Typical recommendation I always give to anyone looking for a dumb tv, get a JVC videoprojector, it's dumb and you'll get the biggest price to size to quality ra

Typical recommendation I always give to anyone looking for a dumb tv, get a JVC videoprojector, it's dumb and you'll get the biggest price to size to quality ratio possible for watching movies (note: the actual price is far below msrp if you look). Buying a B-stock JVC DLA-X790R for 2,300 usd was one of the best purchase I've ever made. Amazing image quality, looks great on the 120 inch screen that drops from my ceiling in the living room and not a iota of smartness included. Only thing is that it does mean that watching movies during the day is not great without black out curtains. This creates intentionality behind our tv watching. Turning on the video projector, closing the black out curtains and opening the screen means that we don't start watching tv out of force of habit. There's a certain degree of conscious decision behind watching a movie or tv show and I think that's beneficial to us by reducing the amount of tv watching and forcing us to concentrate on higher quality content. It's a bit similar to using records to listen to music (I don't personally but I can see how it could enhance the experience compared to just turning on spotify) or to making loose leafed tea with proper teaware.