In July of 2008 I bought a Vizio 32" plasma from Walmart. Since I live in an area that only has one tv broadcasting station I am somewhat limited for channels. However, that one station does broadcast both CBS and Fox. At the present time there are two CBS frequencies; CBS-SD (Standard Definition) and CBS-HD. This piece of crap Vizio will not receive CBS-HD properly. The picture is there but it is covered with blinking green squares. After MANY HOURS on the phone Vizio finally contracted a local repairman to replace the tuner board. No difference! Vixio then agreed to replace it but I had to pay for UPS to pick it up. It took them three weeks before I got the replacement. Same problem!
Every business that I have spoken to about this problem have received the same complaint from other Vizio owners. The TV station has done numorous tests to assure that they are well within the FCC requirements. They even brought another TV to my house and hooked it up to the same antena and HD came in perfect!
In my bedroom I have an Hitachi and a Sony in the kitchen--- no problem receiving CBS-HD. Vizio still refuses to admit their TVs have a problem receiving HD channels and outright refuses to refund my money. This is not fair!! I guess my only recourse is to take them to court.

I have had two Vizio Plasma go bad on me. Vizio after strong complaining did send me a new one. Thank you. But that went bad too after two years.

What is up with two Plasma going bad. I never had regular TV's go bad after ten or more years of use.

I purchased a Vizio VX32L television at Costco in Dec 2007. After a few weeks of using the unit, a 4" vertical green stripe began to appear on the screen. I first contacted Vizio Customer Service in January, 2008. Vizio, at first, refused to replace the TV claiming that I had damaged the set. After escalating it to a level 3(?) status, Vizio finally agreed to send me a replacement TV. After 3 more weeks, the replacement TV arrived, WHICH WAS ALSO DAMAGED! After 5 minutes of use, the screen would scramble and freeze and a loud popping noise would come from the speakers(I thought it was going to blow up). So, after contacting Vizio yet again, and sending the broken replacement set back (they put a $600 hold on my credit card until they received the unit back)they agreed to send me a second replacement unit. After 3 weeks and no replacement TV, I contacted Vizio again for follow up. Their promise was that they would express ship a unit to me. After another week, no replacement. Another call to Vizio and I came to find out that they screwed up the work order. It is now July, 2008 and after several broken promises ("Lost the work order", "The TV is on back order", "That person who ordered your replacement is no longer with the company"...) I still have no replacement TV. So, after 7 months and at 10 - 15 hours of being placed on hold and bounced around from department to department at Vizio, I am done. I am throwing my broken Vizio TV in the trash and buying a Sony. Take my advice, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER waste your money on a Vizio product. You will end up with a broken piece of junk, out your hard-earned money and will be frustrated to no end. It amazes me how a company with such defective products and horrible customer service can stay in business.

My Vizio P42 HD stopped working, less then a month after my Warranty expired!!! Consumer beware!