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VIZIO 50" Class V-Series 4K HDR Smart TV - V505-H
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Sep 2, 2022
Reviewer name: Sabriel
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

For the first year it was great...

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] For the first year the TV worked great. I had absolutely no issues. However, pretty much as soon as the warranty expired, the TV started acting wonky. It's at the point that it has to be unplugged and plugged back in every few days or else it stops working right. It just stays on a blank screen without bringing up the home screen. Even when you change it from energy saving to hard restart, it still has this issue. I had a different Vizio TV previously this that never had these issues, even after 3 years. Pros: When it worked right, the aps loaded immediately. The screen stays clear and has a good resolution. I had no issues with internet connect, both hardline and wifi were good. The menu is fairly easy to work with. Everything is setup so that you can easily access whatever you need to in the menu. Cons: (Besides previously mentioned) The main cons are the app limitations. First, there is no way to download apps, update them, or clear their cache. You just have to wait for Vizio to add any new apps in a future update for the TV. It took almost a year after HBOMax came out for the app to even be added. The set up to arrange the apps in the list are also a problem. You can't remove any apps from the app row. You're stuck with ALL of them. When trying to arrange them, the TV has issues with freezing up because there too many items in the list to move them around without the TV struggling with its lack of memory. This means that in order to adjust what apps appear first in the lineup, you end up spending 30-45 minutes just trying to get everything set up the way you want to. There are about 50 apps that I've never even opened in this menu, but I have to deal with the lag issues because they can't be removed. When you start having memory issues with aps, it's hard to get around them. If there was a way to uninstall and install them so that you could clear the cache, the majority of these problems would probably go away. The last is the connection issues with Alexa. Ironically enough, I've found that it has everything to do with Vizio side. Every week or so, the TV loses connection with Alexa, and it's always on the TV side. Either the TV suddenly forgets it has a connection, or the website drops the TV from being registered from my account.

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reply from Customer Care

Hello Sabriel, Sorry to hear you are not having a smooth experience. I would love the opportunity to have our technical support team learn more about the issues you are experiencing. You are not able to manually download additional apps, however new apps are added to the platform often with firmware updates. If you find there is an app you want to watch that is not on SmartCast you may be able to cast it using Chromecast or Apple AirPlay from your phone or mobile device. To clear the app cache, navigate to Menu > Admin & Privacy. There you find the ability to reset the TV's apps. When you have a free moment, our support team is available through text message, chat, or over the phone. Just go to support.VIZIO.com and click on ‘Contact Us’.

Nov 9, 2020
Reviewer name: Al B.
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Nice TV

I bought this TV a couple of weeks ago and I'm loving it. It has all the features I need and I get lots of free channels. The only thing I have against the TV is the brightness of the colors and this is a personal thing. I can't seem to balance the brightness without washing out the colors. Other than that it's a great TV.

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Dec 5, 2020
Reviewer name: Sabiar49
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Additional Features

Better screen picture, crisp colors. Takes a while to figure out channel selections and features, trial and error - no guide found yet. Transmission of video from cell stutters, problem of refresh rate probably. So far like the TV, just new to learn its "Smart" features.

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Dec 14, 2020
Reviewer name: NurseLynn
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great picture and colors are perfect.

This is our 2nd Vizio TV. First one had the speakers on the bottom facing out so there was wonderful sound quality. The new thin and light weight profile and minimal room it requires makes a sound bar a must to have in a living room sized room. Went with the Vizio sound bar and made this the ideal TV for our living room. Going from the 42"1080 HD to the 4K 50" was impressive. Satisfied customer and hope we have as many trouble free years as we have had with our 42 inch.

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Apr 30, 2020
Reviewer name: Christopher_1130
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Great Features

I've had this tv for about 3 weeks and the color and apps were as advertised. They volunteer on the other hand is horrible. At 75 I can still barely hear it. The only way to get good sound is to turn on my home theatre system. Really disappointed !!!!!!!

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reply from Customer Support

As televisions continue to have larger screens with thinner profiles and sleeker bezels, there is less room for large speakers. To help get the best audio quality out of your VIZIO televisions speakers, we’ve included settings like DTS Studio Sound to provide the highest performance possible, while maintaining the thin, sleek, bezel-less profile of your television. If you’d like any help adjusting your audio settings feel free to contact VIZIO support by visiting support.vizio.com and clicking on 'Contact Us'

Apr 10, 2021
Reviewer name: Bbposada
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

65” Vizio tv

I'm not in love with the brightness of the screen and wish consistency wouldn't e better. Some YouTube channels 4K look great while 4K TV channels or sports don't look nearly as good. But overall clarity is awesome. The price was even better. And Vizio did a good job speeding up smart TVs apps response time. My older 55” Vizio isn't nearly as fast but that's four years old and still ticking like a champ. Strongly recommend Vizio.

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Feb 27, 2021
Reviewer name: Jaystation
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great purchase

I bought this Vizio cause they didn't have any M-series left but I definitely happy I got it. The picture quality is fabulous and when going to play games the tv switches to HDR-10 mode and also for movies that support it, The quality in that mode is really in depth and makes watching movies even more enjoyable that before. Definitely would recommend

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Dec 3, 2020
Reviewer name: Flymom
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Vivid Display

A great product for me at a very reasonable price. I replaced my living room TV with this model and I am thrilled! Setup was easy to follow and the additional features are fun to explore. My current favorite is telling Google to turn on and off the living room TV. I'm very happy with this purchase and would recommend this product to other shoppers.

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Dec 8, 2020
Reviewer name: Ganzo
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Great features but picture quality was lacking

The TV was the right size, had lots of neat features but alas the picture quality was very poor. I tried adjusting the contrast and brightness and other variables but none of them made any improvement. Picture was hazy and after trying to make it work, I finally returned the TV. Our previous TV that was 12 years old, had better picture quality than this one.

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reply from Marketing

Hello Ganzo, At VIZIO, we’re constantly striving to improve our products and deliver a world class viewing experience to our customers. We appreciate that you took the time to review our product- and would really love to get any specific details you could offer on how to improve that experience. You can reach our award-winning technical support team by going to support.vizio.com and clicking ‘contact us’.

Mar 29, 2021
Reviewer name: DEMc
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Love Vizio

Bought a larger Vizio for our family room. We have owned Vizio TVs for 12 years. A few times we strayed to another brand and they didn't last. We always come back to Vizio. Great picture, great price. Our 12 year old 32" Vizio is still working great and has outlasted other brands. We won't buy anything else.

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