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[-] Raz@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago

My solution: Buy a very large monitor.

Then connect some streaming box to it you can easily replace if/when it gets shitty, instead of having to replace the whole TV.

[-] crashoverride@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The fuck you getting a 55 in monitor from?

[-] Raz@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This one for example.

I own an older model version of it from a few years back, combined with a Google TV Chromecast.

Yes, it's more expensive than a midrange TV, but it also lasts me a lot longer and isn't stuffed with ads. If I'm ever sick of Google TV I can try to jailbreak/root it, without the risk of bricking the entire TV, or just replace it.

[-] BoneALisa@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I would love to if they sold 65" monitors lol

[-] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[-] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Be careful with commercial displays. Some are just designed to show static ads or pictures, which means they have a very slow response time or low resolution.

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

For those prices I'd rather have an OLED with ads.

[-] technicalogical@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don't know, I'd be fine with a 55 inch 4k ViewSonic display for under $600. The 65 was $850 and $1200 for 75 inches. That seems relatively normal, right?

[-] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Ok. That was always an option.

[-] specfreq@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago
[-] the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Great idea! I know exactly what to buy next + better color accuracy than TV which mostly comes with over saturated color labeled as cinematic mode!

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can also just buy a big tv and use it as a monitor streaming from a box or pc. It is considerably cheaper.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's the idea but being honest there aren't many nice streaming box. Like there is Roku and the Xiaomi one? What else? Fire TV? Chromecast I do not count because you need to cast to it.

I mean I guess you can setup a PC somehow but....

[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I have a Google Chromecast TV, good enough and cheap.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Oh so that's like with Google TV / Android TV ui without need of casting and you can install apps?

[-] input@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's decently powerful as to not lag massively and you can disable most but not all of the ads / clutter they bundle with it.

[-] coffee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

The Nvidia Shield is amazing.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah that's another one.

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Using a PC is definitely the easiest.

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Monitors are significantly more expensive than TVs and have features that TVs don't require.

[-] Raz@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

That's true, but I considered it an investment for longer term instead of buying a cheaper midrange TV. With the exception of lacking HDMI 2.1, my 55" monitor has all the modern features, with the bonus of having dual input modes and a displayport.

It's basically what "dumb" TV's used to be, minus the antenna, but that's fine as a cord cutter.

[-] meconium_encomium@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That seems like a very expensive alternative to not giving a smart TV your Wi-Fi password.

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