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The best dumb TV is a monitor with an HTPC attached to it.

Also, you can find "LVDS converter boards" which are sold for repurposing LCD panels out of laptops and such, but they can also be used to dumb down TVs. You can buy a large smart TV just for the panel (which is the majority of its price anyway) and replace its motherboard with a dumb converter board.

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> You can buy a large smart TV just for the panel (which is the majority of its price anyway) and replace its motherboard with a dumb converter board.

This seems way harder than the alternative: just not connecting it to the internet.

Some smart TVs perpetually act like internet deprived teenagers and are really irritating to operate.

I have one where a bunch of non internet features won’t work without internet.

Which brand is that so we can avoid it?

Sure, you may not connect it to the Internet, but you might have a guest over that logs into their Netflix account while you're in the other room.

> The best dumb TV is a monitor

Can you find a monitor as large as a good TV for a reasonable price?

Not sure how large you're looking for - however, I use a LG 43" 4K monitor as a TV. Lots of connectivity - Multiple HDMI, DVI and even USBC inputs.

That's thousands of dollars, though, innit?

About 700USD last time I checked. Model number is 43un700

In other words, 43" for the price of a 65".

Also, OLED with HDR.

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