On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:36:58 -0700, "Vincent Schmitt"
wrote:

Hi!
Where can I get Vizio parts
Vince
Vizio TVs are the armpit of the industry (Polaroid, Element, Memorex,
etc are from a point even lower). For Vizio plasma TVs, most of the
stuff that fails is part of the plasma panel - sustains, buffers, etc
and can be found by looking for the vendors part number. If you find
numbers that start with LJ, it's a Samsung panel; LG Electronics
starts their part numbers with 6871. The power supply may be supplied
by Samsung or LG Electronics, or it may be from a third party. The
same applies to the main board, although it is more likely that it is
a Vizio product.

Visio LCD TVs are more of a problem - they often are a mismash of
parts - one vendor supplying the power supply, someone else supplying
the LCD panel, the inverter from a third party, and Visio supplying
the main board.

Possible sources include eBay (but you must be very careful about
feedback and description) and places like Discount TV Parts, Shop
Jimmy, etc. Googling the board number should bring up a number of
sources.

One important detail - most sellers indicate their boards are from TVs
with damaged screens, and are good. Some even offer a warranty.
Given the number of different TVs, and the time it would take to test
the boards, that is reasonable. But be very cautious about those who
state nothing more than 'Untested'.

One additional resource - www.badcaps.net/forum has a 'Troubleshooting
TV and Video Sources' section. Some of the people there are pretty
good at troubleshooting common problems.

PlainBill