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So one of my three year old kids smashed my 65" LED flatscreen with a die-cast model of the Atlantis shuttle. I was fine with this and was not planning on buying a replacement in any haste but my wife keeps complaining. Would prefer at least 65"+ and absolutely not a smart tv. What suggestions do you have, companies to avoid, etc. Help me SN, you are probably my only hope of not just buying another spysung.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @06:19PM (9 children)
We have over 50 Vizio TVs installed in our organization. Zero issues. Best bang for the buck imho.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by hemocyanin on Saturday January 20 2018, @06:33PM (7 children)
Two Christmases ago I bought a Vizio -- good price, nice picture, but RUN AWAY NOW. The remote that comes with it has power, volume, source selection and some useless buttons, one so fucking bad I had to take apart the remote and remove the plastic button that connected to the actual switch so I'd quit accidentally hitting it. You see, in order to access ANY of the TV settings, you must do it through an app that runs on your phone or tablet and which reports back to the mothership. On the virtually useless physical remote, one of the buttons is to link that app with the TV, and there is no way to escape once you hit it. You have to not only turn off the TV if you hit that button, you have to unplug the POS and give it 30s or so for the capacitors to run dry, then you can turn it on again without having the super annoying screen overlay.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @08:28PM (3 children)
You bought the wrong model. Period. Vizio no longer sells those crappy setups. Everything now is easy to use, robust, and good value.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @08:34PM
^^ Shill?
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday January 20 2018, @09:37PM (1 child)
Maybe, but any company that pushed that kind of crap without making it crystal clear on the box that it didn't come with anything a TV purchaser would expect, is not the kind of company you can trust.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @10:35PM
Had you actually done your homework, you would have known that they were experimenting with a new remote implementation. Don’t blame them for your failings.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Apparition on Saturday January 20 2018, @11:30PM (1 child)
Vizio learned their mistake from that and the 2017+ models now have your standard smart TV interface and remote control. Do note that they do not have a tuner, but they do sell tuners on their web site if you need it.
FWIW, I have a 2017 Vizio P-model television/monitor. I do not have it hooked up to the Internet. Instead, I occasionally download firmware updates from the Vizio web site, put it on a USB stick, and update the television/monitor via the USB stick. I have a Roku Ultra hooked up to access Amazon Prime Video, Philo, and YouTube.
I too highly recommend the 2017+ Vizio televisions/monitors. They really do give you the best bang for the buck. Some people will be upset that they do not come with a built-in tuner, but that's easily rectified for a small fee.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @05:16AM
Shill with multiple accounts?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RS3 on Sunday January 21 2018, @10:33PM
I have another reason to _never_ buy Vizio: service. I do component-level repair. A few years ago I tried to get service info / schematics for a Vizio. No way! I told them I was a repair business and wanted to become a Vizio authorized shop. No way! I had to pay shipping both ways to CA for repair. Of course I did not. I don't know if they've loosened up now but I'll never buy a Vizio.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @09:55PM
Vizio eh? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/business/vizio-television-vizio-collected-viewers-habits-consent.html [nytimes.com]