Looking for a suggestion from fellow owners that know more about all of this than me...

About to get my new P65 set up, but I was wondering about how best to set up the audio. I've got an older Denon AVR that does 7.1, but not 4k, so I was thinking about using the TV's HDMI ports for my devices and then sending the audio back down to the AVR through ARC. Do I have the right idea here, or is there a better way to do this to get my surround sound along with the 4K picture?

Thanks!

Just wanted to share my experiences thus far in case anyone else was having similar issues.

We've had various Harmony remotes over the years and always liked them. I decided to get a Harmony Hub to go with my P65's tablet and I love it. Don't have to worry about pointing the tablet at anything, the app panels are customizable, the whole thing works great. It takes having one remote for everything to the next level.

Wow you still have your vizio?! Weren't you that would get them out of business?
Anyway, I'm not liking my p55 after the update. Sucks that I only have 1 day off. By the time that I got to do some testing I couldn't get in contact with vizio support. Didn't want to do it by email but it's probably what I'm gonna have to do.

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Hurrah it works!!!!
Thank you so much! I had played around with this at one time. But it did not work. Maybe I needed to power off the system to get it to re-sync flags. Which I did not do before. You must also select the input TV. For it to work. What a pain the butt. Well I am happy now sort of. A bit bum I lost the control. But I will give that up for surround sound!

Thanks Again!

Greetings everyone, I have been browsing these forums for a long time but first time poster. I purchased the P65 about a month and a half ago, managing to snag the only one that the local best buy had in inventory that was pegged for store demo but they gave it to me brand new and un-opened. I was inititally very impressed with the picture of the unit, having come from a Panasonic VT-60 plasma. the picture was great and watching Pacific Rim on Vudu in HDR was a great experience, especially after some brief initial calibration using this site as a guideline. Unfortunately my joy was short lived as I began to have issues. Used it for a few weeks and began to have a terrible banding that covered the right 50% of the screen. the issue wasn't tied to any particular HDMI port, whether it was directly to the TV or through the AVR. I tried unplugging all and the result was the same. It would pop up and randomly disappear and work fine till the next time.

I spoke with Vizio and did the usual troubleshooting steps and after that plus pictures I provided, they decided to send me a replacement. A week later the new TV arrived and before they left, we powered it up to make sure it was good. TV looked fine, but the new tablet wouldn't boot at all, so I just kept my original. The following day I went to turn it on and there was nothing but a black picture on any input. I could load up the on-screen display, casting apps etc and could see vudu/netflix just fine as far as the base program, but the moment you tried to play an actual movie you would only see black screen. If you paused it, the pause menu item would display but nothing of the video would show. After about 10-15 minutes of this you would start seeing flashes of the video and it would stay on the screen longer and flash more frequent until it would finally stay. Almost seemed like whatever it was, was doing a warm-up of sorts and would finally stay on once the TV had warmed up. Weird that it would only affect actual video and not the on-screen portions of the program.

Another phone call and trouble shooting to vizio and they once again could not resolve the issue and decided to send another replacement which will be arriving on the 15th. So this will be my 3rd TV in the span of less than 2 months. I've been told that if this one has an issue, they will put in for a refund. I'm not hear to slam the TV or vizio by any means. I can't say I'm not disappointed in the issues I've had in such a short period of time, but they have at least been good about getting it replaced. hopefully the third times a charm as they say. If not then I will move on and try something else.

Just wanted to share my experiences thus far in case anyone else was having similar issues. For reference firmware was updated to newest version anytime there was an update and the usual troubleshooting steps were tried, but the issues were never tied to anything connected to the tv and hard reset had no affect on either issue.

I wasn't happy with my P55 after the .14.4 update either. Had a lot more blooming than pre-update. Did some more testing and found that lowering the backlight to between 10-14 in Calibrated Dark for dark room viewing solved my issues (at least for SDR content, haven't had a chance to checkout letterbox HDR content yet). It was still plenty bright at this setting. They must have increased light output in the latest firmware.

Not sure if anyone has posted this yet, but VIZIO has the new Smartcast sound bars up on their site. It says coming soon and is listed for $499.99 for the 5.1 model and $449.99 for the 3.1 model.
http://www.vizio.com/audio.html


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My third p75 is due by the 16th. Vizio is spot on with service but I won't accept a fourth replacement if this one has issues. First set was an Arc problem. This one, vertical split, banding (both grey and yellow...looks like a tic tac toe board on white scenes!), and bad backlight blooming. My Samsung 65 4K from 2014 whom I sold to a friend performs better and that makes me sad.

YELLOW BAND UPDATE: It's color temperature specific, it doesn't manifest in "Computer" or "Cool" modes. How does that help? No idea, it means it's light based-not panel based.

