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The largest "monitor" I can see on Newegg right now is 48" diagonal: https://www.newegg.ca/lg-48gq900-b-48-uhd-120-hz-refresh-rate-ultragear-oled/p/N82E1682402

The largest "monitor" I can see on Newegg right now is 48" diagonal: https://www.newegg.ca/lg-48gq900-b-48-uhd-120-hz-refresh-rate-ultragear-oled/p/N82E16824026323 https://www.newegg.ca/lg-48gq900-b-48-uhd-120-hz-refresh-rat... And that's an outlier— most are 27-36", with 32" being the overwhelming sweet spot. In contrast, my TV is 77" diagonal, and most people would consider 55" to be about the minimum size for a new TV at this point, outside of special applications such as the bedroom/kitchen/etc. I don't know where I'd begin to go about purchasing a 77" 4K display from a digital signage vendor.

p_ing 2y ago
https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/commercial-tvs/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/commercial-tvs/ Samsung makes them larger than 77".
- qingcharles 2y ago
  Mother of god, these things are cheap. The 98" model is only $2,600.
  - mikepurvis 2y ago
    Yeah but it’s an LCD; those are all cheap right now as OLED has become the preferred choice for HDR content.
    - qingcharles 2y ago
      Still wild to me that you can buy 98 inches of screen for such a tiny amount. I remember my first flat screen, had to buy a commercial plasma as there weren't any consumer ones available. I think all-in it was on the order of $8,000 including an $800 OEM wall bracket. 40 inches. The Samsung is about 6 times as much screen of better picture for a third the price.
coderenegade 2y ago
I've used projectors for the past 15-odd years. Modern ones are very, very good in that they're portable, can run on batteries, don't need to be plugged directly into your laptop etc. The trade-off is that we don't really watch anything until the evening. The only ads we see are the ones from streaming services.
- setsewerd 2y ago
  Yeah, my setup the last couple years has been a 4k projector + blackout curtains + casting movies via Airplay from my laptop. The screen ends up being over 90" horizontally (haven't measured diagonally). Zero ads, and the curtains make it usable even with sun hitting the window.
- Marsymars 2y ago
  I also have a projector, but from what I’ve seen, newer ones include Google TV or whatever, so in practice aren’t especially different from TVs.
webworker 2y ago
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would buy a physical tv that big. I decided to get a projector. Huge surface area. Goes away/out of my sight for the 98% of the time I'm not using/watching it.
- mikepurvis 2y ago
  Mine is in a dedicated home theatre room so it absolutely could be a projector, but modern OLEDs are pretty insane for contrast; I think it’s worth it.
Telemakhos 2y ago
My gf and I don't have a television, but we watch Ghibli movies on my 13" laptop on a stool parked in front of my couch. In CRT's heydey, you'd have to be pretty rich to get more than a 24" screen, and that was just fine back then. The brain focuses attention on the story and blocks out everything else, the same way that you don't notice the rest of the theater during an opera or play (at least one that's engrossing). So, if the trade-off is size vs advertising, I'd prefer to have a small, ad-free monitor instead of a large ad-box.
- mixmastamyk 2y ago
  Tablets, such as the starlite, in our house are mostly used for movies and videos.
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p_ing 2y ago

https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/commercial-tvs/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/commercial-tvs/ Samsung makes them larger than 77".

qingcharles 2y ago
Mother of god, these things are cheap. The 98" model is only $2,600.
- mikepurvis 2y ago
  Yeah but it’s an LCD; those are all cheap right now as OLED has become the preferred choice for HDR content.
  - qingcharles 2y ago
    Still wild to me that you can buy 98 inches of screen for such a tiny amount. I remember my first flat screen, had to buy a commercial plasma as there weren't any consumer ones available. I think all-in it was on the order of $8,000 including an $800 OEM wall bracket. 40 inches. The Samsung is about 6 times as much screen of better picture for a third the price.

coderenegade 2y ago

I've used projectors for the past 15-odd years. Modern ones are very, very good in that they're portable, can run on batteries, don't need to be plugged directly into your laptop etc. The trade-off is that we don't really watch anything until the evening. The only ads we see are the ones from streaming services.

setsewerd 2y ago
Yeah, my setup the last couple years has been a 4k projector + blackout curtains + casting movies via Airplay from my laptop. The screen ends up being over 90" horizontally (haven't measured diagonally). Zero ads, and the curtains make it usable even with sun hitting the window.
Marsymars 2y ago
I also have a projector, but from what I’ve seen, newer ones include Google TV or whatever, so in practice aren’t especially different from TVs.

webworker 2y ago

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would buy a physical tv that big. I decided to get a projector. Huge surface area. Goes away/out of my sight for the 98% of the time I'm not using/watching it.

mikepurvis 2y ago
Mine is in a dedicated home theatre room so it absolutely could be a projector, but modern OLEDs are pretty insane for contrast; I think it’s worth it.

Telemakhos 2y ago

My gf and I don't have a television, but we watch Ghibli movies on my 13" laptop on a stool parked in front of my couch. In CRT's heydey, you'd have to be pretty rich to get more than a 24" screen, and that was just fine back then. The brain focuses attention on the story and blocks out everything else, the same way that you don't notice the rest of the theater during an opera or play (at least one that's engrossing). So, if the trade-off is size vs advertising, I'd prefer to have a small, ad-free monitor instead of a large ad-box.

mixmastamyk 2y ago
Tablets, such as the starlite, in our house are mostly used for movies and videos.

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