• Sniper@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I updated my vizio tv recently and it was a BIG MISTAKE!!! now every time it sits at an empty input for 10 seconds it switches to the “vizio smartcast screen” that has ads on it. There is no way to revert the update. This functionality is so frustrating that I’m in the market for a new tv. NEVER BUY VIZIO!!!

    • enragedchowder@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Just got a used Vizio and I have the same problem. 100% of the time I’m using my Apple TV on one input, but as soon as I turn it off it switches to smart cast. Except it can’t even find my wifi network, so all it does is give me a screen saying it can’t connect. Why can’t it just stay on the input I set it to??

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        1 year ago

        Well you see if they did that then the shareholders would be sad. You wouldn’t want the shareholders to be sad now would you.

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I disconnected my Vizio from the Internet and attached a Chromecast with Google TV because it was getting extremely slow after turning it on because it was trying to download a lot of ads