3 ms·
The MFG make more money on selling ads to you than you pay for the TV.
by downrightmike 4y ago
The MFG make more money on selling ads to you than you pay for the TV.
- michaelmrose 4y agoThis wasn't a business model that was a factor in the launch of 1080p high def TVs or the subsequent fall in prices. I don't even recall it being much of a factor in the launch of 4K TVs which launched at typically very high prices and begun falling in price without ads becoming a big thing. I think this is just unacceptable greed.
- dehrmann 4y agoThis seems high to me. I'd love to see actual numbers on revenue from this type of TV ads.
- madeofpalk 4y agoAt least, it's subsidised. Sell a larger TV for less upfront, make it back in ads.
- car_analogy 4y agoThey'll never share the numbers. But they will swear up and down that they're huge and that nobody would pay for a TV without ads, trust us.
- sib 4y agoIt's not that they make more on selling ads than the end user pays for the TV. It's that the manufacturer makes more on the ads than their tiny share of the price that the user pays. A mfr might only make single digit $$ of margin on a TV sold at retail in the US (I'm talking about low-end and mid-tier TVs, not > $1,000 units.)