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Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business::Walmart touted the ability to grow its ad business through a Vizio TV platform that allows users to watch free ad-supported content.

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 8 months ago (17 children)

The biggest problem I have with “smart tv”s is the fact that nearly ALL of them lag to some extent. Doesn’t matter if it’s a remote press, switching an input, even turning the thing off has some amount of delay.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (8 children)

IMHO, people should avoid looking for TVs that have apps, and they should just get a TV that supports CEC, and consoles / streaming boxes that support CEC. That way you don’t need lots of stupid remotes, inputs automatically change, and you’ll have something that is performant.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Can you give an example of one? Last time I looked it seemed like all the major brands only had smart TV options. So I end up using streaming dongles on smart TVs to avoid the lag, but I would much rather just have dumb TVs.

I heard projectors don't have any smart garbage. I might try that next time I need a new large TV.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They’re coming for the projectors too

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