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An increasing amount of people I know don't have a TV screen and show no interest in getting one. They just use computer screens to watch instead. Not that that's better for privacy since they've at the same time been switching from physical discs to online data-harvesting services like Netflix. So they're really just building DIY smart TV's.

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This sounds like something I would've written before I had enough money for a living room, a couch, and a screen large enough to share

How old are your peers? My house in college was full of "DIY TVs" but once I got my own place I was tired of squinting at a 24" display

My TV is 65". That's not a monitor, and a monitor isn't a replacement for that size, and the closest monitor is the 40-something inch HP Omen which costs over four times what my TV cost.

So I'm not sure what you're talking about

I don't think you can buy monitors over 43" without paying huge amounts of money.

Many (like me) don't care. TV prices are abusive (where I live at least) and smartTV never interested me as an offering. I have a 10yo that I didn't turn on for more than 1y and if it brakes I'm sure the second hand market will have a lot of them still if I want one.

> Many (like me) don't care.

Not everyone can afford to not care. You probably make a lot of money :-)

What do you mean? I cannot afford to NOT buying a smarttv?

Googled around a bit, the biggest monitor I could find was this:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Double-49-Inch-Monitor-LC49RG...

49", curved, $1100.

An average Smart TV:

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-55-Inch-Crystal-TU-8000-Built...

65", straight, $550.

So, yes.

I just bought a dumb TV for ~$130. I don't care about having an enormous screen. Maybe the GP doesn't either.

How big was it?

28"

I think I didn't express myself correctly. I don't own a Smart TV not do I intend to. I have and old normal TV for a long time, and if I decide to replace it there's a lot on offer from second hand market. What I own is a good quality 19' monitor and that's what I use for movies. Not rich at all.

Not everyone can afford to buy TV-sized monitors

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