Walmart is buying Vizio for $2.3B

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/20/tech/walmart-vizio-tv/index.html

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crooked-v• 2 years ago

Personally, I'm hoping that by the time my existing Vizio TV (once excellent, now infested with crapware apps because I was stupid enough to let it connect to wifi) finally dies, XR headset tech is light and comfortable enough that I can just skip buying a new TV entirely.

nine_k• 2 years ago

Who and why needs a TV when you can have a perfectly fine 32" or even 36" for reasonable money, and fully control what it shows?

(Yes, yes, rsync vs Dropbox all the way. I still don't have Dropbox.)

jtriangle• 2 years ago

You can also buy commercial dumb TV's that usually have hdmi and displayport for a little more money, at any size, and add your own smarts at will. They also last longer because they don't intentionally under build the power supplies.

DaiPlusPlus• 2 years ago

Computer monitor backlights aren’t as bright as TVs, I find.

Also, no semi-decent built-in speakers.

gnicholas• 2 years ago

Can you do a factory reset to remove the crapware?

andsoitis• 2 years ago

Discussion from yesterday (over 130 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440354

gnabgib• 2 years ago

In talks [0][1][2](41 points, 8 days ago), buying [3][4][5][6] (142points, 2 days ago, 138 comments collectively), "why" [7] (2 days ago), "why not" [8] (yesterday)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39362321 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39369982 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39372842 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440354 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440689 [5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440758 [6]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39445250 [7]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444349 [8]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39446027

ChrisArchitect• 2 years ago

[dupe]

lifeisstillgood• 2 years ago

It’s not the ads on the TV that makes me yearn to replace it with a computer monitor and a Raspberry pi (although my wife and I will probably compromise on apple thingy)

It’s the controllability with kids. No you can’t watch hours of weird YouTube dolls videos.

And no, when we just want to watch a BBC cartoon, why does everything suggest “new movies you ight want to buy” - that’s advertising of a form that simply says “a manager wants to juice their revenue this quarter and is willing to ignore what customers care about to do it”

Walmart is buying Vizio for $2.3B

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