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[–] 207 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Actually he got a good deal. Those screens are more expensive because they don't come bundled with ad riddled toiletware, and they often have a longer lifespan to accomodate being on for so long every day. Depends on how much it got used already though.

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  • [–] 84 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yeah I wouldn't mind being "scammed" with a commercial display.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Do these normally come with speakers?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yep. You do need at least a sound bar, or a stereo system with these. But most inbuilt TV audio is pretty terrible to begin with, at least on low to mid end tvs.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Locally every mom and pop shop with digital menus are all basic televisions. Only chains like Burger King would have proper digital signage.

    That said I think this is a commercial digital display with that brandless bezel.

    I'd love one too!!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yeah, as long as you don't mind a refresh rate of 5 frames a second....

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Unless it's a very weird special order display it's probably still 60hz, that way the transitions between menu screens and animations look smooth.

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  • [–] 120 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    I never thought I'd see the day where people were confused by how to use a TV without the smart features.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Have you forgotten about VCRs? No one knew how to set them up properly and they only had 2 coax jacks.

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    What do you mean I put red in red and yellow in yellow, is just too confusing I already plugged in the power how much more complicated does it need to be.

    I miss my radio

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So…. Remove the usb stick?

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    [–] 69 points 2 years ago (25 children)

    That would be just a monitor, wouldn't it? I thought most of these were just monitors with devices vesa mounted on the back...

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Some of them are more like a giant, non-touch-screen tablets than monitors.

    This probably just has this image saved into memory, and they can easily make it display something else.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is the image burning into the screen not a concern on these though?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This displays often are not static, often displaying short video ads for seasonal items which take up the whole monitor.

    Probably less than the burn-in of a taskbar or window header

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Anyway to fix that to become a tv? I once bought a tv that had at one time been used for this purpose. Once it was unplug from the device storing the info it just became a flat tv.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Could you maybe just connect a cheap android box and use it like that?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Or anything with an HDMI plug.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A lot of the newer commercial displays have signage players built into them. The content is probably cached locally.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I've seen Intel NUCs hanging from the backs of signage displays in Macca's when I lived in Melbourne. I guess pushing updates to the menus would be easier. My company used Raspberry Pis in our showrooms - admittedly it was implemented horribly. They all used SD cards which ended up failing due to write wear.

    Interesting about the new models, would be keen to get my hands on one πŸ˜…

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That would be just a monitor, wouldn't it?

    No. The distinguishing feature between a monitor and a TV is that a TV has a tuner built into it.

    There are other things like the variety of inputs and screen position settings on monitors, but those are mostly minor.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How much you want to bet this is photoshpped by someone who listens to Darknet Diaries?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Meh, cheap Roku stick or equivalent and it'll be fine.

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