Televisions literally feel in price every year for 40 years.

philistine a day ago | parent | next [-]

That's like the one outlier in a sea of slow price increases over time.

It's also because television producers found alternative revenue streams that allow them to sell the TVs for less while still making more. If you look for a TV without all of the adware/bloatware/spyware you can see the true cost of a TV in 2026.

	▲	anthonyrstevens a day ago \| parent [-]
		This was a thing before those axes you're grinding even existed.

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girvo a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They are one of the few tech segments that is still doing so, and that’s mainly down to “smart” TVs being able to get revenue in other ways.