What surprised us the most at CES 2026
What surprised us the most at CES 2026 There are some things you can reliably expect to see at the Consumer Electronics Show every year. Companies will announce big splashy TVs, there’s going to be a bunch of new gadgets for charging your other gadgets, and the odds are good that a robot or two […]
Samsung adds much needed brightness to its Freestyle projector
Samsung adds much needed brightness to its Freestyle projector The Freestyle Plus still looks like the original 1080p Freestyle projector. | Image: Samsung The Freestyle Plus all-in-one portable projector features 430 ISO Lumens, or “nearly twice the brightness of the previous generation,” according to Samsung. Great! But also a little strange since both the original […]
LG is announcing its own Frame-style TV at CES
LG is announcing its own Frame-style TV at CES In just the past couple years, the art TV category that’s been dominated by Samsung’s The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Gallery TV. The TV will leverage the Gallery+ service that […]
Google Photos is coming to Samsung TVs in 2026
Google Photos is coming to Samsung TVs in 2026 The Google Photos Memories feature will be exclusive to Samsung for six months. Google Photos will finally be available on TVs next year, starting with an upcoming integration for Samsung TVs. Samsung announced that the planned integration will “seamlessly bring the photos people capture on their […]
LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it
LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it LG says it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs after several reports highlighted the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG spokesperson Chris De Maria says the company “respects consumer choice […]
2025 was the beginning of the end of the TV brightness war
2025 was the beginning of the end of the TV brightness war Much like the audio industry’s compression-driven loudness war, which reached its distortion-fueled apex (and not the good kind) with Metallica’s Death Magnetic in 2008, the television industry has been having its own battle the past couple of years: the brightness war. Sparked by […]
Samsung’s 2026 Micro RGB LED TVs can actually fit in your living room
Samsung's 2026 Micro RGB LED TVs can actually fit in your living room Following the release of the 115-inch Micro RGB TV back in August, Samsung has revealed today that its Micro RGB technology will extend into smaller sizes ranging from that 115-inch behemoth all the way down to 55 inches. While we all enjoy […]
Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch
Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch Texas is suing five of the biggest TV makers, accusing them of “secretly recording what consumers watch in their own homes.” In separate lawsuits filed on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims the TVs made by Sony, Samsung, LG, […]
LG enters the RGB LED fray in 2026 with the Micro RGB evo TV
LG enters the RGB LED fray in 2026 with the Micro RGB evo TV In what is sure to be the beginning of a slew of announcements, LG has confirmed it is releasing its first flagship RGB TV in 2026. It wasn’t a huge secret, considering “a premium LCD TV with Micro RGB technology” won […]
The TCL QM9K is an excellent flagship TV, but I’m not sure who it’s for
The TCL QM9K is an excellent flagship TV, but I'm not sure who it's for TCL has been a solid competitor in the midrange TV market for years, going head-to-head with Hisense. Not only are TVs from both manufacturers competitive on features, they even use similar nomenclature to categorize their TV lines – the TCL […]