Vizio 47" 1080p and 60" coming - Page 10

$250 coupons available at the store?!?
I wish I knew that before I bought it today.

I do not have the Backlight leakage on my 47" that I did on my 46". Very slight and I mean VERY slight in upper right corner.

I have seen people mention speaker hum on this set, since my 46 had this really bad in low and medium backlight levels, It was the first thing I checked on this set. If there is a hum on this set I think you need dog ears to detect it. I tried every level from 0-100 and I hear nothing.

Overall, I am very impressed with the set! HD looks fantastic as it should and SD looks way better than I expected. Xbox 360 through component looks great! To get into a 1080P LCD for half of what I was looking at in Oct. (if costco will let me use coupon) and have it perform as well as it does, couldn't make me happier!

Overall, I recommend that this set be considered if you are in the market. It might not be right for everyone, but I believe this set performs at a higher level quality than what the asking price would suggest.

So, has anyone retro actively used the coupon? Or will they make me take the TV off my wall, return it and purchase another with the coupon??

Unfortunately, after 3 defective 46" LCD returns to Costco I have concluded that I can no longer trust & support Vizio TVs.

If your previous TVs (tube whatever) had been Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, JVC etc. you will not be satisfied with the Vizio brand. I dont know if its the components or (lack of) quality control.

I have a humming right speaker too, when I unplugged the r-speaker, the noise went away, I think there is something wrong with the connector. Will bring it back to Costco.

I retroactively used a coupon for the Vizio P42HDTV a few months ago. It was no problem at all. Absolute worst case is you would have to talk to a manager. I just walked up to member services and they handed me the cash.

Well, won big tonight with LSU. I'm gonna have to pick this sucker up. Hope I don't have the backlight problems, as that would annoy the heck out of me.

Just to add to the discussion, no humming speakers on my GV47L here.

well got mine and love it. I did see some backlight seeping through on a couple locations at the edge but this was during a blank screen, not during playback.

Is there really no HD-DVD player out there that will upconvert regular DVDs to 1080p?!?!

those of you that are planning to purchase the vizio 47" 1080p lcd in the bay area please wait until the 15th of january. that is when the $250 starts. the price of the set at the moment is $1,899.99. the stores as of today have

san francisco - 40
south san francisco - about 40
el camino - about 40

reason i say about 40 is because shipments are still coming in...

now that you guys know this.. please don't purchase the tv in advance and take advantage of the return policy and return the set and repurchase it with the coupon or try to get it price adjusted. you can't get it price adjusted because it's a manufacture coupon and i don't want to be checking like 20 sets that come back in with nothing wrong with them. imma have to put terrible comments on your account and say no more returns for u!!

o yes and this reminds me.. costco is in the plans of changing their return policy especially for electronics since ppl abuse it too much.. yey.. no more checking returned tv's for me!!

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o yes and this reminds me.. costco is in the plans of changing their return policy especially for electronics since ppl abuse it too much.. yey.. no more checking returned tv's for me!![/QUOTE]


This issue has been brought up a million times, and discussed to death. The supposed date was Jan 1. Didn't happen. I wouldn't worry too much about it right now.

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But I do agree that you should not take advantage of this great service come on people can't you wait 11 days are we that spoiled.

Saw the 1080p Vizio last night at Costco outside Atlanta. Price is under $1,900. Got home and had a coupon from Costco effective Jan 15 for $250 off this set. Had been looking at the Sony 46 1080p but the price diff is getting too big not go for the Vizio.

I've read in other threads that Costco has changed their policy on sending out coupon books. Apparently, they only send them to those who have used coupons in the past. When Costco made that decision they effectively decided that I am not worth notifying of upcoming discounts because I have not taken advantage of previous discounts. Given that, I am under no obligation of anticipating that there might be a discount in the future. When, and if, I find a coupon on the 15th that offers a significant discount that I didn't receive when I made a purchase 12 days prior, then of course I am going to want to get that discount. If that requires that I return the set in order to do so, then so be it.

If you are really a Costco employee and are threatening to leave some kind of negative comments about someone because they have taken advantage of Costco's policies completely within their rights, then Jim Sinegal (CEO of Costco - in case you didn't know) should get a call within a few seconds (he answers his own phone) and you should be out the door in no time. I am a shareholder of Costco and I find it really offensive that you as an employee (possibly) would be threatening other people for making you do your job.

I've got a humm, but I don't think it is coming from the speakers. It is definitely related to background level, but instead of the humm increasing with background level it decreases at certain levels and increases at others. It seems to be a result of the fan resonating at certain speeds. As the background level is changed the fan speed seems to change too.

I just joined this group, as I found it through a Google search on "Vizio 60 Plasma". I just got the $350 Costco coupon good on March 15th (I'm not certain of the date) for a Vizio 60" Plasma TV. I'm not even a Costco member, but I think my American Express membership added me to their distribution list.

