VIZIO - 55" Class - LED - P-Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

I went to Best Buy right after Black Friday to get a new 4K UHD TV. I didn’t want one of the cheap Doorbuster Tv. I picked up the LG SK8000 55” for $699 which was a good deal I thought. The picture was great but the Edge Lit Display was TERRIBLE! So I exchanged that for this Vizio P Series 55” 4K UHD Tv and the P Series is WAY BETTER than the Lg SK8000 55” Pros of the P Series: - nice bright display - Great colors - Nice Clear And Amazing Picture Quality that competes with QLED TVs for half the price. - Built in Chromecast is a Plus - I love the build of the P Series 2018 TVs. - Non-existing Bezel on top and sides with a tiny sliver of silver at the bottom. - 5 HDMI PORTS! - Best TV in this price Range by far! - Full Array Dimming - Bright colors deep blacks Cons of the P Series : - Smartcast is a little sluggish but is nice especially when you cast stuff to your tv. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this TV to anyone looking for an AMAZING 4K UHD Tv for an amazing affordable price! Defiantly beats ALL the competitors which are a lot more exspensive with less features. I always get Vizio TVs but this P Series 2018 55” is the best TV I have owned!

This is a great 4K tv with all necessities: 120hz panel, various hdr standards, local dimming and wide color gamut. Pros: Brightness. It can reach up to 1000 nits which is insane for a tv at this price. Hdr really pops as intended. If a tv is no brighter than 600 peak, the hdr will only feels washed out. Color calibration. Out of the box the color is accurate and needs minimum tweaking. This is a huge plus for average customers. Local dimming. With it, this tv can reach some awesome bright dark contrast. Although it only has 56 zones (mine is 55 inch), they really work great without obvious blooming. Build quality: not flimsy, panel quality is solid as well. Slight Vignette on corners but unifomity is great. Cons: Laggy OS. The tv OS is sometimes slow to respond. If you have a console or a tv sticker, you are fine. Viewing angle. This tv including all other tvs with VA panel have this problem. Color will shift slightly if not directly in front of the tv but in real world it’s not that scary. Sound quality. The speaker of this tv is bland and mushy. A basic 2.0 sound bar is recommended. **for the people struggling with this tv and TCL 6 series: TCL has better brightness and more dimming zone in paper. I compared with them side by side only found that thanks to Vizios better color calibration and better dimming algorithms, tcl does not feel as pop as vizio. Plus, you don’t risk playing panel lottery with TCL at least for this year or before they upped their game in QA. Overall, this tv ticks all the boxes for a real 4K HDR experience.

This Vizio P-Series delivers big time for picture quality and features without the big price tag. 55 inches is a perfect size for the mancave. Paired with a Hue lightship this setup creates the perfect movie watching space.

Watching 4K content and playing games on this tv the picture looks great , that being said it doesn’t do a very good job at upscaling in my opinion my Sony does a much better job in that area, also the tv tuner seems to be weak at picking up good signals , I might try a different antenna but I’ve seen that complaint in other reviews. Other than that I am satisfied with this tv the comparable Sony tv with better upscaling was about 400 dollars more at the time I purchased it. The 4K pictures on the two were similar in my opinion and I think saving 400 bucks for a spare tv in the sunroom was worth it.

First off let me say that i have been through the ringer trying to find a TV. Guess what? I found it! After going through the TCL hype, we went through 6 (SIX) replacement tv's between the 5 and 6 series.. I was enraged and couldnt believe how hard it was to buy a decent tv these days.. I called the TCL support line (awful, absolutely awful) and finally got them to send me a refund for my defective equipment and i will not be going back. Ever! Horrible experience. Now on to the Vizio.. I did extensive research on this product. A native 120hz panel with full array backlighting from a trusted brand for under $1,000, I had to try it out. The colors are super vibrant and rich even in a bright room. Reflections to a minimal and black looks like black, grey looks like grey. I seriously couldnt be happier with this purchase. The sound on the tv is a little iffy, but it's fine for everyday watching. Dont expect a concert in ur family room. HDR content is crazy. I'm seriously blown away with this TV. You cannot go wrong with this. You just cant. PS4 plays flawlessly and actually looks like a different game. Especially madden. The AI on this thing is incredible and i honestly cant rave enough. I hope this review is enough to persuade you into buying this set.

First off the software is horrible and clunky. Just skip it. The legs are very spread apart and wide making a huge stand necessary. The image when utilizing local dimming really messes some things up. Especially text. All of my on screen guides look like crap around the text. Especially those on gray backgrounds. The color is not uniform what so ever. Last of the bad is the VERY loud siren alarm sound that happens once in awhile. Now the good. The design of the TV, material, fit n finish are all very nice and upscale. The colors are amazing. The picture is very good. Sound is adequate. My Samsung UN55MU6290 broke after 16 months. I picked up this Vizio for really cheap. On paper the Vizio blows the Samsung out of the water. In real life this is not the case. This TV is worth the discounted price it is now selling for.

Won't do better in picture quality for the price. This is the best bang for the buck.

Love the new price point on this year's models, but sadly, performance and QA have taken a major hit. Having used both a 2014 P55 and a 2016 P65 previously and quite liked them, my P55 in comparison suffers from some major issues, including significant edge-clouding and backlight bleed, extremely noticeable local-dimming, and HDMI issues. Edge clouding and bleed results in noticeably dull colors and increased black levels around the edges of the set (up to a about a foot into the screen on each edge), while the the dramatic cut in local dimming zones (about half of last year's models) results in much less effective local dimming, and very obvious zone switching (you can occasionally also see the actual LEDs in certain bright white scenes). The new God of War in HDR mode looks terrible with local dimming on, with very obvious zone switching and flashlighting as you pan the camera around. The first HDMI port also appears to have issues with HDR content, occasionally losing picture and requiring a reboot. Though far less of an issue, the built in apps are also rather sluggish. Given the more positive reviews below, I'm assuming my set is defective, but given the overall cuts in performance to this years' sets, I'll be switching to a different brand. Big disappointment from a prior fan of Vizio TVs!