STACK #239 September 2024

TECH FEATURE

SUPERSIZE YOUR FOOTY! YOUR FOOTY! continued

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Go big!

For greater immersion A big screenTV is just one part of enhancing your footy fix. Adding surround sound and lighting will maximise your immersion in the game. Add a soundbar Modern TV speakers can now deliver immersive virtual surround sound, but if you really want to revel in the roar of the crowd like you’re at the ground, connecting a soundbar will upsize the audio and create a more stadium-like atmosphere.

LG 83” OLED EVO C4 4K Smart TV

LG has been the market leader in OLED display tech for over a decade now, and this 2024 model is a thing of beauty. Using self-lit pixels instead of backlighting, blacks remain inky and colours are exceptionally vibrant, bringing real world authenticity to games. Add immersive 9.1.2 channel virtual surround sound to the mix, and footy has never looked and sounded so good! The C4 is powered by LG’s new Alpha 9 Intelligent processor, which enhances detail for

keeps fast play smooth, and a wide viewing angle means no colour washout or milky blacks when seated to the side of the screen. You’ll find Kayo Sports and Foxtel Now apps preloaded and ready to go on the inbuilt webOS user interface, and you can enable Sports Alert to follow your team’s schedule and scores.

maximum realism, and speeds up searching and app switching. AI-processing fine-tunes resolution to enhance the colours of faces and objects, so you can easily discern player numbers and keep track of the ball in flight. An OLED display’s fast response time, together with a native 120Hz refresh rate,

LG C Series SC9S 400W 3.1.3Ch Soundbar with Dolby Atmos

Go bigger!

Add surround lighting There’s surround sound, but did you know that surround lighting is also a thing? Essentially a visual extension of your TV, this cool smart lighting from Philips Hue Play sits behind the TV, detects the lighting emanating from the screen during the game, and bathes the walls with the corresponding colour.

LG 98” QNED89 4K Full Array LED Smart TV

vibrant colours.

The QNED89 also features Full Array LED

backlighting, which means the LEDs are spread across the back of the TV for more precise control over light and dark areas in a picture to reveal greater detail. Fast moving action is kept blur and jitter-free, thanks to the QNED89’s native 120Hz refresh rate, and the roar of the crowd will envelop you via 9.1.2 channels of virtual surround sound. Kayo and Foxtel Now apps are preloaded in the webOS menu, and you can sort and categorise your most used apps using the Quick Cards option. If space is not an issue and you want the biggest screen that you can find, the QNED89 will give you a front row seat during finals footy, and beyond.

Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box

Aussie’s love a big TV and LG has given us an even bigger one! The QNED89 boasts a huge 98-inch display – that’s almost 2.5 metres of screen real estate! Just imagine yourself seated in front of this whopper as your team moves closer to premiership glory!

This beautiful behemoth

ultilises LG’s NanoCell technology to deliver

incredible detail and clarity from wherever you’re sitting in relation to the screen, so every seat is the best one in the house. Add Quantum Dot tech to the mix and you’ve got a screen that’s virtually bursting with

Philips Hue Play Smart Light Bar

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