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The other reason they are inexpensive is that they forego some physical robustness. Like you have to be more careful than normal taking it out of the box and mounting it on your wall. Or if you have kids and things sometimes go flying you better hope they don’t hit the screen.

It is a trade off you have to be willing to make ;)



I have an LG C1 OLED 48 inch which I use as a monitor. Its a really beautiful screen although a bit reflective.

But it must be the most fragile feeling device I have ever owned, the bulk of the screen is like 2mm thick and I basically have to get myself into a state of extreme focus, meditation, stretching and so on before I dare to move it. There's no easy way to grip it without putting some pressure on the thin part, even with two people.

I seriously wish they didn't go for the brownie points of making a screen this thin. Sometimes just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Seriously, make it like 20mm thick, robust, easy to move.

I cannot imagine that any other screen, budget or otherwise, could feel more fragile than this.




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