[quote postid="5012585" user="teenracer6"]Be careful when buying a VIZIO.

I bought a Vizio about 6 months ago at Sam's Club. As a matter of fact, it is the exact same model as the one on sale here. I paid $320 PLUS tax for it! It has proved to be a great television, as we have never had a problem with it. (wish I bought it here...we would have saved a lot of money)

It sounds like Vizio is kind of hit or miss.

So keep that in mind, you're either going to get a great product for a great price or it's going to break on you.

please, no lunchtime Bundles of Clones again today woot. thanks

eldiablohijo wrote:It sounds like Vizio is kind of hit or miss.

So keep that in mind, you're either going to get a great product for a great price or it's going to break on you.

On the plus side, it's a refurb, so the hit rate is probably a tad higher than the miss rate since they test and identify defects prior to certifying them as refurbs.

I bought this same model for $250 at Target about 6 months ago. It has been great so far. I also have a 42" LED Vizio in the living room that is about two years old, and has had no problems. They are repairable, though. A friend had a 47" Vizio that had a problem, and they repaired it. I don't remember if he was under the factory warranty, or the store brand extended warranty, though.

Don't worry. At the rate these are selling, the next item (bags of crap maybe?) won't be up until afternoon tea time.

We bought this TV about 9 months ago from Secondipity, where it was listed as in "excellent condition" through a deals.woot sale.

The TV is GREAT. Maybe we just lucked out, but seriously, this thing is remarkable. We haven't done any gaming on it, but for sports, movies (streamed or DVD) all of our Roku stuff, regular digital broadcasts ... it's been great.

Are Vizio's "hit or miss" - yeah, probably. Like most or maybe ALL TV's. For that reason, we would not dream of spending, say, $1800 on a mere TV. If the TV has a one-year warranty, that comes to $150 a month just to own a TV that is very likely to simply die.

Buy it at, say, Costco and get an extended warranty, or get one via American Express and it gets a little better.

But we'd much rather buy a TV for $200 - 500 and then consider every day after the warranty is up to be gravy than be grinding our teeth over the death of a television.

http://tinyurl.com/837uvrc

Most say Vizio's are junk, I agree!!!

Best Buy deal of the day: Dynex™ - 32" Class - LCD - 720p - 60Hz - HDTV

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dynex%26%23153%3B+-+32%22+Class+-+LCD+-+720p+-+60Hz+-+HDTV/1894255.p?id=1218315559122&skuId=1894255&st=1894255&cp=1&lp=1

Not sure about the quality of Dynex brand, but it seems similar and can be picked up in store for about the same price give or take a few dollars due to sales tax.

rsmoker wrote:Best Buy deal of the day: Dynex™ - 32" Class - LCD - 720p - 60Hz - HDTV

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dynex%26%23153%3B+-+32%22+Class+-+LCD+-+720p+-+60Hz+-+HDTV/1894255.p?id=1218315559122&skuId=1894255&st=1894255&cp=1&lp=1

Not sure about the quality of Dynex brand, but it seems similar and can be picked up in store for about the same price give or take a few dollars due to sales tax.

If I recall correctly Dynex is Bestbuy's electronics brand. They are made by Sharp and LG.

If I won the lottery I would buy all of it and send it to everyone who have commented on this woot. However I never bought a lottery ticket before, but if it did happen that is what I would do. Lots of love.

I have an older model of this, it's built like a tank, but you get what you pay for.

Even if it was $50 cheaper, It would be a tough buy. Last time I ordered a flat screen Fedex broke the dang thing and left it on my doorstep. Had to wait like 6 weeks for a claim to be processed.

Woot Tang Clan wrote:If I won the lottery I would buy all of it and send it to everyone who have commented on this woot. However I never bought a lottery ticket before, but if it did happen that is what I would do. Lots of love.

I'm going to play the protagonist here and say that there would probably be much better things you could do than buy everyone on these forums a Vizio Television.

dliidlii wrote:$180
Sceptre 32" 720p Widescreen LCD HDTV for $180 + pickup at Walmart
Walmart offers the Sceptre 32" 720p Widescreen LCD HD Television, model no. X322BV-HD, for $179.98. Choose free Site-to-Store pickup to dodge the $19.97 shipping fee. That's $20 under our April mention and the lowest price we've seen. (It's a current price low by $101.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features a 1366x768 (720p) native resolution, 3,000:1 native contrast ratio, 420 cd/m² brightness, 6.5ms response time, three HDMI inputs, and VGA and other video inputs.

Spectre in my experience (2 of them) is junk. No problems with any of the Vizios we have. Would readily buy another, but going for SIZE next time around. Have a big blank wall crying out for something outlandishly enormous.

i'll add my comment to the fwiw pile:

i bought one of this model new about a year ago and have had no problems with it *except* it seems to have some funny volume issues here and there. for instance: at one point, at "20" the volume is fine, and then 10 minutes later, on the same station, the same show, it's almost inaudible. it's happened a few times, on a few stations, but i've no clue what's causing it, and it isn't consist, or even frequent enough for me to really care... ymmv, of course.

I originally thought they put this up so they could go to lunch, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it though lunch hour anymore.

And then also I remembered they're in a different time zone.

cappo wrote:I originally thought they put this up so they could go to lunch, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it though lunch hour anymore.

And then also I remembered they're in a different time zone.

They are HQ'd in Texas I believe, so it's only 11:30. Just in time for another big slow item to go up. Another computer maybe.

color me:impressed. 2 items I purchased YESTERDAY during the woot-off have already shipped with estimated delivery of the 28th.

