Who Cares What The Back Of A TV Looks Like?

Who Cares What The Back Of A TV Looks Like?

Over the past few days I’ve heard top executives of two massive electronics companies brag about the design of their television. Normal! Well, it would be if they weren’t talking about the backs of their televisions.

The photo above was taken at the Sony booth at CES just a short while after the Sony North America COO had gone on and on before a packed house about how clean the design of the back of the television was. When I took that photo a pair of foreign journalists were shooting a video I imagine included a discussion of the astounding innovation.

So let’s have a look shall we?

Who Cares What The Back Of A TV Looks Like?

How about a closer look:

Who Cares What The Back Of A TV Looks Like?

A night earlier at the Samsung television briefing, an executive boasted that, and I’m paraphrasing, the company had managed to eliminate visible screws from the back of the TV.

Wow! After the briefing I felt compelled to take this photo:

Who Cares What The Back Of A TV Looks Like?

When in the history of televisions has it mattered what the back of a TV looks like? The TV goes up against the wall!

A higher truth seems obvious: The fact the back of a television is being marketed as a feature must mean that companies don’t have confidence in what’s going on in front of the TV.

Gizmodo’s on the ground in Las Vegas! Follow all of our 2016 CES coverage here.


The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

It’s the most popular NBN speed in Australia for a reason. Here are the cheapest plans available.

At Gizmodo, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.