VIZIO VM190XVT 19-Inch XVT-Series 720p LED LCD HDTV

by Vizio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.9 x 7 x 13.8 inches ; 8.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002T9084S
• Item model number: VM190XVT
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,030 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With a profile that tapers down to less than an inch, the 19-inch VIZIO VM190XVT Razor LED LCD HDTV offers brilliant color, rich detail and deep contrast in a sleek, razor-thin design. This HDTV is a pleasure to look at on or off, with a full edge-to-edge cover glass and invisible proximity touch controls that illuminate as your hand draws near (and fade away once you're done). The LCD LED TV also includes an ambient light sensor, ensuring you always get the best picture and most efficient energy use by adjusting the TV's brightness based on the lighting conditions of your room. And when you're not watching TV, the VM190XVT can be used as a digital picture frame to enjoy a slideshow of your family and friends. Advanced sound technologies from SRS Labs and green, energy-saving technologies seal the deal.

Brilliant color, rich detail and deep contrast in a sleek razor thin design. Click to enlarge.

A stylish, modern aesthetic with full edge-to-edge cover glass.

Illuminated touch controls with proximity sensor.

Sensors auto-adjust brightness for the perfect picture regardless of room conditions.

Razor LED
VIZIO is the first to bring LED technology to smaller-sized LCD HDTVs. This mercury-free, energy-efficient, razor-thin HDTV achieves a 20,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, giving you deeper blacks and brighter whites.

With a native panel resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, the VM190XT is compatible with 720P, 1080i, 480P, and 480i signals.

Slim Profile and a Clean, Contemporary Look
These TVs have an ultra-slim profile, tapering down to less than an inch thick, and just 1.65 inches at their thickest point.

They feature a stylish, modern aesthetic with full edge-to-edge cover glass, and can be tilted up to 25 degrees

Illuminated Touch Controls with Proximity Sensor
The VM190XVT features proximity sensitive touch controls that illuminate when your hand draws near, and fade away once you're done, adding further to the unit's sleek and buttonless design.

Ambient Lighting
Energy efficient sensors auto-adjust brightness for the perfect picture regardless of room conditions.

SRS Audio Technologies
SRS TruVolume evens out dynamics to limit volume inconsistencies between programming. SRS TruSurround HD delivers immersive virtual high-definition surround sound out of the unit's two speakers.

Green Technologies
VIZIO's Eco HD models exceed the current Energy Star guidelines by 56% below Energy Star 3.0, which saves you money on your utility bills while limiting the impact on our planet.

Thought was put into construction as well--the display's LED backlights do not utilize mercury, an environmentally harmful substance used in other backlights.

Digital Photo Viewing
The VM190XVT also lets you enjoy a slideshow of your family and friends (via USB Drive).

VM190XVT Inputs

• HDMI with HDCP: 2
• RF Connector for Internal Tuner: 1
• Component YPbPr plus Stereo Audio: 1
• S-Video: 1
• Computer RGB: 1
• USB Port: 1

VM190XVT Outputs

• SPDIF Digital Optical: 1
• Headphones: 1 (side)

One-Year Warranty
VIZIO provides a one-year warranty on its products for extra peace of mind in your purchase.

What's in the Box
Vizio VM190XVT XVT-Series 19-Inch 720p LED LCD HDTV, Remote Control, Power Cable, Stand, User's Manual

Product Description

VIZIO VM190XVT XVT-Series 19-inch 720p LED LCD HDTV

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great HD picture, problematic TV tuner, January 3, 2010

By 

Gerry in Texas - See all my reviews

This review is from: VIZIO VM190XVT 19-Inch XVT-Series 720p LED LCD HDTV (Electronics)

I agree with the other reviews, but would add a warning about the TV tuner.

On the plus side, the 720p and 1080i HD picture quality is amazing, very bright and sharp with good contrast. The sound is perhaps the best I've ever heard from a low end TV, with more volume than I could ever use. I haven't had a chance to try the digital photo frame feature or the pause live TV feature, but they are both nice to have if they work as advertised. The remote control allows you to access all features.

