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Then they'll have to glue it shut to keep me from opening it and disconnecting the cellular antenna.

It might refuse to work without a signal

Agreed, some sort of activation required by phoning home. Makes me sad capitalism lead to this.

Then I will return it as defective.

This is the sort of thing I researched before my recent purchase. The trick was to run the TV in "store" mode --- no internet connection required.