RogerRabt wrote:You could probably have left that last bit off the description. Bad timing.

^^ Absolutely this.

b00gie wrote:Other than the 60Hz refresh this is a decent TV. I have a Vizio 42" 3D w/120Hz and it's a great set.

This one looks good, and for this price it can't be beat.

The 60Hz refresh isn't as bad as the 8ms response time...that's terrible unless you like blurring on action scenes and fast paced sports, etc.

mikeucd2000 wrote:I have the VIZIO E421VA, slightly different than the E421VO. Great picture (the 120 hz), but the sound is never in sync with the picture. It's like watching a dubbed movie.

Also changing between channels is really slow (similar to channel surfing with satellite service ... and I use OTA antenna signals, this should be instant).

Remote has a mind of it's own too (sometimes turns off when I hit the increase volume button... that's just weird).

Lastly, turning on the TV, you get a Vizio splash screen that hangs for 6 seconds (just like when you boot up your PC and see the Dell logo, for example). I don't need a Vizio ad, I just want to watch TV.

I got what I paid for, a cheap tv. I like my other TV, a 32" Samsung from 2007, much much better. Will never buy another Vizio.

I have the same tv and what you need to do to get the sound synced is turn off their true volume options ( there are 2 of them) under sound preferences... This will fix all of the sound issues.. It worked for me

Sooooo what is this, TV's by Woot? it seems since they sold out to amazon I've been seeing a crap ton of TV's. Am I the only one?

Probably the same refurb company.

http://www.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=5046765&PageIndex=1

Some shipping and quality problems. Mine still works fine.

I own a Vizio 42" smart TV and I love it, but this isn't such a great deal. You can get the same TV from Sams Club for the same price and it's brand spanking New. Just figured you wooters might like to know.

Alas, the website keeps getting worse! I long for the days of olde - a jocular product description, a large yellow button and a left margin. Is there any way to get out of "beta" mode?

I think you should complete the transformation by changing the name to "woot?" - or maybe "Laptops, Monitors and Dyson!" - although that last sound more like a law firm. Then again, maybe you can start selling pharmaceutical class action litigation - there is a much larger variety of that than of products on your website.

My apologies to non-USA Wooters who are not exposed to our thousands of ridiculous advertisements which I can now watch in 1080P resolution in every room in my house while cleaning up with one of my four Dyson sweepers...

I bought the exact same TV at Walmart refirbed online for $320 free shipping to store for pick up, arrived early love the TV and took out a 2 year extended warranty for $37

actmccool wrote:How'd you get the $50.00 off at Costco, and how did you get the free shipping. Costco website lists $399.99 + $30 shipping:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11747923&search=VIZIO%2042%22%201080p%20LCD%20HDTV&topnav=&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=VIZIO%2042%22%201080p%20LCD%20HDTV&Ntt=VIZIO%2042%22%201080p%20LCD%20HDTV&No=0&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial

The Costco coupon on that hisense model spired on July 20. I was going to buy 2, yesterday, until I noticed the coupon expired. The hisense is LED, so I may hold out or pay the original price to get the two year Costco warranty.... Vizio is at least a brand I recognize, though.....

taylor120 wrote:Sooooo what is this, TV's by Woot? it seems since they sold out to amazon I've been seeing a crap ton of TV's. Am I the only one?

Love thatvpic of chunk

redjeep0 wrote:The Costco coupon on that hisense model spired on July 20. I was going to buy 2, yesterday, until I noticed the coupon expired. The hisense is LED, so I may hold out or pay the original price to get the two year Costco warranty.... Vizio is at least a brand I recognize, though.....

What is a hisence never heard of that mfg any good, I like refirbs especially from Walmart hey they have been checked out from head to toe and walmarts extended warranty is so cheap and you can keep extending it forever if you want to, good luck with those tvs

REFURBISHED GUY & GALS, How many burned out pixels? What about extended Warranty. Nice with the extra component connections. Do your home work, look for 120hz or higher unless your only going to use it as a TV & Not Watch Blu Ray Movies Or For Gaming. $348 Brand new at Sam's Club same model NEW. Other LCD's Running from $286 to $350 brand new, as the LED are out 120hz Close out of these LCD's are every where.

redjeep0 wrote:The Costco coupon on that hisense model spired on July 20. I was going to buy 2, yesterday, until I noticed the coupon expired. The hisense is LED, so I may hold out or pay the original price to get the two year Costco warranty.... Vizio is at least a brand I recognize, though.....

