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This is why I can’t bring myself to change out my 32” Samsung dumb TV. Every time I look elsewhere I see products which are worse even if I gain 4K and some mor

This is why I can’t bring myself to change out my 32” Samsung dumb TV. Every time I look elsewhere I see products which are worse even if I gain 4K and some more inches. Please someone just sell a 4K monitor in 43, 50 inch sizes with HDMI that actually works and decent speakers and I’ll buy it for 25% more than the equivalent sized smart tv.

SavantIdiot 6y ago
I hear ya. My 46" Samsung is from 2008. It stated to go wonky in 2013 and I googled and found I needed to literally cut a resistor off the board. It's been fine ever since. Fingers crossed.
OldHand2018 6y ago
The standard response would be to buy a commercial display, but you are looking at more than 25% higher prices. On the other hand, commercial displays theoretically are designed to be run nearly 24/7/365 and thus more durable, and many far more features than your standard television. Many NEC commercial displays, for example, have an expansion slot for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module. Wouldn’t that be fun?
- nfoz 6y ago
  My "commercial display" series 55" 4k LG dumb tv from a few years ago (in Canada) was ~$150 cheaper than its featurewise-near-equivalent (except the smarts) Consumer-oriented smart TV at the time ($900 vs $1050 iirc). However I don't know if that product series has been updated / still available, and it may have been Canada only. But I'm not sure "commercial displays" are actually more expensive -- it might depend on the type and intended use-case.
dylan604 6y ago
The thinness really prevents decent speakers being part of the tv itself. You're essentially getting mobile device level speakers on a 40"+ screen. Then, they aren't even facing you. As much as I'd prefer a dumb TV, I'd also prefer a mute TV. Don't waste effort/money on putting something that nobody is seriously going to use.

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This is why I can’t bring myself to change out my 32” Samsung dumb TV. Every time I look elsewhere I see products which are worse even if I gain 4K and some mor

by uncledave 6y ago

SavantIdiot 6y ago
I hear ya. My 46" Samsung is from 2008. It stated to go wonky in 2013 and I googled and found I needed to literally cut a resistor off the board. It's been fine ever since. Fingers crossed.
OldHand2018 6y ago
The standard response would be to buy a commercial display, but you are looking at more than 25% higher prices. On the other hand, commercial displays theoretically are designed to be run nearly 24/7/365 and thus more durable, and many far more features than your standard television. Many NEC commercial displays, for example, have an expansion slot for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module. Wouldn’t that be fun?
- nfoz 6y ago
  My "commercial display" series 55" 4k LG dumb tv from a few years ago (in Canada) was ~$150 cheaper than its featurewise-near-equivalent (except the smarts) Consumer-oriented smart TV at the time ($900 vs $1050 iirc). However I don't know if that product series has been updated / still available, and it may have been Canada only. But I'm not sure "commercial displays" are actually more expensive -- it might depend on the type and intended use-case.
dylan604 6y ago
The thinness really prevents decent speakers being part of the tv itself. You're essentially getting mobile device level speakers on a 40"+ screen. Then, they aren't even facing you. As much as I'd prefer a dumb TV, I'd also prefer a mute TV. Don't waste effort/money on putting something that nobody is seriously going to use.