VIZIO 75-Inch M-Series 4K QLED HDR Smart TV w/Voice Remote, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, Alexa Compatibility, M75Q7-J03, 2022 Model

I've had this TV for 3 years. It has great picture quality and sounds really good. It survived a move from Massachusetts to Florida with zero issues when I fired it back up once I got down here. Not sure why some people have had problems with this TV. It's been rock solid for me, just like every other Vizio I've had over the years. They must have got lemons. Anyway, I'm happy with it. You can't go wrong buying this TV as far as I'm concerned.

I have had this television now for a couple of years. It works - it's very annoying but it works. Every once in awhile the television is updated by Vizio and that's where the annoyances start. Just recently with one of these updates the volume indicator on the screen disappeared. I can still adjust the volume, I just don't know how loud it is until somebody says something. Many times Vizio has changed the way they're in screen menu looks and acts. It's like they're testing to see how annoying they can be and to see if somebody actually buys a new TV with a different brand. I am just about at that point. Is the picture quality good? Yes. is the sound good? Yes. is the online content good? Yes. I love visio's extra free channels. They are not worth it right now with all the "updates" they do.

Enough with the smart TVs already. This is not a direct shot at Vizio but all TV makers. No one wants to use the TV OS system much less have it built in to TV where if it goes out, you can’t even watch anything on external systems like Roku, Fire and Apple TV.I don’t know anyone outside of people over 65 yrs of age that prefer the TV OS over a Fire stick Roku etc. And even then it’s just because they don’t want to have to switch inputs and worry about multiple remotes etc.Now on to my problems with THIS TV specifically (Vizio MQ7 70”). I did extensive research and given the limited options in the 70” class there weren’t many great options. 70 is really the sweet spot for my room and I think that goes for a lot of folks so it’s sad to see it abandoned. I read really good things about this TV and seemed to be pretty much the consensus pick for a 70” under $1000.So I was pretty disappointed in the picture quality when I initially plugged it in and even after messing with picture settings I can’t find the quality I’m looking for. Not to mention a calibration that works for all times of day or night. You pretty much have to have multiple calibrated profiles for different times of the day to get anything close to a crisp picture.As mentioned above, I do not like Smart TVs. I believe they serve a purpose for a specific consumer group but there should be options w/o an OS I’m never going to use. After less than 2 weeks of moderate use, all the HDMI ports have stopped producing a picture. I have tried every streaming device and anything using an HDMI output in my home and office which I have multiple of each from Apple TV 4Ks, Fiesticks, Roku, Chromecasts and more. Only after performing multiple resets will it come back up and it’s getting worse each day. I fear the point where even that won’t work is coming very soon. I had a TCL Roku tv that became a paperweight when the internal Roku bit the dust but even that lasted almost a year before showing any signs. So I’m more than unhappy that it is happening now within a couple weeks. I’m not even sure how returning a 70” TV to Amazon would work and I’m all but certain it will be a process that is more trouble than it’s worth.To make matters worse, using the “SmartCast” OS to stream instead of an external device is virtually unusable as each time a new episode or movie turns on, the audio cuts out and you have to back out then restart the app to get audio back on. Sometimes I even have to power cycle the TV. This is the case on every app I’ve used which is a wide variety so it is definitely a hardware issue (or software within the hardware) not the apps themselves.Really really frustrated and not sure I will ever buy a TV on Amazon again since taking one back to Best Buy and the likes is already a huge pain in the ass much less figuring out how to ship it. Getting 55+ inch screens back in the box is a huge headache in of itself.Maybe I am expecting too much on picture quality on a sub $1000 tv but I have plenty at my office that cost almost half and blow the picture out of the water. But even then, the HDMI ports rarely working much less going out even once or twice is completely unacceptable at any price poInt in my opinion. Used to love Vizio but I fear this might be the last one I buy. Also has some QC issues on the screen with air bubbling of the glass on the corners out of the box. I fear the air bubbles from a bad adhesive job will only get worse and spread from the corners of the screen they reside currently.

I enjoy my smart home setup and having devices that work with Alexa, and the fact that this TV says it works with Alexa was a major factor in my purchase. And while the specs say it works with Alexa, that's not quite true.First off, the instructions that Vizio provides on connecting the TV to Alexa are not correct. In one of the steps you need to register on the Vizio website, but the page that you link to on the Vizio website does not fully load and you cannot register. Instead, I had to download the Vizio SmartCast app and use that to connext. Then you have to set up the Alexa skill within the Alexa app. Go ahead and read the review on that skill - thousands of negative comments and it's rated less than two stars.I finally got it to partially work. It would turn on and off the TV and open apps, but it could not find anything or control my soundbar volume. I contacted Vizio and they seem confused that their TV was having problems with Alexa, despite the thousands of negative comments. None of their fixes work, and neither did other fixes that I found. Then suddenly, Alexa tells me the TV could not be found and none of the commands worked. I spent 20 minutes connecting the apps, skill, and TV over and over and then got the limited functionality back. 20 minutes later it all stopped working again, despite all of the software being current.Amazon should de-list this product as being Alexa compatible. It's a joke.As for the TV, for the $750 or so I paid for the 70" model it's great, but it's not exactly plug and play. You have to register the TV and download a ton of updates before you can do anything. That took 30 minutes or so. Once I was able to watch the TV, I was not happy with the picture quality and there was a lot of motion blur. But after 20 minutes or so adjusting the settings I'm more than happy with the picture quality, especially for this price. For those that aren't sure on how to tweak the settings, there are a lot of websites out there that can provide you settings.As a TV it's great. As a smart home device with Alexa it's a failure. Vizio needs to get their act together. From what I found out, this issue has been going on for a long time.