I think you want a smart tv as it will give you many more options in the future, including being able to access Netflix easily. Our main tv is not smart, so we are not doing many of the things that my daughter and her friends are doing with their tv's. We usually don't miss what we don't have but, even so, out next major tv will be smart. Our tv's tend to last 20 years or so; a smart tv will not become obsolete as fast as a non-smart tv.