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An increasing amount of people I know don't have a TV screen and show no interest in getting one. They just use computer screens to watch instead. Not that that

An increasing amount of people I know don't have a TV screen and show no interest in getting one. They just use computer screens to watch instead. Not that that's better for privacy since they've at the same time been switching from physical discs to online data-harvesting services like Netflix. So they're really just building DIY smart TV's.

oblio 5y ago
I don't think you can buy monitors over 43" without paying huge amounts of money.
- gverrilla 5y ago
  Many (like me) don't care. TV prices are abusive (where I live at least) and smartTV never interested me as an offering. I have a 10yo that I didn't turn on for more than 1y and if it brakes I'm sure the second hand market will have a lot of them still if I want one.
  - oblio 5y ago
    > Many (like me) don't care. Not everyone can afford to not care. You probably make a lot of money :-)
    - gverrilla 5y ago
      What do you mean? I cannot afford to NOT buying a smarttv?
      - oblio 5y ago
        Googled around a bit, the biggest monitor I could find was this: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Double-49-Inch-Monitor-LC49RG90SSNXZA/dp/B07L9HCJ2V https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Double-49-Inch-Monitor-LC49RG... 49", curved, $1100. An average Smart TV: https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-55-Inch-Crystal-TU-8000-Built/dp/B084JH43DJ/ https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-55-Inch-Crystal-TU-8000-Built... 65", straight, $550. So, yes.
        ectopod 5y ago
        I just bought a dumb TV for ~$130. I don't care about having an enormous screen. Maybe the GP doesn't either.
        oblio 5y ago
        How big was it?
        ectopod 5y ago
        28"
        gverrilla 5y ago
        I think I didn't express myself correctly. I don't own a Smart TV not do I intend to. I have and old normal TV for a long time, and if I decide to replace it there's a lot on offer from second hand market. What I own is a good quality 19' monitor and that's what I use for movies. Not rich at all.
      - cuu508 5y ago
        Not everyone can afford to buy TV-sized monitors
yungb 5y ago
This sounds like something I would've written before I had enough money for a living room, a couch, and a screen large enough to share How old are your peers? My house in college was full of "DIY TVs" but once I got my own place I was tired of squinting at a 24" display My TV is 65". That's not a monitor, and a monitor isn't a replacement for that size, and the closest monitor is the 40-something inch HP Omen which costs over four times what my TV cost. So I'm not sure what you're talking about

oblio 5y ago

I don't think you can buy monitors over 43" without paying huge amounts of money.

gverrilla 5y ago
Many (like me) don't care. TV prices are abusive (where I live at least) and smartTV never interested me as an offering. I have a 10yo that I didn't turn on for more than 1y and if it brakes I'm sure the second hand market will have a lot of them still if I want one.
- oblio 5y ago
  > Many (like me) don't care. Not everyone can afford to not care. You probably make a lot of money :-)
  - gverrilla 5y ago
    What do you mean? I cannot afford to NOT buying a smarttv?
    - oblio 5y ago
      Googled around a bit, the biggest monitor I could find was this: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Double-49-Inch-Monitor-LC49RG90SSNXZA/dp/B07L9HCJ2V https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Double-49-Inch-Monitor-LC49RG... 49", curved, $1100. An average Smart TV: https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-55-Inch-Crystal-TU-8000-Built/dp/B084JH43DJ/ https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-55-Inch-Crystal-TU-8000-Built... 65", straight, $550. So, yes.
      - ectopod 5y ago
        I just bought a dumb TV for ~$130. I don't care about having an enormous screen. Maybe the GP doesn't either.
        oblio 5y ago
        How big was it?
        ectopod 5y ago
        28"
      - gverrilla 5y ago
        I think I didn't express myself correctly. I don't own a Smart TV not do I intend to. I have and old normal TV for a long time, and if I decide to replace it there's a lot on offer from second hand market. What I own is a good quality 19' monitor and that's what I use for movies. Not rich at all.
    - cuu508 5y ago
      Not everyone can afford to buy TV-sized monitors

yungb 5y ago

This sounds like something I would've written before I had enough money for a living room, a couch, and a screen large enough to share How old are your peers? My house in college was full of "DIY TVs" but once I got my own place I was tired of squinting at a 24" display My TV is 65". That's not a monitor, and a monitor isn't a replacement for that size, and the closest monitor is the 40-something inch HP Omen which costs over four times what my TV cost. So I'm not sure what you're talking about