Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice - eviltoast

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??

  • milan616@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No one has seemed to mention the rise of sound bars. Center stands block sound bars and so so many people are using them now.

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      1 year ago

      That’s because TV’s no longer come with decent audio because they are made as thin as possible for whatever reason.

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        1 year ago

        Bought a new OLED from LG last year. Main body is 3-4 inches thick and the sound is bloody incredible. There are still some gems out there

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        1 year ago

        No surprise, a wide screen tv from the late 90s was big enough to house 2 gaint speakers and a subwoofer.

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            1 year ago

            My dad’s place still has a gigantic plasma TV from 2000 that takes up maybe 1/3rd of the room it’s in. Great picture, great sound. Completely impractical.

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        Flat Panel TV were always meant to use with a sound system. It is only meant to display video. The belief has always been they are for higher end viewing. And it’s impossible to get good sound out of a audio in a chassis that thin, that is why sound bars exist. Ask anyone who knows home theaters and they will tell you more than 50% of the experience is the audio. You’re better off spending money on a good audio system and even going with a smaller screen if dealing with budget constraints for the best experience. They make them as thin as possible because people want that.

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          Yeah the speakers they come with are totally just for like pretend. They aren’t real or anything