[IshKebab]

All TVs are smart now.

[ddalex]

But there is absolutely no reason for you to hook it up to your home wifi. At least, until they are 'cloud'-enabled, and they require an internet connection to verify DRM before it plays ANY content... I shouldn't give them ideas.

[simcop2387]

My current one that I bought back in 2014 (or 13?) won't start up unless it thinks it has a network connection. I've actually setup my router to just block all traffic from it, but let it on the network so it'll actually work as a panel. Otherwise it has an unskippable menu demanding to be given the wifi password (or hooked up over ethernet).

[Avernar]

I would have returned that crap back to the store so fast it would make the sales person's head spin.

[phkahler]

What brand and model?

[simcop2387]

Samsung UN60F6400 60-Inch

[cesarb]

A relative just bought a new TV this month, and asked me whether they should choose the "smart" TV or the normal one (I recommended the normal one, which they bought). So this is false, one can still find normal TVs.

[dudus]

Just do not connect them to the WiFi and suddenly they all are dumb

[imron]

Just hope your neighbours don't have an unlocked wifi connection and that the tv doesn't 'helpfully' auto connect

[jdietrich]

All TVs are smart now. Fortunately, you can now buy TV-sized monitors. They're usually sold as a "commercial monitor" or a "digital signage display".

[phkahler]

I want a 50-55" curved monitor. Does that exist and is it way more expensive than a TV? I can get a TV for $800 or less.