I'm mostly sailing the high seas, using the tv as a giant monitor for the always-on laptop connected to it. I'm afraid of the 1984-esque "You must connect to the internet to continue using this TV" that might come after some time.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Yes.

Even better, get rid of it entirely and get a dumb TV.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Where? Ive been looking everywhere and its like they dont exist anymore

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Qb series Samsung are commercial displays but no Netflix or smart features. However, they are about double the price of a standard tv. Will last forever though. I would rather buy a less expensive and not connect it to the network.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I got a "signage display", which is basically just a large monitor connected via HDMI.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Given that you're using this for a laptop, you're looking for a monitor. Not a TV.

    Anything suitable for office work should be good here.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean... it depends on the type of TV you're trying to replace. If you're on a 65 inch OLED you're not going to replace that with an office monitor.

    There are really good "dumb" PC monitors for media watching in the 24-42 inch range, though. They're just... often not cheap.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But even monitors are infected with ‘SmArT teeVEe’ bloat. My pc monitor is basically a TV, and is much worse because of it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is it? The monitors I'm currently using are fairly new and don't seem to have any connected tools. There isn't even an app to set them up (which I may actually find practical), it's all OSD stuff.

    I think even if there are connected monitors out there, it's certainly easier to find "dumb" monitors, even with high end specs, than dumb TVs. The real hard breaks are size and feature set, in my experience.

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