Hey keep checking out walmarts refirb TVs they have some really good deals and ship to store for pick up is free and their extended warranty is really cheap, I paid $37 to extend my vizio TV for 2 years

Two days too late, Woot. Best Buy and Target just had their "Black Friday in July" sales and I had been waiting for a cheap-ish TV for the basement. Both of the aforementioned stores had 46" LCDs (non-refurb) around $409. If this Vizeo had been in the mix, I probably wouldn't have gotten off my arse and gone to BB, where I happily snatched up a 50" Insignia LCD for $499.

Does anybody have the Sceptre brand of TVs that Walmart sells. I could essentially get the Sceptre equivalent of this Vizio for 350 on Walmart. And it would be new.

Is the quality of Sceptre noticeably worse that that of Vizio? I'd appreciate any advice.

For that matter, Walmart has pretty cheap Sanyos and Westinghouses also. Is Vizio really going to give me a better experience then these bargain basement options?

auerbacs wrote:Does anybody have the Sceptre brand of TVs that Walmart sells. I could essentially get the Sceptre equivalent of this Vizio for 350 on Walmart. And it would be new.

Is the quality of Sceptre noticeably worse that that of Vizio? I'd appreciate any advice.

I've had a Sceptre 21" LCD Monitor (not TV, sorry) for going on 9 years, and never had a single problem with the monitor itself (had a derpy power cord, but that was a 2$ replacement). As far as quality... I'm no videophile, but it looked pretty much the same as my HP, Samsung, etc screens.

I almost purchased the TV on Woot last weekend, but it sold out before I got the chance. This looks like it may actually be the better television though, for the money. Any real reason I shouldn't get this? The price sure seems right. The only thing that kind of turns me off is the "refurbished" status. Has anyone else purchased a refurb Vizio? What should I expect?

Not really that good of a deal. You can get it a few bucks cheaper at other places like buy.com or ebay (from reputable sellers).

wasif20 wrote:Not really that good of a deal. You can get it a few bucks cheaper at other places like buy.com or ebay (from reputable sellers).

I see some good deals on ebay, but is there any reason I would want to go with Woot instead of one of those deals? They're both refurbished, but would one be better over the other if there were issues with the TV?

kayakj wrote:I have the same tv and what you need to do to get the sound synced is turn off their true volume options ( there are 2 of them) under sound preferences... This will fix all of the sound issues.. It worked for me

Yeah, tried that twice with Vizio support. Still no luck. They said I'll have to get it repaired since it's out of warranty. I must have just got a lemon.

Even if it did work for me, kind of bad you have to disable the selling point features to get it to work properly.

I really think the Tech.woot for yesterday - "LG 60" 1080p 600Hz Plasma HDTV" could have gone on the home.woot channel. Seeing this Vizio after seeing the LG yesterday gave me a case of deja vu.

60hz 8ms response? Maybe 8 years ago this was the standard but this is an extremely sub par TV.

Andoy wrote:Can not understand why ANYONE would buy a refurb when the warranty is what? I just got this 42 inch from CostCo on July 17 = BRAND NEW
$349.99 after $50 OFF
Hisense 42" 1080p LED HDTV - Item# 655612
This included free shipping. PLUS from CostCo you get automatic 2 year warranty and if you use AMEX = add another year = 3 year FULL warranty.
Got it yesterday and it is great.

Actually even if you use your AMEX you still only have 2 years. AMEX and Costco add 1 year to the existing manufacture warranty. So you could have your choice of going through Costco or Amex, but it's still only two years total.

Moueska wrote:I really think the Tech.woot for yesterday - "LG 60" 1080p 600Hz Plasma HDTV" could have gone on the home.woot channel. Seeing this Vizio after seeing the LG yesterday gave me a case of deja vu.

Agree. I'd like to see more "ThinkGeek" style of gadgets on Tech.woot.

Or maybe even do a geek.woot. That would be awesome. After all, the little frame to the right of the main page is lopsided with the addition of Tech.woot so there's room for another. :-)

$315 at a site called Secondipity, which since I live in a cave had never checked out before. I like the screen size and the price is decent. The Secondipity unit would be used if I'm reading it correctly. http://www.secondipity.com/Vizio-E421VO-42-inch-1080p-Full/dp/B004ZL2LBQ?field_availability=-1&field_browse=2399611011&field_product_site_launch_date_utc=-1y&id=Vizio+E421VO+42-inch+1080p+Full&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&searchNodeID=2399611011&searchPage=2&searchRank=price&searchSize=12

whatsamattaU wrote:Let me put it this way. I've thought about joining costco because of the good things wooters have said about costco and my parents' experience. Just need to see if I will buy enough to make it worthwhile. The computer purchase story was good to know. I just wouldn't want to deal with a return on a tv, no matter where I bought it from. Need to finish work. Good night.

