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yes I'll let you know. It's standard definition. it was standard definition quality and was very watchable on my 70".

Oh I hear you. I downloaded the first 4 episodes of game of thrones and thankfully they were avi and that plays on my tv. Already watched the first 2 last night. It's just a convenience thing for me. It's either move my laptop to the tv and set it up or reformat the video which takes forever on my c...

Brother that's what I've been doing. The problem is that my smart tv already has its own native player. It just doesn't play mkv files. I'm not over thinking it. I simply want my smart tv to be able to play mkv files. Why does that seem like such a impossible task?

Vizio smart tvs as well as other smart tvs allow you to play videos via thunb drive connected to the usb port or stream it from other computers but it lacks the format compatability of vlc media player. Is there any way vlc can be installed on a vizio smart tv or any other smart tv for that matter?