Amazon Prime Video When will this Model Vizio 122 be ready for the Amazon Streaming Service...It says coming soon, has a dedicated button to it on the remote...both nothing does anyone have any insight? Amazon Prime Video When will this Model Vizio 122 be ready for the Amazon Streaming Service...It says coming soon, has a dedicated button to it on the remote...both nothing does anyone have any... » Read More Amazon Prime Video When will this Model Vizio 122 be ready for the Amazon Streaming Service...It says coming soon, has a dedicated button to it on the remote...both nothing does anyone have any insight? « Show Less
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Hi Daniel,In the business world, there is often a disconnect between the marketing department and the design/engineering department. It was probably reported to marketing that it would have Amazon Video at release and when it wasn't ready yet they didn't spend the money to get the marketing (as well as the packaging changed). An update will probably come out soon that remedies the discrepancy. I've written a thorough review of the player and am actively updating as things change. As it is a very new product, I expect there will be more changes coming soon. 2 totally new apps appeared in the last update just a week ago. Hi Daniel,In the business world, there is often a disconnect between the marketing department and the design/engineering department. It was probably reported to marketing that it would have Amazon Video at release and when it wasn't ready yet they didn't spend the money to get the marketing (as well as the packaging changed). An update will probably come out soon that remedies the discrepancy. I've written a thorough review of the player and am actively updating as things change. As it is a very new product, I expect there will be more changes coming soon. 2 totally new apps appeared... » Read More Hi Daniel,In the business world, there is often a disconnect between the marketing department and the design/engineering department. It was probably reported to marketing that it would have Amazon Video at release and when it wasn't ready yet they didn't spend the money to get the marketing (as well as the packaging changed). An update will probably come out soon that remedies the discrepancy. I've written a thorough review of the player and am actively updating as things change. As it is a very new product, I expect there will be more changes coming soon. 2 totally new apps appeared in the last update just a week ago. « Show Less
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What about amazon video. This is really frustrating as I continue to wait as all of my Sony products stream Amazon without a hitch.
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The US Government requires that all streaming applications be able to support Closed Captioning in 2014 TVs. The Amazon Streaming Video app for Vizio did NOT support Closed Captioning in the 2013 version, so the app has to be reworked by Amazon to support Closed Captioning. Amazon was late to the party with Closed Captioning on their service, but to their credit, they are able to support it now on most of their movie choices on Roku. Since Vizio sells a lot of TVs now, I would expect this to be ready before June 2014, but I have no knowledge of that. Please note, however, that this is an AMAZON issue... NOT a Vizio issue. Coming from a long-time Amazon Prime customer, who complained about no Closed Captioning for quite some time.
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See the odd thing is that Amazon has two different kinds of delivery - Amazon Instant Video and Amazon Prime Instant Video are TWO DIFFERENT things.I can get "Amazon Instant Video" on my Tivo HD, but I cannot get the Amazon Prime Instant Video on my Tivo HD. This was a surprise to me. I signed up for Prime, could not get the stream and I actually talked on the phone to a live person who said 'no, the Amazon Prime Instant Video will not stream to a Tivo HD". Netflix works just fine.So before I would order this, I'd like to know that it will do the PRIME Instant Video. See the odd thing is that Amazon has two different kinds of delivery - Amazon Instant Video and Amazon Prime Instant Video are TWO DIFFERENT things.I can get "Amazon Instant Video" on my Tivo HD, but I cannot get the Amazon Prime Instant Video on my Tivo HD. This was a surprise to me. I signed up for Prime, could not get the stream and I actually talked on the phone to a live person who said 'no, the Amazon Prime Instant Video will not stream to a Tivo HD". Netflix works just fine.So before I would order this, I'd like to know that it will do the PRIME... » Read More See the odd thing is that Amazon has two different kinds of delivery - Amazon Instant Video and Amazon Prime Instant Video are TWO DIFFERENT things.I can get "Amazon Instant Video" on my Tivo HD, but I cannot get the Amazon Prime Instant Video on my Tivo HD. This was a surprise to me. I signed up for Prime, could not get the stream and I actually talked on the phone to a live person who said 'no, the Amazon Prime Instant Video will not stream to a Tivo HD". Netflix works just fine.So before I would order this, I'd like to know that it will do the PRIME Instant Video. « Show Less
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I ordered this TV on the 18th because there is not a better value out there right now. I called Vizio and they said Amazon ordered a bunch of these TVs last week but they would/could not tell me the official release date. I called Amazon and was told the same. All they would say is that I would get an e-mail as soon as it is released. I have read on-line that the original release month was May but the demand for the 553 was extremely high so they pushed it back to July.
