Most Exciting 2024 TVs | The TV's We'll All Be Talking About

Summary

CES 2024 has wrapped up and it's time to reflect on the most exciting TVs showcased, beyond just the hype. LG's G4 Gallery Series OLED promises better brightness and processing. Samsung's S95D OLED boasts a new anti-glare screen that may trade off intensity for black level accuracy. Samsung's 75" MicroLED could finally be consumer-ready. Hisense's affordable U7N and U8N mini-LEDs aim to compete on value, while its 110" monster touts extreme specs that test processing limits. TCL's flagship QM8 battles Hisense, and Sony's unnamed champ should make waves. Beyond TVs, SVS speakers and Dolby Flex Connect carry potential too.

Takeaways

• 😀 Caleb discusses the most exciting new TVs showcased at CES 2024, focusing on models with practical appeal vs just flashy concepts
• 📺 The LG G4 Gallery Series OLED interests Caleb due to its new panel and processing tech for better picture quality
• 👀 Caleb is curious to compare Samsung's S95D QD-OLED against last year's model to evaluate the new anti-glare layer
• 🔦 Hisense's U8N and TCL's QM8 mini-LED models seem poised to compete for best value 4K TV this year
• 🌟 A theoretical upcoming Sony mini-LED TV has Caleb predicting it could be the 'toast of 2024' thanks to Sony processing
• 🤔 Caleb wonders if 2024 will finally see a mini-LED TV truly challenge OLED picture quality
• 🔋 The LG OLED M features an external zero connect box for a clean install
• 📏 Caleb is excited but skeptical of specs like 10,000 nits and 40,000 zones on Hisense's 110" model
• 🎛 Dolby Flex Connect has intriguing future potential for TV audio
• 🎸 Caleb highlights SVS's new Ultra Evolution speakers for both audiophiles and home theater

Q & A

Which LG TV is Caleb most excited about and why?

Caleb is most excited about the new LG G4 Gallery Series OLED and its wireless partner, the OLED M. He is interested in seeing LG's latest MLA panel technology and Alpha 11 processor for potential improvements in brightness, upscaling, and picture quality.

What change is Samsung making to its 2024 OLED TVs that Caleb finds controversial?

Samsung is implementing a new anti-glare layer in its 2024 OLED TVs, which Caleb thinks some enthusiasts may find controversial as it removes the glossy screen that many prefer. He wants to test if there are any tradeoffs to this new anti-glare approach.

Which Hisense TVs stand out to Caleb this year and why?

Caleb calls out the U8N, which offers great value, and the bright 110-inch UX with 10,000 nits peak brightness. More than the specs, he is interested in testing Hisense's processing capabilities with such high demands.

What makes Caleb predict that Sony's 2024 flagship mini-LED TV could challenge OLED?

Caleb is optimistic about Sony's processing capabilities combined with their new backlight technology. Even without record-breaking specs, he thinks Sony could produce the "toast of 2024" that finally gives OLED a run for its money.

What interests Caleb about the TCL QM89?

At 115 inches, the QM89 is the largest direct-view TV Caleb knows of headed to the US market. Beyond the size, he wants to evaluate its performance with 5,000 nits brightness and 20,000+ dimming zones.

Which speaker announcement has Caleb excited and why?

Caleb calls out SVS's new Ultra Evolution speaker lineup for its potential as a "game changer" for both audiophiles and home theater use. He is eager to review them on the channel.

What bonus tech reveal does Caleb think is most notable?

Caleb highlights Dolby Flex Connect, which may show up in some 2024 Hisense and TCL TVs. He sees exciting future potential and will have an upcoming report focused just on this announcement.

Which TV model does Caleb ask viewers to predict as superior?

Caleb asks viewers to guess whether the TCL QM8 or Hisense U8N will prove to be the better TV this year. He promises to revisit predictions later and see who was right.

What does Caleb request from viewers related to his list?

Caleb asks viewers which TV announced at CES they think he should have included in his list. He invites discussion in the comments about other exciting TV options.

Why does Caleb think pragmatic analysis of the TVs announced at CES is better saved for after the show?

Caleb says the CES show itself is too much of a "hype fest" to allow for pragmatic analysis in the moment. With some distance, he now wants to have a calmer discussion of the most truly exciting releases.

Outlines

00:00

😃LG's new MLA panel and Alpha 11 processor in G4 and M OLED TVs

The LG G4 Gallery Series and M Wireless OLED TVs feature a new micro lens array panel for improved efficiency and brightness. The Alpha 11 processor also aims to enhance picture quality with better upscaling, cleanup of streaming content and processing compared to Sony TVs.

