, what a shock!, return the damn thing and get an LCD." So tell me where the justification is in a post like that?

As far as the warranty goes, the OP ought to have no problem getting a repairman to house if needed right? Problem solved.

And yeah it is to my understanding which is what I said. Sorry you can't comprehend that.

bootsy

This statement says it all about your understanding

"Yep, from my understanding with plasmas the issue is the Vizio brand, not the fact that it is a plasma. Ever see anyone here complain about Panasonic plasmas? As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for, and there's a reason why Vizio plasmas sell for cheaper than Panasonic."

Like I said previously, you are saying that anyone that buys a Vizio is getting what they pay for because they are cheap. So like I also stated before, does that mean that a Samsung or a Panny at the same price apply to the get what you pay for logic. You seem to be throwing Vizio under the bus because of their price even though they are no more than other brands.

4Cowboys4Life

By and large a Vizio and Panasonic with similar features will have the Vizio being lower priced.

And no I'm not saying that anyone who gets a Vizio will have a problem, only that it is my understanding that the percentages are greater that one will with a Vizio when compared to a Panasonic. That's my understanding, if I'm wrong so be it. I never said it was fact nor laid out any statistics to back up my claim. I prefixed my reply with "to my knowledge", take it for what it's worth.

erict

Of course we never here of LCD's with problems

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erict

Now that is BS Also panny's are one of the top two plasma's on the market. Last time I checked there are no trouble free tv's on the market. Seeing their are alot more panny's in peoples homes, you may read about more issues with panny's but alot of those issues are resolved with adjustments by the user.

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Vizio VO32L
Sony HT-CT100
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Energy C-300(frt L/R)
Energy C-C50 (center)
Energy C-R100 (surrounds)
SVS PC12-NSD & eD A2-300(subs)
D* 5LNB Slimline
HR21-100 (Panny)
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R22-200 (Zenith CRT)
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bootsy

Give me an example where it is BS. I read about more problems with plasmas on this and other websites than any other type of TV. So are you telling me all those people are not telling the truth.

You contradict yourself on so many levels. First you say it is BS that Plasmas have more problems than any other HDTV then you say there are no trouble free TV's. Then you make the excuse that there are a lot more Panasonic's in homes and that is why there are more issues. That makes no sense when you tell me that it is BS that plasmas have more problems than any other TV. Which one is it.

4Cowboys4Life

First you say it is BS that Plasmas have more problems than any other HDTV then you say there are no trouble free TV's.

That is not a contradictive statement.

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It's real simple, if you have 100 pansonics and 10 have issues, then that is a 10% problematic ratio.

If you have 20 brand X in a household and 5 have problems, that is a 25% problematic ratio.

So while there are problems with more panasonics, the percentage is more greater with brand X.