Talk:Vizio

Hi, my name is Jeremy and I work for Vizio. I am requesting the following edits:

1. Please remove the names Laynie Newsome and Ken Lowe from the first line of the History section and instead end the sentence with "entrepreneur William Wang and two founding employees." Leaving off their names does not affect the reader's complete understanding of the subject, and furthermore, as low-profile individuals it is best to protect their privacy.

 Done Muhibm0307 (talk) 08:28, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

1. Please remove Japan, China and United Kingdom from the "Area served" parameter of the Infobox. Vizio only sells their products in North America.
2. Please replace the last sentence of the History section with the following 3 sentences: "As of 2021, Vizio had 527 employees across the U.S. in states including California,^[3] South Dakota,^[4] Washington,^[5] Arkansas, Minnesota, Texas,^[6] and New York.^[7] In 2021, VIZIO filed their S1 with the intent to go public. The company reported revenue of $2.04B.^[8]"

Thank you very much. Jeremy885511 (talk) 16:47, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Because of their interest in this article in the past, I am pinging The Anome and RBBrittain with the hope that they will help with my edit requests. Thanks in advance. Jeremy885511 (talk) 15:40, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

My only real interest (besides being an owner of multiple Vizio TVs & a Vizio soundbar) was I requested the move from "Vizio Inc." back to "Vizio" (over a redirect from a previous move) because IMO the claim that "Inc." was needed for disambiguation from Microsoft Visio was too weak to qualify for an exception to WP:NCCORP. I have no personal objections to the proposed edit, though the "privacy" claim for Laynie Newsome & Ken Lowe is IMO questionable if publicly available sources name them as co-founders with William Wang, and I see no reference for the claim about Arkansas (I live here but never knew Vizio had any employees here; I just did a Vizio warranty exchange but it shipped from Southern California and was multiple tiers of subcontractors removed from Vizio itself). However, I would prefer to wait for others before pushing this proposed edit out. --RBBrittain (talk) 16:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I should add that Vizio's SEC IPO filing (linked from the Variety article in the proposed edit) indicates the post-IPO parent company will be called "VIZIO Holding Corp." (a Delaware corporation like most publicly traded U.S. corporations) with the current "VIZIO, Inc." remaining as its operating subsidiary, which further justifies the removal of "Inc." that I requested as Wikipedia usually favors parent companies over subsidiaries. ("Vizio" in mixed case as opposed to "VIZIO" in all caps is preferable per WP:COMMONNAME as very few non-Vizio sources use all caps; notice our insider also just typed it that way.) --RBBrittain (talk) 16:44, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks RBBrittain for taking the time to look at my edit requests. It is also nice to hear that you have some Vizio products. I would like to address some of your concerns regarding my requests.

• It is true that Laynie Newsome & Ken Lowe are already mentioned in some sources as co-founders, but since they are non-notable people, and since the sentence reads better without their names included, it seems like removing their names should not be a problem.
• Vizio does indeed have a workplace in Bentonville, Arkansas, and this fact can be found on the company website here: https://www.vizio.com/en/careers as mentioned above. For this type of information there is no problem using the company's own website as seen here: WP:ABOUTSELF.
• Since I have already been waiting for other editors to come to the page and implement my requests, and you are so far the only one who has, I hope now you will feel comfortable making these edits. Thanks so much. Jeremy885511 (talk) 16:14, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Jeremy. I'm not quite ready to proceed (I have other priorities in my life & I'm not that skilled an editor), and I still have my doubts about the Newsome-Lowe request as they are mentioned in some sources; the notability standard only means they don't get their own Wikipedia pages like William Wang's. I should have guessed that since Vizio is a Walmart vendor you have an office in Bentonville; the area has become so thick with vendor offices for the world's largest retailer that for a time it was nicknamed "Vendorville", but of course that office has nothing to do with warranty matters which the HQ in California is better equipped to oversee (especially since I bought my latest Vizio products at another retailer, including the new TV I had to exchange). --RBBrittain (talk) 17:19, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, this is Jeremy. I have a few additional edit requests which will update the article, specifically in the History, Sound bars sections and the creation of a new SmartCast section:

1. In the History section please add the following updates:
   • In the sixth paragraph, right after the last sentence "Cognitive Media Networks was subsequently renamed Inscape Data." Please add the following few sentences: "Inscape is Vizio's data subsidiary. Previously known as Cognitive Networks, it was founded by Zeev Neumeier, an early pioneer of the automated content recognition (ACR) industry, who serves as Vizio's chief innovation officer.^[1] Inscape functioned as an independent entity until the end of 2020, when it was combined with Vizio Ads and SmartCast; the three divisions combining to operate as a single unit.^[2]
   • Before the sentence "In March 2021, Vizio filed for and IPO," please add the following two sentences: As of 2020 Vizio was the second largest company in the US for sales of flat-screen televisions.^[3] The company reported total revenue of $2.04 billion and net income of $102.5 million by the end of 2020.^[4]
   • Please change the following sentence, to this: In March 2021, Vizio officially went public on the New York Stock Exchange^[5][6] under the symbol VZIO.^[7]
   • Finally, in at the very end of the History section, add the following sentence: As of March 1, 2021, the company has sold over 11 million sound bars and 80 million TVs,^[7] and had more than 12 million active SmartCast accounts.^[8]

I'm not fulfilling the request to talk about Zeev Neumeier due to WP:PEACOCK issues. CTO's name can be included in {{Infobox company}}. Other requests above were fulfilled in principle. ~Kvng (talk) 21:57, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

2. In the Sound bars section please update with the following:
• In the second paragraph after "In 2013, Vizio released the Home Theater Sound Bar," please add the words and source: "a surround sound home audio system."^[9]
• After the last sentence please add the following bulleted list:
  • V-Series:^[10][11] The V-Series for 2022 supports the standard version of "audio return channel" or ARC. The V51x-J6 has 5.1 -channel audio.^[12]
  • M-Series:Mid-range sound bars.^[13][14][15] The 2022 model M512a-H6 is a 5.1.2-channel sound bar. It has surround speakers that connect to a wireless sound bar and upfiring drivers have height cues for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks, and has eARC support.^[12]
  • Elevate Series: Motorized height sound bars detect Dolby Atmos and DTS-X signals.^[16][11]
3. Please add the following new section right after the above bulleted list:
   • The new section should be a third-tier section named "SmartCast"
   • Please add the following paragraph: SmartCast is the operating system/platform that Vizio uses in all their smart TVs.^[17] It uses both Chromecast and Apple AirPlay.^{[18] [19]} In June 2021 Vizio updated SmartCast with a Vizio voice feature as an alternative to Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant. The platform allows access to streaming apps like Apple TV, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and Prime Video.^[20][21]

Thanks so much for all your help. Jeremy885511 (talk) 19:10, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi Kvng, Thanks for making the first edits, and I understand your reasons for leaving the CTO out of the body of the article. I am pinging you because I am hoping you can finish up the edit requests, which still have numbers 2 and 3 left to do. Thanks so much for your consideration. Jeremy885511 (talk) 15:44, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Around 2018 Vizio pulled out of Canada after having some success for about 5 years here. Should it be part of the company’s history 174.89.175.132 (talk) 08:54, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

We don't talk about Vizio's business in any particular non-US markets; what's significant about this? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:19, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

The Link zu Vizio, is linkig to Exertis. The Other Karma (talk) 19:39, 22 May 2023 (UTC)