[revanx_]

I bought a 58 inch samsung tv in 2016 for around 250 euro. 1080p, barebone no smart features, two hdmi ports and two usb 2.0 ports. I wouldn't give it up even if someone payed me double today. It works as intended and that's all I care about. I use it daily. Yes, color vise it's a TN lcd panel so about as good as it can be expected but none of that matters because you simply get used to it.

I haven't checked but I think you could probably still find something bare-bone today it's just that people want the greatest shit and don't want to settle for less. Maybe try something that isn't OLED or 4K and you might be surprised...

[deergomoo]

Aside from the fact that image quality and motion handling are the two most important factors in a TV for me—and therefore I would never settle for less unless I couldn’t afford it—the barebones offerings today are likely to be even worse. Even super cheap TVs are smart now, except they have even worse CPUs and even less effort is put into making the software anything close to good.