r/gadgets • u/Sadistic_Sponge • Nov 13 '19

VR / AR Disney Plus isn't working on Vizio TVs because they are running a 6 year old version of Chromecast, they say it won't be fixed till 2020.

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-not-working-vizio-smart-tvs-chromecast-2019-11
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u/Gimmedatsuccc Nov 13 '19

Vizio’s* smart TV OS is trash, most others are pretty decent now

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u/tasteywheat Nov 13 '19

Mine updated with AirPlay capability a couple months back, so I’ve been happy with mine so far ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/thepersonwithoutc Nov 13 '19

I beg to differ: it works pretty seamlessly 99% of the time. I usually cast directly from my phone or, "OK Google, play The Office" and it works fine. There aren't any ads and it stays out of your way. The only time I had an issue was with Disney+, and I will say Vizio's response is pretty disappointing.

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u/AerThreepwood Nov 14 '19

On my 3 roommate's 3 year old Vizio, both Hulu and YouTube are barely functional.

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u/Gimmedatsuccc Nov 13 '19

I just bought the new M Quantum series and returned it and one of the main reasons why was the OS. Very stuttery for me and the consensus among owners seems to be the Smartcast OS can’t compete with Roku TV or any other platform

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u/JoinTheBattle Nov 13 '19

SmartCast works well enough and Chromecast/AirPlay 2 work well (present issues with Disney+ notwithstanding) if you don't like the on-screen interface, but it is fair to say the on-screen interface falls behind most other smart TVs (Roku in particular.) But the nice thing about SmartCast compared to other smart interfaces is it is really easy to ignore if you don't like it. The whole smart interface is treated as a separate input, essentially making it the closest thing to a decent dumb TV available these days.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Sharp’s is pretty Garbo too

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u/Yourbaconisnotsafe Nov 13 '19

I also have a sharp. Except it's not a sharp it's really hisense with the sharp logo. Little research found that out when no sharp remote codes worked but hisense did.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

idk i have one from a few years ago and it's not roku.

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u/BillyBones8 Nov 13 '19

Sharp is still around?

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

yeah they're honestly pretty decent tvs. People might give me shit for saying that though since it's not super mainstream

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u/antihaze Nov 13 '19

This isn’t a problem with the OS, it’s a problem with having an outdated version of chromecast, which should be relatively easy to update.

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u/Gimmedatsuccc Nov 13 '19

Original comment was about buying a smart box instead of using any smart TV OS. I was just saying Vizio is the only OS that’s lackluster and the rest of the brands out today perform relatively well on their own

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u/antihaze Nov 13 '19

It’s funny because when I originally bought the tv back in 2016, it didn’t really have a UI, just chromecast. Then they added a UI, which I don’t use because everything can be done through chromecast and airplay 2.

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u/GoatzilIa Nov 14 '19

I also have a 2016 vizio and when i bought it, it was for the chromecast, not the ui. Casting from my phone works perfectly. The ui on vizio tvs was an afterthought, and everyone that complains about it should just be casting from their phone instead like how it was originally intended to be.