TVs without a smart platform
The rest of this site is about the settings on smart TVs. If you're buying a new TV, there's another option: a TV with no smart platform has no ACR, no network features and no voice microphone to manage, because there's no operating system in it to run them. It's a shrinking category — Samsung, LG, Sony, TCL, Hisense, and Vizio have all stopped making non-smart consumer sets — but it hasn't disappeared entirely.
United States
Sceptre is the most consistently available option: a budget brand that still sells plain LED TVs with no smart operating system, just HDMI/USB inputs and a tuner, in sizes from around 24" up to 65"+, through Walmart and Amazon. A handful of other budget brands — Westinghouse, Impecca, Supersonic — reportedly carry non-smart models too, though their specific in-stock sizes and models change often enough that we're not going to cite specific SKUs here; search each brand's name plus "non-smart" or "no smart TV" when you're actually buying, since availability shifts faster than this page can track.
United Kingdom
Cello, manufactured in the UK, currently sells several non-smart models — 19" to 43" as of this writing — with a Freeview T2 HD tuner (some with a satellite tuner or built-in DVD player instead), no internet connectivity and no apps, sold directly and through Currys and AO.com. Thomson is another brand reportedly selling basic non-smart sets in the UK market; same caveat as above on checking current stock and specific models yourself.
The other route: commercial displays
Hospitality and retail "digital signage" displays — not marketed as TVs — are built the same way: no smart OS, no tuner in many cases, just inputs. They're available in both regions through commercial AV suppliers rather than typical consumer retail, generally cost more than an equivalent consumer set, and the buying process is less straightforward. Worth knowing about if the consumer non-smart options above don't fit your size or budget needs, but not the first place to look.
The trade-off
A non-smart TV has no settings of this kind to check, because it has no software that could run them. What you give up: no built-in streaming apps at all, so you'll want an external device (a Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, or similar) for streaming. That device has its own privacy and ad settings, so it's worth checking those too.
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