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This is the problem with putting logic into the TV. Keep it Unix-y. Do one thing, but do it right. A TV should be just a panel, nothing more. A $50 player box
by sparkling 9y ago
This is the problem with putting logic into the TV. Keep it Unix-y. Do one thing, but do it right. A TV should be just a panel, nothing more.
A $50 player box does everything better than the built-in player hardware and software.
- tome 9y ago> A TV should be just a panel, nothing more. Don't we have such things, called "monitors"?
- squarefoot 9y agoYup, that would be the ideal solution, but their prices skyrocket as soon as one goes above the "normal" office/gamer panel sizes. They're also probably built using better parts and better quality control. Economies of scale do the rest.
- greenleafjacob 9y agoTVs are monitors that are large, for more distant viewing.
- raziel2p 9y agoI looked at monitors 35" and larger and the cheapest I could find are at least twice as expensive as the corresponding TVs. Maybe it's just a marketing thing but there are definitely differences which make monitors a hard sell to be used in place of TVs (e.g. in a living room, opposite to the sofa).
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoNot readily available in the sizes popularly used for TV/video viewing, as far as I can tell. Large-format monitors tend to be full of "digital signage" or touchscreen features now; some are even Android-based.
- tome 9y agoTo respond to all my respondents: perhaps we should all be using projectors for TV then :)
- gruez 9y agoA tv, by definition, goes against the unix philosophy because it's a display panel + tuner + speakers.
- tzahola 9y agoThe joke's on them, I feed my dumb TV a video-only HDMI stream from an OSMC box. Audio goes directly to my HiFi amp.
- sparkling 9y agoSame for speakers. I have a decent sound system already, i don't want to pay a extra $20-$50 for crappy speakers that i will never use. I want the best panel for my $, nothing else.