The most exciting TVs from CES 2024

Now that the mud and hype of CES 2024 has settled, let’s speak in regards to the most exciting TVs popping out in 2024. Because there’s a whole lot of nice stuff on the best way. Also, let’s discuss the true causes we must be excited.
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Beyond the hype
I say this yearly as a result of some issues by no means change: CES is a hype fest. That’s simply what it’s. All the shiny new gear — and particularly the TVs — are exciting in the intervening time, there in Las Vegas, the most hype metropolis there may be. And I believe we love that about CES. That present just isn’t the correct time for me to attempt to be pragmatic. I can barely sustain with all of the mannequin numbers and related specs as I shoot video stay from the present flooring.
But now, we generally is a little extra pragmatic. We can take a while to have a chat about which TVs are the most exciting and the much less emotionally charged explanation why they’re exciting. Sometimes, it’s as a result of they’re borderline controversial — or as controversial as TV tech can get.
This checklist follows the order during which I noticed the TVs at CES. Which means we’ve to begin with LG.
LG TVs
It can be truthful to guess that I’d be beginning this checklist with the LG clear OLED TV — correctly often called the LG Signature OLED T. But I’m not. Don’t get me flawed, that TV is ridiculously cool, and I hope I get to spend some high quality time with it. But for as cool as it’s, that’s the form of specialty TV that solely a handful of rich people will purchase. Exciting? Yes. Totally. Will I assessment it? I positive hope so. But I need to hold targeted on TVs that these studying this are doubtless to purchase, and I don’t see the OLED T being one in every of them.
The LG Signature OLED T gives the look of a number of layers of depth. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends
What I actually need to concentrate on are the LG G4 Gallery Series OLED and its wi-fi associate in crime, the OLED M. They basically are the identical TV from an image efficiency perspective, however the OLED M occurs to return with LG’s Zero Connect field and has an ever so barely completely different design due to it.
The new LG G4 is exciting as a result of it has the latest-gen MLA (or micro-lens array) WOLED panel. Now, I don’t anticipate a revolutionary enhance in brightness right here. But I do assume that as a result of this new MLA panel is a little more environment friendly, there’s a chance for LG to bump up the typical image degree only a bit. That would result in larger total brightness and perhaps enable LG to take its foot off the gasoline with its protecting auto brightness limiter.
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I’m additionally excited to see how LG’s new Alpha 11 processor improves some key image high quality elements like upscaling and clean-up of low-bit-rate and bit-depth-starved streaming content material. In brief, I’m excited to see how LG’s finest OLED TVs stack as much as Sony’s. We go on and on about Sony’s superior processing. Let’s see how shut — or perhaps simply completely different — LG’s newest processor seems to be as compared. That alone goes to make OLED TV evaluations this yr tremendous enjoyable.
I’m not discounting LG’s C4 OLED. I believe it could possibly be a powerful competitor this yr. But I’m making an attempt to stay to the most exciting TVs. And for me, that’s the LG G4 and, by extension, the brand new OLED M wi-fi fashions.
Samsung TVs
Next up is Samsung. First off, somewhat behind-the-scenes narrative: Samsung’s First Look occasion was dizzying in its scope. Samsung had a lot to see there. Televisions. Speakers. Projectors. Computers. Other stuff. It was arduous to wrap my mind round all of it.
But Samsung was spending extra effort hyping up its newest top-tier OLED TV — the S95D — and its futuristic clear micro-LED tech than most different TVs.
I need to be tremendous excited in regards to the newest crop of Samsung Neo QLED TVs – and certainly, I believe some attention-grabbing software program options shall be in-built. But from an image high quality efficiency side, I don’t understand how a lot of a leap ahead they are going to be over the 2023 fashions. We’ll discover out. But, if we need to speak pleasure? We have to speak about two fundamental merchandise.
