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Why would anyone care whether their TV literally has quantum dots in it? It matters how bright it is, how wide its gamut, how accurate the colour reproduction, how much power it consumes, how long it lasts, etc., and maybe all those tend to be different for panels with quantum dots in them, but it's those things that matter, not what technology is inside.

(I don't mean it doesn't matter whether they're lying. They shouldn't lie, and if they're lying that's bad. But this just seems such a weird thing for anyone to care about at all.)

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It's not weird that people don't want to be lied to. And no one cares except for the lying part.

Because they said it did. I don't like being lied to. If I don't know what type of TV it is I can't assess all those factors you mentioned in the first place.

If they say it's a quantum dot TV, I'm going to look up how long quantum dot TVs last. If I've been lied to I'll make a decision based on incorrect information.

If their claims don't matter, why do they make them?

Because if they’re lying about the quantum dots, they may also be lying about brightness, color gamut, and reproduction - all things I don’t have the ability to verify at home.

Alternatively, if their TV was designed to meet certain specs for the above with quantum dots, and faulty/fraudulent panels are missing said dots, it likely won’t meet all of those specs.

> all things I don’t have the ability to verify at home.

It's really noticeable that any stuff on shady online marketplaces will lie about any parameter typical consumers have no ability to test at home...

Eg. the "200,000 mAh" USB battery banks... Actual testing showed it to be 7,000 mAh...

My first research project in undergrad involved quantum dots so buying one of these would largely be for sentimental reasons. (I haven't bought one because the last time I needed a TV they were pretty pricey but next time I probably will). So I'd be pissed. I imagine I'm a special case here though

Because knowingly lying about specs is fraud.

If I paid for QKEDs I want QLEDs, not some regular LEDs with beefed up brightness using higher voltage that would fail prematurely.

If you paid a price for a feature thats completely missing when you could have bought a different TV for less people tend to care.

If it doesn't matter, they shouldn't hesitate to drop the claim from their marketing material, right? Right?? Oh... it does matter and that's why they're lying.

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