Post #1178510

2026-04-05 15:12 UTC

Lol, such bs. When HDTVs were made 'smart', and then 3D, the only ones sold were 40"+ and £3,000+. Took about three years for that price to drop 90%. But this is garbage news, who still wants a television in this century? Pubs, community spaces and that's about it. Monitors are significantly cheaper, with less bloat and software lock.

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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 15:21

> who still wants a television in this century? This is so out-of-touch it's unreal. —Someone who doesn't still want a television in this century

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@thejml@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-05 15:27

Well, I might not want a TV.. all I really want is a 60"+ high quality, high refresh rate, 4k+ panel to game, work and watch media on... On wait; thats literally an HDTV minus the tuner. The only thing that makes it a TV IS the tuner... and honestly it's not bad to have in an emergency or for local OTA stuff anyway. If I never use it then having it doesn't matter.

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@accideath@feddit.org 2026-04-05 15:34

People who watch movies or tv series a lot and who care about image quality? Couch gamers? I couldn’t get a decent 65“ monitor. But my TV has a very good image, supports 2160p with 144Hz, VRR, HDR, etc. And at no point did my TV force me to go online. I can 100% just ignore the software. What more could I want?

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