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by sangnoir 3571 days ago
> 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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strictnein 3571 days ago
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?

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sangnoir 3571 days 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-...

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strictnein 3571 days ago
Well son of a...

Yeah, I missed that.

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izacus 3571 days ago
When they pretty much killed off the American TV industry.
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Grue3 3571 days ago
TVs were considered cool maybe like, 50 years ago?
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collyw 3571 days ago
Are you being sarcastic?
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sangnoir 3571 days 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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