The 2024 Samsung S95D with Glare-Free tech Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends
The first is the brand new S95D OLED. There are two notable adjustments for this TV in 2024. One: it can have Samsung Display’s extra environment friendly and barely brighter QD-OLED panel. And two: this TV has a brand new anti-glare implementation that I believe shall be, ahem, very polarizing for TV lovers. And in the event you didn’t see that apparent pun coming from me, you don’t know me very nicely, do you?
I don’t anticipate the S95D to be notably brighter than the S95C any greater than I anticipate the LG G4 to be notably brighter than the LG G3. To detect any brightness adjustments, we’d have to stay the S95D proper subsequent to the S95C. And even then, you’d should look arduous for the brightness variations. (And we are going to try this in a future put up.)
I’m optimistic that the marginally brighter third-gen QD-OLED panel would possibly make up for any drop-off in brightness attributable to the anti-glare remedy.

But the true cause I’m fascinated by evaluating this yr’s flagship Samsung OLED towards final yr’s flagship OLED is to see the online impact of the brand new anti-glare tech it has applied on this new S95D. And you could be stunned to know that it isn’t to validate the effectiveness of the anti-glare. I can let you know proper now this can be very efficient. No, I believe we have to see what trade-offs, if any, are made with the brand new anti-glare implementation.
Some people already hate the concept the S95D could also be much less shiny. And it will be truthful to be involved it could not seem to have specular HDR highlights as intense because the S95C since anti-glare virtually at all times dims the image ever so barely. But I’m optimistic that the marginally brighter third-gen QD-OLED panel would possibly compensate for any brightness drop-off attributable to the anti-glare remedy.
Still, we have to discuss whether or not the dearth of the shiny display is known as a legal responsibility. And we need to see if the display itself, in full gentle, seems to be pitch black. I believe an enormous a part of the rationale Samsung has finished it is because some people weren’t followers of the truth that the QD-OLEDs blacks may seem grey in a light-bathed room.
Samsung’s 76-inch micro-LED TV Digital Trends
People who want that anti-glare coating, as a result of they watch in brilliant rooms quite a bit, will most likely need the S95D. And for anybody who needs the shiny display and isn’t involved a few greyish panel or anti-glare as a result of they normally watch in a light-controlled room? They’ll need the S90D.
Still, I do anticipate some people to be very vocal about not having an possibility for a shiny display within the S95D. Never thoughts that it is unnecessary to supply two completely different SKUs of the identical TV mannequin.
The different Samsung TV I believe we have to be careful for is the 76-inch model of Samsung’s micro-LED TV. Samsung has not promised that this shall be a mannequin you should buy in 2024 for positive, however I’ve a sense it very nicely could possibly be. If it’s, we’re going to have a ball testing it out. The jury’s nonetheless out on how costly it is perhaps, although. Still, that is the most normal-person measurement of this new show tech, and if it turns into a consumer-level tv, that’s exciting and a really massive deal.
Hisense
Next so as is Hisense. There are three Hisense TVs I’m enthusiastic about. The most apparent is the 110-inch UX, although maybe not for the explanations you would possibly assume. And the opposite two are the U8N and U7N.
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Let’s begin with these final two. The U7N seems to be quite a bit like 2023’s U8K. And if I do know Hisense, meaning you’ll be capable to get U8 efficiency this yr for final yr’s U7 costs. That simply shifts Hisense’s worth proposition into overdrive. But the U8N? I imply, this can be the TV to beat this yr. I believe we should examine it to Samsung’s QN90D, TCL’s QM8, and no matter Sony comes out with, which I’m attending to shortly.
But we will’t discuss Hisense’s 2024 TV lineup with out speaking in regards to the monstrous 110-inch UX mannequin, which guarantees 10,000 nits peak brightness with some 40,000 native dimming zones for its mini-LED backlight array. Now, let’s toss apart that Hisense is clearly in a specs battle with its chief rival, TCL, and focus in on these numbers. Ten thousand nits is quite a bit. Forty thousand zones is an terrible lot.