05:07

📺Key aspects to review on Samsung's anti-glare S95D QD-OLED and 75" MicroLED TV

The 2024 Samsung S95D QD-OLED TV has a new anti-glare layer that is extremely effective but may cause slight dimming. Key aspects to examine are its impact on picture quality, black level perception in bright rooms and whether the lack of a glossy screen option is acceptable.

10:11

🔎Assessing Hisense's U7N, U8N for value and the 110" UX for processing of 10K nits/40K zones

Noteworthy Hisense TVs are the U7N providing U8K performance at lower prices, the potentially competitive U8N, and the 110" UX with 10K nit peak brightness and 40K dimming zones. Critical to examine is how Hisense's processing handles these extreme specs without content to match.

Keywords

💡CES

CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is one of the world's largest technology trade shows held annually in Las Vegas. It showcases the latest consumer electronics from major brands. The script mentions that CES tends to hype up new TV models, even though not all are truly exciting or will be purchased by many consumers.

💡OLED TVs

OLED (organic light emitting diode) is a display technology known for deep blacks and excellent contrast due to self-lit pixels. The script discusses updates to LG's OLED TV lineup like the G4 Gallery series and Sony's upcoming OLED models, which will compete on picture quality.

💡Mini LED TVs

Mini LED is a backlight technology using thousands of tiny LEDs for better dimming control. Brands like Samsung, Sony, TCL, and Hisense showcased new mini LED TVs at CES, sparking a discussion about peak brightness, dimming zones, and competitiveness vs OLED.

💡Micro LED TVs

Micro LED is a next-gen self-emitting display technology touted as the future rival to OLED. Samsung previewed a 75" consumer version of its micro LED TV, which would be a milestone if launched this year.

💡QD-OLED TVs

QD-OLED is Samsung's hybrid display tech combining quantum dot and OLED. The S95D uses a brighter 3rd gen QD-OLED panel. Its anti-glare screen leads to a debate about trading off the glossy look for better performance in bright rooms.

💡Peak brightness

Peak brightness refers to a TV's maximum luminance, important for HDR content. Mini LED models from Hisense, TCL and others can hit thousands of nits, but proper tone-mapping is needed when exceeding the source content brightness.

💡Upscaling

Upscaling is the processing to improve lower resolution content on high-res screens. LG claims its new α (Alpha) 9 Gen5 AI Processor will enhance upscaling and compression on its OLED TVs.

💡Anti-glare layer

An anti-glare or anti-reflective layer on screens reduces glare in bright rooms. But it may also dull the picture. Samsung added this to its S95D OLED, which concerns some who prefer the glossy look.

💡Backlight control

Backlight control via local dimming optimizes LED TV contrast. Mini LED sets boast thousands of dimming zones, but processing is key, like on Sony's and TCL’s new models, to avoid blooming and artifacts.

💡Dolby Atmos

Dolby Atmos is an immersive audio format supported by some TVs via HDMI eARC. New speaker products from SVS are designed to create a Dolby Atmos home theater experience.

Highlights

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Key conclusion and practical applications

Transcripts

now that the dust and hype of CES  is settled let's talk about the  

most exciting TVs coming out in 2024 but also  let's talk about the real reasons we should be

excited welcome back everyone I'm Caleb Denison  and I say this every year because some things  

just never change CES is a hype Fest that  that's just what it is all the shiny new  

gear and especially the TVs are very exciting  in the moment and I think we love that about  

CES that show is not the right time for  me to try and be pragmatic I can barely  

manage to keep up with all the model numbers and  associated specs as I shoot video live from the  

show floor but now now we can be a little more  pragmatic we can take some time to have a chat  

about which TVs are the most exciting and the  less emotionally charged reasons why why they  

are exciting in some cases it's because they  are borderline controversial you know for as  

controversial as a TV can be anyway also  stick around to the end because I've got  

a couple of bonus entries I'm excited to  share with you okay let's hit this list  

following the order in which I saw the TVs  at CES which means we've got to start with

LG now it would be fair of you to guess that I'd  be starting this list with the LG transparent OLED  

TV properly known as the LG Signature OLED T but  I'm not don't get me wrong that TV is ridiculously  

cool and I hope I get to spend some quality time  with it but for as cool as it is that is the kind  

of specialty TV that only a handful of wealthy  folks are going to buy so exciting yes totally  

will I review it I sure hope so but I want to  keep focused on TVs that you out there watching  

right now are likely to buy and I don't see the  OLED T being one of them okay I guess I actually  

did start with that one after all didn't I I  digress what I really want to focus on are the  

