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andrew , 4 months ago to Technology

Walmart in Talks to Buy TV Maker Vizio

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072191/walmart-vizio-smart-tv-acquisition-rumor

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Dran_Arcana , 4 months ago

Vizio is fantastic if you’re using your own source, I wouldn’t rely on their smart stuff though.

I'd still refute that claim. I bought a vizio tv about ~7 years ago and it was perfect when I first bought it. A few software updates later and now the TV will switch to it's internal bullshit any time there isn't an input source for greater than ~3 seconds. It's infuriating that if my nvidia shield takes a second too long to push out a video signal the TV will just switch inputs on me. There is no way to disable this antifeature. The best part is after I noticed this behavior, I (at the network level) prevented all outgoing communication from this TV and it is still perfectly happy to just switch to a blank internal input whenever an external source takes slightly too long.

"If I can't track you, fuck you I'll make your TV basically unusable"

Dran_Arcana , 4 months ago

I connected it because it was in that like 2 year span where they had that a small android tablet as a remote. Legitimately cool feature but I should have known better than to let it update.

Dran_Arcana , 4 months ago

factory reset went back to the shitty upgrade version I upgraded to :(. But I will say that I haven't let it update since that initial terrible upgrade assuming it might get worse. Maybe I should try upgrading it once more and then lock it off if the next version is decent?