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• SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You literally can. They are called signage TVs.

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  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or just buying a regular TV and not connecting it to the internet. Signage TVs are specialized and will cost a lot more for a lot less.

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    • nickhammes@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because nobody buys them? I have a reasonably nice 1080p60 dumb TV, and when I decide I want to upgrade, I’ll be looking at 4k (or maybe 8k) signage displays. Being part of an app ecosystem at this point is a design defect on a TV, and the superior product costs more, so fewer people buy it.

      I also suspect the usable life of a smart TV is a lot lower, to the point that paying twice as much for a signage TV may not equate to twice the price in the long run. Fewer parts outside the panel that can slow down or fail entirely

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      • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Because they’re a specialty product sold to businesses not mass produced products sold to budget-minded consumers.

        I also doubt they’re technologically superior as they’re just designed to display a static McDonalds menu for 18 hours a day, not play Dune in HDR at a massive bitrate. I’m no fan of tracking or similar corporate bullshit surrounding advertising but you’re making a lot of (almost entirely) assumptions here about these signage displays. You’ll likely be paying more than 2x the price of a comparable model considering these are likely equivalent to Black Friday TVs.

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    • SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Then you will have to deal with their shitty, laggy UI. Signage TVs are not more expensive from what I have seen. They often have less features though like only 60 Hz and fewer inputs (mine only has two).

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  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are those signage tv have similar tech as normal tv? e.g. oled screen, low latency mode, etc?

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    • SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can’t find one with an OLED screen and I doubt there are any since that would likely lead to burn in. I can’t see a use case for low latency (assuming for gaming) on a signage TV so likely no. But for watching content, they work fine.

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      • SniffDoctor@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You could get an OLED monitor like the Gigabyte FO48U or the Asus PG42UQ and use it as a TV if you really wanted.

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• FragrantOwl@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You literally can.

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  • EchoCranium@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I bought a couple Sceptre TVs six years ago, been great.

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    • FragrantOwl@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Likewise. No complaints and they work perfectly.

      Hopefully people support the companies that bother to keep making TVs that respect our privacy.

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Interesting. My local retailers offer no such thing, but maybe I should start going out of my way to get a dumb one.

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  • nul9o9@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I got the cheapest 4k 55 inchers. I paid like $300 for it. My only complaint was the speakers, but a sound bar fixed that for me.

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• pezhore@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  True, but you can (for now) buy a smart TV and never hook it up to the Internet/use the smart functions.

  I have a little Linux micropc hanging off my “smart” LG TV - the TV is effectively a 52" monitor.

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