Recent content by Phillykef

I had the same problems as everyone else, but the Customer Service guy said to do a hard reset on the box, and after that it's been working really well. Not perfect (still some lag), but 10x better than the first time I set it up. Weird, I know, but I'm actually happy with it now.

If anyone is having lag or freeze problems, or if your remote is flaky, do a hard reset on the box and start over. That's what I did, and it made a huge difference (although I'm not sure why it just didn't work the first time).

Try reseting the box (factory reset, i.e. paper clip in the bottom). Make sure you hold it for 5 seconds, and then walk through setup again. I had the same experience that you did and I was going to return it, but then the Customer Care guy suggested I do a reset, and somehow the thing is...

So I gave the co-star a nasty mini-review in the Engadget comments when iFixIt did their thing and I said I was going to return it to Vizio, but after talking with Vizio Customer Care AND most importantly doing a factory reset on the box, I can honestly say that it's not that bad of a unit. For...