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I'm wondering why no single producer is trying to go a different route with their tv sets. Would there be a market for a super dumb TV set born to be paired wit

I'm wondering why no single producer is trying to go a different route with their tv sets. Would there be a market for a super dumb TV set born to be paired with one of set-top boxes or TV sticks we have at our disposal now? I'm looking for a new TV right now and I'm struggling: I don't wanna buy any Smartcrap tv set, I don't need any smart feature. I need a friggin' living room monitor with nice picture and audio, that's it. I want it for my Apple TV and my Playstation. Nothing else. Wouldn't that be a good product to offer in the current scenario? Strip off all the extras, gimme good picture quality, the most basic digital signal tuner, decent audio and nothing else. Wouldn't margins be even higher without all the overhead for software and interface developers, smartcrap marketing and stuff? Am I just totally daydreaming?

flavor8 11y ago
What you want is sold as a "commercial TV monitor", e.g. http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/led-tvs/lg-55UX340C http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/led-tvs/lg-55UX340C You can find them on craigslist fairly often.
- camillomiller 11y ago
  Not really, they're way too expensive usually, and aimed at business (basically they're made to be always on, which you wouldn't need for a TV).
prostoalex 11y ago
TVs are a very mainstream market, as opposed to TV sticks, and hence sells on features when placed against a competitor in a typical retail lineup. For someone like Samsung there's probably corporate reasons beyond technological - they own the TV device, phone and tablet UI layers, so theoretically could deliver savings and seamless integration to a Samsung household.
jimbobimbo 11y ago
Buy a TV, don't use the 'smart' part? Both TV and Blu-ray player I have, are 'smart'. As long as I don't invoke their 'smart' features, they're not getting in the way, really. Blu-ray player plays discs, Roku plays Netflix, TV simply shows the picture.

flavor8 11y ago

What you want is sold as a "commercial TV monitor", e.g. http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/led-tvs/lg-55UX340C http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/led-tvs/lg-55UX340C You can find them on craigslist fairly often.

camillomiller 11y ago
Not really, they're way too expensive usually, and aimed at business (basically they're made to be always on, which you wouldn't need for a TV).

prostoalex 11y ago

TVs are a very mainstream market, as opposed to TV sticks, and hence sells on features when placed against a competitor in a typical retail lineup. For someone like Samsung there's probably corporate reasons beyond technological - they own the TV device, phone and tablet UI layers, so theoretically could deliver savings and seamless integration to a Samsung household.

jimbobimbo 11y ago

Buy a TV, don't use the 'smart' part? Both TV and Blu-ray player I have, are 'smart'. As long as I don't invoke their 'smart' features, they're not getting in the way, really. Blu-ray player plays discs, Roku plays Netflix, TV simply shows the picture.