Any good debloated TVs?

You can make any smart TV dumb. Just disable the network on it and use your own streaming device (Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, etc.).

Don't bother using the TV, get a separate box. Even Google TV shoves recommendations down your throat.

Hate to say it, but the Apple TV is probably the most debloated system out there. It is more or less the easiest way to get just a grid of apps.

Get a commercial display instead of a "smart" tv and then hook your smart device of choice in

I was in the same boat as you. It doesn’t sit right with me having all the smart stuff enabled even if I’m not using it. There’s plenty of concerns there. I ended up getting a smart tv, using an Apple TV plugged into it, and turning off the WiFi on the tv itself. When I want to update it, I can. Otherwise, you can look for TVs marketed towards businesses. Like the ones that get hung up to display menus and stuff. That was the only avenue I found where the smart stuff wasn’t baked in. They’re expensive though.

Not really. TVs are subsidized by ads and data collection, so they all have this crap. The more reputable brands do have better UX and may let you opt out of some of it, but not all.

My recommendation is to buy the TV with the best hardware features that you want. Once you get it, connect it once via Ethernet and update it to get all the most up to date features and fixes. Then disconnect it from Ethernet and connect a smart TV box like Apple TV or the nVidia Shield and use that.

Your experience will be better, the UI will be simpler, and you don't have to worry about all the ads and spyware.

I went on that journey a couple years ago. What I ended up buying is technically considered "digital signage" rather than a TV. Basically zero bloat. You may have to pay a little extra but I don't recall it being that much. Pretty sure I got it here.

Get one with a good panel and ignore the "Smart" part. Better use something like a Fire TV Stick.

There is a "apps mode" on Google Chromecast with Google tv - that takes out all the recommendations and stuff and just shows you the apps, fwiw.

My newish Sony has a basic mode where it just functions as a tv. No smart bs. Picked that at setup and never looked back.

Walmart sells a brand called Sceptre that I've been using for years now. Cheap dumb TV and use a Chromecast for all my streaming needs, works like a charm. And, I can always plug a real computer into it if I need it to be "smart"

Sony Bravia running Android TV (Google TV, whatever they're calling it these days). I refuse to buy any other kind of TV based on how clean, ad free, and easy to use I've found my Bravia to be. They have a variety of LED options and sizes

I have a Samsung smart tv and I block most of the bullshit ads using a pi-hole. It’s not that hard to setup really and it also provides ad blocking for anything else on the network.

The one tiny issue is if I want to update an app on the tv I have to disable the pi-hole for a few minutes and restart the tv so it can hit the servers for app updates. And let me tell ya, that tv sucks without the ad blocking

I don't know if it's in your budget, but my wife and I went with an ultra short throw projector and ALR screen. No smart features at all, and a better and larger picture in our living room. We'll never go back to TVs again.

Recently LinusTechTips posted a video vouching for Roku TVs. It seems they have a really snappy UI with no ads.

Maybe you can consider using a computer monitor as a tv if you can find one large enough.

I couldn't avoid a smart TV without overpaying or compromising on features. I bought an LG but I blocked it from communicating over the WAN when it was clear there was no way to disable occasional 'notifications' advertising features or content I had no interest in.

Now I just turn it on/off with wake on LAN and get all my content through external hardware hooked up to an AVR.

Pretty hard to come by, imo just disconnect the TV from internet entirely and don't use its garbage smart TV functions.

I got an LG TV but it will never be connected to the internet. I use an Apple TV for content because Apple is the most privacy focused platform available for this, and even then, I still use NextDNS to disable any possible tracking/telemetry that has.

I have an older smart TV but I am just using an old Steam Link to stream a desktop with adblockers.

A few years ago I got a Sceptre UTV 55" U558CV-UMC on Amazon. It was about $250 and has been pretty good! Probably out of stock now but there may be a similar one available.

I think lg was quite good. It's full of ads but if you don't sign in you don't get them. Lose some functionality but it's not terrible. Not sure about anything else

I got a Vizio a few years ago because they don’t require you to connect it to the internet at all. I just use a separate set-top box with it.

Plug a computer into it. There are little machines that you can hide behind the TV, if that's what you want. Not only will you not get ads, but you also won't get ads with stuff like YouTube if you use an ad blocker.

We're looking to get our first TV in years, the current one is about 10-12 years old. We don't watch normal 'tv', everything is streamed through another device.

What kind of adverts can I expect in a modern current-gen TV?

Just buy a tv that has the features which within your budget. Don’t connect it to the internet if you don’t need that. Get an Apple TV or other desired streaming stick if you do but some or most will some form of ads or tacking.
You could look at setting up pihole or adguard home server to help minimise internet based ads & tracking but it may not stop all.

I've had a TCL Roku tv for a while and I love it. There's really only one ad and it's off to the side of the list of apps, so really non-intrusive.

There are third party launchers you can download for many non-roku smart TVs. I have an android tv that has a god awful interface by default, but I installed FLauncher and haven't seen a single ad since.

Yes just a NonSmart TV they are usually cheap or very expensive or old

Buy a projector instead. Most don't have any of the "smart" spyware that TVs do yet. Plus you get like a 4x bigger screen for for half the price

No one forces you to use that stuff. I don't think I've ever used my TV menus. I have a chromestick and I just cast everything from my phone. I could have the smartest TV in the world for all I know, I don't care.