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If I can find a 42"+ monitor I'd buy monitors (EDIT: at anything remotely close to TV prices anyway). Unfortunately most monitors are small.



There are some cheap Philips 4k monitors over 40".

I got your point - why not buy a smart TV and never connect it online? You wouldn't care what is inside if you aren't using it anyway. I have a 55" Samsung 4k and couldn't care less about SW inside. All I do is to route HDMI through A/V receiver and use it as a 4k monitor for my main computer, TV for Kodi NUC and gaming screen for Zotac NEN Steambox...


I would care because it means convincing the sales people to let me test said TV without a network connection to see that it doesn't e.g. nag me about lacking connection, or have delays when starting due to trying to connect or similar crap. It's annoying enough with the clutter in the UI related to features (analog TV, inputs I have no use for) that we only ever notice because it occasionally gets in our way. And that's on a "dumb" TV.

I also care because I don't want to encourage more of that crap.




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