I don't even care that much about my personal privacy and yet I'm terrified of "Smart TVs" because I spent time working on many different models across various

I don't even care that much about my personal privacy and yet I'm terrified of "Smart TVs" because I spent time working on many different models across various manufacturers and they are all horrible, horrible devices in their own ways (some far more horrible than others). I still have nightmares about the Insignia 'Smart' TV we wrote some apps for while working at chumby, the Samsung and LG models were only mildly better. My TV should not require a 30 second bootup time before it can do anything if powered on cold, my TV should not crash because it has been on too long and there is a memory leak in the YahooWidgets/JavaScript engine it uses for apps, my TV should just focus on doing a really good job of displaying images from one or more sources of other boxes which are small and cheap enough to be upgraded every couple of years (unlike a TV which I upgrade far less). Let me worry if those external boxes are invading my privacy or not, but my TV really needs to be stupid enough that it isn't even possible, if only for practical reasons.