Re: Vizio P-Series 4K tv with temporary sound and no picture P652ui-B2
Glad you asked. As a matter of fact, the Vizio had trouble free operation for only about 5 hours total over a couple of days. Then it started having "glitches". First the picture went out, with sound still, but this time is was not totally black, but the whole screen looked like "blooming" if you know what blooming is on a uhdtv. Well, I thought it was hopefully just a one time hiccup, but not to be. Then the next day the screen froze. The image froze on the screen, and the tv would not turn off. I had to unplug the tv then plug it back in. Screen freezes started getting more frequent over the next several days. Then the tv started turning itself off and back on. I turned off CEL or CEO or whatever it is in the tv settings but it did not fix that. Then one day I got horizontal bars across the entire screen. More glitches, etc. But.. every time these things happened and I unpluged the tv then pluged it back in the picture comes up perfect everytime.
To me, this does actually seem like it may be a corrupt memory problem with the eeprom. I ordered an eeprom for the set from ShopJimmy. I didn't check with them to make sure the thing is pre-programmed. It better be pre-programmed. I got it in the mail today. I plan on replacing it this Sunday.
The thing about this TV is this, I really wanna save this TV. I could buy another 50" UHD TV for like $500 no problem really, but the Vizio I have right now is perfect. It's got 5.. read 5... HDMI ports, all of which I have been using with 5 devices that need an HDMI port. It's got a component port, which I also have something hooked into that. It's got an analogue audio output, which I did use a lot in the past for hooking the TV up to my old cabinet stereo system. You can't even get a new TV these days with 5 HDMI ports, only 4 max, most selling with only 3 HDMI ports. And NO current new TV's have component ports, and deff no analogue audio out. Yeah, you can get a powered HDMI hub switch and plug all your HDMI cables into the HUB and switch them, but it's a PITA. Same for the component port and the analogue audio out. But that's more and more crap to hook up and have laying around everywhere. And before I bought this TV I researched LED lit tvs and got this one because it has FULL ARRAY LED lighting and not "edge lit". I saw so many edge lit TV's on display that had clouding in the corners of the TV screen. A full array lit LED set is lit from corner to corner, edge to edge, like a TV screen should be. No crappy clouded corners on the screen. I don't know if you can even get full array back lit LED TV's anymore. This TV had an awesome picture, best picture of any TV I ever owned in my life, AND everything I needed for ports and hookups. This is why I want to save this TV. I would be willing to pay up to like $200 to have the thing fixed rather than get a new one that I"m not totally happy with. So that's my thing with this TV.
One last thing. If I do wind up getting a new "smart" TV I will not be connecting it to the internet. I got a suspicion that the Chinese TV manufacturers could be sabotaging their own TV's with "updates" to "retire" them and make you buy a new one. And if you do buy a new one of a different brand, you will not be punishing the manufacturer of your old TV by buying a different brand for your new TV. ALL brands are made in communist China. All the funds from TV sales are enriching the communist govt of China, no matter which brand you buy. The ChiComs got a lock on the monopoly.
BTW, how about yours? How long did your baked board last?
Originally posted by kca
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To me, this does actually seem like it may be a corrupt memory problem with the eeprom. I ordered an eeprom for the set from ShopJimmy. I didn't check with them to make sure the thing is pre-programmed. It better be pre-programmed. I got it in the mail today. I plan on replacing it this Sunday.
The thing about this TV is this, I really wanna save this TV. I could buy another 50" UHD TV for like $500 no problem really, but the Vizio I have right now is perfect. It's got 5.. read 5... HDMI ports, all of which I have been using with 5 devices that need an HDMI port. It's got a component port, which I also have something hooked into that. It's got an analogue audio output, which I did use a lot in the past for hooking the TV up to my old cabinet stereo system. You can't even get a new TV these days with 5 HDMI ports, only 4 max, most selling with only 3 HDMI ports. And NO current new TV's have component ports, and deff no analogue audio out. Yeah, you can get a powered HDMI hub switch and plug all your HDMI cables into the HUB and switch them, but it's a PITA. Same for the component port and the analogue audio out. But that's more and more crap to hook up and have laying around everywhere. And before I bought this TV I researched LED lit tvs and got this one because it has FULL ARRAY LED lighting and not "edge lit". I saw so many edge lit TV's on display that had clouding in the corners of the TV screen. A full array lit LED set is lit from corner to corner, edge to edge, like a TV screen should be. No crappy clouded corners on the screen. I don't know if you can even get full array back lit LED TV's anymore. This TV had an awesome picture, best picture of any TV I ever owned in my life, AND everything I needed for ports and hookups. This is why I want to save this TV. I would be willing to pay up to like $200 to have the thing fixed rather than get a new one that I"m not totally happy with. So that's my thing with this TV.
One last thing. If I do wind up getting a new "smart" TV I will not be connecting it to the internet. I got a suspicion that the Chinese TV manufacturers could be sabotaging their own TV's with "updates" to "retire" them and make you buy a new one. And if you do buy a new one of a different brand, you will not be punishing the manufacturer of your old TV by buying a different brand for your new TV. ALL brands are made in communist China. All the funds from TV sales are enriching the communist govt of China, no matter which brand you buy. The ChiComs got a lock on the monopoly.
BTW, how about yours? How long did your baked board last?
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