I have heard in other venues that this is in fact the case with GoT, that the streamed version looks crappy compared to blu ray. In fact. complaints about the video quality of their streaming app in general.

Edit to clarify: streamed through the HBO Go app.

Long time researcher, first time poster. I PM'd Matt a week ago about joining the beta testing. I included my S/N. Is there anything else I need to do, besides patience, to receive the beta firmware? I have noticed that his last post was July 18. I'm sure he's a busy guy, but I'm very interested! Any help is appreciated.

This thread has literally thousands of posts about this. So...

There really isn't much information we can provide you that rtings hasn't. Maybe if you were more specific about what you are looking for.

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+1 Best customer service I have experienced for some time. Top Notch.

Have you ordered the new remote? That should get you on the list as well.

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I not only ordered it, I have it! I guess I am on a list but I still don't have the firmware...

I initially tried to order the new remote using live chat with Vizio. Great customer service, but after giving her all of my numbers she said she was unable to send the remote at this time and to wait for the official release and I'd get a pop up on the TV on how to order the new remote then. I then asked if I had the beta installed could I get the remote? She said she had no information on that and recommend I email [email protected]. I did so and that person said the only way to get in the beta program was to PM Matt. They both were much more expressive. This is the short version of a few emails. It feels like a catch 22.

Well of course compared to the Blu-Ray streaming isn't as good, that's a given. Since there is no Blu-Tay of the currently airing season streaming via HBOGO or another app is "best" IMO (less compression). People often complain about the show because of its use of natural lighting techniques. Dark scenes compound the visible compression making things look even worse. While watching "live" is good, streaming (if you have a good enough connection) is better, Blu-Ray is the best once available.

Keep in mind that GOT, whether Blu-ray or streaming is still 1080P, and both are using H.264 which doesn't like being squeezed and the compression is obvious. H.265 was developed with streaming in mind so it does a better job with PQ vs. UHD Blu-ray - sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the stream and the disc. Of course cable/sat is even worse.

First few seasons of GOT's I watched exclusively on bluray disk and thought it looked incredible. Moved on to Comcast with hbo go and saw a lot of compression during dark scenes. Overall, picture was terrible. Moved to directv with the p65. I now "download" on demand episodes of got's on my directv dvr and it looks almost as good as the bluray version...

If you try play those files media player classic and madVR with the debanding filter on, it can really help with the quality.


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I got my 3rd replacement yesterday, a new P65-E1, and the pannel is nearly flawless. The delivery guys weren't thrilled I was taking so long to look it over before accepting it, but I wasn't going to have them swap it out on the wall until I was sure this time. The uniformity is the best I've seen from the 4. I started with quick DSE test because I didn't want to see something that couldn't be unseen, but it looked so clean I did a more careful review and really have to look for it to see any. The white is pure, no yellowing or pink areas, and no vertical bars.

However, I noticed there is an electral buzzing coming from it. I don't remember the other ones doing it. It's quite enough that I can't hear it from the MLP on mute, but it sounds like transformer hum. Does anyone else have this? I wanted to check before asking CS. I really like this unit and if it's normal or CS says it's not an issue, I will keep it. I just dont want it to fail after the 90-day warranty. Which brings me to another question.

Does anyone know if squaretrade or another plan has extended warranties for replacement units?

I usually watch Game of Thrones at my g/f's place via HBO GO on a Roku 3 into a decent 5-year-old 1080p TV (12mbps U-Verse) and it's banding city whenever there is fog, darkness, etc. it looks like a bad DVD rip. (From what I've heard people describe that looking like. Yep.) We haven't watched the show live on DirecTV this season to compare.

Yes, the customer service is better than most but the quality of the display is my only concern since I'm going to be getting my third P75 in about 14 months. My current one was actually outside of the one-year warranty but I had a spider or insect crawl inside the screen and the local TV repair place couldn't open it up to clean it out and that's not usual for LCD displays. For some reason Vizio decided to make it next to impossible to open up. Don't know why but it might be why they decided to replace it and I don't even need to send my current one back. The new one will be the E1 which is the 2017 model but I wonder if this one is also impossible to open up? I guess I'll be spraying Raid once a week or so to keep out insects?

