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One thing people haven't mentioned is that there are some non-smart televisions available that are marketed as extra large gaming monitors.

For example, there's the Alienware 55" OLED Gaming Monitor and the ASUS ROG Swift PG65UQ that's 65".

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That's interesting, but it doesn't look like you have many choices at the 55" size unless you're willing to pay double what I paid 4 years ago for my Sony.

What value would additional choices serve, if it’s just a pane of glass of a fixed size and resolution?

Downward cost pressure, one presumes.

There can still be differences in color gamut, refresh rates, input lag, viewing angle, black uniformity, local dimming, image retention, supported resolutions, SDR/HDR brightness to name a few.

Thanks, that makes sense.

That's exactly the reason why non smart TVs don't sell.

The smart one's are subsidized by their ads and spyware; so you'll always pay a massive premium to get a dumb one.

That may be a small part but a much bigger factor is price differentiation and market segmentation. A 55" monitor is pretty extreme - any gamer who wants that is going to be willing to pay for it. A 55" TV is perfectly normal though and bought by normal people.

Same reason nVidia's AI cards are so expensive even though they're very similar to their graphics cards. Or "audiophile" speaker cables are expensive even though they're identical to cheap ones.

Product prices are partly a function of the price people are willing to pay (demand).

Thanks for the tip! This is a great search keyword to keep in mind.

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