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Amen to this. I did quite a bit of digging last year to find a dumb TV that did the basics (high panel quality, input switching, HDMI-CEC) well and otherwise ju

Amen to this. I did quite a bit of digging last year to find a dumb TV that did the basics (high panel quality, input switching, HDMI-CEC) well and otherwise just stayed out of the way, and I gave up. A couple of companies have a 'commercial' line that gets close to this, but they were priced totally out of line with their consumer counterparts. Similarly, many TVs have a 'hotel mode' that comes close, but it's invariably undocumented and can easily lead to bricking your TV. It's a wasteland of a marketplace right now, and only getting worse.

billyhoffman 12y ago
John has some great shows about TV's, their technology, their interfaces, and how they can get in the way of the picture quality: See here: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/16 http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/16 Also, see here for details about John's "Journey"[0] [high fives self] researching and purchasing a TV recently: http://atp.fm/episodes/43-brilliance-enhancer http://atp.fm/episodes/43-brilliance-enhancer [0] - If you've listened to John discuss video games recently, you'd be high fiving me too :-)
pedrocr 12y ago
This would be a good market for manufacturers like Amazon Basics or Monoprice. Make no-frills screens/TVs with good panels and good input selection. Monoprice has already moved into monitors[1]. [1] http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703 http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id...
- mcmatterson 12y ago
  Agreed. In many respects, what I really want is a 40"+ monitor. An effective power save mode could obviate the need for HDMI-CEC, and I'm sure I could solve the outboard OTA tuner problem easily enough.
  - pedrocr 12y ago
    Right. These days a lot of people have a cable box or a fancy receiver feeding their TV and then end up with a mess of remotes to manage this. Connecting a monitor to the cable box or receiver and having a single remote would actually be much cleaner. As you say, if the cable box shuts down the HDMI port when off the monitor should turn itself on and off nicely.

billyhoffman 12y ago

John has some great shows about TV's, their technology, their interfaces, and how they can get in the way of the picture quality: See here: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/16 http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/16 Also, see here for details about John's "Journey"[0] [high fives self] researching and purchasing a TV recently: http://atp.fm/episodes/43-brilliance-enhancer http://atp.fm/episodes/43-brilliance-enhancer [0] - If you've listened to John discuss video games recently, you'd be high fiving me too :-)

pedrocr 12y ago

This would be a good market for manufacturers like Amazon Basics or Monoprice. Make no-frills screens/TVs with good panels and good input selection. Monoprice has already moved into monitors[1]. [1] http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703 http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id...

mcmatterson 12y ago
Agreed. In many respects, what I really want is a 40"+ monitor. An effective power save mode could obviate the need for HDMI-CEC, and I'm sure I could solve the outboard OTA tuner problem easily enough.
- pedrocr 12y ago
  Right. These days a lot of people have a cable box or a fancy receiver feeding their TV and then end up with a mess of remotes to manage this. Connecting a monitor to the cable box or receiver and having a single remote would actually be much cleaner. As you say, if the cable box shuts down the HDMI port when off the monitor should turn itself on and off nicely.