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0 pointssangnoir9y ago0 comments

> it's not for no reason that all cool stuff is made by americans

Damn straight - American TV's sure are the coolest of all!

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Yeah, you're right. Vizio is great.

Just bought a 50" 4K TV from them. It only supported Dolby's HDR out of the box. Firmware update added HDR10 support. The last time Sony, Samsung, etc decided to put the customer first in a stupid format war was... when exactly?

sangnoirOP9y ago

> Yeah, you're right. Vizio is great.

You might have missed this headline from July: "Vizio acquired by Chinese tech company LeEco for $2 billion"[1]

1. http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/26/12286756/leeco-buys-vizio-...

strictnein9y ago

Well son of a...

Yeah, I missed that.

izacus9y ago

When they pretty much killed off the American TV industry.

Grue39y ago

TVs were considered cool maybe like, 50 years ago?

collyw9y ago

Are you being sarcastic?

sangnoirOP9y ago

> Are you being sarcastic?

Yes. I thought the sarcasm was self-apparent as the "all American TV manufacturers are shuttered" trope is well-worn and well-known (apparently not). A quick test would have been trying to think of one cool American TV model.

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