WOW thats messed up, the 40" wont fit under my P55. Soundbar is 40" long measurement between my stands is 39.24". Really was hoping they were going to design them to fit with P series at least, i was banking on this i guess they said screw it.

WOW thats messed up, the 40" wont fit under my P55. Soundbar is 40" long measurement between my stands is 39.24". Really was hoping they were going to design them to fit with P series at least, i was banking on this i guess they said screw it.

You seem to have a very consistent view of the world you live in.

By the way, one of the standards for placing the front speakers in a 5.1 set up is to have them a little bit in from of the screen. My center channel is 12" in front of the screen, and the two towers are 9.5" in front of the screen. Our audio system was calibrated by Jeff Meier (UMR here at AVS). A couple of inches in front of the screen should work for you, and it might even sound better even though it's a soundbar.

I saw in a video on youtube (cant seem to find it now) they were planning on making these new sound bars to fit underneath the TV's. I mean ya i would be able to put it in front of the TV its just a shame it wont fit right under it, would have looked so nice that way.

YELLOW BAND UPDATE: It's color temperature specific, it doesn't manifest in "Computer" or "Cool" modes. How does that help? No idea, it means it's light based-not panel based.

Those pictures would have come from the marketing department. I doubt that Vizio has much real interest in good quality audio. Sound bars are, as you say, intended to make the room look better. I wouldn't knock that, but I put in a few years to get an audio system that made me and my wife happy. Jeff Meier was a big help, because my wife hit it off with him right away. He's a clever dog.

Read the last sentence of my speaker post. I added another way to get better audio for human voices.

Oh for sure, im just looking for upgraded audio from stock its for a bedroom afterall. But honestly i may actually look into a hi-fi system these new sound bar prices are kind of absurd. I could probably go to a pawn shop and do it for under the 370 asking price for the 3.1 model lol.

It should be easy to find two small and good sounding high efficiency bookshelf speakers for $50 to $100 each that would sound better running simple stereo from the display, but they certainly wouldn't look as good.

There is a lot information in the AVS speaker forums.

Yup just made a post over there lol. Id prefer bookshelf to tower but my stand does not have a good place for bookshelf. Gonna try and find slimmest tower speakers i can get my hands on as well as center channel (will fit on my stand) and a powered sub to put under the bed.

Haven't heard from any P55 owners...that's either because they are enjoying their sets or returned them.

I am getting some weird motion effects on all content not just casting any more. With all the motion issues being discussed across the board I can't tell if this is because the set is 60hz (120hz effective) or if it's the motion processing in general. I'm starting to lean back towards the P55, just cause of sheer size and it's 120hz. The P55 was great minus some of the LB bar issues.

Love my P50 as far as blacks and especially price wise but can't find a good ground with motion for all content. Any suggestions from fellow P50 owners? What's the best settings for our 60hz set?

Wait, I must've missed this post. Are you only checking the YouTube app for resolution or the Smartcast app or both?

FYI, I've also experienced a slightly different version of the tearing problem while gaming at 120 FPS with the new firmware. The screen is essentially slightly darker on one side. I hope they are working on a fix. The problem goes away after the usual warm up and power cycle.

I tried last night at 1am and it didn't change. I've done speed tests while playing one and my speed stays right around 30-35 mbps.

Can anyone post a link to a picture of this yellow banding... I suspect my set may have this problem too!

I was watching Daredevil tonight and in one scene in a garage there was a weird faint yellow band going across part of the screen... I couldn't tell if it was a weird effect the director was going for or if it was the screen, or stream... unfortunately the scene was a tripod shot, so no camera movement to help distinguish what was causing the band. I haven't seen it on any other content though, including several other shots from the episode in the same location with the same lighting. I'm also typing this from my PC displayed on the p65 and I don't see any banding unless I really, really look closely to see the very faint vertical yellow bands that I saw one user complaining about many pages ago.

I really don't feel like dealing with exchanging this set... but if I have to I will. Overall I love this TV, definitely don't want to swap to anything else (unless 4K OLED prices randomly plummet). I'm totally new to LCD though, so I'm still trying to determine the extent of normal "issues" that shouldn't be worried too much about (like temporary burn in and buzzing with Plasmas).

There's a whole lot of Internet between you and the content provider, including many traffic shaping and packet inspection devices. Just because the link to your home is uncontested and your speed test traffic is allowed unmolested doesn't mean it's not a congestion or engineered limitation somewhere.

My third p75 is due by the 16th. Vizio is spot on with service but I won't accept a fourth replacement if this one has issues. First set was an Arc problem. This one, vertical split, banding (both grey and yellow...looks like a tic tac toe board on white scenes!), and bad backlight blooming. My Samsung 65 4K from 2014 whom I sold to a friend performs better and that makes me sad.