@lujan they let you keep the old one? Wow!

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I would say you're probably not experiencing the best that streaming has to offer. With that low of speed, you're teetering on HD quality. With my over 150Mbps, I don't experience banding at all with HBOGO.

No, it's HBO GO. We've had two simultaneous 1080p streams going on in the household, Netflix or Amazon or whatever, and it looks fine. I don't know if it's the Roku or what, but other services don't exhibit the banding to the extent GoT does. Netflix recommends ~5mbps for HD streaming, so we're not teetering.

Just giving my personal experience, every provider is different, so what works for one, may not for another. I use a Roku 4 and have not experienced banding at all. I have seen it in other streaming areas, but that is usually due to low quality stream.

Yes, I was surprised as well. Guess I'll be keeping it in the garage as a backup because I doubt anyone will want to buy it since it has that insect. My Mom and brother came over a couple of weeks ago to watch a movie and they said that they didn't even notice it because it's so small but since I saw it I always noticed it and once you know it's there, I'm always glancing over to that part of the screen to see it especially when the background is light.

I wish it was as simple as that. Unfortunately 3.5mm and optical don't support the multichannel audio used in PC games. For some reason or another ARC started working fine with both GPU HDMI out to TV HDMI5 & GPU MiniDP out to my AV receiver... BUT... now I get terrible flickering over the entire screen when I set the GPU to 120 Hz. This think is extremely finicky in combination with my receiver & GPU. None of the three want to cooperate with one another.

My options are:

Connect PC directly to HDMI5 and have 120 Hz, but no surround audio in games
or
Connect PC directly to AV receiver and have surround audio in games, but only 60 Hz

If there existed receivers that supported 120 Hz for PC use, I'd be set. Everything I have and/or have looked at will accept 120 Hz in, but will only output it back to the TV at 60 Hz - even if it goes from receiver HDMI out to TV HDMI5.

Why can't the TV's ARC simply pass the PC audio correctly back to my receiver?

I watched GOT thru HBO NOW this weekend on the p75 and it looked really good. Some darker scenes had rare suble artifacts but overall looked good. I assume it streams 1080p?

Stick it in another room!

Got home from work today and my p65-c1 would not turn on all the way. It woul d power on and display the vizio logo the power off again. I had to leave so did not have time for more trouble shooting. Has anyone had this issue before? I tried a few times with both my harmony remote and my vizio remote with the same result

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1. Unplug the power cord from the back of the Home Theater Display/HDTV or the outlet, whichever is easier to unplug. If you are unsure of which cable is the Home Theater Display/HDTV power cord, trace the cords connected to the outlet/power strip/surge protector until you find the one connected to the Home Theater Display/HDTV and unplug it.
2. Once the device is unplugged, press and hold the power button for 15 to 30 seconds. On the VIZIO SmartCast Home Theater Displays and VIZIO SmartCast HDTVs the power button is the top button on the back, bottom-left side of the TV.
3. After holding down the device's power button for 15 to 30 seconds, plug the power cable back into the device or outlet, whichever was disconnected, and power the device on.

Thanks will try when I get home

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The 75" display is too big to put in a bedroom and none of the TV stands are wide enough for it except for the stand in the Living Room so I have no choice but to stick it in the garage.

ive seen in many threads that to enable hdr and/or 4k that i need to enable the hdmi color subsampling option. my problem is that i do not get that option. when i use the remote to go to *settings input i only get full uhd color wich then leads me to select the hdmi source but never is there the option for this stupid HDMI color subsampling.. please help!

also i have the vizio p50-c1

You can get a center leg stand that bolts onto the VESA holes on Amazon, and then it'll fit any TV stand you want.