Price Per Square Inch for TVs by size

⁨194⁩ ⁨likes⁩

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mahin@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/30dcc354-503e-43bd-a813-c940910a5dc9.png

This is mostly useless, except to justify buying a bigger TV. However, I did learn:

For most popular high end models, the 65 inch models are cheapest / sq inch (e.g Sony A95L, Samsung S90D, LG G4). For most others, it’s the 75 inch models.
TCL S551F 55" scores the lowest ($0.17/sq inch)
The lowest scoring OLED is the Samsung S85D ($0.55/sq inch)
For 100 inches, Hisense QD7 is the cheapest ($0.37/sq inch). For 85 inches, it’s the TCL S551F ($0.22/sq inch)

Other graphs

Prices taken from Amazon, rest of the data from comparetvprices.com. Models are from 2022-now.

source

Comments

Sort:hotnew top

themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If screens were only about size, I’d be easy.

source
- qisope@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  I’d be easy
  
  an unexpected correlation
  
  source
- tocano@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Are you hard?! We’re talking about TV sizes, right?
  
  source
  - themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    … Yeah ofc, right. Right?
    
    source
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Unless they’re priced by if they have built in ads or not, it’s useless.

source
- acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  does anyone use their native smart TV UI anyway?
  
  source
  - Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Outside sarcastic internet forums? Probably, yeah.
    
    source
  - floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    LG and Samsung have been caught uploading screenshots of your HDMI inputs too, so it’s not like it’s any better
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
  - boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Most people do.
    
    Mine’s just old enough to not have ads but new enough to have apps for plex and other services I use. Next one is going to be disconnected and have some flashable Android box connected to it. Or even just Apple TV as that’s still better than most native UIs.
    
    source
  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I do.
    
    I use the Jellyfin and Netflix apps mostly.
    
    source
  - Hawk@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I don’t, I’m not sure if I’m in the minority. I just plug in my laptop or cast my phone (jellyfin or any other misc streaming service).
    
    source
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I want a 3 axis chart of price, size, and number of ads in the UI.

source
- MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I doubt this will hold up now that they’re owned by Walmart, but I’ve gotten exactly zero ads on Vizio panels since I first bought one in 2017. I have two at the moment and they’re both effectively dumb displays with no network access.
  
  source
simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Now filter by display technology.

source
- mahin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Display technologies are a bit confusing, but this should give you a general idea: Image
  
  source
bus_factor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
There’s not much point in optimizing completely for price per inch, but when I bought my TV in 2013 I plotted this, and discovered a pretty sharp hockey stick in the graph at 70" and above. So I got a 65" TV. If my graph had looked pretty straight like yours I’d probably just get the biggest that is practical for the space.

source
- sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  My SO wants a bigger screen, and I was thinking of a 65", but maybe I’ll consider a 75" instead since it seems like a sweet spot for value.
  
  source
- mahin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Same thing for 100 inch models now. Maybe it’ll flatten out in a few years.
  
  source
- jdeath@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  yeah you’d have to get a rear projection DLP to get a bargain at that screen size back then. around 2010 i picked up a 73" DLP for less than a grand at coatco, but i used some lucky discounts, or it would’ve been 1100 or so on sale.
  
  most people don’t like those bulky TVs though, even back then. or even have room for them.
  
  source
- LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I followed a roughly similar process but the flow was more like, “Here’s a 65-inch TV on sale, let’s bump up our 48.”
  
  source
hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You could also move the TV closer to the sofa.

source
- Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  How many square inches does that get me?
  
  source
  - Hule@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You bastard, You made me try calculating it!
    
    source
Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
At least in the case of the Hisense TV I got for my grandparents, a “glitch” with accessibility controls (makes directional inputs unresponsive or multi-press at times) just so happens to make remapping the sponsored remote buttons impossible, as well as breaking the most common method of changing the system launcher, so screen size alone isn’t everything.

Although Hisense still tries to reinstall sponsored apps after I delete them, using Launcher Manager to set a custom launcher that allows for the hiding of unwanted applications and channels made it much more usable for my grandparents.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to redirect YouTube voice input commands to SmartTube Next, so if I ever replace it, that’ll be a factor in my decision too.

source
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Demand, not supply.

source
- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Nothing to see here, just capitalism working as intended…
  
  source
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Apparently 75" is the sweet spot right now.

source
Hawk@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Informative post, thanks. I think a boxplot would have worked better here.

source