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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

luckily this is just a 32; i had a 70 from the same brand with the same INSANELY FUCKING STUPID STAND DESIGN that i had to find something for....literally at the most extreme edges of the thing, what the fuck is this? this is so fucking stupid, it cannot be meaningfully cheaper than a proper design and it looks fucking dumb as hell and surely this has pissed off 90% of people that wanted a TV and want to put it on a little stand like a normal fucking person right??

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[-] electric@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I actually just bought a Sansui TV that almost wouldn't have fit the desk but it had 2 sets of places where the legs could be attached, so I just attached them to the inner ones. Welcome change. Not sure how uncommon it is since I've only owned like 5 TVs and most just had the little circular base in the middle instead.

The legs being so far out is maybe since manufactures found it to be the most stable places for the skinny leg designs they use now. So yeah, cost cutting measure probably.

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

I measure the shit out of everything before I even go out to buy a TV. Having this feet design simply would have meant that either I wouldn’t have bought this televisi, or I already intend to replace the table.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Even then just a piece of wood cut to size to lay on top wouldn’t hurt. Table looks scratched up pretty bad as it is anyways so it’s not like appearance is your game here.

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[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

You should seek a therapist

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[-] danque@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Did you not see the foot in the store showmodel?

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[-] sweafa@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago

cat is build better. cat can stand good.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

You can break a TV by knocking it off a table, you can't break a cat that way. Therefore cats are better designed than TVs.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

give your cat some scritches for me :)

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Your orange cat is still trying to process your anger.

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[-] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

Did you measure the table before buying the TV?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Kitty is probably over in !cats being like “mildly infuriating…. Human is ignoring me for a flimsy idiot box…. And it’s meal time!”

[-] DonPiano@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Nah, it's orange, so it's probably not thinking at all.

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[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

The cat is not impressed, yeah.

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[-] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

There are many thoughtless, idiotic design choices today, for example curved edge phone screens, shitty ultrasonic/photo fingerprint sensors in the scren, no jack connector, microsim, etc. I call it engineer idiotism.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That and the endless pressure to innovate means they end up suggesting stupid shit no one wants and have the sales folks work that out

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[-] Veneroso@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Cat: Did you get the accidental coverage Dad? Purrrrr Purrrrr (rubs scent from face on tv) Purr Purr CRASH MRERRRREREOW!!!!!

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Sadly nowadays the stands that come in a box should just be used temporarily tool you get a more permanent solution. You can get done really good mounts that use the VESA mounts at the back.

I would never trust the standard stands, they have way too much wobble to them.

[-] TyGamer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I mean two little hunks of plastic are most definitely cheaper than something big and sturdy in the middle as it needs to be over engineered to make up for the lack of physics being on its side. You can buy an aftermarket TV stand or wall mount it.

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

With how cheap, and ubiquitous VESA mounts are - it doesn't make sense to expense $20/TV for a metal stand that everyone is going to throw out.

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[-] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I agree. The tipping threat on a TV is almost exclusively front to back, not side to side. Putting the support legs closer to the middle, but still spaced a third of the width of the TV should be totally adequate. I suspect it's an aesthetics thing now.

[-] Player2@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

I suspect it's a soundbar compatibility thing

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[-] guacupado@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'm curious what picture you saw that made you think the legs would be any different.

[-] quams69@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Lmao op you are truly a moron

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They think everyone wants to mount them to the wall now, the legs are like the cheapest possible "courtesy" they're willing to include. It's super annoying, I really don't want the thing on my wall with a bunch of wires hanging down

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[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 9 points 1 year ago

I've seen the design and I thought it made good sense mechanically, but I hadn't considered this issue. I wonder if stand designs are getting wider too, as a result.

[-] Narrator@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 year ago

why are all of the 48" tv screens bigger than my 32" bedside table?

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