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What about just not connecting it to the network? Then put a video device on it like Roku or Apple tv or whatever.
Some TVs require connecting to the network to set it up, and I'm concerned TV manufacturers will get more brazen going forward. If there's a company that doesn't do this nonsense, I'd rather reward them for being good instead of working around misfeatures in popular brands.
Has ads that can be disabled, at least as-of last year. Not sure how long that'll last...
Apple also seems interested in ads.
Any other option will likely degrade to having ads at some point. I could probably get rid of them w/ a PiHole or something, but that could end up being a game of whack-a-mole.
I'll probably end up w/ a Raspberry Pi or something running Kodi or similar, which is really annoying because that's yet another thing I have to self-host just to avoid this stupid obsession with ads.
I hear Sony is a good bet
With the way Sony is treating their gaming customers lately I consider it a dead brand.