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• TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes. They are sold for commercial use, e.g., McD’s menu, and are quite pricey.

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  • thegreekgeek@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think you meant to say not subsidized by ad tracking lol

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    • deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, not subsidized…and therefore pricy.

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  • wjrii@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends on your definition of "quite pricey." There's no equivalent of a $250 50" Insignia FireTV, but I've seen Samsung signage displays on Amazon for about a $75-$100 premium over their comparable Smart TVs. They also don't come with a stand, so if you weren't already buying a VESA mount you'll need to add another $40-80. There is a significant premium, but it's not necessarily orders of magnitude.

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    • grayman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And they’re made better… To be on 24x7. So you’re also paying for a better quality display. That’s worth paying for too.

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• guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apparently "smartness" has not invaded projectors...per a comment I read here on kbin a while back from a projector owner. This really encourages me to buy one.

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  • Alienator@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It did though, last time I went to a tech store, there was a samsung smart projector that had all the capabilities of a smart tv

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    • guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I hope it is not ubiquitous.

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      • Alienator@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not yet, but it is definitely heading that direction

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  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Although a projector would need you to have a home with a whole spare wall. And would force you to dim the lights all the time.

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• Chozo@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They're harder to find, for sure. Especially if you want a large screen.

  When I was shopping around a few years ago, the only 65" TV I could find without smart features was a Sceptre, which is Walmart's electronics brand. Speakers so bad that I had to buy a sound bar, and the display isn't that great, but it gets the job done and I don't need to worry about it being an attack vector.

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• alignedchaos@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They get called “monitors” a lot

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• lemann@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yepp - hop on Ebay or some surplus auction site, and search for commercial displays. Don’t bother buying new unless you have the money for it IMO, they are expensive unless you get them used

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• BigT54@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not really but you can always get a “smart” tv and never connect it to the Internet. If you want to stream just use an external device you trust like a PC

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