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Maybe there’s a (limited) business opportunity here, for a dumb TV.

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Except.... that's just any tv on the market. Don't connect it to the internet, only use external inputs.

Or buy a signage/professional model

That's increasingly no longer true. For many new smart TVs, you literally can't use them until you connect them to the internet.

Then back into the box it would immediately go, and back from whence it came for a refund. What do they expect me to do with such a TV at my remote country cabin?

Our new LG OLED purchased just weeks ago, BTW, works just fine without a network connection. Thanks to HDMI CEC, I’ve seen the TV’s home screen maybe twice.

Sort of annoying that really good LG sets have really not good sound.

The remedy is to get an LG soundbar, which sounds great.

...but you can't use it without wifi. Even if you don't connect the soundbar to your wifi, the soundbar will create a visible wifi AP for the subwoofer to connect to.

I've never heard of a TV doing this. Would you mind shaming the brand(s) doing it?

That is a wild claim, I'd need to know a manufacturer who does this.

I have a lg c2 never connected never going to.

fwiw you should connect it to the internet if you haven't, and do a firmware update. they released some serious quality related stuff and also wear leveling improvements

and then immediately disconnect it after. you might also be able to do the update with a thumbdrive, idk

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