Screen Appeal: 3 Features To Look For In Your Next TV

#1 Quantum Dot Display

Why you want it: OLED TVs rule the world when it comes to raw picture quality, but Quantum Dot TVs have advanced so much in recent years, and they look almost the same, while getting brighter and costing less. “Quantum Dot TVs, like QLED, QNED and especially Neo QLED, are perfect for bright rooms, getting every last bit of detail out of HDR pictures, and are available in a wider range of sizes at affordable prices,” says John Milonas, The Good Guys Buyer – Televisions and Accessories.

OLED TVs show pictures through Organic Light Emitting Diodes, which are basically pixels that emit their own light. Quantum Dot TVs are LED TVs, so the light comes from an LED backlight, but they have an extra quantum dot layer to make colours more vibrant and improve motion flow.

Perfect for: Everything. A good Quantum Dot TV looks great in all situations.

Shop Quantum Dot Display TVs

• Samsung is the company that made Quantum Dot TVs go mainstream, and they’ve had seven years to really perfect the technology, so you know you’re getting the best. Try the Samsung 75” Q60A 4K UHD QLED Smart TV.
• The TCL 55” C825 4K Mini LED Android TV offers the latest, cutting-edge TV technology at a great price.

#2 8K Resolution

Why you want it: It seems like yesterday we were extolling the virtues of 4K UHD TVs. But these past two years have seen a real growth in the quality and affordability of 8K TVs.8K TVs actually have almost four times the resolution of 4K TVs, just as 4K TVs have almost four times the resolution of Full HD TVs.

According to The Good Guys’ John Milonas, you shouldn’t worry about the lack of native 8K content available now. “The real magic of good 8K TVs is their ability to upscale any content you give them and make old TV shows and movies you’ve seen 100 times look better than ever before.”

It’s important to remember that the higher the resolution of your TV, the bigger you can go and the closer you can sit.

Perfect for: Really all content, but particularly 8K nature documentaries and the latest video games.

Shop 8K TVs

• The LG 65” QNED99 8K Mini LED Smart TV has support for both HDR10 Pro and Dolby Vision, giving you the best experience with the largest selection of compatible content.
• The Samsung 65” QN900A 8K Neo QLED Smart TV is the absolute top of the Samsung range with a powerful processor that expertly upscales content to the best possible quality.

#3 Mini Led

Why you want it: Going hand in hand with the rise of Quantum Dots is also the rise of Mini LED, which has the potential to revolutionise the TV market. Older LED TVs are backlit, sometimes just from the top, bottom, or sides, which can lead to darker patches and lower contrast. Direct array LED TVs had big LED lights throughout the back of the screen, which gave a more even picture, but led to light “blooming” into darker patches and thick TVs.

Mini LEDs are changing the game by allowing manufacturers to use hundreds, if not thousands, of tiny LEDs, allowing for picture and light control on par with OLED technology, which can be manufactured with less waste, leading to more affordable TVs that can take your breath away.

Perfect for: Absolutely everything looks better with Mini LED.

Shop Mini LED TVs

• The Samsung 75” QN700A 8K Neo QLED Smart TV looks and sounds incredible.
• The truly huge LG 86” QNED91 4K Mini LED Smart TV is enough to satisfy any cinephile, delivering that true home theatre experience.