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bananapub

commercial dumb panels are far more expensive and tend to lag behind in actual display technology.

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Because they aren't subsidized by ad revenue

Ad revenue is peanuts - 10% of the total cost according to the report the advertising industry points to

If I buy an ad-laden device for $500 I should be able to buy a non-ad-laden device for $550.

[0] https://investors.vizio.com/news/news-details/2021/VIZIO-HOL...

yeah I'll be in the market for a new TV soon, and honestly have no idea what I'm going to buy.

I hate smart TVs getting enshittified, but it seems the alternative is expensive dumb TVs + external stuff with its own problems.

An old monitor hooked up to some low-power little box that "streams" the Internet Archive onto the display over your wifi?

I have exactly that in two rooms and it has some issues. I cannot turn off either display with the remote and I cannot change the volume with the remote in one room.

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