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It's on my "smart TV" and there's a 50/50 chance that when I turn on the TV it crashes. On the plus side it's helping me stop watching so much TV.
by analogmemory 9y ago
It's on my "smart TV" and there's a 50/50 chance that when I turn on the TV it crashes. On the plus side it's helping me stop watching so much TV.
- 0xJRS 9y agoVizio E series? Mine does the same thing. Powers on, sits for 15 seconds, then a "cannot connect" message that cant be fixed by anything other than turning it off and waiting it out.
- cpeterso 9y agoYes! I have a Samsung Vizio. So it's not just mine. When I turn on the screen, there is an 80% chance that the TV can't connect to the internet. I have to switch from the most-recently used app to another and back (say, Netflix to Amazon to Netflix) to force the TV to kick start its internet connection. It seems like the TV or its apps get stuck in some idle mode when the screen is off.
- chadcatlett 9y agoI thought Vizio was an private brand not related to Samsung.
- dba7dba 9y agoSamsung and Vizio are completely separate entities.
- cpeterso 9y agoYep. My bad. I knew my Samsung TV runs Tizen but didn't know if it was a "Vizio" model [sic]. Assuming we were still talking about Samsung TVs because the parent article was about Samsung's Tizen OS, I searched for "samsung and vizio" and saw some images that looked like my Samsung TV. :)
- analogmemory 9y agoNo Samsung. I half jokingly says it's because it's been compromised by the CIA (Which doesn't sound too far fetched now) :P
- rsynnott 9y agoThis sort of thing is exactly why I'm very unwilling to buy a smart tv. It's getting harder to find decent dumb ones, though.
- vanderZwan 9y agoWhy not just get a big computer screen?
- Alupis 9y agoPixel densities, and price are major factors here (computer screens being far more expensive per inch than a TV). Computer screens are meant for sitting very close, and TV's are meant for sitting back aways... so the viewing experience will be "off" a bit (due to pixel densities) if you use either for the other purpose. Also, most computer screens don't have COAX inputs, usually only have 1 HDMI input, etc...
- pmalynin 9y agoEh, what would a 50" TV do with coax?
- wmf 9y agoReceive ATSC or QAM TV.
- AndrewDavis 9y agoReceive over the air channels
- rsynnott 9y agoNobody makes an acceptably priced 40-50" computer screen that I can put in my living room.
- hengheng 9y agoDunno, Iiyama has a decent 40" 4k for 400-500€ that does the job for me.