[deviantfero]

Personally I think there's possibly an intersection of people who want a "dumb" tv and people who would do something similar to this, I for example, would love to have a "dumb" tv and just hook up one of those firestick/chromecast/other-product dongles into one of the available HDMI ports.

I really see no point in having an integrated computer in my TV that's just gonna be stop being supported a couple of years down the road, might as well have that part be detachable for when it becomes obsolete, I'd just buy a new one, the display would still be good.

[salamandersauce]

I do this with a PC monitor and some powered bookshelf speakers. Works pretty well since I live in a tiny place and have no room for a TV and PC setup. You can even get 40" ones these days. They do lack some TV features like I wish it had an optical out. Mine has a headphone out but the DAC makes everything sound like turds. A cheap HDMI switch solved that issue though.