I'm going to be in the market for a new tv in a few months.

Professionally, I have worked in the home electronics / automation industry for over 25 years. I haven't sold or installed a new TV in over five years. I am dreading the selection of a new TV. I was just thinking about this last night - I'm going to have to go to a store and have a sales person show me all the features I don't want on the TV to make a decision.

My understanding is that you can simply not connect the TV to the internet and this may prevent any issues. I strictly use an Apple TV so, if this is the case, are there any TVs that this is sure to be avoided? Are there some that prevent you from using it without a network connection?

The fact that I have to have this consideration over the purchase of a television is absolutely bonkers to me.

I just purchased a new Samsung TV. it required an Internet connection when I first set it up, but once I got through that initial data dump / update, I reset the network configuration and turned it back into a dumb(er) TV.

I use a piholed Roku 4k for my main streaming device. I will admit it is also trying its damnedest to track what I consume and serve ads to me too, but what am I going to do? Read a book?

Are there any dumb TVs with good panels and HDMI CEC for sale? That would be perfect to use with an Nvidia shield or apple TV or equivalent..

https://labzilla.io/blog/force-dns-pihole

I've been meaning to do this for a while as I noticed that the TVs in our house are slyly avoiding PiHole for DNS

The cold steel of a glock barrel against my temple applies to the whole "Smart" part of my TVs. Everything has a Kodi rPi attached to an HDMI input.

Someone should start a brand like Nothing Phone / other niche phone manufacturers, but for TVs. Many of us have an attachment to iOS that makes the phone space really difficult, but I'd jump on a beefed up nerdy niche smart TV in a heartbeat.

Modern day poetry

Here's a handy guide for anyone deciding how get content on their TV:

Gaming Console > Nvidia Shield > Streaming device (roku) > Cable/Satellite TV > TV Antenna > Smart TV Software

KDE-bigscreen shall be our savoiur

I bought the last plasma LG ever made which has no smart features. Best purchase ever.

I will never in my life need a tv connected to the internet.

If this thing dies on me am i screwed? It's been a long time since I tooked at the tv market.