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What vendors make good dumb TVs or big monitors? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by Nicro@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The EMMC on my PC-TV finally broke down and I'd like to replace it with something that doesn't run an OS or will predictably fail with a countdown. But dumb TVs are hard to come by and monitors come at a premium at that size. I want to run a PC (DP/HDMI) and an SBC (HDMI) with it. I also have an S2 satellite cable, but that's secondary. I'd like to have ~43", 16:9, 4K but without an embedded smart-hub, ideally running of eeprom-firmware, or just anything independent of write-cycles. But I can't find any good options online. Are there companies for this. Comments and recommendations welcome.

Edit: I'm EU, hence the DVB-S2 cable. Scepter would be great, but doesn't run on EU power.

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[–] Steve@communick.news 13 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 children)

They're called Signage Displays.
Most major names you know make them.
They do cost more, but not prohibitively so.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Seriously. Leaves the $200 computer away – costs more. Market is weird.

[–] Nicro@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

When scaled to mass production, the SBCs become dirt cheap. Then they can subsidise with sponsored/preloaded content, ads and usage data.

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