Is anyone having a problem with their tv not powering on? It worked fine the first day it arrived, I didn't use it for 2 days, now today it will not turn on or do anything. Very frustrated and disappointed. I don't want to have to pay for return shipping for a 32" tv!!

Received mine today. The unit is scratched up, smells like used tech, and they didn't include the base to stand the friggin thing up. It is difficult to watch TV with it laying flat on the floor. This was a terrible woot.

At least yours works. Mine failed after 10 minutes. The Vizio logo lights up red, but it won't power up (i.e., Vizio logo turning white). The tech at Vizio said it's probably a failed main board.

Mine just died. Got it yesterday evening, died 2 hrs. ago. :-(

I received my tv yesterday, it looked like crap. It came on for a few minutes then went out. We unplugged it for a few minutes then plugged it back up and received the V logo.
I couldn't get it to turn back off without unplugging. I see i'm not the only that received a box of crap.

Died after the first time I turned it off and tried to turn it back on. Sounds like a common problem.

elfnwitch wrote:Mine just died. Got it yesterday evening, died 2 hrs. ago. :-(

cltenton wrote:I received my tv yesterday, it looked like crap. It came on for a few minutes then went out. We unplugged it for a few minutes then plugged it back up and received the V logo.
I couldn't get it to turn back off without unplugging. I see i'm not the only that received a box of crap.

johnmcken wrote:Died after the first time I turned it off and tried to turn it back on. Sounds like a common problem.

Sorry about that. I see you all have emailed in already as well. We'll get you taken care of.

Purchased one of these via Woot for my Mom and just received it yesterday and set it up for her. It is her first HD TV and she was plenty excited.

Let me correct that....she WAS excited until this morning when I get a call from her at 6:45AM saying that the TV will not turn on. Went over to her place and the set is receiving power but will not turn on no matter what troubleshooting I try.

As I was setting it up for her I noticed that it did this once but unplugging it from the surge protector then plugging it back in worked. This morning, nothing worked.

My first Woot dud. Going to check the packaging to see if I should contact the manufacturer for a replacement or send it back to Woot.

Anyone ever had an experience like this? The FAQ said that contacing the manufacturer typically gets you a replacement that's a better model. I fully realize this was a refurb but as I was unpacking the TV I noticed where dust had collected in spots as if it had sat on a shelf for a while. I've purchased plenty of refurb electronics and never saw dust buildup.

Fingers crossed on contacting Sony (or whoever the packaging directs me to contact).

joanne0012 wrote:At least yours works. Mine failed after 10 minutes. The Vizio logo lights up red, but it won't power up (i.e., Vizio logo turning white). The tech at Vizio said it's probably a failed main board.

I bought the same one on May 4th off of moofi. I received it May 12th and it died on May 27th with the same symptoms as described above. The feedback from customer service was the same as well. I had to pay to ship it back to Purrfectrefurbs.com for repairs.

At what point does this deal become raw? When the TV goes out or when they run your credit card at the post office?

kkshields wrote:Sorry about that. I see you all have emailed in already as well. We'll get you taken care of.

Thanks.

My Visio arrived and worked and did not work the next day. Several hours w/ Visio tech support ressulted in their answer that I must contact you for satisfaction. My Visio case # is 2539926.

It worked one night...next night would not power up. 4 hours invested in Visio tech support....and they refer me to you for satisfaction. Pls contact me at once for satisfaction of this malforming product.
Thanks, Hank Holman, Longtime Woot customer.

I got this piece of (redacted) Wednesday. It arrived without a stand. It took me 2 days to get in touch with Purrfabuloust Refurbs warranty service, and they'll send me the stand when they get around to it. In the meantime, i watched 30 mins of a movie on it and this (redacted) pos dies on me!!! Holy (redacted), woot. This is a piece of (redacted). I want my money back, and I'll gladly stop looking at your site for (redacted) I don't need. Please process my rma request tout suite. (edited to be slightly more civil, but seriously, this TV is junk)

bradpr wrote:I got this piece of denial Wednesday. It arrived without a stand. It took me 2 days to get in touch with Purrfabuloust Refurbs warranty service, and they'll send me the stand when they get around to it. In the meantime, i watched 30 mins of a movie on it and this fabulousing pos dies on me!!! Holy fabulous, woot. This is a piece of denial, even for your denial standards. I want my money back, and I'll gladly stop looking at your site for denial denial I don't need. Please process my rma request tout suite. (fab = f word, denial = s word, woot ain't worth it any more)

Sorry for the issues. We've got your email. We'll get you taken care of.

Same here for me. It worked when I first turned it on, when I went to turn it on the second day, all I got was the Vizio logo. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and get nothing............just like a bunch on other people.

Woot, you gonna be getting hold of me too?

Looks like the company that sold these through Woot, Purrfect Refurbs, just registered their domain name in March (http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=purrfectrefurbs.com&type=domain/) That might explain why I've never been able to reach a live person when I call their offices. Even more interestingly, their domain name registration expires in one year. What kind of a company registers their domain name for just one year??

Perfect customer service from Woot. RMA issued and TV on its way back to Texas for a refund.

So bummed! Mine worked for an hour and then
the unit would not power on the next day. AUUGHHH! Was really looking forward to joining the HDTV age.... Just sent an email to woot, hope I get a reply soon.

I purchased this woot and the tv WON'T TURN ON. I only get an orange light when plugged into the power source. SO FRUSTRATING. Now I have to pay for shipping to return this P.O.S. Not happy with woot right now.