I got a cheap Vizio TV for free that I was really impressed with the design of. That is, it did not have the outrageous number of HDMI plugs that a Sony has and didn't have stupid "Smart TV" features but instead it had some good quality and good sized speakers such that it was not a big improvement to add a soundbar to it. It really seemed to me that every cent on the BOM was carefully spent to deliver value.

One of the boards burned out though and one of my son's friends bought a Samsung TV that is also too low end to have "smart" features but I like it a lot less than the Vizio. (If I did not keep getting free TVs I might have upgraded my TV a long time ago...)