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Re:Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Mara... by AstralStorm on Thursday May 08, 2025 @03:00AM (#43923793)
It also introduces a lot of fragility into the ecosystem. If your TV fails (which does happen sometimes), you're suddenly without access to almost all features of the hardware? Unacceptable.
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Re:Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Mara... by ralfd on Thursday May 08, 2025 @04:29AM (#43924239)
Unacceptable? How often does that happen (> 10 years?) without one having an old computer lcd from 2016 as backup in the cellar? Or a dirt cheap mini hdmi 7-inch replacement ordered overnight on Amazon?

Aside my guess is the Apple TV does usually work “headless” in OP use case with music playing controlled from his phone. One only needs a tv for streaming video (obviously) and I think for initial setup.

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Re:Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Mara... by greggsy on Thursday May 08, 2025 @04:41AM (#43924289)
Exactly, people upgrade their telly years before they reach the end of their functional life
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Re:Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Mara... by godzillabrennus on Thursday May 08, 2025 @07:51AM (#43925241)
People are still buying and selling CRT tv’s for retro gaming so you are correct.
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Re:Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Mara... by bloggie on Thursday May 08, 2025 @05:30AM (#43924552)
I’ve had many more VFDs and small LCDs displays fail than televisions, and much prefer the separation of functions.
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