[tomsem]

I object to the idea of smart TVs on principal. I prefer having separate components which can be updated independently.

I realize you can just not enable the 'smart'. But it bothers me that it adds cost to the device, and I'm paying for something I won't use, and whose useful life is far less than the panel itself, and eventually you will just wind up needing a streaming box anyway.

I say this as someone who worked on automation for the earliest WebOS TVs at LG for a couple of years. The profit margins are incredibly small, they use the cheapest components possible, and they don't mind that the one they sell this year will not be able to get updates 2 or 3 years hence. And yes, they eventually laid off almost all of the developers in Santa Clara and moved it to India. It was a lot of fun while it lasted (even got to visit HQ in Seoul for 'cross training'), but I didn't like the product enough to want one myself.