40" 'dumb' TV - not a lot of choices

[WhiskeyRebel]

Originally Posted by MadMan

In general, the 'smart' capabilities are treated as a separate unit of the tv, in terms of the menu system and all that. If you're not going to use that type of stuff, you probably wouldn't even know it was there anyway. Just sayin'

Should we be assuming that you want an inexpensive TV, then?

Partly I'd like to keep the price low, but also I am concerned that if the set has additional circuitry for those functions, the maker has skimped somewhere else in the build in order to hold it within a competitive price bracket. And partly it just galls me to buy features I don't want.

I was looking at a Sharp. I know Hisense owns that brand now. Are they OK or is that a brand known for frequent failure?