I’ll agree that the picture quality on this TV is wonderful. I have tried to convince myself that is enough, but it simply isn’t. There are two major flaws with this model that make it a total waste of money and a daily frustration.

First, the channel numbers are so small, you simply cannot read them. I read that in a review before I bought this TV and thought “Oh, that couldn’t be so much of a problem!” I have this TV in a very small room, so every chair is less than 6 feet away, and I CANNOT see the channel numbers! Not only are they small (think point size 20 on your computer) but they are also light blue! I never have any idea what channel I’m on unless I get up and walk right up to the TV. If you are a foot or less from the set, you can see them. Of course, how often is that?

The second huge flaw is the time it takes to change channels. This doesn’t sound like a major problem either, but it is incredibly annoying. You hit 03 and the input, and then (ONE one thousand, TWO one thousand, THREE one thousand, FOUR one thousand, FIVE one thousand, SIX one thousand, SEVEN one thousand, EIGHT one thousand, NINE one thousand, TEN one thousand) the channel changes. If you like to flip through the channels to see what is on, forget it on this TV!!

My last complaint is that the remote control is terrible. The layout is horrible. The channel numbers are at the top, but the balance (the place your hand holds the remote) is at the middle. You can’t comfortably hold it and press the channel buttons. You have to set it down on your knee to press the buttons. The buttons are tiny, and the channel up/down and volume up/down are on the opposite side than usual, which takes some getting used to. The remote that comes with this TV has 10 keys that you can’t even use (if you try, it will say “This feature is not available”) like PIP, which take up a lot of room. The keys are way too close together, so it is difficult to press them. I didn’t put this as a deal-breaker, because you can always go out and buy a universal remote – but should you really have to do that on a brand new TV?

I thought the TV picture quality would be enough, but after 2 weeks of trying to cope with the small numbers and the huge lag-time in changing channels, it is going back to the store. Don’t buy this TV! It is nothing but frustration!

I’ve had this TV for a few months now. There is a lot to like about it, but… even with the sharpness turned all the way down to zero the image is still HEAVILY sharpened. Not only does this make video/tv look funny and more noisy, it makes small text really hard to look at when playing video games or using as a computer monitor. Every edge looks like a double line that your eyes can’t focus on. And completely forget about using Photoshop or doing any image editing, since the monitor doesn’t show you the actual image. Side by side with my laptop, there is no comparison. The laptop has no sharpening and is much, much easier to look at and the text much easier to read.

I don’t know what VISIO’s problem is. I hate this stuff. Its great that they have a sharpness setting for people who want it, but zero should mean zero, i.e. no sharpening. They must have some marketing person or product manager whose dumb idea it is that everybody would want pixel level sharpening on all the time.