Hisense 110-inch UX Digital Trends
That sounds exciting, however I’m actually excited to see how Hisense handles all that energy. Specifically, I need to see how Hisense’s Hi-View image processor handles the unbelievable demand of 40,000 native dimming zones. I need to know the way it handles upscaling content material to look good on such an enormous display. Perhaps most vital, although, is how Hisense goes to deal with the flexibility to stand up to 10,000 nits. We know that peak brightness will solely be achievable in small highlights. But what in regards to the brightness vary main as much as that? How will Hisense map the TV’s brightness when it nicely exceeds any HDR content material out there for us to look at at this time? At finest, we will get a number of titles which were mastered at 4,000 nits. How will Hisense select to show that content material with a TV that may go up to now past the supply materials’s info?
If you recall from my 85-inch UX assessment, Hisense’s processing was the weakest hyperlink in that TV. Now, the stakes are even larger. So, what sort of processing progress has Hisense made? That’s what I’m excited to see.
TCL
Next up is TCL. And the 2 TVs I’m most excited for listed here are the brand new QM8 and QM89, the latter of which is TCL’s monster 115-inch TV — the most important direct-view TV to ship to the U.S. so far as I do know — able to 5,000 nits peak brightness with over 20,000 zones.
TCL’s 115-Inch QM89 TV Digital Trends
I’ve to marvel: Will TCL even ship me a 115-inch TV? What will that appear to be right here? (Will it match?) That alone is exciting. But additionally, how will TCL deal with these 5,000 nits? How good is the management over these 20,000 zones? That’s half the brightness and half the zones Hisense is claiming for its flagship however in a much bigger TV. I don’t anticipate there to be an enormous efficiency gulf between the TCL QM89 and the Hisense UX. I don’t know if there’s ever been a greater instance for the argument that specs don’t inform the entire story. At least, that’s what I believe. But most of my pleasure is over getting to seek out out.
If you haven’t figured it out already, we’re going to be speaking quite a bit about peak brightness, dimming zones, and using mini-LED this yr, and TCL and Hisense are going to be on the forefront of that dialog.
But, frankly, I believe the TCL QM8 is the true TV to look at this yr. Seeing it do battle towards the Hisense U8N shall be a deal with.
CES no-shows
Next up is a TV we didn’t see at CES. In truth, we haven’t seen it in any respect. It doesn’t have a agency mannequin quantity. We solely know of its potential existence due to a particular journey I made to Tokyo. I’m, in fact, talking of no matter Sony’s flagship mini-LED TV shall be in 2024.
Sony 2024 TV Exclusive | What To Expect and What Not To Expect
I don’t assume Sony goes to interrupt any nits data or native dimming zone rely data. And I don’t assume it must. With Sony’s processing and their new backlight tech? I believe this flagship mini-LED TV from Sony goes to be the toast of 2024. That’s a daring prediction, however I’m comfy with it. Is this the mini-LED TV that actually challenges OLED? We’re gonna discover out!
Honorable point out goes out to Roku, which didn’t exhibit TVs at CES. But I’m holding on to some optimism about its new Roku Pro Series. I actually hope that it’s a tremendous aggressive TV.
Bonus AV I’m enthusiastic about
Now, I’ve acquired a few bonuses to share. I do know they aren’t TVs, however they’re TV-adjacent.
First, SVS has a brand new flagship speaker lineup known as Ultra Evolution. I’m telling you, these have all of the makings of a game-changer speaker lineup. I can’t wait to get some in and assessment them each from the audiophile perspective in addition to the house theater perspective.
Then — this can be a massive one — Dolby Flex Connect. I’ve a full report on it popping out quickly that you just gained’t need to miss. I believe we’re going to see this tech applied in some Hisense and TCL TVs this yr, and I’m stoked to see the way it’s applied this yr, nevertheless it’s actually the place it goes sooner or later that I’m most enthusiastic about. I’ll say proper now that it has some fairly superior potential.