All of those issues are covered by other devices that most people will already have. An XBox360/PS3 or any newer gaming system can output 4k and make the smart features in the TV unnecessary. The same is true of a cable box, Roku plugin, fire stick, or any other streaming device. All the TV really needs is to display the 4k signal it receives. TVs don’t even really need receivers anymore just a USB hub, a processor for video and audio output, and a screen.
But that’s exactly what TVs do? The buggy crap is all in the video casting features, the wireless display crap, and the apps you install onto it.
If you just want a display with ports, get yourself a nice and big monitor. It’s a tad expensive because those things aren’t subsidised by ads and tracking and paid-for services like so many cheap TVs are, but they’ll do nothing but display a signal you feed it.
All of those issues are covered by other devices that most people will already have. An XBox360/PS3 or any newer gaming system can output 4k and make the smart features in the TV unnecessary. The same is true of a cable box, Roku plugin, fire stick, or any other streaming device. All the TV really needs is to display the 4k signal it receives. TVs don’t even really need receivers anymore just a USB hub, a processor for video and audio output, and a screen.
Or grab a mini media focused computer to hook up to it.
But that’s exactly what TVs do? The buggy crap is all in the video casting features, the wireless display crap, and the apps you install onto it.
If you just want a display with ports, get yourself a nice and big monitor. It’s a tad expensive because those things aren’t subsidised by ads and tracking and paid-for services like so many cheap TVs are, but they’ll do nothing but display a signal you feed it.