How do I buy a new television (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by LarryTheMatador@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I want to buy a large new tv mostly for my steamdeck. I dont want it to access the internet for obvious reasons. I live in a community with wide open wifi everywhere that requires no password, so devices turned on here just hook up automatically. Im not tech savvy so wont be doing any raspberry pi black magic. Any suggestions about specific televisions or workarounds in this situation would be greatly appreciated.

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[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I think what qualifies as "large" really depends on the space you're putting it in, what you're used to, and how old you are.

When I was a kid, unless you were rich, there's a good chance the TV in your living room was a CRT in the 30-40-ish inch range. I bought myself a 50" TV for my room when I was 18 with money I saved from my first job as one of my first big purchases for myself,and with the bezels at the time it was probably closer to a modern 55 or 60 inch tv in overall size. That thing seemed huge to me, especially given how small my bedroom was, even though it's probably pretty standard these days.

So to me, 50" is kind of the benchmark for where I start calling a TV "big" even though I have a 70inch in my home now, and if I were filthy rich I could have one that's over 100" now.

[-] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago

What is big changed over time. When I was in college I had a 28” CRT that was big for the time. But with higher pixel counts you can get a bigger screen without losing sharpness.

Ideally you replace a 28” CRT (576p) with about a 50” 1080p TV, which would then be replaced with a 100” 2160p TV.

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