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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by aembleton on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:39AM (#24627658)
What's a beamer? I thought you were talking about a BMW at first.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by hawski on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:49AM (#24627763)
Another word for a projector.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by gst on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:58AM (#24627872)
The word "Beamer" is a German word that isn't really used (in that context) in any other language. Same as with "Handy" for smartphones.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by hawski on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:08AM (#24627985)
Oh, must have been my time spent in Germany. As Wikipedia disambiguation page says:

> Beamer

> Video projector, a pseudo-Anglicism in a number of languages including German, Dutch, Latvian and Swiss French

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