TVs get bigger and brighter every year, as many of the sets shown off at CES 2024 demonstrated. The consumer tech showcase was dominated by massive, blinding screens meant to blast out as much light and color as possible. The most intriguing of this year’s new TVs, though, are the ones that render the television … Read more
First, Samsung dazzled attendees of its First Look event with its transparent MicroLED TV, showcasing vibrant images dancing across a slab of thin, glowing glass. Samsung has been teasing MicroLED tech for years now, which promises the same contrast and perfect black levels as OLED thanks to pixel-level image control, but in a brighter and … Read more
The QN90C’s onboard sound quality better matches its premium aesthetic, rising above the majority of TVs I’ve tested. While it can get a little sharp in the upper midrange, it’s got surprisingly hefty bass response and adept object tracking for a relatively immersive soundstage. I’m pretty picky about sound, so the fact that the TV … Read more
I had a miserable time setting up LG’s 65-inch C3 OLED TV. The long and short of it is that LG TVs don’t play nicely with networks like mine by default. It was a frustrating situation, but maybe the biggest lesson learned is that when a TV looks this great, I’m terrible at holding a … Read more
Sony’s A95K TV (9/10, WIRED Recommends) was a breakthrough in picture quality, becoming an instant hit with critics and videophiles everywhere. Part of the first generation of QD-OLED TVs, which marry a layer of quantum dots with a more traditional OLED display to boost brightness and color volume, the A95K and Samsung’s 2022 S95B both … Read more
Smartwatches will still be popular (and fashionable), but instead of just counting reps, they’ll keep close tabs on a wider array of health conditions. New sensors that more accurately monitor blood pressure, glucose levels, and heart rate will feed data into an on-device AI analysis engine that correlates any irregularities with the historical and real-time … Read more