For one thing, I think smart TV sets are slow to turn on. Also, I think someone else mentioned before that some models will use the Wi-Fi even if that function is disabled (but I don't know whether or not that is true). Also, there is the OSD, which you might not want.
About 2-4 seconds is all it takes my samsung 4k 60hz tv. It's the most basic of basic tvs, with probably tons of apps that want to spy on me for hulu, etc. If you don't tell your tv the wifi password it can't use wifi. If you have no-password wifi that's another problem, but you could even block the mac address.
Perhaps eventually tvs will have their own radios to spy on you against your will, but that's not what's been there up to now. The osd on my $300 tv can be turned off, and disappears in a few seconds.
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Just buy a smart tv and don't connect it to your local wifi or ethernet. Why wouldn't this work?
For one thing, I think smart TV sets are slow to turn on. Also, I think someone else mentioned before that some models will use the Wi-Fi even if that function is disabled (but I don't know whether or not that is true). Also, there is the OSD, which you might not want.
About 2-4 seconds is all it takes my samsung 4k 60hz tv. It's the most basic of basic tvs, with probably tons of apps that want to spy on me for hulu, etc. If you don't tell your tv the wifi password it can't use wifi. If you have no-password wifi that's another problem, but you could even block the mac address.
Perhaps eventually tvs will have their own radios to spy on you against your will, but that's not what's been there up to now. The osd on my $300 tv can be turned off, and disappears in a few seconds.