We’re in a golden age of TV tech. There’s everything from quantum dots to massive screen sizes, all for less than budget TVs from little more than a decade ago. If you’re buying a TV for the first time in a while, or maybe the first time at all, there’s a confusing bombardment of acronyms and abbreviations, all conspiring to hide what’s truly good, and bad, about a TV.
For the discerning, or fugal, viewer, what’s the best option? OLED gets all the hype, but what’s mini about Mini-LED? What’s the difference between QLED and ULED? What TV technology produces the best picture with movies? Games? What’s the best looking overall?
While there are standouts with every technology, as well as significant pros and cons, we can make some generalizations. Certain technologies are better than others, sometimes at just a few things, some times for a lot of things. Finding the right TV for you is a matter of balancing these strengths and weakness for your specific needs. First, though, we need to figure out what those strengths and weaknesses actually are.
As well as covering TV and other display tech, Geoff does photo tours of cool museums and locations around the world, including nuclear submarines, massive aircraft carriers, medieval castles, epic 10,000-mile road trips, and more. Check out Tech Treks for all his tours and adventures.
He wrote a bestselling sci-fi novel about city-size submarines and a sequel. You can follow his adventures on Instagram and his YouTube channel.