[rsync]

"On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM"

Is this because it is a "smart" TV, or should I expect all computer monitors to have this degree of complexity these days ?

I'd like my monitor to be as dumb as possible, thanks.

[wmf]

It's definitely a TV not a monitor.

[pekk]

The difference is more marginal than ever.

[q3k]

Look into NEC “commercial-grade” displays [1]. They're basically brilliant LCD displays with nearly no bezel, simple software & OCD (usually not much more than picture adjustement), control via RS232... They're not cheap, though.

[1] - http://www.necdisplay.com/category/large-screen-displays

[malandrew]

Ditto. I really wish TVs made the smart part decoupled so you could opt for no smart part at all. On the other side of things, they could also use this as an opportunity to upsell the smart-tv part to consumers who might actually care about that feature.

[madaxe_again]

The cynic in me believes that this allows them to OCR whatever you're showing on the screen so it can be beamed back to the mothership (MIIT).