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Get a Chromecast. £30 and it'll let you watch Netflix, iPlayer, youtube and so forth. Not sure about live TV though?
This is assuming you have a smartphone (ideally Android although Apple stuff works too). You cast the stuff from your phone via the netflix, youtube or iplayer apps, but essentially you're using it as a smart remote to choose the content you wish to play, not mirroring the screen of your phone. Netflix requires a subscription (£6 pcm?) but youtube, iplayer don't.
Alternatively, you can get an Amazon Fire Stick, but unless you stick illegal stuff on there (showbox, mobdro etc) you're tied into Amazon's crappy faux-android ecosystem. Definitely don't pay £70 for a dodgy one if you do want to go down that route - pay £35 and spend half an hour installing the stuff you want on it.
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Proper noob question / Dad post.
I haven't had my own TV since 2014 and back then I used an aging freeview box that I planned to replace with one that could record.
I have a physical TV and would like to:
Do I want one of those Jeremy Clarkson Amazon dongle things?
I'd like to not pay too much or have any long term subscriptions.