Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market

July 5, 2026 John.Higgins

The Vizio Mini LED Quantum displaying the Vizio OS home page, on a wooden credenza.
Vizio OS works well, but you don’t even need to use it.

When I first started testing Vizio's 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum-dot TV for under $398 - the cheapest on the market. Vizio's been pretty quiet since it was acquired by Walmart in 2024, so putting out a TV with quantum dots, which allow for higher brightness levels and more accurate color, at a budget price seemed like a strong comeback.

But that's not the big story. While those two points are intriguing, the big news about the Mini LED Quantum TV is that Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market.

Vizio Mini LED Quantum TV

The Vizio Mini LED Quantum display the Vizio OS home page, on a wooden credenza.

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