If your parents have a Costco account they can probably figure out a way to add you to the account for free.

mikeucd2000 wrote:I have the VIZIO E421VA, slightly different than the E421VO. Great picture (the 120 hz), but the sound is never in sync with the picture. It's like watching a dubbed movie.

Our Vizio has a setting to change the timing of the audio + or - . I can't remember what it's called, but it's in the menu.

RonnyBoy wrote:If your parents have a Costco account they can probably figure out a way to add you to the account for free.

Thanks, but they HAD an account, not have.

Lassik wrote:Agree. I'd like to see more "ThinkGeek" style of gadgets on Tech.woot.

Or maybe even do a geek.woot. That would be awesome. After all, the little frame to the right of the main page is lopsided with the addition of Tech.woot so there's room for another. :-)

I voiced my frustrations/suggestions to the beta feedback link. And made another plea for a screaming monkey in a suit to go with my Secret Agent Cthulhu.

phila1fly wrote:Hey keep checking out walmarts refirb TVs they have some really good deals and ship to store for pick up is free and their extended warranty is really cheap, I paid $37 to extend my vizio TV for 2 years

You pay NOTHING for a 2 year warranty at CostCo. Plus if you buy it with an AMEX, they throw in another year = 3 year FULL warranty.

Note that this does not come with a Vizio 90 day warranty, only a woot limited warranty which tells me that this is not officially refurbished by vizio.

I would hold off on this one. The last tv i got off woot with their limited warranty, ended up costing me $75 out of pocket to send back for my refund.

mikeucd2000 wrote:I have the VIZIO E421VA, slightly different than the E421VO. Great picture (the 120 hz), but the sound is never in sync with the picture. It's like watching a dubbed movie.

Also changing between channels is really slow (similar to channel surfing with satellite service ... and I use OTA antenna signals, this should be instant).

Remote has a mind of it's own too (sometimes turns off when I hit the increase volume button... that's just weird).

Lastly, turning on the TV, you get a Vizio splash screen that hangs for 6 seconds (just like when you boot up your PC and see the Dell logo, for example). I don't need a Vizio ad, I just want to watch TV.

I got what I paid for, a cheap tv. I like my other TV, a 32" Samsung from 2007, much much better. Will never buy another Vizio.

My Visio, like yours, did not have the voice synced with the picture when I purchased it. However, But I discovered in one of the menus, there is a setup menue which allows you to change the voice/picture sync, which I did, and in 4 years of service I have never had another problem with voice sync.

stv6669 wrote:60hz 8ms response? Maybe 8 years ago this was the standard but this is an extremely sub par TV.

I have had one for more than 4 years now, replacing a projection HiDef that bit the dust a week after the warrenty went out. It does the job, and the picture is great. You should buy a sound bar, unless you have an audio system already, but otherwise, the Visio has been very good. They had a bad reputation when they sold plasma tv's, but are good with lcd's.

NOT RECOMMENDED! I bought this TV one of the last times it was on Woot at the end of June. It failed the day after I received it. Paid $71 to ship it to Purrfect Refurbs . The only good news is that when the Square Trade warranty kicks in, if it breaks down again, they will send someone to fix it.

vicemagnet wrote:$315 at a site called Secondipity, which since I live in a cave had never checked out before. I like the screen size and the price is decent. The Secondipity unit would be used if I'm reading it correctly. http://www.secondipity.com/Vizio-E421VO-42-inch-1080p-Full/dp/B004ZL2LBQ?field_availability=-1&field_browse=2399611011&field_product_site_launch_date_utc=-1y&id=Vizio+E421VO+42-inch+1080p+Full&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&searchNodeID=2399611011&searchPage=2&searchRank=price&searchSize=12

FYI Most if not all of the things from secondipity are used/returns from Amazon. I bought a vizio from them and haven't had any problems with it. Welcome to the Amazon takeover!!! Don't take it wrong, I like amazon, But I LOVED (see that, loved) woot!

I can't wait for this tv to arrive

Does anybody have any idea when this thing will ship? I bought it 4 days ago, my account has been charged, and still nothing. The last item I bought on Woot was here in like 4 days ... this one hasn't even shipped yet? What's the deal

rdemko33 wrote:I can't wait for this tv to arrive

has yours shipped yet? Mine hasn't and I bought it on the 22nd!!!