Mom’s VERY old TV is dying. She does not have cable or internet, lives alone in her home (at her insistence) with home aides 3-4 days a week. We need the most BASIC TV on the planet, NOT a “smart” TV, NOT Alexa/Echo, with a remote allowing on/off/channel/volume and that’s ALL. Suggestions? Also small… Thank you.
Pretty sure you will need a digital antenna though.
Life was so much easier and less stressful when all one needed to do is remember 3 or 4 stations, and there was always a good show that was on. I still have the remote that my Dad made back in the 1950's which had only 6 buttons to remember :)
It sounds as though what you need for mom isn't a "dumb" TV per se but rather a "dumb" remote she can easily operate with any TV. Here's one I found on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Flipper-Button-Universal-Seniors-Dementia/dp/B0CR5S1BCN/
Modern "smart" TVs don't need to be used in their smart function, i.e., hooked up to internet for streaming. However, any TV is going to need some way to get a signal, even if you only want to have a few channels. If your mom doesn't have cable, is she using an antenna? Although I generally stream everything, I do have a flat panel antenna that works pretty well for most "over the air" network channels. Lots of brands of those on amazon and elsewhere. The flat antennas can mount on a wall or window, and can generally pick up signals from transmitters that are 40-60 miles away.