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It appears you made no attempt to understand the problem. People want a decent TV. They want the alphabet soup 4K UHD OLED QLED etc. They want to be able to pi

It appears you made no attempt to understand the problem. People want a decent TV. They want the alphabet soup 4K UHD OLED QLED etc. They want to be able to pick the size of the TV. And they don't want their TV to spy on them or show them additional advertisements. My experience with digital sign TVs is they are much more expensive than the equivalent TV. They add on small business tools to display advertisements and in some cases still come with "smart" features. You generally can't get them in a big box store either. When I bought my "dumb" TV I couldn't get all the features I wanted and I couldn't get one larger than 45". The jist is that adding and cheap computer to the TV subsidizes it by allowing unlimited data mining and advertising opportunities for the manufacturer. There is little incentive for any company to cater to the crowd that doesn't appreciate this trade-off.

csa 4y ago
> It appears you made no attempt to understand the problem. Did I? The article says it’s “stupidly difficult” to find a dumb TV. I think I showed that it’s not. Regarding all the other stuff you said: - It seems like you want the TV makers to cater to you your needs and wants in terms of feature set and distribution channel for your dumb TV. Why would they choose to make it easy to buy a dumb tv when there is more money in selling you a smart tv? - Regarding your dumb tv purchase, I don’t know where you’re located, but these limits for a dumb TV simply aren’t true in the US unless you want something very niche. - Do you think your needs are representative of the market while also being equally or more profitable than what is currently available? At this point, most people who want a dumb tv are going to have to make a few compromises that, for most people, are minor. I think that’s a fair trade —- sad that it needs to work that way, but fair.
- SixDouble5321 4y ago
  Let's agree to disagree that you proved the OP wrong. I think it is clear from my comment that I understand I am not representative of the market. I am still frustrated with the trade-offs that exist. I am US based, and I wrote about my personal experience buying a "dumb" TV in the US.

csa 4y ago

> It appears you made no attempt to understand the problem. Did I? The article says it’s “stupidly difficult” to find a dumb TV. I think I showed that it’s not. Regarding all the other stuff you said: - It seems like you want the TV makers to cater to you your needs and wants in terms of feature set and distribution channel for your dumb TV. Why would they choose to make it easy to buy a dumb tv when there is more money in selling you a smart tv? - Regarding your dumb tv purchase, I don’t know where you’re located, but these limits for a dumb TV simply aren’t true in the US unless you want something very niche. - Do you think your needs are representative of the market while also being equally or more profitable than what is currently available? At this point, most people who want a dumb tv are going to have to make a few compromises that, for most people, are minor. I think that’s a fair trade —- sad that it needs to work that way, but fair.

SixDouble5321 4y ago
Let's agree to disagree that you proved the OP wrong. I think it is clear from my comment that I understand I am not representative of the market. I am still frustrated with the trade-offs that exist. I am US based, and I wrote about my personal experience buying a "dumb" TV in the US.