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A friendly reminder/suggestion to people looking for a TV: Sceptre makes consumer 4K "dumb" TVs upto 75". Walmart sells them.

sunshineforever 5y ago
Thank you so much! I remember reddit being stumped by this question years ago.
memco 5y ago
I heard in some other HN thread that the quality isn't that great on these. Was that an issue for you? I looked into NEC monitors, but they're a bit pricey. Does anyone know of other options?
- meowster 5y ago
  I don't own one, sorry :-/
- bitwize 5y ago
  I bought a Sceptre TV. Quality seems fine, but I'm no videophile. It could be that when displaying certain shades of blue, the display is four or five nits dimmer than spec, but I wouldn't know if it was.
- namibj 5y ago
  Iiyama? Assuming monitor cuts it. Their TV-sized screens are filed under "large format display".
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    We have five of these in the office. They're pretty good, and work well from a reliability perspective. These have seen some pretty heavy use in the last two years, one had a power supply issue in the first 90 days that was fixed under warranty, and otherwise they all worked flawlessly. They're 4K, pretty large and the price was surprisingly low for a screen this large and of this quality.
Akronymus 5y ago
Sadly, "dumb" TV's are more expensive.
int_19h 5y ago
You can also get a "smart" TV, and use it as a dumb one - i.e. never connect it to anything, and only use its AV inputs.
- deleted 5y ago
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- meowster 5y ago
  If you buy a "smart" TV, then you're just supporting the market for "smart" TVs. I prefer to support the market for "dumb" TVs. Also, if you purchase a "smart" TV, then you either have to open it up and remove the WiFi card (and deal with any anoying messages), or hope no guest ever connects it to anything.
  - int_19h 5y ago
    The problem is that if you want 4K, you pretty much don't get any "dumb" TV options of decent quality.

sunshineforever 5y ago

Thank you so much! I remember reddit being stumped by this question years ago.

memco 5y ago

I heard in some other HN thread that the quality isn't that great on these. Was that an issue for you? I looked into NEC monitors, but they're a bit pricey. Does anyone know of other options?

meowster 5y ago
I don't own one, sorry :-/
bitwize 5y ago
I bought a Sceptre TV. Quality seems fine, but I'm no videophile. It could be that when displaying certain shades of blue, the display is four or five nits dimmer than spec, but I wouldn't know if it was.
namibj 5y ago
Iiyama? Assuming monitor cuts it. Their TV-sized screens are filed under "large format display".
- jacquesm 5y ago
  We have five of these in the office. They're pretty good, and work well from a reliability perspective. These have seen some pretty heavy use in the last two years, one had a power supply issue in the first 90 days that was fixed under warranty, and otherwise they all worked flawlessly. They're 4K, pretty large and the price was surprisingly low for a screen this large and of this quality.

Akronymus 5y ago

Sadly, "dumb" TV's are more expensive.

int_19h 5y ago

You can also get a "smart" TV, and use it as a dumb one - i.e. never connect it to anything, and only use its AV inputs.

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meowster 5y ago
If you buy a "smart" TV, then you're just supporting the market for "smart" TVs. I prefer to support the market for "dumb" TVs. Also, if you purchase a "smart" TV, then you either have to open it up and remove the WiFi card (and deal with any anoying messages), or hope no guest ever connects it to anything.
- int_19h 5y ago
  The problem is that if you want 4K, you pretty much don't get any "dumb" TV options of decent quality.