How does TV connect to the Internet to watch TV and movies?

To tell the truth, it is impossible to connect the TV to the network and watch TV and movies simply with a piece of hardware.

A decoder is needed.

Television and movies on the Internet are all compressed, and TV sets have no decoders. Theoretically, they need a decoder.

Need network equipment

Because you want to use TV to surf the Internet, you need networking equipment in theory.

Need control software

You want to see all kinds of things online, so you need control software. Television should not have the function of installing software.

Digital set-top box networking

It's not that you can't get online, but all the functions of digital TV, using cable TV lines and gateways to connect to the Internet. Usually, digital set-top boxes are connected to the Internet.