Posted on 08/19/2020 4:03:52 PM PDT by justme4now
I had the same problem with an LG TV. I fixed it by replacing the old HDMI cable (from the cable box to the TV) with a new high performance cable. The old cable had worked fine with the old tv.
Yep, which is probably a power supply problem.
Are you adapting VGA to HDMI or using a rather long HDMI cable? That could be the problem, or it could be another problem with the HDMI cable. Could be noise from devices or other cables near the cable.
I’d check that first.
Back it must go. You paid for a set that works.
Vizios are pretty good sets — I’ve got my original flatscreen Vizio “Java” 26” streaming vids right now in the other oom — but I’ve seen two newer models lose their backlighting after a relatively few years of use. Probably not worth fixing, although it’s pretty do-able if you can get the problem figured out and if needed find the replacement part cheap enough.
Did you try another HDMI port? My Vizio has at least 3 of them. Some times the port can be defective. Since you can hear sound, the power supply to the TV is still working. I would assume the HDMI cable is still working as well since that carries both video and audio in digital format. If the cable is bad very unlikely that you will get audio but not video. Unfortunately, if this cannot be fixed, the repair will probably be to replace the circuit board. Given the cost of 50 inch TVs any repair may just not be worth the hassle.
Take the chinese crap back and get a Samsung.
Problem solved.
I have a sony 75”, samsung 44” and even a panasonic plasma 55” in the bedroom that’s 15 years old and going strong. Vizio is cheap crap. Return it and get something else.
I have had three 70 inch Vizio Tvs run one of them 24-7 burned out the LED on the first one but had extended warranty and they sent me a nw one. I buy them because they are affordable and I was in Costco last week they had 75 inch Vizio for under $900.00. SamSung has had some big sales lately also but they are not king of the Hill they once were. I use the Vizio exclusively as a computer monitor never turn it off watch TV in a window usually but can do full screen as well.
I replaced an old Sony with a Vizio 55” UHD this past February. Thus far I’m very happy with it. Never been a fan of Samsung. Just had to take apart our Samsung washing machine. (I didn’t buy it) Dampers blew out. The damn thing was trying to beat itself to death.
Fortunately this turned out to be a known (as in class action) issue. $75 in parts a YouTube howto vid on the process and we’re good to go.
It just reinforced my Aversion to Samsung.
4K UHD cables are ultra high speed. HDMI 3.0 IIRC. Carry a lot more signal(s) than original spec cables.
Return it; happened to my stepdaughter. After a few weeks, just quit altogether.
“4K UHD cables are ultra high speed. HDMI 3.0 IIRC. Carry a lot more signal(s) than original spec cables.”
The are all. the same “speed’.
There is no 3.0 standard.
The mods are not with the cables but with the electronics.
I am running my 4k UHD TV using. my same old cables.
“I replaced an old Sony with a Vizio 55” UHD this past February. Thus far I’m very happy with it. Never been a fan of Samsung.”
You get what you pay for. My 65 inch 2k 6 yo. 75 inch 4k 3 yo.
Both still ‘as new’!
“SamSung has had some big sales lately also but they are not king of the Hill they once were. “
Lots of decent TV’s now but the top of the line QLED Blows away the. competition. The OLED is nice if you want to sacrifice the Samsung brightness.
Sheesh...
1. Call their tech support.
2. Take it back and swap it for one that works.
Really?
>The most obvious and important question: did you save the store receipt? My primary computer monitor is a 32” Visio that has worked great for three years, never an issue unless I bump the button on my KVM switch and my Linux tower is off for some reason. But my good luck doesn’t rub off over the Internet. You may well have gotten a lemon. Many a monitor have I unboxed that never made it to a desktop because it was a factory stinker. Don’t assume that it’s just you. In fact, just blame the monitor and go get a good one. LOL
Have had a Visio 32” also for about 10 years, works fine - and it was a refurb. I keep the boxes for stuff about a year, toss them up in the attic until i’m sure the device doesn’t croak within a year, sometimes sooner. The risk is always there that you end up with a piece of crap.
Oh, you do that, too? LOL I just bought my wife a slimline laptop for her birthday and had everything right down to the screen shrinkwrap stuffed back in the box and put in the closet. Same went for our pool robo-cleaner. It died two months after we bought it and I’ve been fighting City Hall to get a damn warranty replacement/repair done. I finally threatened enough lives to get the paperwork processed, and it’s going back out the door with everything but the kitchen sink scanned and packed in. What the hell ever happened to a retailer or manufacturer honoring their warranties in good faith, anyway? Nowadays, everyone just wants to shit on you and walk away.
Take it back. You got a lemon. Similar thing happened to me with a strip of screen on the right about 2 inches wide flickered. Sony 55” whatever.
Took it back and swapped for another exact model. Works great.
Kenny Powers in Mexico on Vizio;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eyJxkc6Xz4
Adult language warning.
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