Walmart May Buy TV Maker VIZIO for $2 Billion

[Tsing]

Walmart is in talks to buy smart TV and soundbar manufacturer VIZIO for more than $2 billion.

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[Brian_B]

Huh, I thought it was the Walmart house brand already.

 

[Grimlakin]

Huh, I thought it was the Walmart house brand already.

That's ONN. Visio has made decent lower priced TV's for a long while. At one time they were competitive in the monitor arena as well.

 

[Burticus]

Seems like a lot of cash for low end Vizio crap. One wonders if this was some kind of all stock transaction or something.