Can I still buy a ‘dumb’ TV?

Lloyd would like to upgrade his old Sony television but doesn't want one with 'smart' features that go out of date

I'm still running a 12-year-old Sony LCD TV and fancy something a bit bigger, but I don't want "smart" features that that will be dead before I buy another TV. I am a Virgin TV subscriber so my TiVo is smarter than most TVs, and I use an Amazon Prime TV Stick for streaming. I prefer to be able to upgrade these external devices as and when I please, rather than upgrade the whole TV when the smart part is no longer smart. Lloyd

As the co-owner of another old but good Sony LCD TV, I feel your pain. It seems obvious to us that the TV industry should offer some reasonably priced, high-quality TV displays with lots of HDMI inputs and - hello Sony - a simple way to switch between feeds using a remote control. But if it does, they are hard to find in the UK.