| Yep, lets talk about the main demographic for big box TVs. - Used to being advertised to constantly so it's not really more of an intrusion. - Typically don't realize they can or have little desire to impose their will on technology. - Usually very price discriminating so shaving a few extra dollars off with ad revenue does translate into more sales. - Have demonstrated their value as someone with disposable income. - "Smart features" are a novelty value-add that's really cheap to include and has basically no user expectation of working. Match made in heaven honestly. If you really want a dumb TV you pretty much have to find somewhere that sells commercial models but you're going to pay a huge premium. They're on the way out too since businesses just opt for just buying the cheper consumer models. Your realistic options: - Find a Smart TV that can pass as a dumb TV and just never network the thing. Sony is pretty not terrible. - Buy a projector. - Buy a TV with a built-in Chromecast or wait for Android TV to happen which might be a not terrible enough experience to actually use. |
Mine has multiple streaming clients built in that work perfectly fine. It's literally running Android. The biggest problem with it is that it uses some private LG app store. If it didn't, I wouldn't own a Apple TV, but as it is, the built in tv apps are where I spend 90% of my time. They work. They're updated frequently. The experience is just better.