> To me, a TV should be a more-or-less "mechanical" device that does one thing and one thing only: display video. Because a lot of regular people don't think o

> To me, a TV should be a more-or-less "mechanical" device that does one thing and one thing only: display video. Because a lot of regular people don't think of a TV as a "big monitor" (the way HN does), they think of a TV as a the thing that shows Cable / Netflix. The best thing about Roku TVs, for example, is that a normal person won't accidentally break them most of the time. No more calls from parents about "is it on the right input" or "did I use the right remote" or "which cable goes where" or "how do I get back to the main menu" or "why does this remote have a volume icon, but not actually change the volume". Fixing all of that is excellent UX for the average person (read: not HN users). And excellent UX is worth money.