Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #47976 in Home Theater
- Color: Black
- Brand: Vizio
- Model: M550SV
- Dimensions: 31.60" h x
50.80" w x
2.00" l,
52.00 pounds
- Native resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Display size: 55
Features
- 55-inch class (54.64 inches viewable) LED-backlit LCD HDTV with 1080p resolution and VIZIO Internet Apps
- Energy-efficient LED backlighting with local dimming for truly deep blacks, brighter whites, and vivid colors
- Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity with Internet Apps for access to Netflix, VUDU HD movies, Pandora Internet radio, and more
- 240Hz SPS refresh rate for smooth, super-sharp viewing for fast-action sports and movies
- Built-in ambient light sensor adjusts backlight levels based on surroundings
- 1080p Full HD
- 2 million to 1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- 240 Hz SPS Refresh Rate
- Edge Lit Razor LED backlighting with Smart Dimming
- VIZIO Internet Apps with built-in WiFi 802.11n
VIZIO M550SV 55 Inch Class Edge Lit Razor LED LCD HDTV with VIZIO Internet Apps
Product Description
VIZIO M550SV 55 Inch Class Edge Lit Razor LED LCD HDTV with VIZIO Internet Apps. HDTV240HZ WIFI,
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
86 of 90 people found the following review helpful.
By G. Scott Maclean
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3MZJCH0PYEN8U I absolutely love this TV. It has a fantastic picture, lots of great apps, the remote is great, everything about it is fantastic - except for one thing: the TV is unwatchable.This TV has a major firmware flaw. When the TV encounters a significant scene change, particularly if the scene change involves a sudden, black image, the TV turns itself off. Pulling the power cord for a few seconds to reset the TV fixes it for a while - but the problem eventually returns. Watching a Blu-Ray disc is impossible - the TV turns itself off almost every 30 seconds or so. It happens when watching something via HDMI, it even happens (less frequently) when watching something on the internal built-in Netflix app. Obviously there is a firmware problem in the code that is decoding and displaying the image - I suspect when an exception happens in this code, the TV turns itself off.Doing a Google search for "M550SV" and "turns off" you can see that this is not an uncommon problem - it's quite widespread. It is also happening to the M420SV, the 42 inch version of this TV. Repeated calls to Vizio customer support result in denial of any known problem, and claims that it must be "power related" - telling me to go buy a surge suppressor (I already have one on the TV). When I pressed them on the issue, they agreed to send a repairman to my house to "replace the power supply."Replacing the power supply is not going to fix a firmware problem. The problem can be easily demonstrated by playing a pre-recorded video that makes the TV turn off at the same spot every time, as I demonstrate in this video.Unfortunately, as much as I love this TV, I am going to have to return it. I cannot live with such a major fault. And while I have purchased (and recommended to others) Vizio TV's (as well as other products) before, the replacement for this TV is not going to be a Vizio. What a shame.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
By Kenneth E. Lenard
I received this TV on Friday 6/17 after a lot of nail-biting because of the power/firware issue mentioned by a few other people. First off, the TV is very slim and the picture on it is very good. I am still futzing with the picture options but I think I have everything set the way I like. I have it connected via HDMI to a Comcast DVR and also an XBOX 360 (also via HDMI) and everything is good there. Also, I was able to get the unit very snug to the wall using a PYLE PSW598UT wall mount (also from Amazon). I have a recessed power outlet behind the TV and all of the cables are hidden and it looks really nice being such a thin TV and then having it right up against the wall. The TV was on a lot today and never shut itself off. I also got the TV to recognize my wireless router and I played with the apps a little bit. The remote is a bit clunky but I like the way it works. The only issue I have with it is the sound, which is okay but not great. I changed the audio settings and equalizer settings (I set it to ROCK which seems to have the most bass). But as I went between the unit that this one replaced (a 50" Samsung which is now in a different room) I noticed that the audio on the Samsung is MUCH better than the Vizio. The 37" Vizio I own had sound that was so bad that I had to by a soundbar for it. I don't think I'll need one for this 55", but it's always possible I'll get one. I will update this review as pros and cons come up but at this point, I'm liking it.** UPDATE **I have been playing with the video settings on the TV for the past four days & watching quite a bit of baseball, news and other HD content. I don't know if everyone will benefit from this, but after looking at the various settings, the best combination seems to be:SMOOTH MOTION : MEDCINEMA MODE : SMOOTHNOISE REDUCTION : LOWMPEG NR : OFFCOLOR ENHANCEMENT : RICH COLORADAPTIVE LUMA : LOWFILM MODE : AUTOSMART DIMMING : OFFAMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR: OFFI like the screen bright and everyone in my house agrees with that. The smart dimming plus the ambient light sensor both being off along with the picture mode set to VIVID makes for a pretty bright screen but I like it. I will admit right now that I do not know what all of these things do so I just played with the settings until I thought I had the best picture for me. Also, the 50" plasma that was in this space before had a better viewing angle. It was bright, crisp and clear from angles and across the room. This one is very good from directly in front of the screen and although it's okay from angles, it's noticeably darker which is why I keep the picture settings bright. I have not changed the other video settings at all (BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, SHARPNESS, etc). The TV has stayed powered on and has not surprised us by turning itself off or anything else.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By David St Thomas
