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I t’s not a sudden realisation, but more of a gradual acceptance that gains momentum over several months. But once the seed of doubt is planted, it doesn’t take long to germinate. However, it’s not until you walk into a store and behold the wall of visual temptation calling to your soul that you finally address the inevitable – it’s time to buy a newTV. Buying a newTV used to be a simple exercise. It came down to three factors: budget, brand and how good the picture looked on the telly

sat on a shelf in a shop. However, in 2022, it’s a completely different ball game with much more to consider. Alongside the price, there’s the size, resolution, refresh rates, viewing angles, picture technology and smart functionality, to name but a few of the essentials to contemplate. But once you cut through all the tech parlance and indecipherable acronyms and understand what is available and what will best suit your needs and budget, the buying decision is made that much easier. Advancements in TV

technology move at pace, so if you’ve been out of the buying cycle for some time, it can feel like you’re woefully out of touch. And this is where we come in. We understand that the new-feature packed smart TVs can seem overwhelming, so we’ve pulled together a quick and easy buying guide. In it you’ll find a simple explanation of all the latest terminology, and a showcase of the best newTVs from the biggest brands making waves for all the right reasons this year.

Say what? Behold, our TV tech glossary Aspect ratio – The width and height ratio of the screen. TVs today have an aspect ratio of 16.9 HDMI – High Definition Media Interface that transmits HD video and audio streams via a single cable OLED – Organic Light-Emitting Diode

Viewing angle – The maximum angle at which a TV screen can be viewed without losing brightness and colour vibrancy

QLED – Quantum Dot Light- Emitting Diode QNED – A combination of Quantum Dot, NanoCell technology with mini LED backlighting used by LGTVs Refresh rate – The number of times a TV refreshes its frame rate every second, written as hertz (HZ). Smart TV – A TV that connects to the internet

– this means the width of the picture is 16 equal parts and the height nine. Contrast ratio – In a nutshell, the amount of onscreen detail in a blacks or dark colours Dolby Vision – Dolby Laboratories’ proprietary HDR format that uses dynamic metadata eARC – Enhanced Audio Return Channel

HDR – High Dynamic Range

UHD – Ultra High Definition

LED – Light Emitting Diode

Upscaling – Increases the pixel count of low-resolution video to match the pixel count of a high- resolution screen. 1080p – a picture resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels 4K – a picture resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels 8K – a picture resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

Mini-LED – Light Emitting Diodes that are 75 per cent smaller than regular LED

NanoCell – A filter layer designed to improve colour depth on LGTVs NeoQLED – Samsung QLEDTVs that use mini LED backlighting

HD – High Definition

SD – Standard Definition

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