Every new TV announced at CES 2021, from LG to Samsung
The CES 2021 expo is coming to an in depth, bringing in a medley of new tv shows set to empty our wallets within the yr to come.
It hasn’t been fairly the extravaganza of earlier years, little doubt due to the very fact the occasion moved on-line, and loads of electronics manufacturers who might need graced the present flooring have chosen to sit out the digital occasion and make bulletins on their very own phrases and timelines. (Hisense, for one, hasn’t proven off any new TVs this time, regardless of often having a large variety of TVs on show.)
So what was proven off? LG, Samsung and Sony all confirmed up in earnest, with new 2021 TV ranges unveiled – if not in full, actually with a good chunk of deliberate fashions. Panasonic solely confirmed off one TV, too, however we’re assured that different, step-down units will emerge within the coming months.
Want to know what TVs had been announced at CES 2021? Read our full information under – although needless to say pricing and availability info continues to be scarce at this level. You could be positive most of those units will probably be touchdown sooner fairly than later although, with the bulk anticipated to launch by mid-2021.
Samsung The Wall MicroLED TV
Samsung actually pulled out the stops with its MicroLED TV, accessible in 88-inch, 99-inch, and 110-inch sizes. Its self-emitting LEDs can rival OLED with their distinction, with not one of the low brightness points that plague the competing expertise. MicroLED continues to be costly, although, even when these newest fashions convey Samsung’s The Wall vary to its smallest sizes (and due to this fact worth tags) but.
You can break up the display screen into 4 video feeds, too, permitting you to watch 4 totally different content material steams concurrently (if you happen to’re into that). There’s no pricing but, however we’ll maintain you knowledgeable once we hear extra.
You can discover out extra in our Samsung The Wall information.
Samsung Neo QLED TVs
Samsung has additionally revamped its high-end QLED vary, launching one other three 8K TVs (because it did at final yr’s expo): the QN900, QN800, and QN700.
These units are referred to as ‘Neo QLED’, marking upgrades to the backlight that pack in 10 occasions the variety of LEDs, radically improve brightness, cut back blooming and widen viewing angles. The Neo QLED TVs additionally obtain 100% shade quantity of DCI-P3, plus higher native dimming.
The QN900 will characteristic Samsung’s Infinity Display, and not using a bezel, whereas packing in 6.2.2 channel sound and OTS-enabled verticality to the audio, in addition to an 8K Quantum processor. The QN800 and QN700 are comparable in spec and functionality, although with out the Infinity Display or the entire bells and whistles of its step-up sibling. (The QN700 is technically the entry-level 8K mannequin, and given final yr’s shock fourth 8K TV was known as the Q700T, we reckon Samsung will probably be sticking with simply three fashions on this yr’s vary.)
There are additionally two Neo QLED 4K TVs, the QN90A and QN80A, as updates to the Q90T and Q80T respectively, and we anticipate to see lower-spec QLEDs to emerge later within the yr too.
Find out extra in our Samsung TV 2021 information.
LG QNED TVs
LG made the stunning transfer of saying a model new LCD vary, branded as ‘QNED’ TVs. That technically stands for ‘quantum nano-emitting diode’, however what you want to know is that it makes use of a MiniLED backlight of 30,000 tiny LEDs, so as to obtain a million-to-one distinction ratio and enhance brightness management. It’ll be one thing of an improve over LG’s prior NanoCell LCD TVs then, which have at all times paled compared to the corporate’s OLED screens, although we don’t anticipate these QNED fashions will probably be biting at the heels of LG’s OLED vary both.
There are two 8K QNED fashions, the Nano9Z and Nano9X, which sit at the highest of LG’s 2021 LCD vary and are packing LG’s newest a9 Gen 4 AI processor. Then there are two 4K QNED fashions, the Nano9C and Nano9A, which use a lower-spec a7 Gen 4 AI chip. The first in each pairings boasts a 120Hz panel, whereas the second makes do with 60Hz.
The LG UP80 and LG UP70, in the meantime, are Ultra HD TVs with out QNED or OLED expertise, for these wanting to purchase LG at much less of a monetary value.
To discover out extra, head to our LG TV 2021 information.
LG OLED TVs
Have no worry, although, as QNED isn’t going to be changing OLED anytime quickly. LG’s Gallery Series and C Series OLEDs are again for 2021, leaping from the ‘X’ branding to ‘1’ in new G1 and C1 fashions. There are some modifications, although, which embrace an OLED evo expertise to assist up peak brightness within the G1’s panel, which means the Gallery Series ought to outperform the C Series this yr when it comes to its image high quality. There’s additionally a new 83-inch mannequin dimension for choose OLEDs, whereas a 42-inch display screen dimension has been confirmed by panel provider LG Display that can probably make an look later within the yr.
The price range B Series appears to have been changed with an entry-level A Series mannequin – sporting a low-spec a7 Gen 4 AI processor, fairly than the a9 iteration utilized in its extra premium siblings – although LG isn’t ruling out a B1 tv later within the yr.
To discover out extra, head to our LG TV 2021 information.
Sony OLED and LCD TVs
Sony has announced its 2021 lineup of TVs that can all embrace a new processor known as the Cognitive Processor XR – a successor to Sony’s long-running X1 line of chips.
The Cognitive Processor XR will probably be used on 5 new sequence of TVs – the Sony Z9J Master Series 8K TV, X95J and X90J LED-LCD 4K TVs, and the A80J and A90J OLEDs. While all fashions will probably be geared up with higher upscaling, higher shade copy, and enhanced distinction, it’s the new A90J OLED that can see the largest enhance with the expertise, because it may very well be the primary OLED to cross 1,000 nits of peak brightness. We look ahead to evaluating it to the brightness-boosted OLED evo tech utilized in LG’s new Gallery Series OLED, although.
Find out extra in our Sony TV 2021 information.
Panasonic JZ2000 OLED TV
Well, there’s technically solely one in all these confirmed for 2021 thus far: the JZ2000 OLED. As the successor to final yr’s wonderful HZ2000, it actually has massive boots to fill, however Panasonic has discovered a really good means of increasing sideways. The JZ2000 options side-firing audio system in addition to the upward-firing and front-firing techniques utilized in earlier fashions, for an all-sides audio assault you gained’t fairly get on another TV at present.
There’ll actually be extra OLEDs from Panasonic to come, probably to substitute the HZ1500, HZ1000 and HZ980 OLEDs, in addition to step-down LCD fashions.
Find out extra in our Panasonic TV 2021 information.
TCL 6 Series 8K TV
TCL made one large announcement round its well-liked 6 Series vary, confirming it was set to get an 8K improve for 2021. It joins a raft of options corresponding to full array native dimming, quantum dot distinction, and MiniLED which have come to the sequence in latest occasions. Given TCL’s largely aggressive pricing, meaning we may very well be about to see a sub-$1,000 8K TV within the coming months.
TCL tends to maintain its finest TVs for the US, although, so we’re not holding out on an 8K mannequin to come to the UK simply but.
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