• Raz@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    My solution: Buy a very large monitor.

    Then connect some streaming box to it you can easily replace if/when it gets shitty, instead of having to replace the whole TV.

    • the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Great idea! I know exactly what to buy next + better color accuracy than TV which mostly comes with over saturated color labeled as cinematic mode!

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      1 year ago

      You can also just buy a big tv and use it as a monitor streaming from a box or pc. It is considerably cheaper.

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        1 year ago

        That’s true, but I considered it an investment for longer term instead of buying a cheaper midrange TV. With the exception of lacking HDMI 2.1, my 55" monitor has all the modern features, with the bonus of having dual input modes and a displayport.

        It’s basically what “dumb” TV’s used to be, minus the antenna, but that’s fine as a cord cutter.

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      1 year ago

      That’s the idea but being honest there aren’t many nice streaming box. Like there is Roku and the Xiaomi one? What else? Fire TV? Chromecast I do not count because you need to cast to it.

      I mean I guess you can setup a PC somehow but…