Hi all., I've been reading up about the ridiculously (to me) low prices for high-quality TVs these days, and the economics of it all is quite fascinating. It seems that the cost of manufacturing is being well offset by the revenue from collecting information on a household's watching habits and sending it back to the manufacturer, Google and who the heck knows who else... It would seem, on the surface, ridiculously simply to disable the information gathering by refusing to connect the device to the Internet and simply have it do nothing besides switch between tuner and HDMI port for input. That way I can have better control of my TV's "smarts" with my own choice of smarts -- Shield, Chromecast, Roku, RasPlex, Android TV, Linux desktop or whatever. Sure some apps of those devices may also be reporting, but it's not all-encompassing -- Netflix sends them my Netflix watching, but not my OTA, YouTube. Kodi or other channel choices. I haven't bought a TV in a decade so I don't know the current landscape. What I have seen is that *everything* now is "smart" except for the lowest-end which tend not to have the best picture. Is it possible on modern TVs to install without an Internet connection so they don't phone home? Or does keeping the TV offline disable important functions? And are some brands easier to "dumb down" than others? Thanks! -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56