Picture problem with Vizio P42 HDe

[dockbay94]

Hi there! I bought my vizio P42-hde from Costco on maui in Jan-2005 before I moved here to canada in March, and shipped it over with my sony 42XS955 plasma which both survived the long boat, train, and semi ride to our new house. I know! why did I move to canada from Maui? I'll tell you later, anyway. we have been in our new house for 3 months now and the vizio plasma has been working just fine until 2 days ago. now the picture has these very small pesky vertical lines up and down the whole screen from one end to the other, and sometimes turns green? I have tried every thing to remedy the problem but I have not been able to fix it ! I e-mailed the vizio company and they said there might be somthing wrong with the T.V. (DUh! NO SH#@) and asked me to call there sevice department which is closed on the weekends, so I thought I might try my luck here, maybe someone else has had the same problem too? I love the T.V., not as much as my sony, but the vizio is for the living room only, the sony is for the Theatre Room. anyway PLEASE HELP if you can!
Thanks - DOCKBAY94

[VizFan]

Same deal here; last few weeks have had thin, green lines on screen. I just sent an email to V Inc, and unless someone can fix it, I may need to test the Costco return policy!

[PaulB]

when the TVs first came out at Cosco. In my case the line then spread to become a vertical black stripe on the right side of the TV (about a 2 inch band). After a few phone calls and emails to Vizio, they sent me a box of parts (basically to replace all major components inside the sets). After a few more follow up phone calls, I got the technicians to come out and they worked for about 2 hours and declared they did not know how to fix it. The Good news - Cosco gave me my money back in cash, and I started over again with another brand from Sears. Good luck.