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Vizio E550i-B2

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User ratings:
34
4.1 out of 5
34 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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Editorial reviews:
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4 editorial reviews
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The Vizio Ei-B2 series is a full-featured LED HDTV line with an appealing price point, but it suffers from some notable picture issues.Read more
There may be better TVs released this year, and there may be a cheaper ones too, but we'd be flabbergasted if any TV ended up being better than this one and costing less.Read more
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Pros

  • Thoughtfully designed Immersive sound
  • Thoughtfully designed 360 degrees of sound
  • Great overall picture quality

Cons

  • No cherry-picked units sent by brands
  • The full array local dimming feature makes the picture worse
  • The TV is quite thick due to its full array backlight
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Key specs

  • Flat
  • 55 in
  • 1920, 1080 px
  • LCD
  • 120 Hz
  • yes
  • yes
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Vizio E550i-B2 - Pros & Cons

Vizio E550i-B2

Pros

  • Thoughtfully designed Immersive sound
  • Thoughtfully designed 360 degrees of sound
  • Great overall picture quality
  • both in dark and bright rooms
  • The Smart TV component combines ample content with a simple design
  • picture quality and value
  • superb bright-room performance and great uniformity

Cons

  • No cherry-picked units sent by brands
  • The full array local dimming feature makes the picture worse
  • The TV is quite thick due to its full array backlight
  • Only a small black border around the screen
  • Only three screws hold the TV to the base at the center
  • Blu-ray are slightly too vivid and can appear nearly garish
  • oversaturated colors and fairly poor shadow detail
  • built-in Wi-Fi or a wired Ethernet connection
  • Relatively dim panel throws off effective contrast ratio
  • lack any kind of smoothing/dejudder processing
  • simply not available

Vizio E550i-B2 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
55 in
Best:
Axen 8682442100917
Screen size: 123 in
IconRefresh rate
120 Hz
Best:
Panasonic TC-P55VT60
Refresh rate: 3000 Hz
IconResolution
1920 x 1080 px
Best:
Samsung QE82Q800TATXXU
Resolution: 7680 x 7320 px

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Vizio E550i-B2 - Full Specifications

Units:
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Display
Panel designFlat
Screen size55.0 in
Resolution1920 x 1080 px
Screen TechnologyLCD
LCD BacklightingLED
Aspect ratio16:9
Refresh rate120.0 Hz
Dynamic Contrast Ratio5,000,000:1
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Viewing distance
Optimal88.0 in
Minimum66.0 in
Maximum138.0 in
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Ergonomics
Vesa mountyes
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Connectivity
HDMI portyes
Number of HDMI ports4
Number of USB ports1
Component video (YPbPr/YCbCr) inyes
Number of component video (YPbPr/YCbCr) inputs1
Composite port inyes
Number of composite Inputs1
Analogue RCA stereo inputyes
Digital coaxial portyes
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Body without stand
Height28.15 in
Width48.46 in
Weight24.21 lb
Depth2.48 in
Colour of productBlack
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Audio properties
Voice controlyes
Closed caption capabilityyes
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Features
Internet features
  • AccuWeather
  • Crackle
  • eBay
  • Facebook
  • Fandango
  • Hulu
  • iHeartRadio
  • Netflix
  • Pandora
  • Smart TV
  • Twitter
  • Vizio Internet Apps
  • Vudu
  • Web Browser
  • Web Videos
  • Yahoo! TV Widgets
  • YouTube
Smart Tvyes
Local dimmingyes
Parental controlyes
Sleep timeryes
Multiple languagesyes
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3d technology
3D Supportno
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Network
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
Ethernetyes
USByes
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Energy efficiency
Energy Star Certifiedyes

Vizio E550i-B2 - Q&A (1)

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Vizio E550i-B2 Vizio - Editorial Reviews (4)

3.8
Based on 4 reviews
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Vizio E550i-B2 Vizio E550i-B2 Review; 55" Full-Array 120Hz 1080p Smart LED TV
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lcdtvbuyingguide.com
Vizio E550i-B2 Review; 55" Full-Array 120Hz 1080p Smart LED TV
12 minute read
Vizio E550i-B2 Vizio E550i-B2 Review
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PCMAG
Published: 06.05.2014
Vizio E550i-B2 Review
3.5

The Vizio Ei-B2 series is a full-featured LED HDTV line with an appealing price point, but it suffers from some notable picture issues.

By Will Greenwald
12 minute read
Vizio E550i-B2 Unbeatable picture for the money
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CNET
Published: 10.06.2014
Unbeatable picture for the money

There may be better TVs released this year, and there may be a cheaper ones too, but we'd be flabbergasted if any TV ended up being better than this one and costing less.

By David Katzmaier
18 minute read
Vizio E550i-B2 Vizio E Series 2014 Review (E320i-B2, E390i-B1E, E400i-B2, E420i-B0, E480i-B2, E500i-B1, E600i-B3, E700i-B3)
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RTINGS.com
Published: 11.09.2014
Vizio E Series 2014 Review (E320i-B2, E390i-B1E, E400i-B2, E420i-B0, E480i-B2, E500i-B1, E600i-B3, E700i-B3)
4.0

The picture quality of the Vizio E Series LED TV is really impressive, considering its low price. It isn't perfect, though. The gray uniformity is below average ...

By By Cedric Demers
9 minute read

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