Overall I enjoy the Vizio M550SV TV. I bought it at Costco at the end of the model year for $1199. They just now have a coupon deal for $200 off and I went back and got the additional savings. Even though the new models are just about to come out, for just under a grand this TV is a smokin' deal. I added the extended Square Trade warranty for $59.99 and so I have 5 years of total coverage, to boot.Add what I wrote to other owner's comments - basically, it's just a good TV that does what you want it to do. It's not the very best, just the very best for the money. It's also an attractive set without some of the flashy distracting bright silver styling accents that Vizio has used in the past.The reason I'm adding my review to the mix is just to let potential buyers know a couple of things that I've discovered.1.) Updates to firmwareThis is an internet TV. Updates to firmware come through periodically over the internet. This process is automatic. You are notified at power-on when this occurs. You must have the TV connected to the internet to get these updates. You need a wireless or a wired connection. I use a wired connection and have not used the wireless option. Updates to firmware include new VIA apps, functional improvements to the TV itself, as well as updates to the apps.2.) PIPThis is one of the prime reasons I had to buy this TV. It's a hard feature to find nowadays. I think the advent of time-shifting via Tivo devices and their ilk has rendered it less useful for most people, but since I use the QAM tuner in the TV to watch basic cable from Comcast in Boulder, Co., I find value in using PIP to "power watch" more than one channel at once.Yes, this set has PIP, and POP is also pretty useful. PIP puts the second picture inside the main picture, and PIP puts them next to each other. POP distorts (squeezes) the two pictures side-by-side to fit them on the screen. It's not too pretty, but it gets the job done. Since the TV has a single tuner, the second source must come from somewhere else, and this is basically going to be one of the HDMI inputs.My previous TV was a Sony XBR that had a great POP option. The TV had two tuners, and the remote had hot buttons to swap audio/control/source between the two pictures. This was great for "power watching". The M550SV has no such hot buttons and requires you to go back into the menuing system to switch audio and this is laborious and takes time. So if you're trying to watch something over on another channel during a time-out during a football game, it's tougher to get back to the game quickly as the timeout is ending. That's just an example of what I am calling "power-watching". Maybe not many people do that. I would have GREATLY preferred that Vizio gave me a couple of hot buttons on the remote to control PIP/POP toggle rather than the ludicrous and colorful Amazon/Netflix/Vudu Via app hot buttons. These are basically of small use to me, since the VIA button gets you to the full range of apps and remembers the last one you used. With just a bit more thought, Vizio could have hit PIP/POP out of the park, but I guess beggars can't be choosers.3.) QAM/ATSC tunerThe QAM tuner allows you to access the basic cable digital channels. You just connect your cable to the rear of the set and scan your cable channels. The ATSC tuner allows you receive Digital broadcast stations with an antenna. As far as I know, all standard TVs come with this feature today.If you use a cable or satellite DVR connected via HDMI, you will never see this, at least not for now. If you ever decide to dump your premium service and go back to basic or use an antenna via the ATSC tuner component then you will care about this.The QAM tuner works well, and the only thing I wish it had were a "favorites" section. Comcast still gives me all my basic cable channels, but other than local Denver/Broomfield broadcast stations, the channels such as WGN, Discovery, TBS, etc., are located at funky locations such as 79-2. It would be great to be able to assign both a label to these channels (so you know what they are) and also put them in a table of favorites that could be selected via the remote. Again, with just a little more attention to detail, Vizio (or whoever designs their stuff) could have hit this out of the park. I realize I'll have to live with it.The only problem I've run into is that one channel, TBS comes up on the M550SV with picture, but no sound. I suspect this has to be a Comcast issue, as it's a single channel out of dozens. I have a couple of old Panasonic DVRs that have QAM tuners and they get TBS sound and picture, both. And at the same channel assignment as the Vizio. But the Panasonic tuners are different and receive some channels in mysteriously different assignments - most noticeably two of the three PBS stations coming out of Broomfield. I know, because I have seen, that Comcast is constantly jacking around with the signal mix coming through the cable - channels go away and come back. So maybe the TBS issue will clear up in time - I don't have the temperament to try and deal with Comcast customer service and if I want to watch TBS I can just use one of the DVRs. It's a bizarre problem. I don't imagine I'd get far with Vizio customer service with this, so I won't bother.4.) VIA AppsThe VIA apps work OK. The Netflix app works well. I much prefer the ROKU with its remote to the Vizio app with its remote for controlling Netflix. But the Netflix picture coming over the VIA app is high quality. There is a Skype app, which I would like to have, but it requires a costly webcam sold by VIzio and apparently no other unit will work. Kinda dumb, and they don't seem to be selling many of these.I'd love to have a VERY BASIC web app on the set just to quickly access the web once in a while to save me the trip upstairs to my office - I don't have a wireless tablet lying about, yet...Apps like Twitter seem to offer minimal control and this is frustrating to me.5.) The remote control.This works well, but it is small and the buttons are hard to learn. Vizio tried to fit a lot of buttons into the smallest space possible for some reason. You can find pictures of this online, search "M550SV REMOTE". You can see how it is laid out and that most of the buttons are the same size and close together. I like to learn a remote and use it in a dark room from memory/feel. Let me tell you, this remote will take a long time to learn at my stage of life where I seem to forget as fast as I learn when I don't use something every single day.The keypad remote on the back of the remote works OK, and it's as tricky to use as any small keypad. It can really be handy setting up the apps and doing the initial setup of the TV.6.) Picture setup.The picture setup as provided is unacceptable.I worked with a blu-ray calibration disc and have found these to be a reasonable starting point for picture tuning.Your preferences may be very different.Picture mode: STANDARDBrightness: 53Contrast: 62Color: 49Tint: -3Sharpness: 8Color Temperature: CUSTOMAuto-dim is handy, but I turn off or set to LOW all of the other advanced compensators (Motion flow, etc.).You really don't need these, but watch a variety of things (movies, and sports) and see what you think.The menuing/setup system is painless, and I suggest you explore every option of the entire menu system to fully set up your TV.I can''t recall all of what I did, but certain things like turning off the lighted VIZIO logo on the frame are things I definitely wanted to do.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I hope this information, in addition to the other reviews, is helpful to some shoppers/owners.
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