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Samsung thinks millennials want vertical TVs

And Samsung might be right.

www.theverge.com

The latest addition to Samsung’s TV range is the Sero, a 43-inch TV that was designed with the millennial generation in mind and therefore pivots between horizontal and vertical orientations. It’s a much smarter idea than the phrase “vertical TV” would lead you to believe. Acknowledging that most mobile content is vertical, Samsung says the Sero is designed to encourage young people to project more of their smartphone stuff onto the TV by allowing it to go vertical.

 

[Papa]

The fuck is that dude’s haircut?

 

[Cunth]

World star on my tv. Finally

 

[kiiltz]

Can't wait to watch my Korean idol cams on a vertical tv.

 

[Papa]

World star on my tv. Finally

$2000 snapchat device

 

[AV]

Yo DunDunDunpachi shmup TV?

 

[Trojita]

Sero interest.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Yo DunDunDunpachi shmup TV?

It's not 4:3 tho.

Just kidding, this looks amazing. But I can already tate my normal TV. What makes this special?

 

[AV]

What makes this special?

It's expensive.

 

[Arm73]

Yo DunDunDunpachi shmup TV?

That is in fact, my immediate reaction! I hope this trend catches on and more manufacturers would adopt this feature.

 

[Slayer-33]

It's expensive.

Ayyy

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

This is fucking retarded.

The fuck is that dude’s haircut?

Trunks

 

[MilkyJoe]

But why?

PS there have been virticle TVs running ads at my train station exit for eons

 

[epicnemesis]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just put an accelerometer in the tv? Even the Xbox 360 knew when it was standing up or laying down.

 

[tkscz]

But why?

PS there have been virticle TVs running ads at my train station exit for eons

People refusing to flip their fucking phone horizontally, that's why

 

[MilkyJoe]

People refusing to flip their fucking phone horizontally, that's why

Oh fuck off??? Really?

 

[tkscz]

Oh fuck off??? Really?

Do you know how many videos are recorded on a phone vertically? An untapped market right there. Though as epicnemesis already said, an accelerometer would be a much easier choice

 

[nkarafo]

That's a pretty expensive solution to play vertical shooters.

Better get a rotational stand.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Do you know how many videos are recorded on a phone vertically? An untapped market right there. Though as epicnemesis already said, an accelerometer would be a much easier choice

Yep, the world is full of savages.

 

[slugbahr]

Yep, the world is full of savages.

 

[winterymint]

The fuck is that dude’s haircut?

You don't accept other people's culture do you

 

[#Phonepunk#]

This and the foldable phones kinda shows companies are entirely out of ideas and just scraping the barrel for novelty. What a huge waste of time and resources

 

[TheGreatYosh]

Will people want a giant smart phone in their living rooms? Samsung thinks so.

 

[subsmoke]

The only use I could see this having is to play some older arcade games that used a vertical monitor like Xevious and Raiden. Pretty useless otherwise but at least you can switch between horizontal and vertical.

 

[AV]

You don't accept other people's culture do you

 

[mneuro]

I have no idea why this exists....all content is created for horizontal resolutions....

 

[Torrent of Pork]

 

[Ellis]

Needs built-in Lucky Hit game for me to be interested.

 

[DiscoJer]

I would laugh at this, but every day at work, I see a dozen millenials watching video on their phone and it's always vertical. Even if it's a movie or TV show or something. It's like they can't hold their phones sideways or something...

 

[Shifty]

It took a hot minute for me to realise what the millennial angle was.

How depressing.

90 degrees DOI HOI HOI

 

[Soltype]

Tate mode here I come.

 

[CyberPanda]

The fuck is that dude’s haircut?

Whats wrong with it? Its a typical haircut for men in Korea. A lot of male K-Pop stars have it, too.

 

[Papa]

Whats wrong with it? Its a typical haircut for men in Korea. A lot of male K-Pop stars have it, too.

It looks like a dead skunk resting on his head. What did he do? Put on a bowl and cut everything below the tips of his ears?

 

[CyberPanda]

It looks like a dead skunk resting on his head. What did he do? Put on a bowl and cut everything below the tips of his ears?

I respect your opinion.

 

[Papa]

I respect your opinion.

Don't feel obligated to

 

[Wings 嫩翼翻せ]

Will people want a giant smart phone in their living rooms? Samsung thinks so.

To be fair... the same thing can be said about regular TVs, no?

 

[MayauMiao]

Demolition Man movie got it right with the soyboys and now vertical TV.

Can't wait for the 3 sea shell tech.

 

[llien]

Show it in action please, my imagination fails to draw a reasonable use case.

 

[TheGreatYosh]

To be fair... the same thing can be said about regular TVs, no?

I’m referring to the shape as well as the functions. They are probably banking on us being so used to the shape of a smart phone that we will want these. I wonder if they will make them touchscreens?

 

[Geki-D]

The fuck is that dude’s haircut?

Oh come on, his hair is 90's awesome.

The idea that the TV can pivot is pretty cool. I can't really imagine people actually owning these, though. Seems more like a display thing.

 

[Solomeena]

Who the hell, why the hell would you need to turn your tv vertical? I could understand a monitor for a computer and what not but a tv is meant to be in landscape, this shit is breaking my mind.

 

[Gavin Stevens]

The only use I can see this for is those TVs that display things in town, they are all vertical... it they are all TVs turned sideways...

I’m... lost for words...

 

[Woo-Fu]

Who the hell, why the hell would you need to turn your tv vertical?

Pachinko console.

 

[Angry_Ostrich]

If this could be a touch-screen, I can see how it could be usefull in the classrooms or meeting rooms.

If it's not, then... why?

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Giving a bump. cant tell if it's the best thing ever...or the dumbest.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Sero fucks given.

It's not a product for me thanks. Just use your phone for those simple/social/vertical things.

Also...

 

[Cunth]

Damn my comment in this thread was pretty dope

 

[PSYGN]

Giving a bump. cant tell if it's the best thing ever...or the dumbest.

Dumbest.

 

[GymWolf]

Imagine paying real money for something like that...

 

[notseqi]

No.

Ah, better.