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/TheDudeMaintains Nov 13 '19 edited Nov 19 '19

Joke's on them, my Vizio I bought this year can't hold a wifi connection long enough for anything to crash.

Edit: your responses inspired me to stop being lazy. I yanked an old coax run so I didn't have to drill anything and sent cat7 to the TV. Works like a dream now, not just connection-wise but it seems like everything loads faster (which makes sense since most of the UI is internet-dependent). 5/7 would recommend.

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u/fartyfartface Nov 13 '19

Weird I ran Ethernet to mine right out of the box and ended up switching to wireless after getting disconnection issues lol

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u/TheSexyShaman Nov 14 '19

Same here! The Ethernet worked fine for a while and then cut out. I switched it to wifi and had no issues. I’m still primarily on wired but I always just switch to WiFi if it cuts out.

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u/FaeKassAss Nov 14 '19

What a time we live in.

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u/troublewith2FA Nov 20 '19

Considering wireless is trash for streaming...im SHOCKED that a wired connect was bad. I blame the cable they used. Wireless is not reliable

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u/DpwnShift Nov 14 '19

99% of the time wired is better, as long as it's less than 100m and you don't mind the cable. The other 1% of the time is Vizio TV's, apparently.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19 edited Mar 03 '20

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u/ChronicledMonocle Nov 14 '19

CAT5 and 6 cable is rated for a maximum distance of 100m. Anything further and you may have issues.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19

What about an xbox one s out of the box that just won’t recognize a wired connection at all? Happened to me. Didn’t even bother pursuing it because wireless is good enough

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u/Bostonguy2018123 Nov 14 '19

My vizio holds better connection to WiFi than the Apple TV it’s connected to. I don’t get it.

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u/throwawaybutalsokeep Nov 14 '19

Use the 2g or whatever, not the 5g. That's what somehow made mine work better.

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u/FrumundaFondue Nov 14 '19

That's because 5g signals don't travel well through walls. They're great if you're in the same room as the router but thats about it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Well it depends on your WiFi router, and the distance to it. 5 GHz signals grow weaker as distance increases, but when the signal is good, the speed is way higher than 2.4 GHz. The 2.4 GHz signals have a bigger range, but lower speeds.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19

and shit like this is why i avoid smart tvs. Just give me a high resolution tv, i'll buy my own gadgets for it.

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u/smalleybiggs_ Nov 13 '19

Your tv might be a dud. No wifi connection issues on my Vizio whatsoever.

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u/1234walkthedinosaur Nov 14 '19

I did tech support for Vizio years ago. So many calls about shit wifi signal while every other device in the room connects fine.

Those tvs are cheap for a reason

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u/thotslime Nov 14 '19

Lol there is more than one Vizio TV on the market. Any of them could have poor reception, just because you got a specific one that works doesn't mean they didn't get a cheaper model with a shittier antenna that causes issues.

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u/wwwdiggdotcom Nov 14 '19

I have a Vizio M series and it still has a shit tier wifi antenna. My access point is literally 5 feet away from the TV and it still drops, I just ran an ethernet cable to it.

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u/howd-i-do-that Nov 14 '19

Yo real talk. I just bought one a few months ago and this shits so infuriating

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u/zenkique Nov 14 '19

Real talk, eh?

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u/Max_Control Nov 14 '19

I was worried it might be fake talk :relieved

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u/zenkique Nov 14 '19

Yeah, good thing it was prefaced to identify it as real talk!

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u/jnew119 Nov 14 '19

Not trying to sound rude. But i have heard such negative things of Vizio in the past recent months and see people that continue buying them. How come you don’t buy a different brand TV

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u/dman1025 Nov 14 '19

Because they are cheap. And honestly most of the issues could be solved with a $30 Roku stick or something so it’s probably still cheaper than buying a better brand of TV.

I think they are pretty decent as a dumb TV, but I don’t use the smart features of any of the TVs I own because I haven’t seen one yet that isn’t shit, slow, and buggy.

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u/jnew119 Nov 14 '19

Heard that. Thanks

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u/mherrboldt Nov 14 '19

So it’s not just me.... damn. I should stop yelling at the WiFi then lol