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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by DoofusOfDeath on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:33PM (#21694478)
What explains the large price premium of commercial displays?

Is it just that they're low-volume SKUs? Or are the somewhat more ruggedized than consumer models?

Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by msbarnett on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:37PM (#21694533)
Partly construction, partly that the target market simply is willing to pay more, and partly that the cost of consumer sets are subsidized by some of the third-part analytics software that comes preinstalled in order to collect and sell information on what people are watching.
Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by justwalt on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @01:29PM (#21695083)
I imagine part of it would be that the displays are assumed to be run almost nonstop.
Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by chipperyman573 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:34PM (#21694502)
The fact that the cost isn't subsidized by the tracking and advertising provided by the smart tv

(I have no evidence for this but I've seen this comment posted many times before)

Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by msbarnett on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:50PM (#21708427)
Here's the evidence for it, by the way. Straight from an interview with the CTO of Vizio: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit...

It goes into how running content recognizition software against whatever's on the TV display lets them collect and aggregate data to sell, which helps them sell the TV for very low prices without having to worry about being profitable on the initial sale thanks to data and other monetization streams. Sony, Samsung, and the other major TV players all run very similar Automatic Content Recognition systems.

Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by dawnerd on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:42PM (#21694583)
Bingo! Those Roku / FireTV / Netflix / Amazon/ Etc logos on the boxes don't pay for themselves.

Although what's insulting is when the super premium tvs that STILL include all the same tracking junk. A 3k dollar+ tv shouldn't need any subsidizing at all, yet here we are.

Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by jankiehodgpodge on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:51AM (#21700653)
Because they're designed for 24 hour, 7 days a week use. Components like power supplies will be far higher quality.

Many of them have integrated signage software too like MagicInfo and have video wall capabilities etc.

Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by meristem on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:36PM (#21695813)
Commercial displays are the first class airplane tickets of the display/TV market.
Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by shok3001 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @05:57PM (#21697775)
Are there any drawbacks to using one for home use?
Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by sliken on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @08:56PM (#21698945)
Dramatically more expensive.

When I looked a larger high end 4K consumer TV was cheaper than a smaller 1080P commercial display.