I had a strong preference for a "dumb tv" and I would have paid slightly more for that, specifically so that the TV and its controls don't try to hassle me. Th

I had a strong preference for a "dumb tv" and I would have paid slightly more for that, specifically so that the TV and its controls don't try to hassle me. That being said, IIRC my TV was ~$900, and at the time the most equivalent consumer smart TV was ~1050. So I figured that I saved a bit of money. But there wasn't exactly feature parity even at that price point (e.g. the Consumer tv had another HDMI input or two).