VIZIO INTERNET APPS (VIA) Enabled LCD's Thread - Page 19

on the remote...try mashing the little + sign on the oblong shaped button to the left.

Seriously now...what's yer setup? Are you running sound thru an AV receiver...or just using the TV speakers? Are you connected to the net? Have you setup a Pandora account?

Just tried my VIA and now the Widget Gallery, HDTV Settings and Profile app are all missing. The only thing I can find in the manual is that these all can't be deleted. How do I get them back? Somehow I now only have Twitter, Facebook and Amazon, all my other widgets which used to be there are gone.

edit: to fix the problem they want me to do a factory reset, thus losing all my settings, etc. No thanks, more trouble than it's worth.

Just out of curiosity, but whatever happened to their iPhone remote app shown over a year ago?

I've been wondering the same thing! Vizio has recently entered the tablet market (i.e. iPad competition), so I'm worried they've canceled the iPhone remote app.

I'm having the same problem but I refuse to lower my security b/c a company makes crap software. I have done a memory reset before, although through the memory reset function. I'll try it the way you listed with the code. Its just such a pain to re-input all the information with the remote. Thanks for you post though, as now I know that it is at least not an isolated issue.

Why does my TV turn itself off to get an update? Or I assume that's what it is. I just got one, but nothing looks so different. (SV422XVT).

Also, while I know this is probably a cable question, is anyone else getting a random NHL Center Ice channel? I thought it might be a preview, but it's been coming in for a couple weeks. My cable (Comcast) comes straight from the wall - no box - so I thought it wasn't possible to get it.

I haven't watched much Netflix on my XVT553sv, but my daughter is back from school and mentioned that she had to go through the PS3 for Netflix because the app won't load......it did awhile ago.....on the TV. I checked it out and the Netflix "box" is there in the VIA menu bar, but when you select it, nothing comes up.

I went to the Netflix account and it shows up there.

Pandora does the same thing. Everything else seems to work.

Any ideas?

Hey guys, anyone have and using the VF552XVT with the VIA? I'm looking into a new TV and getting Blue Ray player as well as dropping our cable TV service. I really like what I have read so far about the VIA and how many different services/apps you get access to. Not sure you need any more

Anyway, is the VF552XVT a good TV over all, as TVs go? Has the sevice and software gotten the bugs out now that it's been out for a while? I read someplace that Vizio was going to start offering Blue Ray players with VIA, do they have those yet? Will that play through any HDTV I get?

i asked them about it at CES, they said they would be rolling out remote apps for other mobile platforms too, not just their android phone and tablet. so...someday.

OK looking further at the Vizio TV I mentioned above and see that Costco sells the XVT553SV. Now according to the specs and reviews and everything this TV also has the VIA functionality and appears to be nearly identical. And Vizio shows Costco as a retailer of the TV. Now I know sometimes Costco's products have slightly different model numbers but are exactly the same thing, but is that the case here?

Is the XVT553SV the same as the VF552XVT. If not, what are the differences? Only thing I can tell by pictures is the I/O ports on the back and side.

VF552XVT is part of the 2XVT series while the XVT553SV is part of the XVT3SV series. They're similar, no doubt about that, but there are some differences. You can check out CNET to see some of the difference (not that their comparison is completely accurate). The two biggest differences I see are the number of HDMI inputs and the dynamic contrast ratio. The VF552XVT is the older of the two.

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-t...ntBody;compare

Excellant, thanks for pulling up the comparrison on CNET. I had found their review of the XVT model and read through that completely. I was wondering if one was a newer version so thanks for pointing that out there. Odd that Vizio's own site only lists the VF5 models at VIA devices. Oh well. I like that it can be purchased at Costco, since they extend the warrenty one more year, and have a great return/exchange policy. Not to mention cash back

Also, does anyone know if the remote on these will control a BluRay player? Even a none Vizio branded player? I haven't decided on a player yet, but so far reviews of the Vizio brand seem to have a lot of problems playing some discs, both DVD and BRD. With the awesome keyboard these TVs have, I would hate to have to use a second remote to control a player.

While playing around in the "Web Videos" app in the past months, I have noticed that some series or channels do not play videos correctly and only come back with an error message.

I'm assuming that since this happens to a series of videos, and not random videos throughout multiple series, the must be an issue with how those videos are being uploaded.

Being able to reason this much out, I have not been able to figure out a way to report these issues. I'll guess that Vizio created the Web Videos app, but who is responsible for uploading the content?

Off the top of my head, I know videos in the G4 section work, except for the G4 Web Videos channel within. In this case, would this be G4's responsibility or Vizio's?

First off, Just got my XVT533, and I can say BUY IT NOW!!!! It is freakin' incredible. The Netflix widget is working like a charm via wifi, with no problems at all.

Yes, the remote will work with a BD player. I have it set up to work my Samsung BDP-1500 already.

The VIA functionality, the freakishly good picture quality, the price... Jump on it, man. I am very, very happy with mine. All the research I did proved out, and CNET was dead-on.

I have an XVT473SV and seems like I have the latest firmware 01.02.00052.
Don't see HuluPlus or Blockbuster on widgets list. Should I expect them to come later? Thanks.

Guys I'm new to the forum, but have been a techno geek for years. I own a small tech company (servers, networks, phone systems, anything my clients ask me to do...)

I hate to take the easy way out and just ask for help, but like the rest of the world I'm going 2000 mph with no brakes trying to keep up with life.

Like the plumber's house, and the mechanic's car my house has always been the last to get done. We have purchased 3 different Vizio tv's in the last year. The last purchase being a M550NV for our bedroom.