LG G4 Gallery Series OLED and its Wireless partner  in crime the OLED M essentially the same TV from  

a picture performance perspective it's just that  the OLED M happens to come with LG zero connect  

box and has an ever so slightly different form  factor because of it the new LG G4 is exciting  

because it has the latest gen MLA or micro  lens array wed panel in it now I don't expect  

a revolutionary increase in brightness here but  I do think that because this new MLA panel is a  

bit more efficient There's an opportunity for  LG to bump up the average Picture level just a  

bit leading to higher overall brightness and maybe  take their foot off the gas with their protective  

auto brightness limiter I'm also excited to see  how LG's new Alpha 11 processor improves some key  

picture quality factors like upscaling and clean  up of low bit rate and bit depth starved streaming  

content in short I'm excited to see how LG's best  OLED TV stack up to Sony's we go on and on about  

Sony's awesome processing let's see how close or  maybe just how different LG's latest processor  

looks in comparison that alone is going to make  OLED TV reviews this year super fun now I'm not  

discounting LG C4 OLED here I think it could be  a strong competitor this year but I'm trying to  

stick to the most exciting TVs and for me that's  the LG G4 and by extension the new OLED M Wireless

models next up is Samsung first off guys a little  behind the scenes narrative here Samsung's First  

Look event was dizzying in its scope Samsung had  so much to see there it was hard to rep my brain  

around it all but also Samsung was definitely  spending more effort hyping up its latest top  

tier OLED TV the S95D as well as its futuristic  transparent micro Led Tech than it was most of  

its other TVs I want to be super excited for the  latest crop of Samsung Neo CED TVs and indeed I  

think there are going to be some interesting  software features built in but from a picture  

quality performance aspect I don't know how much  of a Leap Forward they're going to be over the  

2024 models could be a lot I just don't feel like  they talked about it a lot we'll find out but if  

we want to talk excitement we have to talk about  two main products from Samsung the first is the  

new S95D OLED there are two notable changes for  this TV in 2024 one it's going to have Samsung  

displays more efficient and slightly brighter QD  OLED panel that's the Gen 3 panel and two This TV  

has a new anti-glare implementation that I think  is going to be very polarizing for TV enthusiasts  

and if you didn't see that obvious pun coming  from me well you don't know me very well well  

do you now I don't expect the S95D to be notably  brighter than the S95C any more than I expect  

the LG G4 OLED to be notably brighter than the LG  G3 I think to detect any brightness changes we'd  

have to stick the S95D right next to the S95C and  even then I think you'd really have to look hard  

for the brightness differences and we will do  that here I'll be sticking the S95D right next  

to the S95C on this channel Smack That subscribe  button so you don't miss it but the real reason  

I'm interested in comparing this year's Flagship  Samsung OLED against last year's Flagship is to  

see the net effect of the new anti-glare Tech  that they've implemented in this new S95D and  

you may be surprised to know that it isn't to  validate the effectiveness of this anti-glare I  

can tell you right now it is extremely effective  like otherworldly good no I think we need to see  

what tradeoffs if if any are made with this new  anti-glare implementation some folks already hate  

the idea that the S95D may be less glossy and it  would be fair to be concerned it may not appear  

to have specular HDR highlights as intense as the  S95C since anti-glare almost always causes dimming  

of the picture just ever so slightly but I'm  optimistic that the slightly brighter third gen  

QD-OLED panel might make up for any drop off and  brightness caused by the new anti-glare treatment  

yet still we need to talk about whether the lack  of the glossy screen is really a liability and we  

want to see if the screen itself in full light  appears to be closer to pitch black I think a  

big part of the reason Samsung has done this is  because some folks were not fans of the fact that  

the QD-OLEDs blacks could appear gray in a light  soaked room I think that what's going to happen  

is that folks who need that anti-glare because  they watch and bright rooms a lot will want the  

S95D and for anyone who wants the glossy screen  and isn't concerned about a grayish panel or  

anti-glare because they usually watch in a light  controlled room anyway they'll want the s90d which  

will be less expensive still I do expect some  folks to be very vocal about not having an option  

for a glossy screen in the S95D never mind that it  makes no sense to offer two different skews of the  

same model the other Samsung TV I think we need  to watch out for is the 75 in version of Samsung's  

micro LED TV Samsung has not promised that this  will be for sure a model that you can buy in  

2024 but I have a feeling it could very well be if  it is we are going to have a ball testing it out  

jury still out on how expensive it might be though  still this is the most normal person size of this  

new display Tech and if it becomes a consumer  level television that's exciting and I think  

a very big deal next in order would be Hisense  there are three Hisense TVs I'm excited for the  

most obvious is the 110in UX though perhaps not  for the reasons you might think I'll get to that  

and the other two are the U8N and the U7N so let's  start with those last two the U7N looks a lot like  

