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Can recommend the digital signage route (there's not a lot of opionions on that written down. At least I found no reviews/forum posts at all...). Got mine (Sams
by fock 6y ago
Can recommend the digital signage route (there's not a lot of opionions on that written down. At least I found no reviews/forum posts at all...). Got mine (Samsung QM49N) from an Amazon-clearance sale (marked down 50% - apparently they couldn't successfully break existing supply chains this iteration).
Initially I was a little bit worried that it might have really bad black levels/image quality, given that it's rated for 24/7 and 500cm/m² of backlight brightness and the fact they offer a "plain" TV-like model for a little bit less. I was pleasantly suprised that these fears were unfounded and you can even adjust the actual backlight (most TVs will do this dynamically and so have fun in your sunny living room...) and it has really great viewing angles (for VA. I own a 32" VA-display as well ...). I'd say picture quality is on par, if not better than most of what I could have gotten at a similar price point (remember price was reduced from €800 to €400) and compares okish to the €900€ TV of relatives (the latter has less banding (and yes, every TV in the 3-digit range has groce banding))
So: if you see a digital-signage display marked down and are shopping for a TV (without nuisances and inbuilt-tuner). Try it. It might be a really nice experience!
- amiga-workbench 6y agoYep, I've had a much similar experience with digital signage displays. I bought a few NEC displays cheap for my old office and the picture quality is excellent. Even the no-name OEM displays I bought second hand were acceptable with solid viewing angles and colour reproduction. When my 15 year old Sony Bravia finally kicks the bucket I have my eye on a 55" 4k Iiyama commercial display to replace it. I made the mistake of buying a 2015 Sony Bravia Android TV for upstairs and it is an utterly painful experience, I don't think I've used it in nearly 8 months now. https://www.iiyama-monitors.co.uk/products/monitors/le5540uhs-b1 https://www.iiyama-monitors.co.uk/products/monitors/le5540uh...
- crtasm 6y ago> Samsung QM49N Great to hear of a model with multiple inputs (2xHDMI 2.0, 1xDVI-D/Displayport 1.2), a quick look at signage screens earlier this year only brought up ones with a single HDMI.
- fock 6y agoYes, it even has a infrared remote (same as the TV actually with different) labels and pretty good speakers. But alas, cost is high without a deal.
- opan 6y agoSeconding this. I'm a big fan of the NEC P462. The port selection is really diverse. DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Component, Composite... the list goes on. (some adapters from BNC are needed) It also supports sync-on-green. It feels like I could hook up anything to it. I suspect if you go much newer than this model, you'll lose some legacy ports. The remote is also way cooler than a normal TV remote. Inputs have dedicated buttons. I can switch between DisplayPort and HDMI without using a menu. You can also mute the speakers and have headphones plugged into an aux jack for sound. I found it at an auction by chance and have looked for them occasionally since. I recently got a second one for around $100.