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This is the reason why I buy the "Dumb" TV version, and its cheaper too. No reason my tv needs to be hooked up to the internet, have apps, or a camera/microphone! I just need it to display images, I don't even need it to output any sound! If I could pay less for no speakers that would be awesome!

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I'm the same way, but this is slowly becoming a non-option. Even the cheap TVs are "smart" these days--it's no longer really a premium feature and just something that every TV has tacked on as a marketing bullet point. If you limit your new TV search to only "dumb" models your selection of options becomes almost comically tiny.

Fortunately, leaving the TV unplugged from the internet is still a viable option.

Buy commercial displays / signage displays. Like the ones they have in airports.

I have a NEC commercial display as my TV. It's great and is built to last forever. Oh and it has no network capability or "smarts" of any kind. It's as dumb as a monitor gets.

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