I've always been the type of person who spends way too much time tweaking every setting on a new TV. Motion smoothing gets turned off, energy-saving features get adjusted, and I usually dig through every menu I can find to uncover hidden features. When I recently upgraded to an LG C5, I did exactly that, making changes right away that genuinely improved my experience, whether it was renaming HDMI inputs, dialing in the picture quality exactly how I wanted it, or connecting Bluetooth headphones.
But despite years of owning smart TVs, there was one setting I always scrolled past and never really thought about touching until recently: Wi-Fi.
On just about every smart TV, one of the first things you're prompted to do during setup is connect it to the internet. And that makes sense — Wi-Fi is what allows you to download updates, access built-in streaming apps, and take advantage of many of the TV's smart features.
Recently, though, I realized that keeping Wi-Fi enabled on my TV was completely unnecessary given how I actually use it. So I decided to turn it off and see what would happen.
Turns out, turning off Wi-Fi made a bigger difference than I expected. Here's why.
My TV went back to doing what it does best
Turning off Wi-Fi dramatically cleaned up my TV
The main reason I decided to turn off Wi-Fi on my TV is that I realized I wasn't using any of its smart features. If…