I purchased my tv 3 years ago and am having black vericose veins starting to show anyone else with this problem?
1071374
Same here.. I purchased mine on 3/09/10 and I was told by Vizio that it would cost around $1000 just to replace the screen cos it was out of warranty.
1071375
Nope...nothing like that to report here; picture quality remains good. Sadly, it still sports a slow and mediocre tuner (I don't use a cable box) and the Vizio Apps, which I had assumed would grow to include more top shelf streaming options and a browser option, continues to disappoint.
1071376
No, I still have a beautiful picture. My 55" is not quite 3 years old. Sorry.
1240233
I am utilizing the image burn in protection, which is set to "on" as the default setting anyway for this tv. I haven't seen any burn in issues even though i have watched movies close to 2 hrs long with the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen.
492471
Depending on what model Sony you have it may be your television . Some models have a known issue and there is a class action suit against Sony . I had the problem you are describing some years ago . it was fixed under warranty. Sony also extended the warranty of the affected models . Do a search of your model number and see what comes up .
514069
I have had this TV about 4 months, and have loved it and then all of a sudden the screen went black. I called Vizio this morning, and they said they are aware that a small percentage of this TV has this problem because something is wrong with one of the boards inside and they said that they are going to deliver a brand new one in 8-13 business days and they will pick up the old one at the same time. No need for me to ship it back. I must say I am not happy with the TV messing up so soon, but I am quite satisfied with the way customer service handled it...
1372025
Thanks for the info - unfortunately, and go figure - our very expensive and only 3 y/o plasma tv just died. Fortunately, we bought the extended warranty but still have no tv. Hopefully this will be resolved in the very near future - keep me posted for any other deals.
655155
Well this happened to me after about a year. It helps if you use it often. When it does it all you have to do is give the tv a light smack on the back and it usually fixes it for me
1991664
It looks really blue on my TV and on my computer monitor. I looked at this question's answers and assumed it was a defect. But after exchanging it for a new one, I still have the same problem! :/
1227485
I have not seen that happening on my tv, does it happens while watching different video sources, (BD, Video Games, regular t.v cable or satellite) or only in one of these? if it happens no matter the video source it may be the t.v. if its only on specific ones you could try to change cable connections or the problem could be on the video source.
1414605
I returned it. The second identical TV that I ordered at the same time does not have the problem so I hope that the replacement being shipped to me is also okay. Thanks for letting me know that someone else has the same issue. Herberto
2229697
Only had TV a couple months and have never seen that effect, but will watch closer and see if it happens. Thanks for the info.
1152299
Barry....I have the Sony KDL-40EX700 TV and I am waiting for the BDV-E770W that I just purchased last night. Did you ulimately buy these two? How have they been?Brian
971154
One thing to check is your input signal. I thouvght my picture was "soap opera-y" too and have been trying things here and there to see what might make it better. One test I did was to change the output of my cable box from 1080i to 720p, when I did this it got way worse. So you might want to check to see if you have a similar setting on your cable box and check what it is set to. If it's already 1080i, some of the other suggestions might help. I'm getting DirecTV on Sunday and am hoping their 1080p HD will make some difference for the good... I'll let you know.
1986042
Right out of the box my tv had this problem. I have had it for 3 months and it has buzzed for approximately 5 seconds(until picture becomes visible) every time I turn it on. At first I thought I would be able to deal with it but the more I read about failures down the road, the more I think I am going to return it.
2078322
I just bought Vizio XVT473SV from Dell, which was delivered last week. Worked fine for a day or so, but I'm noticing some screen distortion/flickering occasionally. Also some audio cut-out. Some posts suggest this might be standard def vs HD channel issues. (cable) I've not had any indication of visual or audio problem yet when using the Internet Apps or when hooking up my laptop to it. But it doesn't always work right when I turn it on with it tuned to the cable box. The problem this morning with flickering was a situation with TV/cable turned on, cable tuned to a standard def channel from the night before. I tuned to an HD channel, the screen still flickered. I turned off cable and tv. Turned back on and all was well. I'm not happy to be seeing these kinds of problems within a day of having the tv though.
1178882
I had same problem 3 times during first year with vertical lines and tv constantly reboot. If you have same issues this means your tv broke and need to be fixed. Register tv with samsung and schedule the technicians for repair. If it was sold by amazon you have warranty if not you may not have it. If you tv more than 50 inches tech will fix it at your home. Good luck
552969
I haven't had any problems with mine, but I did have a similar problem with another model and this is how it started before the whole screen went dark. I had a technician come by. He said it was the mother board and that he would fix it but he couldn't guarantee it wouldn't happen again. He said that it's best to replace the mother board, and if you have to do that you might as well buy another tv. I took a chance and he fixed the problem temporarily, then it died, so I threw it away and bought this LG. I've had it since July 2013 and it's worked fine. Mine is the same model in a 50-inch. I did buy the 5 year warranty just in case since it's new technology. With these smart tvs it's best to get the warranty because you never know. If it's still under warranty, you should return it and have them replace it before your warranty expires because once the mother board gives out it's too expensive to fix and you're better off buying another tv.
726953
Mine too, after about a year. Seems to be common for this TV. Mine could not be cost effectively repaired.