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.
A few years ago LG’s gimmick for the highest-end version of its OLED TV was a paper-thin display that you could slap on the wall and connect to its soundbar / base station with a single wire.
In 2023, LG’s top-of-the-line 97-inch 4K OLED doesn’t need the connecting wire at all.
From wireless to 8K and back to more reasonable options, Verge editor and reviewer Chris Welch is ready to walk you through the entire lineup.
Roku hasn’t said who is building the new TVs it just announced at CES, but it’s fascinating they have ex-TCL exec Chris Larson running things. A little badge engineering goes a long way, I suppose.
We weren’t impressed by the $900 original, but the 2023 Freestyle has a neat little trick called Smart Edge Blending that automatically stitches the images of two projectors into a single ultra-wide display with a 21:9 aspect ratio.
Only catch? If buying one Freestyle wasn’t worth it, who’d actually buy two?
Our roundup has more details about the refreshed Freestyle and the rest of Samsung’s new TV lineup.
We have a full piece on how to turn off motion smoothing if you need it. Happy Holidays, friends. Do this service for your family.
I hope David Lynch one day directs the film of a little girl who overcomes her fear of televisions, despite the lies told by Icelandic poets.
I spent so much time covering 3DTV in my baby gadget blogger days, but it was always doomed because no one wants to wear the glasses. The Ringer looks back at Avatar, James Cameron, and his short-lived 3D phenomenon.
Rewatching Avatar now, its best moments still have a weightless, stratospheric kick, and you can understand why insiders and observers would have bet on a wide-scale 3D revolution. The early 2010s featured wildly profitable 3D releases encompassing fairy-tale adaptations (Alice in Wonderland), Pixar crowd-pleasers (Toy Story 3), and keynote MCU entries (Captain America: the First Avenger). For a brief moment, polarized glasses were basically mandatory for any summertime theater outing.
While some manufacturers have made it easier to disable motion smoothing on new TVs since Tom Cruise made his heartfelt plea (and built in Filmmaker Mode), it’s on by default for far too many screens.
If you’re stuck watching a TV with that soap opera effect, our how-to guide can get you started on finding the off switch, even if some TV manufacturers have recently changed the name of the setting (for example, many new Samsung TVs can turn all the processing off with one toggle now).
LG’s 65-inch C1 OLED is $1,196.99 at Amazon right now for Black Friday. It usually costs at least $200 more than that even in the very best sales we’ve seen. Yes, it’s last year’s model but the excellent new C2 isn’t notably better — the C1 has all the flashy features like HDMI 2.1 with VRR and ALLM for the latest game consoles. For so many reasons, this is the sweet spot of TVs.
If you’ve got Amazon’s credit card, it’ll give you 10 percent cashback, too.
The $3,500 Ark isn’t as rich to look at as a cheaper OLED or as useful for multitasking as sticking a couple of cheap monitors together.
At 1PM ET today Netflix is streaming its second annual Tudum event, where you can expect to hear news about and see trailers from its biggest franchises, including The Witcher and Bridgerton. I’ll be covering the event live alongside my colleague Charles Pulliam-Moore, and you can also watch along at the link below. There will be lots of expected names during the stream, but I have my fingers crossed for a new season of Hemlock Grove.
