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Price Per Square Inch for TVs by size (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by mahin@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is mostly useless, except to justify buying a bigger TV. However, I did learn:

  • For most popular high end models, the 65 inch models are cheapest / sq inch (e.g Sony A95L, Samsung S90D, LG G4). For most others, it's the 75 inch models.
  • TCL S551F 55" scores the lowest ($0.17/sq inch)
  • The lowest scoring OLED is the Samsung S85D ($0.55/sq inch)
  • For 100 inches, Hisense QD7 is the cheapest ($0.37/sq inch). For 85 inches, it's the TCL S551F ($0.22/sq inch)

Graphs by brand

Prices taken from Amazon, rest of the data from https://comparetvprices.com/. Models are from 2022-now.

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[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] mahin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 1 points 1 day ago

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."

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If screens were only about size, I'd be easy.

[–] qisope@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd be easy

an unexpected correlation

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, I stand by it.

[–] UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Righteous!

[–] tocano@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

... Yeah ofc, right. Right?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Here, it's not demand vs. suply. It's demand only, that drives the prices.

Wait, isn't that a sign for collusion?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Nothing to see here, just capitalism working as intended...

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unless they're priced by if they have built in ads or not, it's useless.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (5 children)

does anyone use their native smart TV UI anyway?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Outside sarcastic internet forums? Probably, yeah.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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 7 points 1 day ago

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

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

which you can opt out from and/or just not put your TV on a network.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I do.

I use the Jellyfin and Netflix apps mostly.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago

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).

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I want a 3 axis chart of price, size, and number of ads in the UI.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I doubt this will hold up now that they're owned by Walmart, but I've gotten exactly zero ads on Vizio panels since I first bought one in 2017. I have two at the moment and they're both effectively dumb displays with no network access.

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You could also move the TV closer to the sofa.

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How many square inches does that get me?

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You bastard, You made me try calculating it!

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Now filter by display technology.

[–] mahin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Display technologies are a bit confusing, but this should give you a general idea: https://imgur.com/a/PhTFNZ2

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the type of HDR they support. I got lucky finding a philips a couple years ago that just supports all types so I don't have to worry about it.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 days ago

What about the nits man

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Apparently 75" is the sweet spot right now.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

At least in the case of the Hisense TV I got for my grandparents, a "glitch" with accessibility controls (makes directional inputs unresponsive or multi-press at times) just so happens to make remapping the sponsored remote buttons impossible, as well as breaking the most common method of changing the system launcher, so screen size alone isn't everything.

Although Hisense still tries to reinstall sponsored apps after I delete them, using Launcher Manager to set a custom launcher that allows for the hiding of unwanted applications and channels made it much more usable for my grandparents.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to redirect YouTube voice input commands to SmartTube Next, so if I ever replace it, that'll be a factor in my decision too.

[–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago

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