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Last time this topic came up, I asked about the idea of a company producing dumb TV. I know a number of “normal” people who don’t particularly care for internet
by the_only_law 6y ago
Last time this topic came up, I asked about the idea of a company producing dumb TV. I know a number of “normal” people who don’t particularly care for internet connectivity in anything so I was curious why no one was doing it, at least not with the sizes and resolutions you see on top of the line TVs.
Apparently the margins on commodity hardware like TVs are too small. Someone did bring up and interesting idea of running a batch released product based on something like a Kickstarter though.
- julianlam 6y agoThe article mentions Sceptre TV, which is doing just that.
- lbotos 6y agoThese displays exist now. "Digital Information Displays". Example search here: https://www.cdw.com/Search/computer-monitors-displays/large-format-displays/?w=UB&key=large+format+displays&enkwrd=large+format+displays&akr=0&filter=af_television_diagonal_class_ub_bin_ss%3a(%223%7c50%26quot%3b+-+59%26quot%3b%22)&ln=0 https://www.cdw.com/Search/computer-monitors-displays/large-... Looks like you can't check out without an account, but I'm sure you could find a shop that would sell you one. Here is a basic one: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1242029-REG/samsung_32_dc32e_full_hd_smart.html/overview https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1242029-REG/samsung_3... It looks like since I last checked the "smart" is creeping in, but these are designed to "accept input, and display it" so it's as close as we can get without custom manufacturing.
- randallsquared 6y agoIf I understand correctly that these are all roughly comparable TVs as far as the viewing is concerned, the comparison at https://www.bestbuy.com/site/compare?skus=6406418,6325571,6401719 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/compare?skus=6406418,6325571,64... really highlights that the smart features subsidize the TV!
- reaperducer 6y agoThanks for the link. They're not nearly as expensive as I thought they'd be. A Samsung at 55 inches for $600 is perfect for my needs. So much for the lie about TVs need ads to keep the price reasonable.
- AndrewUnmuted 6y agoThese kinds of displays are not really calibrated to present television and cinema video content. Watching long-form visual media on these kinds of displays could be a frustrating experience - at least, these have been my prior results.
- foresto 6y agoIs there any reason that this wouldn't be solved by spending an hour with a colorimeter? Do these displays not expose any calibration controls?
- fock 6y agothough if you just compare specs and ad-copy, you can just get a one designed for indoors and control room applications. Which behaves like a typical TV priced around 20-30% below. At least this seems true for the samsung lineup, which roughly looked like "cheapest option (for sure not worse than their awful 350$ TVs) < 24/7, medium brightness (got that and it's super nice in a bright living room, also non "calibration" issues ) < high end, QLED" - this mirrors their "normal" lineup very closely and I think economies of scale dictate that they won't use custom panels (as indicated by their yearly update of this bland, simple to understand lineup) so I guess these won't be any worse than what you get in a TV. Backlights are obviously not tuned for super-highend-HDR, but I don't think people here complaining about ads are in the market for that and full sRGB is pretty ok on a device which just works (no banding, no ads, no "image-improvement" algos in the background).
- phkahler 6y agoAny manufacturer could release a dumb model at a higher price and advertise it as such.