I have latest LG OLED and I would have hapilly paid more for to get it without smarts built in. Using it with attached Apple TV and the experience is sublime when compared to the builtin crap.
except using a chromecast is just undoing what you thought you had accomplished.
I think the Shield was nice for a while too but then Nvidia started adding their own ads.
The Chromecast with Google TV's as close to a "Pixel for TV" as we're gonna get, I think. Wish they'd make a version with a faster processor though. The current model is still noticeably laggy.
It has definitely been paper cuts on my shield I've had for a long time (2018?)
Originally awesome, but then the last major Android update added the advert banner. It was defended because it basically only showed adverts for shows and movies.
In the past fortnight it has started showing other adverts, perfume I think.