2023 is U8K and if I'm no Hisense that means  you'll be able to get U8 performance this year  

for last year's U7 prices that just that would  shift Hisense's value proposition into overdrive  

but the U8N I mean this may be the TV to beat  this year I suspect we'll have to compare it to  

Samsung's QN90D and TCL's QM8 and whatever Sony  comes out with which I'm getting to shortly but  

also we can't talk about Hisense's 2024 TV lineup  without talking about the monstrous 110in UX model  

which promises 10,000 nits Peak brightness with  some 40,000 local dimming zones for its mini LED  

backlight array now let's toss aside that Hisense  is clearly in a Specs war with its chief rival TCL  

and just focus in on those numbers 10,000 nits  is a lot 40,000 zones is a lot those numbers  

sound very exciting but what I'm really excited  to see is how Hisense handles all that power  

specifically I want to see how Hisense's high view  picture processor handles the incredible demand of  

40,000 local dimming zones I want to know how it  handles upscaling content to look good on such a  

huge screen and perhaps most importantly how is  Hisense going to handle the ability to get up to  

10,000 nits now we know that Peak brightness will  only be achieved in very very small highlights but  

what about the brightness range leading up to that  how will Hisense map the TV's brightness when it  

well exceeds any HDR content that's available  for us to watch today at best we can get a few  

titles that have been mastered at 4,000 nits  how's hense going to choose to display that  

content with a TV that can go so far beyond the  source materials information now if you recall  

from my 85in UX review Hisenses processing was  the weakest link in that TV now the stakes are  

even higher so what kind of processing progress  has Hisense made that's what I'm excited to

see next up is TCL and the two TVs I'm most  excited for here are the new QM8 and the new  

QM89 the latter of which is TCL's monster 115in  TV the largest direct View tv to ship to the us  

as far as I know capable of 5,000 nits of peak  brightness with over 20,000 dimming zones I mean  

first of all I got to wonder will TCL ship me  a 115 in TV what will that look like here that  

alone is exciting for me at least and I think  you're going to love seeing it too but also how  

will TCL handle those 5,000 nits how good is the  control over those 20,000 zones that's half the  

brightness and half the zones Hisense is claiming  for its Flagship but in a bigger TV now honestly  

I don't expect there to be a big performance  Gulf between the TCL QM89 and the Hisense UX  

so that conversation about how specs don't tell  the whole story I don't know that there's ever  

been a better example on display for that argument  at least that's what I'm suspecting but most of my  

excitement is over getting to find out if you  haven't figured it out already we're going to  

be talking a lot about peak brightness dimming  zones and the use of mini LED this year and TCL  

and Hisense are going to be at the forefront of  that conversation but frankly I think the TCL qm8  

is the real TV to watch this year from TCL and  seeing it do battle against the Hisense U8N is  

going to be a treat real quick in the comments  let me know which one you think is going to win  

the TCL QM8 or the Hisense U8N we'll circle  back later this year and see how good we were  

at that [Music] prediction next up is a TV we  did not see at CES in fact we haven't seen it  

at all technically it doesn't exist it doesn't  have a firm model number either actually we only  

know of its potential existence thanks to a  special trip I made to Tokyo I am of course  

speaking of what ever Sony's Flagship mini LED  TV will be in 2024 now I don't think Sony is  

going to break any nits records or local dimming  Zone count records and I don't think it needs to  

with Sony's processing and their new backlight  Tech I think this Flagship mini LED TV from Sony  

is going to be the toast of 2024 that's a bold  prediction I know it but I'm 100% comfortable  

with it the question is is this the mini LED TV  that really challenges OLED we're going to find

out okay now honorable mention needs to go out  to Roku which did not exhibit TVs at CES but  

I'm holding on to some optimism about its new  Pro Series that it announced just before CES  

I really hope that that is a super competitive  TV especially for Roku's sake now as promised  

I've got a couple of bonuses to share I know they  aren't TVs but they're TV adjacent so let's just  

go with it first SVS has a new flagship speaker  lineup called Ultra Evolution now I didn't get  

Chris and Zeke out to SVS's booth with me  so my iPhone footage is about the best we  

can do here but I am telling you these have all  the makings of a game changing speaker lineup I  

can't wait to get some in and review them both  from the audio file perspective as well as the  

home theater perspective then and I think this  is a pretty big one Dolby Flex Connect now I  

have a full report on it coming out soon that  I don't think you're going to want to miss I  

think we're going to see this tech implemented  in some Hisense and TCL TVs this year and I'm  

stoked to see how it's implemented this year but  it's really where uh it's going in the future  

that I'm most excited about I will say right now  that it has some pretty awesome potential though  

that's my list thanks as always for watching  everyone what did I miss was there a TV shown  

at CES that you think I should have included  let's talk about it down in the comments while  

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