commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down15
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoI agree, but you can completely ignore the smart tv features and just use your hdmi pretty instead.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours 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-up1·5 hours agoYup I get it, on mine I can customize my buttons. I have a one push button for Plex
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI’m still on a dumb TV thankfully, but I’m starting to suffer, constrast is playful
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
I’m still on a dumb TV thankfully, but I’m starting to suffer, constrast is playful