Price Per Square Inch for TVs by size

[floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

LG and Samsung have been caught uploading screenshots of your HDMI inputs too, so it's not like it's any better

[hejmeddig@feddit.dk]

As long as the TV doesn't have internet access, it can't do much with it

[acosmichippo@lemmy.world]

source? from what I can find this is not proven, only hypothesized with hdmi inputs specifically.

[acosmichippo@lemmy.world]

which you can opt out from.

[hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl]

You could also move the TV closer to the sofa.

[twinklebreeze@lemmy.world]

How many square inches does that get me?

[boonhet@lemm.ee]

Most people do.

Mine's just old enough to not have ads but new enough to have apps for plex and other services I use. Next one is going to be disconnected and have some flashable Android box connected to it. Or even just Apple TV as that's still better than most native UIs.

[hule@lemmy.world]

You bastard, You made me try calculating it!

[hawk@lemmynsfw.com]

Informative post, thanks. I think a boxplot would have worked better here.

[bus_factor@lemmy.world]

Mine supports none, so I also don't have to worry about it.

[bus_factor@lemmy.world]

There's not much point in optimizing completely for price per inch, but when I bought my TV in 2013 I plotted this, and discovered a pretty sharp hockey stick in the graph at 70" and above. So I got a 65" TV. If my graph had looked pretty straight like yours I'd probably just get the biggest that is practical for the space.

[jdeath@lemm.ee]

yeah you'd have to get a rear projection DLP to get a bargain at that screen size back then. around 2010 i picked up a 73" DLP for less than a grand at costco, but i used some lucky discounts, or it would've been 1100 or so on sale.

most people don’t like those bulky TVs though, even back then. or even have room for them.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

Apparently 75" is the sweet spot right now.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

I followed a roughly similar process but the flow was more like, "Here's a 65-inch TV on sale, let's bump up our 48."

[mahin@lemmy.world]

Same thing for 100 inch models now. Maybe it'll flatten out in a few years.

[hawk@lemmynsfw.com]

I don't, I'm not sure if I'm in the minority. I just plug in my laptop or cast my phone (jellyfin or any other misc streaming service).

[tocano@lemmy.today]

Are you hard?! We're talking about TV sizes, right?

[themurphy@lemmy.ml]

... Yeah ofc, right. Right?

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

My SO wants a bigger screen, and I was thinking of a 65", but maybe I'll consider a 75" instead since it seems like a sweet spot for value.

I've also debated getting a projector. It's in a basement, so I can get a blackout curtain for daytime use.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I do.

I use the Jellyfin and Netflix apps mostly.