Submitted 8 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
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.
…and the smart TVs will get more shitty with more adware/spyware built in
At least it wasn’t bought by Amazon, the company that tried to put internet-microphones in everyone’s homes
“Alexa, was there an attempt by Amazon to put Internet connected microphones in everyone’s home?!”
I swear every time I have been to a Walmart in the last 5 years there’s been a returned Vizio at the returns area, saw them returned all the time when I worked at Amazon for a bit too.
It’s not because they’re bad TVs…it’s more likely due to the rent a center returns policy. It’s kind of popular to go get a big ass TV for the weekend sportsball thing then take it back.
Vizio also probably has the best budget soundbars.
It’s too bad that now that they’re a Walmart subsidiary I’m fully expecting a quality dropoff, I’m not sure if that will be true, just that seems to be how it goes after mergers and acquisitions.
Hmm that’s an interesting theory, maybe so, I just assumed they had issues because it’s ALWAYS a Vizio.
SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just switch the input to another home media device and never use the built in stuff. We at least still have that.
ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Why wouldn’t we include a server call on every button press? We need usage data to optimize the experience!
tiramichu@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I wouldn’t expect it’s because there’s a server call - I’m sure the developers are smart enough to have all the analytics and tracking be async in the background.
Instead it’s likely because these days every aspect of the TV is implemented in software running on the TV’s CPU. With pre-smart devices, changing inputs would just activate some discreet on-board electronics to switch the signal over with no latency. Now you have to wait for the processor to get around to it, and it’s probably busy loading up a bunch of app launchers and other crap you don’t need, and doing some fancy whoosh-in animations, all if which is just getting in the way of what you actually want.