Normal freeview TV without being smart

sweetgirl2015

Is it possible to still be able to buy a freeview tv without it being a smart tv? Asking for my parents who dont want anything too complicated so they dont push wrong buttons or something. They dont have broadband at their house anyway so a smart tv would be useless.
They want a TV that just turns on and thats it, they basicslly only watch BBC1 anyway. 
Any ideas would be welcome. 

neilmcl

You can still buy non-smart TVs. What size?

John_Gray

It should be possible to set up even a so-called Smart (huh!) FreeView TV so that it does not invoke any of the allegedly smart features.  I know my Samsung can act simply as a FreeView TV, for example.  Of course, if you can find a TV without the Smart features it "might" be cheaper...

wongataa

Any half decent TV is likely to be 'smart' nowadays.  However you don't have to use the smart features at all and can ignore them.

I have a smart TV.  I turn it on and it goes straight to the TV function.  You should be able to set up any TV to do that.

pbartlett

Just be sure to google or ask the question - do you need to connect the tv to the internet for initial setup.

KxMx

Yes you can buy non smart TVs:
https://www.argos.co.uk/browse/technology/televisions-and-accessories/televisions/c:30106/smart-tv:no/

My Nan didn't have Internet and her smart tv worked fine for Freeview. Didn't need internet for set up. 

GaleSF63

There are still plenty of small non-smart tvs for sale, but a quick glance on Amazon didn't immediately show up anything larger than 24 inch.  I bought one about a year ago, Westinghouse, I don't recommend it as the sound is tinny; (having said that it did get knocked onto the floor from quite a height and still works so not all bad!) 

Sandtree

If they are concerned about pressing the wrong button or such then you may also want to think about getting "any" TV (smart or otherwise) and replacing the remote with a universal one therefore it wont ahve the Netflix button or such to accidently hit.

The only challenge can be on changing inputs if they do have a DVD player or such as some dont allow direct button access but are sequential based on use.

sweetgirl2015

Thanks guys, well a 32 inch would do. 
The problem I had with my Sharp smart tv was I remember during set up it wanted to be connected to broadband to let the tv set up location and address details as a security feature with a pin number in case it got stolen, which is great but it wouldn't let me skip past that section. So I dread to think how we would do that at parents house with no internet.
My only option would be to set it up at my house and take it to them afterwards, but would it still work at their house? 

George_Michael

Linsar 32LED400 | 32 inch LED TV HD Ready Freeview HD | Richer Sounds

Not a make I've ever heard of but if you can find one in a local store (when they are open again), it's only £119 and comes with a 6 year guarantee.
According to some of the reviews, the sound isn't too good but I'm sure a cheap sound bar or external speaker will fix that.

There's also this one on Amazon:
EMtronics 32" Inch HD Ready LED TV with 3 x HDMI, 2 x: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Neil_Jones

Linsar appears to be a British company based in Bournemouth.  However they do use Vestel screens, so that puts it firmly into the budget end of the market.