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So one of my three year old kids smashed my 65" LED flatscreen with a die-cast model of the Atlantis shuttle. I was fine with this and was not planning on buying a replacement in any haste but my wife keeps complaining. Would prefer at least 65"+ and absolutely not a smart tv. What suggestions do you have, companies to avoid, etc. Help me SN, you are probably my only hope of not just buying another spysung.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @06:02PM (4 children)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0198XNF6U/ [amazon.com]
Sceptre 65" 4K Ultra HD LED TV, Black (2018) (U658CV-UMC)
Seems to be your only real option without trawling Alibaba/TaoBao or direct Asian suppliers
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @08:30PM
No HDR with that one?
(Score: 2) by legont on Saturday January 20 2018, @10:35PM
I use an older version of this one; as a terminal only. It is a reasonable device.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @05:23PM
Both of those devices are linux based, but I am lead to understand neither has wifi capabilities (although there may be other dangers, whether HDMI-CEC or Ethernet over HDMI.
They are both available via Fry's stores or frys.com website, as well as possibly other sources, and seem to range from 42" to 65", possibly with a 70+ inch option. They are all reasonably low end models, ranging in sale price from ~230 dollars up to ~600 dollars for the largest models.
Worth a looksee, but you may need to watch out for response latency and other issues. I have only been interested in them as possible monitor replacements and have so far kept to desktop monitors due to space limitations, so I cannot provide you any firsthand experience.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday January 22 2018, @03:59PM
A Sceptre 32" TV was my first LCD purchase. I got it for $600 and it lasted about 10 yrs. Then it bit the dust. I used it as my TV / Console Screen / Computer Screen over it's lifetime. I would say I got my money's worth out of it. It was more or less used daily over that time span.
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