Tag Archives: best-tvs

Shambling corpse of 3D TV finally falls down dead

Now playing: Watch this: 3D TV might finally be dead 1:30 It’s been a walking corpse for the last couple of years, and now 3D TV finally looks dead. LG and Sony, the last two major TV makers to support the 3D feature in their TVs, will stop doing so in 2017. None of their …

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Black Friday price drop: 200 more reasons to buy an OLED TV

The best picture quality we’ve ever tested now costs less than ever, but it still ain’t cheap. In anticipation of the Black Friday TV buying frenzy, the two OLED-based TVs in LG’s B6 series have fallen to their lowest prices of the year. Starting Sunday, November 20, and running through Cyber Monday, November 28, the 55-inch OLED55B6P will cost $1,800, …

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What do I need for 4K?

What do you need to get 4K in your home? I’ll give you a hint: it’s more than just a TV. While the 4K-compatible TV is the most obvious part — and prices on those TVs have never been lower — there’s also content, external devices, cables, and more to consider. So here, in five easy steps, is what you …

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TV features you should (and shouldn’t) care about

Is SUHD really better than UHD, or is that “S” full of it? Is HDR better than 4K? What’s the difference between 4K, HDR, OLED, UHD, SUHD, UHDBD, and all the other letter jumbles? Good questions. The TV world is filled with impenetrable jargon, and TVs can get expensive, so it’s certainly worth taking a moment and figuring out what’s …

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How Amazon is betting on big names, fresh talent and ‘beautiful storytelling’ in Netflix battle

From “House of Cards” to “Transparent”, some of today’s best TV isn’t on TV at all. We caught up with Helen Cowley, senior manager at Amazon Instant Video, to find out how online streaming gives big names and fresh talent an opportunity to do something different, and find out why Amazon wants you to help choose its next big hit. …

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Crave Talk: Is this the end of rubbish TVs?

If a doctor were to inspect the world of televisions right now, she’d give it a nice big lollipop and a perfect bill of health. We can’t remember the last flat-screen TV that we’d actively discourage people from buying — they’ve all been spiffing. The problem is that every TV these days is HD Ready, affordable, and even likely to have …

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