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Thanks, Carol. I have no idea what "prime instant video" is! Living waaaay out in the country does not allow for access to any type of streaming what-so-ever. Only purchased the unit because old DVD player died. Sorry I could not be of help. Mike
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I have not tried this specifically from Amazon Prime, but I do have the TV connected to my home wireless and I have streamed video on the TV from other sources, such as youtube, on the TV's browser. So I would suspect Amazon Prime video would work just the same as other sources.
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I haven't tried Amazon, but suddenly my ability to get Netflix, Youtube, Facebook, etc. has disappeared. I have talked with Netflix & with my internet provider...they concluded it's the tv. I've seen the problem in online forums. They say to reset the tv back to factory settings. But I'm going to call Vizio & see if they can walk me through it.
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Peter, I failed to also mention that I tried with Amazon Prime to get info on streaming but they never responded. Have you tried to direct the ? to them?
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Vizio confirms August release date. It's as firm as any Vizio announcement which means "maybe". It will likely be the usual best bang for the buck, but a 6 year old could do a better job handling their new product releases. P.S. Enjoy your last Visio TV. It looks like Apple will have a web-enabled TV coming this year (macrumors) which is expected to make roadkill out of this segment of the market.
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I have not found a way to access my amazon prime account using the TV alone. There are several different devices (boxes, dvd bluray, . . .) you can purchase and attach to the TV to share the content. My personal opinion I bought this TV and never use the smart features. I connect to the internet via my $100 blu ray player that I can toss once better options and upgrades are in current bluray players. Stick with a dumb TV and use the "Smart" feature of the cheaper options that are connected.
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I'm not sure about Sony, but I just bought a Vizio myself. It's brand new and there is a dead pixel in the middle of the screen. Whenever the screen's black, the pixel's white, and vice versa. I called Vizio and they said they have a FOUR PIXEL MINIMUM before they will do anything about it. Hopefully Costco will replace the set. I paid a lot of money for a brand new flawed item...
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The website (http://store.vizio.com/m471ia2.html) says it's currently not available but the updated app is "coming soon", which we all know is marketing-speak for "if we get around to it, but don't hold your breath".
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FYI: Amazon Prime video is now available for this model - thought I'd get the good news out! Link to your TV through the Amazon interface first - they'll provide a code for setup on the TV.
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If you don't already own the Streaming stick, Roku is coming out with a new one that goes in a regular HDMI port. You can "pre-order" one right now. If you do already have the streaming stick, this might help you identify the Roku Ready TVs. http://www.roku.com/roku-ready/devices#!/tv
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It's not that it does or doesn't work with Amazon Prime... it has nothing to do with that. IF you have Amazon Prine streaming on your Ipad, this will allow you to see it on your TV. All this does is put whatever you are seeing on your Ipad onto your TV screen.
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I purchased the VIZIOX VT323SV32-Inch Full HD on July 27th. Several times over the past 2 months, while I am watching a program, the screen goes black, the Vizio logo flashes on and off orange for about 30 second, the logo goes white again, and the program pops back on. At first I thought it was a firmware update, but after the 3rd time I contacted Vizio Support. It was acknowledged this is a "known" problem they are working on. Does the comparable Sony discussed in this blog have any similar problems? I don't know if Amazon will take the Vizio back as it is over the 30 days.
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The TV by itself is not compatible with Prime. I searched a lot blogs when I originally purchased the TV to find out the answer because I got different responses from different sites. I believe one run of the TV early on had the capability of getting Prime but subsequent models did not. My Bluray has that capability so I wasn't too concerned.