However, I will be returning the set because of problems with the TV tuner. As I read on another web site, the tuner is annoyingly slow when changing channels. Each time you use channel up or channel down the screen goes blue for about 2 seconds, and sometimes 3 before the new channel is displayed. If you jump to a channel by entering the number from the remote's keypad you will stare at the blue screen for 4 to 5 seconds.

If slow channel changes were the only problem I would just learn to live with it due to the amazing HD picture and sound. Unfortunately there are two other tuner problems, one of which is a too much for me.

First, there is a minor issue where if you punch in a non-existent channel number by accident the input buffer is not cleared until some period of time well after the unit has gone back to displaying the current channel number. I.e., you punch in a wrong number, the unit eventually reverts to displaying the current number, but then when you try to enter a correct number again the digits from the previous attempt are still in the input buffer and they get added to the new number you are trying to enter. You end up having to just sit and wait for some period of time (10 - 20 seconds) before you can enter a new channel number.

I suppose I could also learn to live with that. But what I can't live with is a completely broken 'last' feature. On the VM190XVT they should call this feature the 'Las Vegas' button because when you press it you are just rolling the dice and you have no way of knowing which previous channel it will revert to.

I've spent around 2 hours trying to figure out how to beat this error. At first I thought 'last' worked correctly for channels you went to by using the channel up/channel down buttons, but not for direct entry. This wasn't true. Then I thought it was related to the period of time between channel changes. Perhaps if I left each channel selected for some minimum period of time between changes I could get the feature to work. Not true. Then I tried direct channel entry only, both with me triggering the channel change by pressing 'Ok', and with the TV deciding when it was time to jump to the new channel. Still broken. Then I thought perhaps it had problems with 'dash' channels, like '13-1', but not with base channels like '13', so I tried base channels only. Made no difference. Over a long period of time I tried many combinations of all of the above. Nothing worked reliably. 'Last' will sometimes revert to the most recent previous channel, but most of the time it doesn't. It will also become stuck on a channel for no obvious reason. It then stays stuck until you select a new channel while viewing the stuck channel. Weird.

I would be interested to hear about other people's experience with 'last' on the VM190VXT. I don't know if this is a general problem, or if I just have a buggy tuner. Regardless, this unit is going back.

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Update: I spent 20 minutes on the phone with Vizio tech support. It is their opinion that the problems I see are caused by a bad remote control and they offered to send a replacement. I may or may not pursue that option. I have no desire to get stuck with this unit if that doesn't fix the problem and my return window closes.

Those that are experiencing the menu pop-up problem should see if it always happens after you have used the remote. The remote could be causing the problem.

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Final update: The replacement remote came in the mail today. It didn't fix anything, all problems listed above with the 'Last' feature and direct channel entry are still exactly the same. I give up, this unit has permanent problems and I am returning it for a refund before I get stuck with it.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Truly great TV but only 18.5" not 19" as advertised Boy was I wrong!, December 31, 2009

By 

FredB "FredB" (Elverta, California (Sacramento County)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VIZIO VM190XVT 19-Inch XVT-Series 720p LED LCD HDTV (Electronics)

I originally gave this TV a Five star rating because of the picture but since then I have had to reconsider.

As I said in my original review I returned this TV because the screen was too small and bought the 23" model instead. They are virtually the same with the same owner's manual and the problems are the same as well. The following is the experience I had with the 23" model:

The sound is terrible and would occasionally get gargled or go out completely. I would have to turn it off and back on the get the sound back to its terrible norm. I returned it to Vizio for replacement and the replacement was just as bad.

I decided to live with it and hooked up a boom box through the headset jack, (It has no analogue audio out), and the sound was OK but the garbling and loss problem still existed.

After about eight months the sound went out completely so I called to get it repaired or replaced under warrantee. I will not write a book on the problems I had with Vizio warrantee service but rest assured it was a real pain. After better than three weeks I finally got a replacement. It was not my repaired one so I expect it was refurbished because the clear wrap was not on the screen and other parts.

I am using it now and the sound is still terrible! So far it appears the garbling and loss problems are gone, but time will only tell.

