You can watch movies and shows from Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and other services on a smartphone or a tablet, but a dedicated TV will always be something special. It’s the centerpiece of your living room, and the only display that you can truly cozy up to on the couch for hours on end. If you want to get more out of your purchase, you can make it even better with a powerful sound system and by hooking up a few game consoles, like the Nintendo Switch, PS4, or Xbox One. The latest 4K (and soon, 8K) displays from Sony, Samsung, LG, Vizio, and more deliver enhanced visual quality, better value, and smart features that you can’t find on other screens outside of your local cinema. If you’re looking for the latest TV news, how-tos on optimizing your home theater setup, and reviews for OLED and LCD TVs, you’ve come to the right place.
Becca Farsace and I pitched this video about finding the smallest television at CES 2024. But once we got to the show floor, we were swallowed up by gigantic 100+” screens, furniture centerpieces, and more TVs that turn into picture frames. As TV tech has progressed, have we forgotten about the tiny portables? Here’s our journey.
It was a fine day when Netflix announced that PokémonHorizons’ English dub was finally set to hit Netflix this upcoming February, but it looks like we’re actually going to be waiting until March 7th to hang out with Liko and Sprigatito in Paldea.
Monday was quite the whirlwind! Let’s take a step back and recap all of the fun surprises:
• Apple dropped the launch date for the Vision Pro.
• Samsung’s Ballie AI robot now doubles as a projector.
• MSI has a new Steam Deck competitor called the Claw.
• Nvidia revealed its RTX 4080 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super.
There’s still more to come! Stay tuned to The Verge for more CES coverage from the show floor.
While these days, CES pressers are little more than watching a video with some exec standing on stage talking about it, LG at least had the decency to physically roll out its much-anticipated Signature OLED T TV at its press conference today.
They did it with sufficient flair, and even from the fifth row it was impressive, the galaxy of shooting stars and rising moons making for an awesome display.
Still, a walking, talking robot demo would have been more impressive ...
All of the big TV manufacturers will tell you that huge screens are really having a moment with consumers, and TCL has been pushing that message for a while now.
During its CES 2024 press conference, the company announced a 115-inch version of the QM8 Mini LED TV, which has received very positive reviews over the last several months for its top-tier brightness and superb reduction of visible blooming.
TCL’s other CES products include new soundbars, plus US-bound tablets featuring the company’s signature NXTPAPER matte displays.
The stream starts at 2PM ET, and it looks like TCL will share some updates on its TVs, NXTPAPER phone, and RayNeo AR glasses.
You can tune into the livestream starting at 11 AM ET. It seems like there will be a focus on sustainability, according to the video’s description.
When LG showcased its new Signature OLED T at CES, the transparent TV was surrounded by furniture and shelving. But the company’s press release confirms you won’t have to use that stuff.
The OLED T comes in standalone, against-the-wall, or wall mount options. Customers can further customize by adding standing or floating shelves on either or both sides of the screen to best suit their unique tastes and preferences.
So you can hang it to the wall like any other TV if that’s your preference. You’d just better be sure things look clean back there.
It kicks off at 12PM ET, and you can watch the livestream on YouTube. Right now, it features some great muzak.
During the LG press conference at CES, Google VP of engineering Erik Kay took the stage to announce that LG TVs released in 2024 will now come with Chromecast. That means you’ll be able to cast videos, music, games, and more from your phone to your TV.
LG announced its CES 2024 lineup already, and it will be less about TVs and much more about AI this year. There will be TVs, though. Plenty of them.
Here’s the livestream, and of course you can keep up with the rest of our CES 2024 coverage right here.
Unlike LG’s transparent OLED TV, Sammy’s transparent MicroLED display is still just a prototype, but CES 2024 is the first time Samsung is showing it in public.
As a reminder, MicroLED — first seen in “The Wall” at CES several years ago — has many of the same benefits as OLED (like self-lit pixels) without the organic downsides or chance of burn-in. But MicroLED is still too expensive despite the seamless panels getting smaller and more TV-like in recent years.
The Signature OLED T is a 77-inch TV with a very unique gimmick. But it’s hard to imagine the pricey novelty wouldn’t wear off over time.
The Signature OLED T — T for transparent — is a new 77-inch 4K TV that’ll go on sale later this year. It’s not the best TV for the money, but this is something you’d buy just because you can.
Sony is no longer abiding by the industry norm of announcing its latest and greatest TVs at CES each year.
The company skipped Vegas and waited until last March to introduce its 2023 lineup. And even then, the lauded A95 QD-OLED TV didn’t actually ship until the fall. Sony is clearly working on a much different timeline than other TV makers these days.
So it should come as no surprise that Digital Trends’ Caleb Denison is reporting that new TVs won’t be part of Sony’s CES 2024 presence. It sounds like the company has made some impressive Mini LED backlighting advancements that will appear in upcoming models — whenever they’re ready.
Sony is still holding a press conference on January 8th, so maybe we’ll get another look at Afeela at this year’s show.
We’ll have more news about LG’s 2024 TV lineup (including new OLEDs) once it’s all revealed in Las Vegas, but the most intriguing part of this pre-CES press release is a guarantee of future smart TV software updates, similar to what we’ve seen recently on phones like Google’s Pixel 8 series:
With the webOS Re:New program,* LG is offering an upgrade to the latest version of its webOS smart TV platform to give more smart TV owners the most up-to-date user experience for the next five years. This notable offer comes to LG QNED Mini LED 8K models launched in 2022 (QNED99 and QNED95 series) and will be extended to additional models in the QNED TV lineup worldwide in the future.
A footnote mentions, “...this upgrade does not cover the TV’s hardware performance, features or durability,” so we’ll have to find out what it does cover in a few days.
Correction December 28th, 12:30PM: An earlier version said Mini OLED, the TVs mentioned are Mini LED. We regret the error.
We bought a 50-inch Frame for our bedroom since the middling picture quality isn’t an issue for a TV that will mostly be in Art Mode, but if we could have fit a 55 I would have been so tempted by the silly motorized mount that rotates it from landscape to portrait automatically. This wire wrapping and AC adapter situation is a little ridiculous, though?
Earlier this year, Vizio totally overhauled its TV software — yes, again. And now the company is rolling out a secondary update that’s meant to substantially speed up the reworked Vizio Home interface.
The company’s press release claims that powering on TVs should now be twice as fast. But these latest optimizations also extend to app load times, switching between your favorite streaming services, and search results. All of it should feel speedier and more responsive once your TV pulls down the new update.
At a party this weekend, a friend lamented having to turn off the motion smoothing on his parents’ TV because everything looked like it had been soaked in Vaseline. The scourge of motion smoothing is still with us. Be prepared!
