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Could you just do a computer monitor? They have an HDMI port so they will show anything you want. Downsides: no tuner. Not a problem if you don’t need one. No remote control. Maybe not much of a downside if you’re just watching using a streaming box. No sound. Not a problem if using a sound bar.

Seems a worthy idea if you’re concerned about tracking, but I don’t see this idea around so I must be missing a downside.

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I am using a 65 inch dumb Samsung pc screen together with a Nvidia shield. 3 years ago I bought the screen for 1000 bucks. Nvidia shield remote also works with the screen and stereo tuner. For my it's the perfect setup. Rooted the shield to get rid of all non essential crap. No ads. Very fast. And Plex,Kodi, Netflix, YouTube and Spotify working perfectly.

Yeah that would probably work for smaller needs but haven’t seen monitors at 65” and higher range

Dell sells at least 75" monitors. They do cost 10x as much as a similar size smart TV from Walmart though.

I'm sure i sound like a luddite but why does anyone need a 65" screen.

No one needs a TV at all so that argument is pointless.

Do people need a 15" computer monitor?

If instead of a chair-desk-monitor you're sitting at a couch 5 times further from the screen, the equivalent screen size is 5 times larger, so 75" for the equivalent of what a 15" monitor gives you at your desk.

Meanwhile to sit somewhere where a 75" TV in my living room takes up a corresponding field of view to my 27" PC monitor I think I'd need to knock a few walls and sit in my neighbours

Backwards. Not sure if it's the square of the distance but you do need more than double the size at twice the distance.

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