Whatever the case this TV has a great picture once you adjust the settings, but the sound is the worst I have ever heard. I have a 19" Sanyo that has much better sound and the picture was great right out of the box.

If I had it to do over I would have bought the Samsung XL-2370-1 but it was not out until after I bought this one. It is about the same price and it couldn't be worse if it tried!

My original review follows:

I bought this TV because my 20" LG that I use in my home office was going out. I figured that if I was going to buy a new TV I might as well get the latest technology. I picked this one because of Vizio's reputation. When I hooked it up I was truly amazed at the picture quality. I own 4 HDTVs and have replace all of them at least once, so I have owned at different times 1 projection LCD, 1 Plasma, and 6 CCFL backlight LCD TVs. The picture on this TV is truly great. The standard definition channels look almost as good as the HD channels did on any other HD TV I have owned and the high definition looks so real one would think they were looking out a window. I remember how impressed I was with my first HD TV, well this TV made an equal impression on me over my prior HD TVs.

I only rated this TV 4 stars because of two facts. The first is mentioned in the title. That is the fact that it really only has a 18.5" screen. I figured stepping down from a 20" to a 19" would not be too big a sacrifice but stepping down to an 18.5" proved to be too much so I returned it and bought the 23" Vizio LED LCD HDTV instead. It is virtually identical to this one except for the larger screen, (in fact they use the same owner's manual), and the fact that it is 1080P where this one is 720P. The second annoyance with both models is the fact that the volume bar does not go away when the sound is muted. I remains until you un-mute the TV. This annoys me, but is livable considering everything else.

The biggest advantages to LED LCD over CCFL LCD are the power consumption, the expected life of the backlight, and the picture quality. This TV is advertised as only drawing 23W but my UPS tells me it only draws 18W. The weakest link to a CCFL LCD TV is the backlight. It is what goes first most of the time, but LEDs last virtually forever so I will have to see what the next weakest link will be that will cause me to have to replace this TV. I expect this TV to last for at least five years before needing replacement, but time will only tell.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you get what you pay for!!, August 30, 2010

By 

Renee S. - See all my reviews

This review is from: VIZIO VM190XVT 19-Inch XVT-Series 720p LED LCD HDTV (Electronics)

I bought this back in Feb 10 so we would have something to entertain the kids til our stuff got here when we moved. This is now used in our spare bedroom as a TV/ Computer monitor. Wasn't sure if it would be a good deal or not with all the bad reviews BUT when you actually read most of the complaints people need to realize what they have. A 19" LED TV for under $200. I will say it again a 19" LED TV for under $200.

Here are my views on everyone's gripes
1. Menu keeps popping up. Yes mine does this. They have the sensor to close the the screen so when you get bright pictures or the sun hits it it comes up annoying yes a little but it was $200.

2. Sound quality bad. I don't know how most people are getting their channels but i have mine going straight from cable outlet. Sound is GREAT i rarely have it above 2 even my digital channels sound good.

3. Slow channel changes. I don't know what type of TV's everyone has but i have a 40" Sony and a 46" Samsung both are LCD's bought within the last 2 1/2 years. Both setup through cable box with HDMI cable and BOTH take a couple seconds to change channels. I Have a CRT that you can roll right through the channels but when i am watching on any other TV i do what they say Adapt and over come. Just a reminder in case you have forgotten $200 TV.

I have tried the DVR function which is pretty neat for a $200 TV Without a DVR cable box/ satellite box. It is a little choppy every couple seconds but i cannot complain BECAUSE I PAID $200. I understand $200 is $200. I am not rich by any means but i do know that you get what you pay for. You cannot expect a $200 tv to work like a $1000 tv. This thing is picking up all the digital channels as well as my basic cable channels. Needless to say the digital are a lot better quality. I love the picture quality. I have this running on a 1500Va battery backup, during our last power outage run time said 87 Mins 15 mins later it said 87 mins left. Nothing else was plugged into the battery side just the TV. If you are still reading this review just remember to take all reviews with a grain of salt. like another reviewer said you expect the space shuttle from $200.