Why not just put any other kind of display flat and put glass over it to protect it?

Edit: Someone has your dream display already :) https://www.etsy.com/listing/1463146123/43-4k-dnd-tv-table

$1000 for a 42" LCD put under a sheet of glass and a bit of wood, some of which had been run through a desktop CNC.

What a time to be alive.

Er...wow, not even a piece of glass by default for $1k. You have to pay another $200 for a sheet of plexiglass.

"Artisan made", my ass.

" walnut locally sourced in Oregon and hand rubbed with a natural oil finish"

Woooow.

I'm sad to see this comment, scoffing at an independent creator just selling something cool online. I wonder why this reaction? Is it the imagined profit margin? Or just the choice of words in the listing?

The listing says it's a 43" 4K Samsung display, which a quick look on Amazon shows goes for at least around $270. They also offer free shipping, so shipping is effectively included in the price. I don't know how much walnut or acrylic costs, or desktop CNC's.

The price doesn't seem unreasonable to me for a turnkey complete package, since I don't have the skills or tools to make this myself.

> The price doesn't seem unreasonable to me for a turnkey complete package, since I don't have the skills or tools to make this myself.

I have the skills and tools to build this myself. Based on some napkin math, materials and labor comes out to around $500 give or take. If GP knew anything at all about developing and selling physical goods, they’d know that the price is about right. Etsy charges non-trivial fees, payment processors charge fees, marketing costs money, wear and tear on tools, taxes, insurance, warranty, customer support, fraud, etc etc etc