Seems as if Vizio could really juice their IPO pricing if they'd just implement two obvious features:
- A camera and back-end facial recognition software to connect each and every viewer to their IRL identity.
- Some knockoff of Amazon's Whispernet service to connect all the cheapies and free-loaders who won't hook up their teevees to their local WiFi networks.
Two simple features could double that initial IPO pricing. And it's win-win! Vizio's investors and management could really cash in, and consumers would get better service.
Vizio is one of the few television manufacturers with a Plex app... Suppose another promising revenue stream would be reporting movie libraries and playback to MPAA.
"Vizio is one of the few television manufacturers with a Plex app"
FWIW, I know LG has Plex, who are a much larger manufacturer than Vizio. Dunno if there are other larger manufacturers too.
"Suppose another promising revenue stream would be reporting movie libraries and playback to MPAA."
Short-term thinking, Dave. Short-term and small-change.
Why report customers to the MPAA to get a one-time bounty when they get shipped off to Guantanamo, never to use their Vizio sets again, when, instead, you could milk the customers year after after year by selling their behavior instead?
Gotta keep the big picture in mind. Shipping the customers off to Guantanamo is penny-wise and pound-foolish...
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Seems as if Vizio could really juice their IPO pricing if they'd just implement two obvious features:
- A camera and back-end facial recognition software to connect each and every viewer to their IRL identity.
- Some knockoff of Amazon's Whispernet service to connect all the cheapies and free-loaders who won't hook up their teevees to their local WiFi networks.
Two simple features could double that initial IPO pricing. And it's win-win! Vizio's investors and management could really cash in, and consumers would get better service.
Vizio is one of the few television manufacturers with a Plex app... Suppose another promising revenue stream would be reporting movie libraries and playback to MPAA.
"Vizio is one of the few television manufacturers with a Plex app"
FWIW, I know LG has Plex, who are a much larger manufacturer than Vizio. Dunno if there are other larger manufacturers too.
"Suppose another promising revenue stream would be reporting movie libraries and playback to MPAA."
Short-term thinking, Dave. Short-term and small-change.
Why report customers to the MPAA to get a one-time bounty when they get shipped off to Guantanamo, never to use their Vizio sets again, when, instead, you could milk the customers year after after year by selling their behavior instead?
Gotta keep the big picture in mind. Shipping the customers off to Guantanamo is penny-wise and pound-foolish...