I feel like it used to be size, color, and clarity meant more expensive. Now I look at a 500$ 4k TV and a 2000$ 4k TV and I don’t know what the difference is. They can both be smart TVs, be the same size, and have a lot of same advertised features, but what are the subtle unspoken mysteries that justify a huge price gap?
That’s literally why they said they don’t connect them to the Internet. Just get a separate streaming service and forget about updates or internal software.
I wish that’s advice I had at the time. Live and learn.