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A company made such a TV. Xiaomi latest 60 inch TV in China is just that. They took the smart parts out of the TV set and added it to a separately bought and op

A company made such a TV. Xiaomi latest 60 inch TV in China is just that. They took the smart parts out of the TV set and added it to a separately bought and optional soundbar which only costs 99usd, meaning you can keep replacing it when it becomes obsolete without having to replace the whole panel. What the author of this article doesn't understand though is that TV manufacturers want you to replace your TV as often as possible so they can continue to make money.

Qerub 11y ago
More information about the Xiaomi TV for the curious: http://en.miui.com/thread-173353-1-1.html http://en.miui.com/thread-173353-1-1.html
- kyriakos 11y ago
  I was a bit off with the Soundbar's price (it costs 157 according to your link) but I guess still cheap enough to replace every 1-2 years rather than buying a new TV
TeMPOraL 11y ago
> What the author of this article doesn't understand though is that TV manufacturers want you to replace your TV as often as possible so they can continue to make money. The general idea, not understanding which leads to a lot of confusion, is that companies do not care about providing value for customers. They care only about extracting value from users. The two are sometimes related; often the easiest way to make money is to sell things of some value to the customers, but that in no way means that customer value is being optimized for. On the contrary - the more competitive the market, the more likely it is that what you're buying is the worst thing a producer can make that people will still buy. TV makers don't care that your smart TV will lose half of its functionality next year because a third party decides to obsolete some API. You've already bought it, and they're pretty sure you'll buy a new one. And the feedback that a device barely works after a year does not even register with people, because they can't believe that the top-of-the line, flag product of a respected company can be utter crap (see also: the cell phone market). -- Actually, since we're speaking about TV, and TV means movies... I broke through my illusions only recently. Illusions that were in part shaped by books and movies, in which (in the genres I like) humanity often brings its state-of-the-art technology to bear to fend off an impending threat. And the joke is, in real life we don't have state-of-the-art-technology. Even the military doesn't. I finally lost my hope when I heard that American soldiers complain that they're being put to fight with inferior rifles, which are inferior because someone was making money off that. And everyone knows the F-35 saga (we're probably overdue for a next episode on HN anyway). If alien invaders from outer space came to conquer our planet, they'd be perplexed by seeing a civilization with so much potential, which yet choses to use like 5% of it.

Qerub 11y ago

More information about the Xiaomi TV for the curious: http://en.miui.com/thread-173353-1-1.html http://en.miui.com/thread-173353-1-1.html

kyriakos 11y ago
I was a bit off with the Soundbar's price (it costs 157 according to your link) but I guess still cheap enough to replace every 1-2 years rather than buying a new TV

TeMPOraL 11y ago

> What the author of this article doesn't understand though is that TV manufacturers want you to replace your TV as often as possible so they can continue to make money. The general idea, not understanding which leads to a lot of confusion, is that companies do not care about providing value for customers. They care only about extracting value from users. The two are sometimes related; often the easiest way to make money is to sell things of some value to the customers, but that in no way means that customer value is being optimized for. On the contrary - the more competitive the market, the more likely it is that what you're buying is the worst thing a producer can make that people will still buy. TV makers don't care that your smart TV will lose half of its functionality next year because a third party decides to obsolete some API. You've already bought it, and they're pretty sure you'll buy a new one. And the feedback that a device barely works after a year does not even register with people, because they can't believe that the top-of-the line, flag product of a respected company can be utter crap (see also: the cell phone market). -- Actually, since we're speaking about TV, and TV means movies... I broke through my illusions only recently. Illusions that were in part shaped by books and movies, in which (in the genres I like) humanity often brings its state-of-the-art technology to bear to fend off an impending threat. And the joke is, in real life we don't have state-of-the-art-technology. Even the military doesn't. I finally lost my hope when I heard that American soldiers complain that they're being put to fight with inferior rifles, which are inferior because someone was making money off that. And everyone knows the F-35 saga (we're probably overdue for a next episode on HN anyway). If alien invaders from outer space came to conquer our planet, they'd be perplexed by seeing a civilization with so much potential, which yet choses to use like 5% of it.