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Comment by Y_Y

12 hours ago

$21k for a 55-inch 4K is rough, but this thing must be super delicate because basic US shipping is $500.

(Still cheaper than a Netflix subscription though.)

If you account for the wastage/insurance costs using standard freight carriers that seems reasonable to me as a proportion of value. I’m sure this is shipped insured, well packaged and on a pallet.

Walmart might be able to resell a damaged/open box $2k TV at a discount, but I don’t think that’s so easy for speciality calibrated equipment.

Reference monitor pricing has never been any where near something mere mortals could afford. The price you gave of $21k for 55” is more than 50% of the average of $1k+ per inch I’m used to seeing from Sony.