Anyway, I called Vizio, and talked to an Ofilia (found the number and extension on page 2 of this thread). She confirmed that Vizio is going to be selling the 60" Plasma TV to Costco. She confirmed that it will be 1080P, and that it will be "Under $4000". Bummer, I was hoping for under $3000, but that was just wishful thinking.

Anyway, I though you'd like to know (even though I can't understand why this was posted under the LCD Flat Panel folder... oh well.)

I'll wait until after the 15th to purchase. But thanks for the info!

Not that I am familiar with...... however, the new Oppo 981 will upconvert SD-DVD's to 1080p.

Let's shut down this wrangling argument about Costco's return policies. The criticism by a Costco employee was a breath of fresh air. Rather than all this policy wonking about what's fair, and your whining because you didn't get a coupon book, the fact remains that if it's unnecessary to cause a hassle for store employees, all the way up the distribution chain to Vizio, JUST WAIT! A couple of weeks won't kill you, unless this is the big event of your life for the month of January. THAT would be a separate, serious problem.

Remember, when you return a TV it has to be transported via gas guzzling trucks all the way back (potentially) to Vizio in Costa Mesa, California, or maybe even loaded onto a boat on the West Coast and shipped back to Asia. Any idea how much energy is consumed that way? And the reason for all this expenditure of resource, according to several posts in this thread, will be the occasional dude who got a 46" in December, saw the 47" in January and said, "I want another inch." Alas, size (and the number of scan lines) matters. But not enough.

The title of this topic is, "Vizio 47-inch 1080p and 60-inch coming," not "My hot deal at Costco."

Are you sure you need a new player? If your player doesn't convert it the TV will just depends which will have the better scalar.

I got my Visio and asked before I bought it and they said they'd price adjust the coupon amount for me.

However, while the subject is rather boring and drawn out way too much. I'll add salt to my own wound and just say this. For anyone who already got the TV and is planning to return/rebuy when coupon is available, just buy a second Visio with coupon then turn right around and return box unopened with first receipt. This allows costco to put the TV immediately back on the shelf and you get your money back, no harm done.

I've actually had the return department suggest I do this very thing for another item.

Sorry to keep flogging the horse

I appreciate your post because I too was hoping for under $3,000. I think I'll go ahead and get the LCD as I will be using it more as a monitor for my PC than anything else.

The coupon actually lists the specs as a 1366x768. Misprint (hopefully)? 2 models of the 60 incher (highly unlikely)?

Well, clearly it's not perfect, but I've been checking out the Sony XBR2/V2500 thread and the pictures people post there make your screen look like a pure black hole. So for less than half the price it's not bad at all. (and Sony claims that there's nothing wrong with the sets!)

What about-47 Philips LCD - 1080p 2 HDMI ? has anyone got this yet?

HD ready (480i, 720p and 1080i supported) (Sky HD Approved + Xbox HD Ready)
- 47" screen diagonale (LG-Philips LCD TV Panel)
- 16:9 aspect ratio
- 8ms response time
- 16.7M Colours
- 1366 x 768 (WXGA) Pixel native resolution
- 1600:1 contrast ratio
- 550 cd/m² luminance
- Integrated TV Tuner (Digital Freeview)
- Teletext (250 Pages)
- Analogue VGA Input for PC
- HDMI Input (1080p)
- Nicam Stereo Sound A2 / Surround Sound (10W x 2)
- PiP, POP and PBP supported
- PSM (Custom, Dynamic, Standard, Movie, Mild)
- Progressive Scan
- RF Input, Headphone input, Scart RGB/AV inputx2, Component video input, S-Video input
- 2xScart Output, Headphone Output, S-PDIF Output.
- Remote control included!
.................
these spec. look good also for a low cost lcd.

8ms response time is the same that the 46" Vizio had and I had trouble with motion bluring..

I've posted on the "Vizio 47" owners" thread already, but I'll mention it here as well, since you guys are talking about it. My GV47L definitely DOES have speaker hum, and it's very noticable. Here's a recording I made of the hum on my unit:

http://www.crazyasafox.com/videos/speakerhum.wav

It can be heard from our sofa 8 feet away and it's distracting, to say the least. I've connected external speakers for the time being (actually, probably permanently since they're better and include a subwoofer), but I'll probably return this unit to Costco and get another one (after the 15th so I can use the coupon).

It appears that not everyone has the problem so it's apparently on a hit-or-miss basis, but it definitely exists.

Vince

lets talk about banding... does this tv has so called banding like high end Sharp or Sony LCDs?

That sounds about right for the 60" as it is a plasma. To get 1080p in a plasma you have to pay an arm and a leg.

Thanks for the hum !