[move-on-by]

Can anyone explain why there doesn’t seem to be a market for high-end dumb TVs? I want speakers, tuner, multiple inputs, HDR, 4K. That’s it. I would absolutely pay a premium price for such a dumb TV. I know others in the same position. Am I just in an echo chamber? Or is there something more going on?

[vinyl7]

We are in a infinite growth economy. Numbers must go up 20% year over year otherwise your business is failed and you should just file for bankruptcy. Gotta squeeze as much wealth out of the market regardless of everything else. Short term gains over decent nice to use product.

[move-on-by]

Hmmm… I suppose I’m looking for the wrong solution then. We need to jailbreak the smart TVs and load our own software on them instead- can be as dumb or as smart as you need.

[mmis1000]

Because it's already nearly free to add 'smart' functionality to a TV? High end boards these days are mostly arm boards at first place, and add a smart tv function to it don't really cost too much cents. (You probably just need some extra storage) Why would they want to sell a dumb TV if you can make it a smart one almost for free?

[NoGravitas]

And if you include the smart tv board, you can then lower the purchase price of the TV and make it up on ads and subscriptions. The resulting price competition on smart TVs is what makes it hard to buy dumb TVs.