We have a TON of pictures of our 1 year old on a Mac Pro in my office. I have (4) 2TB hard drives in it and it has pretty much become my media server. I have had no problems getting media content from it until now. It seemed like the logical thing to do was rip all of our movies music etc and just leave them on the Mac.

I really don't want to have to run a cable from the Mac to our new TV. I'm really hoping someone else has had some success accessing media content from their computer on their VIA enabled Vizio.

If Mac is a limitation, how about other ideas? I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks in advance

I know there's 19+ pages here and I can't look though them all for the answer but wondering if you can play MPEG files though the Vizio Apps?

Check the thread search function at the top of the page.

Ya did, there is a lot of info to wade though and can't find an exact answer... a simple yes or no would take about the same amount of time as your reply.

Vizio added a media widget a short time ago. No one knows how or if it works. I can't find anything about it/

The media app only plays music or pictures at the moment. No videos as of yet.

Since the apps are open source to build and USB is enabled on the xx3 series I'm surprised no one has written a media app that includes videos.

hm that sucks, I can still use the 360 I guess but it would be nice to just not have to boot another device. Oh well, they looks like nice tv and I think I'm sold on the M550NV, just waiting on it to drop below $1k.

Learned something new tonight, so here's my second helpful post on streaming issues.

I had my Vizio VIA working perfectly up until a couple of weeks ago when I switched ISP from Time Warner to ATT UVerse. With ATT Uverse, I have my ATT router set to DMZ mode and connected to my Linksys router because it's dual-band and Wireless N (just a much better router).

After the ISP switch, my Vizio VIA continued working for simple data information - weather, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix information, etc. However, all of the actual streaming functions either halted completely or took FOREVER to load such as Netflix (actual movie watching - not searching titles), Pandora, TuneIn Radio, etc.

I couldn't figure it out. I have all of the ports opened that are necessary for the TV. I even switched the TV's IP address to DMZ mode and still failed. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the apps. I tried updating my router firmware. I tried factory resetting the TV. Nothing worked. However, my two Roku devices were still streaming Netflix and Pandora perfectly. What's the deal???

I figured it out tonight. I was using OpenDNS as my default DNS servers before. The automatic DHCP function on the TV just retrieves the default DNS servers from your router. I went into the TV and turned off automatic DHCP. I then changed the default DNS servers to the Google DNS servers which are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. PRESTO! Everything is working like a champ now. Streaming is back to normal (almost instant).

I really don't understand why it would matter but there is some funny combination of ATT Uverse with OpenDNS that the Vizio VIA does not like, but it did not impede the Roku devices from working. The Google DNS servers work perfect with Vizio VIA and ATT Uverse. I don't know if this is a problem with other ISPs, but if you're having trouble with streaming on your Vizio VIA, you might give a try to switching your DNS servers to Google (or something else).

Hope this helps someone.

By Default the RG unit is the DNS server for the network, and its a very poor dns server.

It would actually work best to use DNS servers that are on AT&Ts network ( i have mine set to 68.94.156.1,68.94.157.1)

It doesn't look like anyone answered your question. I know it was a while ago, but if you're still following this thread here's my guess:

Many of the newer vizio's with VIA ship with a blue tooth remote with built in keyboard and it's not clear if they even have IR interfaces. If that's the case, there is no way for your IR DVR remote to communicate with your new TV.

The major advantage of bluetooth is that you no longer have to point your remote at the TV since it communicates wirelessly, the downside is the potential lack of compatibility with universal remotes.

Has anyone picked up a M421VT yet? I can't find many reviews anywhere, but the specs look good and it's about perfect for what I want, but I'm not one to be a guinea pig on new products.

The TV has IR as well. There are no problems using other universal remotes to control VIA TV's....it's just Dish DVR remotes. This is definitely a Dish issue.

I recently purchased a Vizio M421VT. I connected the TV to my home network via a wired Gigabit router in order to take advantage of the VIA Internet Apps. I have notice that while streaming content from Netflix to this TV the image will break-up and glitch every few minutes. It is very distracting and it renders the Netflix functionality almost useless. I have tried using the wireless (N) capablity of the router (full signal strength) and I also substituted the cat. 5e with shorter and better cat. 6 cables but that did not solve the problem.

The curious thing is that if I replay a Netflix program the image will break-up (to a varying degree) at the same moments every time. It's almost as if the TV can't fully process the signal. I have a PS3 and an XBOX 360 connected to the same wired network and I don't see any problems if I use those devices to stream the exact same Netflix media. I can even wirelessly stream the same programs to my laptop without issue.

Has anyone else experienced the same phenomenon?

UPDATE: I decided to exchange the TV just for the sake of my own peace of mind. I didn't even get past the setup screen when I realized that the replacement M421VT has a vertical line of broken pixels in the center of the screen. I will have to box this one up and return it to the store. I think that I'm done with Vizio for the time being as this is my third return of one of their products. While I was at the store I noticed that this recently released model has already been discounted by $100. I wonder if the price drop is the result of a poor reception for this model from consumers?

i've been following this thread and also watching this blog:

www. yctvblog . com

(sorry about above formatting, avsforum won't let me post weblink because this is my first post. just remove spaces)

for those of you that don't follow the blog i recommend it because every once in a while there is some good information (few and far between, but when there is a post it is usually good). it is nice to see that sony is picking up the yahoo! tv, i feel like this is a good thing more than it would be a bad thing. it also says the pay for apps is coming in spring. i'll believe it when i see it, at least it is coming from the horses mouth.

anybody have any other sources of information on yahoo! tv?

Registration code?

I just noticed there is a VIA for archived and classic NHL games.
The website asks for a registration code that came with my tv. I can't find it, or mention of it, in my manual. Does anyone know where to look?