My TV's getting on a decade old. It's getting bad burn in around the corners. It's time is coming, and I'm prepared to replace it. In an ideal world I'd get a 4K HDR TV with OLED. Is it possible to get a high quality TV that doesn't have smart features? They're completely redundant for me so I'd hope that I could save money that way.
I got a smart TV for free. I connected it to my WiFi, and then blocked it from actually accessing the internet at my router. I've read places (I don't remember where) that some smart devices will connect to any open WiFi to report back home otherwise. This might not be actually true.