commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down15
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squaretehbilly@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours 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-up3·2 hours agoI agree, but you can completely ignore the smart tv features and just use your hdmi pretty instead.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-235 minutes 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!
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!