commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square136linkfedilink
minus-squaretehbilly@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s still a great idea, the problem is good high definition high refresh rate panels without smart features are harder and harder to find
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI agree, but you can completely ignore the smart tv features and just use your hdmi pretty instead.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoBut it’s not that easy a lot of TVs will only boot into the smart TV (and that’s already slow) and will only let you pick external inputs from there, often requiring to select it everytime!
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYup I get it, on mine I can customize my buttons. I have a one push button for Plex
That’s still a great idea, the problem is good high definition high refresh rate panels without smart features are harder and harder to find
I agree, but you can completely ignore the smart tv features and just use your hdmi pretty instead.
But it’s not that easy a lot of TVs will only boot into the smart TV (and that’s already slow) and will only let you pick external inputs from there, often requiring to select it everytime!
Yup I get it, on mine I can customize my buttons. I have a one push button for Plex