There are at least three good reasons to decide to buy a new TV now: Christmas is just around the corner, the so-called “switch off” of Italian television at Dvb-T2, which began in October and facilitated by a state bonus, and the availability of a large product offer, now enriched by the brand new MiniLed technology.
First tested by the Chinese giant TCL and now available, albeit with different names, also with products in the catalog of LG, Philips, Hisense and Samsung, this solution represents a substantial leap forward compared to LCD technology. Simplifying a lot, it uses much smaller and numerous LEDs managed in a much more efficient way, allowing better brightness control and obtaining a color rendering that even exceeds that of the popular (and more expensive) OLED screens.
Monitors and TVs, all cards
After all, today the most important game to conquer the consumer is played on image quality: this is what makes the difference in a market where all televisions are now smart and connected to the main streaming services, have a resolution equal to 4K. or even 8K, and boast 50, 55 or 65 ”screens at still affordable prices. The performance of the new TVs depends on the sophisticated technologies with which the panels are made, but also and above all on the power of the hardware and software “engine” with which they process the images.
A task now so complex that it must be carried out with the help of artificial intelligence, used to improve, for example, the rendering of details, the fluidity with which images flow or the upscaling (adaptation to higher resolutions) of more films. dated. Meanwhile, televisions are becoming thinner and borderless. Hanging on the wall they look like paintings, and indeed, in some cases, when switched off they display images just as if they were. All this is good for the aesthetics of our living rooms, less for the audio quality of the speakers that in the chassis find less and less space to house and function, except for the Sony A1 experiment, where the entire screen vibrates as a speaker. . Fortunately, there is no shortage of alternative solutions: from sound bars to be placed under the TV to systems with 5.1 satellites, passing through Sony’s unusual “wearable” speaker, it is still possible to build an engaging sound experience. Better if in the sign of Dolby Atmos technology which, however, associated where possible with a 4K projector instead of a TV, can return an experience close to that of the cinema.
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