Comments on: Vizio VA26L Review – 26-inch LCD HDTV

By: Ron C

Ron C — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:09:29 +0000

I also have the blue and red lines after 15 months and have got nothing but the run-around from VIZIO reps. I will never buy another VIZIO.

By: John Blake

John Blake — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:29:28 +0000

I have the same red vertical line problem right down the center of my screen. It started just after I had the tv for a year. When powered up it now has many vertical lines and eventually they’ll disappear but that center line stays. It really messes with viewing. Nope, I’ll never buy another Vizio tv.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:44:39 +0000

I have had the VA26L for just less then 3 years and have had no issues until today. The backlight is out and so is the warranty. The quality of today’s products (TV’s, refigirators, etc..) are crap and if you get 3 years your lucky. Then they want to sell you a extended warranty to cover their low quality instead of standing behind it by giving a warranty longer then the standard 1year. If you have a quality product you should be able to give me something that last 5years or you replace it.

By: Rich B

Rich B — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:44:12 +0000

Had are for a year now there a blue line running from top to bottom. comes and goes won’t buy a nother vizio

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:21:07 +0000

I’ve had my TV for about a year now and really like it. My only problem is that when I turn it on, I have to wait nearly three minutes before I can change the channel. It’s hooked to a Comcast HD cable box, and I don’t think it’s the cable box, because there is no difference if I leave the cable box on all the time. Anyone, any thoughts?

By: mike

mike — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:57:31 +0000

ive had one for about a year now. the picture is good, but one of my HDMI slots does not work anymore, and recently, the RGB input also quit working. i know my other devices are working, but it just says no signal.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:54:39 +0000

I’ve had my vizio for almost a year, and it also has developed the vertical red line, it is always there when the tv is powered on but sometimes goes away when viewing, bottom line I’ll never buy another one

By: nona

nona — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:37:05 +0000

for the last month , our vizio has a red line running from top to bottom. called them they said it was a cable problem cable came they disconnected the cable wire from tv . the line was still there . now they want me to take pictures of the tv with the line on the screen and send it to them. i dont have a camera so iwevt to wallmart , took pictures ,developed them and noe tomorrow am sending everything off to them keeping copies oeverything including sending return reciept

By: MIKE

MIKE — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:31:36 +0000

I PURCHASED A VIZIO 26” 18 months ago and now it will not power up. I called vizio but they will not stand behind it. So bottom line I payed $350.00 for 18 months of TV. My last TV was a magnavox and I payed $250.00 and it lasted 12 years with no problems. I Guess I should have kept that one.

By: spencer

spencer — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:49:18 +0000

hey jim heres what u do i had the same issue with my 22 inch samsung a while back a coudt connect my onkyo home theater and had same issue but i found a salution go out and buy a Mini-to-RCA Stereo Audio Cable it has a l a r audio connection on 1 side and a microphone jack opn the other simply plug in the l and r on your home theater and your microphone in the headset jack and there ya go to get good sound turn your tv vol up to half its worked wonder 4 me over the yrs but im gonna buy this vizio tomorrow so im excited i hope vizio is good well good luck jim

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:14:37 +0000

Just purchased this set. The bottom line……..looks great, works great, good remote, fair to poor sound but here is the deal breaker. The (verticle) viewing angle is ridiculously poor. How do people put up with such poor picture when just SLIGHTLY off verticle axis ? What a shame because everything slse seems fine including the horizontal view angle.

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:05:11 +0000

Okay, here’s the reason your surround sound won’t work-
There’s no audio output on this set. Don’t make the same mistake I did and buy speakers to go with your new TV because they won’t work! I have one of these sets and, although the picture is great, the inputs are all neatly labeled, and it looks very stylish, it drives me crazy that there is no kind of audio output besides the headphones jack. Since my surround set has no hdmi-in, I have to run separate audio and video to every device I want to be in both HD and surround. Another thing that bugs me a bit about this TV is that the stand doesn’t tilt, so you pretty much have to buy a wall mount. That 160 degree viewing angle is nice, but that’s only left to right. If you’re ten degrees down from the TV you can’t see a thing- sadly the dresser I put the TV on is quite a bit taller than the couch, so I always have to stand up to play xbox or watch anything. In the end, this is a pretty good set but don’t let the price fool you- once you add on the price of a wall mount and a much more sophisticated surround system than is necessary for most other sets, it’s not such a great deal anymore.