Small Bedroom TV’s have been a part of my life since age 12. My dad ran coax into my bedroom for my Christmas gift. They gave me a 15" tube set and stand from their bedroom. TV in bed. Awesome.
I currently have a 17" LCD flat screen purchased in 2007. The base is dual purpose. It sits on a table or wall mounts. I installed an electrical plug behind the tv and built a shelf for the DirecTV box. I also have micro speakers wall mounted for my mp3’s.
I wanted to get a similar LCD for the bedroom I’ll use at my mom’s new house.
They aren’t sold anymore! I wasted over an hour looking at TV’s on Amazon, Walmart, and Sams Club.
I nearly bought this one with built-in dvd. But it’s 24 inches!!! That’s the same size as the Sony CRT (1998) in my living room. ::EEK::
They do offer little 9" screens that are basically tablets on a stand. I own a tablet and I do use it to watch streaming video from A&E and HISTORY.
I finally went to Ebay and bought a used Flat Screen very similar to mine. $60
I have absolutely no interest in Smart TV’s or High Def. All I care about is basic tv.
I’m assuming by “High Def” you mean 4K, not “mere” HD. I don’t think standard definition TVs are made any more, certainly not in LCD form. And once you’ve got the electronics for digital display, making the TV “Smart” in some sense doesn’t cost much extra for the manufacturer, so that may be getting standard, too.
As for size; 17" hasn’t been a standard in more than a decade, but Amazon’s got tons of 19" ones.
I clicked the link. Nearly all the tv’s were 32 or 24". I did see that one Sceptre19.
14,15,17" were standard for decades. You’d think a 1020p with 14" screen would have a far superior picture compared to the CRT’s in that size 25 years ago.
Seems like Hi Def and a small screen would go hand in hand. But it didn’t work out that way.
I did see several tiny tv’s that reminded me of tablets with feet.
I see the appeal of Smart TV’s. Being able to watch streaming video and also cable/satellite content is a plus. My DirecTV account lets me sign in to Discovery, History, A&E, Bravo etc. and watch shows on my tablet.
Web browsing on a tv doesn’t do much for me. I already spend too much time browsing on my phone, tablet and laptop. I don’t need another device to browse the web. Installing Apps on a smart tv is just extra work that I already do on my phone & tablet.
TV and monitor screen sizes are measured on the diagonal. My extremely modest and somewhat old computer monitor that I’m looking at right now is 20" on the diagonal.
The TV you linked to from Crutchfield has a 4:3 screen aspect ratio. 4:3 hasn’t been the standard for more than a decade now. Most content you watch will either be shrunk with bars on the top, chopped off on the sides or squished from a rectangle to a square (your choice!)
Because no one is buying them. Why get a 13 inch TV when you can get a 24 inch TV for $20 more? You figure most office workers are looking up close at a 19+ inch monitor every day. I couldn’t imaging looking at a 17 inch TV from across the room.
Ok. It’ll take awhile for the Tech Shock to wear off.
I hadn’t paid any attention to tv’s in several years. I thought my LCD flat panel from 2007 was pretty current. It can even double as a pc monitor. It has a VGA port. Although, I did mess up not buying a widescreen. They were more expensive in 07 compared to the old standard.
The lesson here is you can’t ignore tech for long before it totally changes while you’re preoccupied with other things.
If you look at a technology once a decade, you’ll have practically no frame of reference; almost everything will have changed to some degree, and some of it to an incomprehensible degree.
I don’t need another device to browse the web. Installing Apps on a smart tv is just extra work that I already do on my phone & tablet.