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Unless things have changed since i last researched this, there aren't non-smart hdtvs currently being manufactured.
by ArmandTanzarian 4y ago
Unless things have changed since i last researched this, there aren't non-smart hdtvs currently being manufactured.
- Bjartr 4y agoWhat you want to buy is commercial signage displays. They're dumb and reliable.
- askiiart 4y agoMind giving a link to these? All I can find is basically normal smart TVs.
- 0xcde4c3db 4y agoI don't think you're mistaken about the big-picture situation, but if you want to focus on models with a bit less "TV DNA" in them, it might be interesting to browse through [1]. [1] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/digital-signage-monitors/ci/36550/N/3512314153?filters=fct_brand_name%3Anec%7Csharp%7Cviewsonic%7Cbenq https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/digital-signage-moni...
- fbdab103 4y agoAt a glance, those prices are straight-up horrible in comparison to a consumer model. How much revenue is the Smart-we-upload-everything consumer model generating? I would have thought tens-of-dollars at most.
- 0xcde4c3db 4y agoMy non-expert impression is that it's mostly a matter of consumer-oriented product lines facing more competitive pressure on price than business-oriented product lines. To put it another way, the consumer product lines don't have ads and spyware because those make a lot of money, but because vendors need to fight tooth-and-claw for every dollar of margin in that market.
- than3 4y agoWhen you have less than a handful of companies creating the products there is no effective competitive pressure. They control future supply which raises or lowers the price at their whim. The feature-set needed to get money from spyware is not mutually exclusive. Its a value, no-cost added to improve profit. That's all the business people see, and Accurint is more than happy to pay with those government funds to enable historic lookups of your behavior in your private home sans court.
- krolden 4y agoThey'll last much longer than the $400 Samsung from Costco
- fbdab103 4y agoAt those prices I could buy the Costco special 2x and might still come out ahead.
- 0xcde4c3db 4y agoCommercial signage displays were a little late to the "smart" revolution (basic RS-232 management notwithstanding), but they absolutely got there. There are simply too many advantages to being able to run an "app" to semi-autonomously display your ad/info campaign without running HDMI cables and splitters/switches everywhere (maybe even by polling a server over Wi-Fi).
- eternityforest 4y agoMy desk here is a bit small to actually use it as a monitor, so I've repurposed mine as a TV with a fire stick.