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Background and Identification

Vizio Televisions are produced by Vizio Inc, which was founded in Costa Mesa, CA in 2002. It’s a privately held company that specializes in audiovisual electronics. Vizio’s primary product category is televisions. In 2007, they were the largest LCD television seller in North America. Their primary market is the United States and Canada however in 2008, they started selling to Costcos in Japan. And in 2014, they announced an expansion to the Mexican market, according to their website.

The company is not without controversy. In 2015 the company had to pay out $2.2 million because they were using their smart tv’s to spy on customers and use the non-personal information to sell to advertisers.

The newest televisions at Vizio, according to the Verge, are a new series of 4K HDR TVs that are optimized for both the current and upcoming game consoles from Sony and Microsoft. It’s also designed its first TV with an OLED panel. They typically specialize in LCD TV’s and this hasn’t changed. Some of the newest offerings for 2020 include, the Vizio OLED, P-SERIES QUANTUM X, P-SERIES, M-SERIES (M8 AND M7), and V-SERIES.

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