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John Higgins

John Higgins

Senior Reviewer, TVs & Audio

Senior Reviewer, TVs & Audio

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    LG will no longer make any 8K OLED or LED TVs.

    According to FlatpanelsHD, LG Display has halted production of 8K panels. We haven’t seen a new 8K model from LG since 2024, and certainly won’t in 2026. So for the seven people that still care about 8K TVs, Samsung is the only manufacturer still making them.

    The last 8K TVs being made

    [Samsung Electronics America]

    John Higgins
    John Higgins
    Vizio stealth released its first significant TVs since the Walmart acquisition.

    New 75-inch ($498) and 65-inch ($398) Vizio mini-LED TVs — the first from the company — have appeared on Walmart (previous Vizio TVs were FALD but not mini LED). They’re the cheapest mini-LEDs available in those sizes and I expect their brightness will compete with comparable TCL and Hisense TVs.

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    Sony’s first clip earbuds don’t quite hit the mark

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    The Sony LinkBuds Clip are comfortable with good sound, but are light on features for the price.

    John Higgins
    What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs

    It’s still over a year off, and might not even happen, but a Sony and TCL partnership has wide-spanning implications.

    John Higgins
    The Sony Bravia 8 II is a TV enthusiast’s dream

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    It’s not the brightest OLED, and it isn’t perfect, but there’s no TV I’d rather watch.

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