> A few years ago I got an "Ok" TV, sold in Germany, house-brand of Saturn/Mediamarkt.

I'm guessing this is probably on par with Sceptre TVs in the US.

> My next purchase is gonna be a projector, so I hope those also don't get infested.

Many of those are very sensibly going the route of saying "we assume you want some kind of separate smart-TV stick, so here's a compartment for it with power and HDMI". Not all of them, but many.