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Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business::Walmart touted the ability to grow its ad business through a Vizio TV platform that allows users to watch free ad-supported content.

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[–] chakan2 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's not because they're bad TVs...it's more likely due to the rent a center returns policy. It's kind of popular to go get a big ass TV for the weekend sportsball thing then take it back.

[–] DigitalTraveler42 12 points 9 months ago

Vizio also probably has the best budget soundbars.

It's too bad that now that they're a Walmart subsidiary I'm fully expecting a quality dropoff, I'm not sure if that will be true, just that seems to be how it goes after mergers and acquisitions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Hmm that's an interesting theory, maybe so, I just assumed they had issues because it's ALWAYS a Vizio.