Release Date? Does anyone have an estimated release date for this? "Coming soon" is a relative term.
1459020
I have pre-ordered with Amazon but Dell is showing it in stock and ready for shipment. So hopefully soon.
1459021
do you know if Amazon will honor the pre-order price we pay now? like when it does release/goes on sale, if the price raises, do we have to pay additional? i know if the price drops, pre-orders will get credited the difference..
1459022
I ordered this TV on the 18th because there is not a better value out there right now. I called Vizio and they said Amazon ordered a bunch of these TVs last week but they would/could not tell me the official release date. I called Amazon and was told the same. All they would say is that I would get an e-mail as soon as it is released. I have read on-line that the original release month was May but the demand for the 553 was extremely high so they pushed it back to July.
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UPDATE: I was able to get in touch with a Vizio rep with some detailed info. He stated that the first round of shipments to Amazon have been completed and that they have them in stock. He said that Vizio will give them the green light to go live very shortly....no later than the middle of August. He confirmed the demand is extremely high for the 553....can't wait. I have the TV stand ready/Blu-Ray player ready and DirecTV on speed dial.
1459023
They should honor whatever price you purchased it for during the pre-sell. They will not charge you until the unit ships. Latest rumors put this TV live this week....but....who knows. It will be worth the wait though.
1459024
can't wait ^^also wondering what those "other retailers" are.. costco? walmart? sears? and will the "green light" be given to all retailers at the same time, or just amazon specifically..?i hope cnet posts a quick review up too after release.. should be a great one.
1459025
rumors from where? o0 it would be a dream come true if it does go live in before august..did u see the other lesser sized models in the same series? those have an actual date on amazon already..with the smallest having the earliest ship date, bigger getting a later date..and this 55 model dateless, so im assuming it's gonna be the last one to get out if anything..so i don't think it will be anytime now until october at least..and "they should honor" or "they will honor" ? x:thanks for the quick response though ^^
1459026
The Rep said Amazon, Katerno.com, Walmart, Sam's Club. CNET needs to hurry it on up. Need to see if I should believe the hype! Either way, it is a pretty sweet deal.
1459027
The 55 has been out for weeks. I guess they ran out of initial stock. I love the tv. Great value for the $$.
1459028
Contact Amazon for official policies on pre-sell prices. Vizio's website states that this TV is slated to go on sell this month. I contacted them a couple of days ago and they told me that they shipped a bunch to Amazon and other Vizio retailers as well. It is now up to Amazon to launch these things. I am cautiously optimistic that this thing will be in my living room within two weeks. (As long as I have it before football season anyways.)
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I wouldn't bank on that release date but if it does happen I would look forward to seeing your post regarding this issue. I finally made the decision to buy the full Fanatec setup because I ended up deciding I would prefer to have some flexibility with pedal setup etc. Lets ALL say a little prayer for the release being soon =)
251680
No, but we are going to release a version that will in a few weeks, so stay tuned!
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Know one knows. Least of all Amazon.com. I placed my "Pre-Order" on 9/5/12. at the time, a release date of 12/5/12 was given. Prior to that date, I get an email stating it may not ship by 12/24. ??? Next I look at other sellers online and see a release date of 1/16/13. Amazon.com confirms this only to say later, they don't know when and can't contact the manufaturer. Don't hold your breath and believe no one.
1622620
I also received an automated email from Pioneer that said it's available for preorder and limited shipments will be available soon. I just saw on ABT Electronics site that says "ETA end of July 2010".
1023561
No, Bal, for a brief moment Amazon themselves had it for preorder, and thats waht we are commenting on. It was literally only available for like a few hours. We are both waiting for a shipment update from amazon.
1079459
It's not released by Apple yet; their official store shows a 5-7 day ship estimate. I'd imagine Amazon will be around the same time.
329137
I'm quite interested in this model, now due out in just a couple weeks. Has anyone yet seen a review of it?
668486
Don't think they have given a specific release date, but their website, thetoshibatablet (you fill in the rest of the url), is advertising "coming this spring." I assume they mean spring in the northern hemisphere. That ends June 21.
89137
It has released it the US already, as for other countries I believe it is slated for late April into May. Their official site and Facebook does offer more info on this though
2257858
It has not been released in North America yet so it has not been "available" once. It is currently available to preorder.
1627534
They will release it in mid July 2013. Stay tuned for the release date announcement.
1456371
I also ordered one last week. I asked an Amazon representation and he said that the estimated release date is the 2nd week of march 2011. I hope it's earlier than that...
1231239
ASUS hasn't released it yet to the general public, there's no ETA for release date yet
2007453
It seems the release date is June 6th, but I'm not positive. I've pre-ordered. I'll post back once I get the ship info.
1243884
I am in same boat guys, I did notice on eBay a lot of the vendors are saying "pre-order till March 11". Hard to imagine Amazon getting it much later than them. Good luck.
252349
Until they release a major version. I'm not sure if they publicly post a roadmap but a new major version was just released so you should be good for awhile.