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Did your Roku TV decide to strong arm you into giving up your rights or lose your FULLY FUNCTIONING WORKING TV? Because mine did.

It doesn't matter if you only use it as a dumb panel for an Apple TV, Fire stick, or just to play your gaming console. You either agree or get bent.

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[–] LazaroFilm 41 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Computer monitors are dumb tv

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Good luck finding a 65 inch computer monitor

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] AnxiousOtter 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I mean, thanks for the link but, if you actually try to find it on Amazon for example it doesn't exist. So that's not terribly helpful.

[–] VindictiveJudge 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's also three times the price of a 65 inch 4k TV.

[–] laughterlaughter 13 points 9 months ago

No, the 65 inch 4K TV is three times cheaper because of the smart features. They sell the data they collect from you, and the ads.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The thing is 5 years old so that's hardly surprising. I just googled 65 inch monitor and this was the first hit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Just checked Geizhals and apparently there's none currently, the largest is the HP Omen X, 64.5". Close enough though I'd say. There's 55 monitors 46" and higher but only 7 52" and higher.

At that size I'm obliged to ask if you don't want a projector instead.

[–] Nuerion 1 points 9 months ago

oh no its not on amazon it must not be real

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Projectors are so easy. Currently watching Hulu on an 85" screen.

[–] acosmichippo 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

as a projector owner myself, i would not say “so easy”. they are a lot more work to set up, are more unsightly in living spaces, require light control, require more maintenance and cleaning, and even after all that the picture quality is still never going to approach a decent HDR panel. It’s only really worth it if you need/want a 100”+ picture, otherwise you’d be better off with an 85” TV.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Not to mention many of the high end projectors now have the same smart tv features built in

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 9 months ago

microcenter has some absurdly expensive monitors.

Yes. I want one. Not sure why. But I do.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Show me a 50 inch computer monitor with speakers and multiple hdmi inputs, and I’ll agree with you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Here you are. Included everything 46"+ because 49" are common and the next category is 52" up where things get rare. Both of these are gigantic and have 4 HDMI ports. Neither have displayport which disqualifies them in my eyes because this kind of shit.

Why would you want speakers though. I mean computer monitors usually come with them but the less said about them the better.

[–] frostysauce 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations on finding a €1500 dumb TV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Skipping the first couple because they're ultrawide (probably not the best for TV usage) the cheapest one is the GIGABYTE AORUS FO48U. 2xHDMI, 1x DisplayPort, 1xUSB-C, about a thousand euroons. Expensive? Well, it's OLED. So is the equally-priced LG UltraGear OLED 48GQ900-B, Three HDMI plus DisplayPort.

Also they're not dumb TVs they don't come with tuners, a PCIe version will run you about a hundred bucks, plus the rest of your media server. Or something like 20 bucks (seriously) for a receiver, more like 60 if you want a triple-tuner (DVB-C/T2/S2) that runs Linux (double-check that the bootloader is unlocked, though, can't be arsed to). And yes of course they're more expensive they're not cross-financed by showing you ads. Do you want a TV or a billboard?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago