Dumb vs Smart TVs
Users debate the merits of 'dumb' TVs without smart features, lament the difficulty in finding them, and frequently recommend purchasing smart TVs but not connecting them to the internet to avoid ads, privacy risks, and unwanted software.
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isn't it easier/cheaper to just buy a "smart tv" and never connect it to the internet?
Just buy a smart tv but don't connect to wifi?
its much easier to just buy any smart tv and not connect it to the internet
The problem with "smart" TVs...
Just don't hook the "smart TV" up to the internet. Then you have a dumb TV.
Sure. Take an "smart TV" and never connect it to the internet. It's pretty dumb then.
I have Panasonic FHD LED TV from pre-smart era which I don't intend to change anytime soon for the same reasons you've mentioned and I also maintain a thread[1] on dumb TVs on my problem validation forum hoping that someone would point me to a good dumb TV which is available in my country.[1] https://needgap.com/problems/64-make-tv-dumb-again-priv
Just buy a smart TV and make it dumb by not connecting it to the internet.
Couldn't you equivalently just not connect the smart tv to the internet?
IF you like a smart TV but not the smart features (but have no dumb alternative), then don't connect it to the Internet. Now it's just a dumb TV.