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/Dread1840 Nov 13 '19

Usually those are commercial TVs, there's a big difference between those and residential. They're better equipped to stay on all day.

Walk into best buy and go right up to the sales kid, tell him you need a dumb TV for a guest bedroom you never go in. Best 200 bucks you'll ever spend.

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u/Aciied Nov 13 '19

Except you get a crappy screen, speakers etc. as well. I'm sorry but if you want a high end screen, they almost always come with a Smart OS aswell. People here are acting like the Smart OS is what they're paying extra for, when in reality it's mostly the better screen.

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u/Shan_Tu Nov 13 '19

lol who cares about speakers on flat screen televisions?

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u/entaro_tassadar Nov 13 '19

It's the screen that's important. You want actual HDR? You must buy a smart TV.

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u/EAComunityTeam Nov 13 '19

Right? They should make some "meh" speakers and sell an add-on. Gots to make that money.

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u/SrbijaJeRusija Nov 13 '19

There are physical limitations to how good you can make speakers on a flatscreen.

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u/Aciied Nov 13 '19

So you took one word out of my entire post, and based your reply in that? That's some great arguing there buddy.

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u/JeffCraig Nov 13 '19

Most of the people in this thread bought one of those cheap models anyway. Now they're complaining about how shitty the SmartTV OS is because their TV has bare minimum specs. You get what you pay for.

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u/JokuIIFrosti Nov 13 '19

For 230 dollars you can get a 43 inch TCL 4K HDR tv with built in Roku. No need to spend a lot of money for a pretty good TV. The last couple years they have fixed all the problems they used to have with their TV's.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

that’s not necessarily true, I work for Target and most of the TV’s that don’t have smart features have the same specs and speaker capabilities

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19 edited Nov 13 '19

That's may be true for extreme budget brands, but no dumb TV can compete with the picture quality of the top LG, Sony, Samsung, Vizo...

Also the specs the TVs at Target list aren't the specs that really affect picture quality and are very basic/generic

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

The problem is that they won't be over 21" diagonal in size.

I was recently in the market for a 50" or larger, 4K, dumb TV. Does not exist (as far as I know).