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It's been a while since I was in touch with the TV market. Is Vizio still good? 10 years ago, Vizio made excellent budget TVs. They were my go-to recommendation for people who weren't looking to spend $1000 or more on a TV.
Walmart's current store brand for TVs is Onn. Perhaps they're looking to replace their lineup, or add some high-end offerings?
Vizio always had really good screens, but bad processers.
So when 1080 was the norm, Vizio was always a great bargain.
Their 4k is still decentish when your source is 4k, but they don't do a good job of showing 1080p upscaled to 4k
Since most people looking for a budget TV usually stream 1080, it can be a waste to buy a Vizio 4k, a 1080 would be pretty similar and a lot cheaper.
Or you'd want to spend the extra to get a 4k that's good at upscaling 1080 to 4k
Most people don't think about upscaling, and how much processing power it takes.
I like my Vizio tv, it’s pretty great but the “features” in it suck and yeah it runs like dogshit in the menus.
I use an appleTV as my source and couldn’t imagine trying to use their smart stuff.
My “budget black Friday basement Samsung TV” is … probably as good as the Vizio but “lacking features” that I otherwise have turned off on my Vizio.
The best part about my Samsung relative to the Vizio is the Samsung turns on without issue whereas the Vizio sometimes seems to take forever to wake up. This might be an energy saving feature of the Vizio vs Samsung but it’s annoying.
Vizio is fantastic if you’re using your own source, I wouldn’t rely on their smart stuff though.
Black Friday models are specially made to have less features so they're as cheap as possible.
For Vizio, that's just normal.
I don't see as many Vizios as I used to. I recommend Hisense now for better bang-for-your-buck TVs.
I still prefer Sony or Samsung, but you'd be paying more to get similar picture quality.
For low end, my pick is TCL, and higher end is the incredible LG C3.
Samsung TVs are absolute trash now in my experience. I was a diehard fanatic in the early 2010s but Samsung stopped building quality products since then.
They have a product line with quite good panels; their internals have always been trash. Most of their lines are basic quality.
I use Vizio on a broadcast flypack I inherented....time to upgrade.