Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet?

• q@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Qb series Samsung are commercial displays but no Netflix or smart features. However, they are about double the price of a standard tv. Will last forever though. I would rather buy a less expensive and not connect it to the network.

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  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fuckin a, you weren’t kidding.

    This is from Amazon on the first two I saw in USD

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    I spent less than $500 for my 50” 4K Samsung but here is twice the price.

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• habitualTartare@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They don’t really as the “smart” subsidies the cost of the TV. Some commerical grade TVs and large monitors won’t be smart or need Internet connectivity.

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• remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I got a “signage display”, which is basically just a large monitor connected via HDMI.

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  • Im_old@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The problem with those is that the picture quality is not the same as traditional TVs.

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    • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I guess. But it’s good enough for me and all my content is only in 1080p anyway, so I don’t think the display is limiting me too much.

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• Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve resigned myself to large monitors for the ‘small TV’ and projectors for the ‘big TV’

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• codenamekino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Spectre makes a line of dumb TVs, but I don’t think any of them are 4k. I spent about $600 on a 75" 1080p model last year.

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• shininghero@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Given that you’re using this for a laptop, you’re looking for a monitor. Not a TV.

  Anything suitable for office work should be good here.

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