Vizio E500i-A1 ??? - Page 3

I went to my Best Buy looking for the Samsung UN46EH6000 but they didnt have any left so I got this tv.

As expected, there was no SOE, no flashlighting, no backlight bleed, and the PQ was ok. However, the smart dimming feature got a little irritating after a while. Couldn't really see it on cable channels, but issues cropped up when playing The King's speech on blu ray. Also, there was a lot of noise in the picture in the darker scenes. As I mentioned before, the blues had a purplish hue, and that didnt go away completely with calibration.

Luckily, the store got a shipment of samsungs they day before the sale ended (599 for the 46 inch) .I ended up returning the vizio, and got the Samsung UN46EH6000 with a TS02 panel. The difference in PQ between the 2 is huge! I turned auto motion plus off, so no SOE (the processing on the samsung is too weak for good motion interpolation anyways), and calibrated with the AVS HD disc and a blue filter.

I also installed some bias lighting, and believe it or not that makes a big difference with perceived contrast and black levels. Everything seems sharper somehow.

Hi there,

Few observations about my E420i-A1:

**I got a cluster of stuck pixels, ran Pixel Jogger for 2 days in Vivid mode, 100 BL, 100 Cont, 0 Bright, 100 Color, 100 Sharp and all
advanced options off except for rich Color.

I managed to unstuck most of them put 1... 1 darn stuck pixel right in the middle of the screen Bad luck I guess

**Brightness uniformity issues, in the corners... yes this Screen supposed to be a LED-Array and not Edgelit, but for some reason I can
see some bright patchy spots when the screen is completely black.

** There is no SOE, turning Game Mode on or off does not make any difference in fast moving animation, Used PS3 and few games and
found some blurring... Turning Game Mode On didn't solved the blurring issues, it's not the worst Blurring I seen in a TV but just so you
are aware IT IS THERE, If you are used to plasma like me you will notice it.

** Color out of the box is washed out, very bad, You need to turn the color above the 55% mark to compensate or going to the advance
options and turning on Color Enhancement off/normal/rich color/ etc... I found any other than OFF will over-saturate the colors.

**Advanced Picture Options---> Adaptive Luma = Dynamic Contrast off, Smart Dimming= Not local dimming by any stretch of imagination
turn it off. Ambient Light Sensor = Turn it off... worthless!
So turn off all of them

** Black level, I really cant tell, I cannot measure due to the washed out color, the Image pushes Blue cast in black images, pretty
disappointing.

**Remote, not even good to keep it as a Dog Chewing Toy...

**Smart TV... takes 2 seconds for the menus to change, sometimes unresponsive and slow.

All in all, I think I might have to return this set and get a Toshiba 40L5200U http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/toshiba-50l5200u/4505-6482_7-35244016.html Better Black levels, 120hz Adjustments, Less reflective screen wile keeping the pop effect, Same price.
But edge-lit, some uniformity issues and some lighting problems.

I wanted this Vizio set to be great but it has too many short comings.

The 3D version of the 42" (E420d) is now available through both Amazon and Sam's Club.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A7MFRHC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/42-60hz-led-3d-tv-1080p-3-hdmi-wifi/prod8900017.ip?sprodId=prod8900017

Hey all, first time poster but I often reference this forum when making any sort of A/V purchase. So thanks in advance to all of the knowledgeable people who post here and help relative lightweights like myself.

I am considering picking up an E420I but had a random question that I was hoping someone might be able to help me with. Does anyone who owns one of these new E-series Vizio TV's have Directv? If so, I'm wondering if you were able to get the Directv remote programmed to turn the power of both the receiver and TV on / off at the same time? I have an RC65 remote from Directv and I checked their website but I couldn't find a specific code for the E420I (I'm guessing it's because this model is relatively new). It gave me some suggested codes but didn't list an exact match.

I know it's not a big deal and is somewhat silly to be factoring into a purchase decision, but it's a pet peeve of mine when I have to toggle the device switch at the top of the Directv remote in order to turn everything on / off. I like being able to just hit the master power button and have both TV and receiver go on / off at the same time and so I was wondering whether anyone who owns one of these TV's and has Directv could shed some light on whether they were able to get their remote configured. I know I'll find out soon enough when I get this home but was hoping someone might know off hand.

Again, thanks in advance for anyone that is able to help.

Jamie

Has anyone found this unit to look a bit on the warm side? I've compared this to others at several stores and it seems that the Vizio e500-A1 can't do the vibrance as other sets.

Also, does it take a long time to turn on? I turned on/off several at the store and this model took dramatically longer. Don't know if its the store model or all of this type.

Just wondering. Thanks

I found using the AVS calibration http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration got the picture pretty close. You could follow this thread as well: http://www.avsforum.com/t/1455313/vizio-e500i-a1-calibration-question.

It does take a while to turn on, far longer than any other HDTV I've owned. Some people have found it annoying.

I can tell you when I first got this set I was constantly tweaking settings, options, and more, until I got comfortable with it (or got lazy).

I just got a Vizo e500i-A0. Does anyone know how this compares to the A1. I have not seen anything listed here yet.

Thanks.

I bought the E500i-A0 at Sams Club yesterday. Looking on Vizio's web site they are the same price and the only differences I've found are .5" more viewing area on the A1 (50" vs 49.50"), 2 degrees more viewing angle on the A0 (178 vs 176), speaker output on the A0 is 10w vs 8 on the A1, and DLNA support on the A0.

The DLNA support, viewing angle, and speaker output made this (A0) worth the loss of .5" viewing area... to me. Plus I bought the display and paid over $100 less!

just picked this up for $650 to replace a 7 year old panasonic plasma that was too bulky. Is it worth it to buy the best buy warranty for this set?

Call Vizio & see what they want for the warranty. They use Square Trade.

I would get it thru best buy If that helps...

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