Whenever someone asks me what TV they should buy, I always say, “An OLED, if you can swing it.” Sure, there are important follow-up questions — like what’s the TV room like and what’s the budget — but the answer is still almost always an OLED. The one that I’ve recommended more than any other is LG’s C Series, which this year is the Buy at Amazon . As our very own Caleb Denison said in his review, “everyone should have this TV.” It’s why he gave the C4 a review score of 4 out of 5 stars and we put it on our list of the best TVs. Right now, you can get the 65-inch model for $1,500, which is $1,200 off its MSRP.
So what makes the LG C4 the OLED that everyone should have? It has outstanding picture quality, great processing, and the perfect blacks we expect from an OLED TV. LG’s gaming experience has stepped up over the years with Game Optimizer, and the TV supports variable refresh rate (VRR), has a low input lag, and is all-around excellent for gaming.
Even though non-OLED TVs are getting close to OLED performance in some ways, there’s still no beating the incredible contrast of an OLED. The ability to turn off the light source on a pixel-by-pixel basis allows OLEDs to deliver an absolutely stunning, dynamic picture that I’m not sure LED TVs will ever fully match. Sure, this year’s crop of mini-LED TVs, like the Hisense U8N and TCL QM8, put out four times the amount of brightness than the C4 with a peak over 4,000 nits, but for the majority of people the light output of a C4 will be plenty unless your TV is bathed in sunlight.
There are other OLED deals available if the C4 doesn’t strike your fancy. The Buy at Best Buy offers similar performance with slightly better color brightness thanks to the QD-OLED technology it uses, although you’ll need to deal with Samsung’s Tizen OS (not one of my favs). Then there’s the Buy at Amazon , which is a step up from the C4 in terms of performance.
Whichever you choose, Cyber Monday is the perfect time to get a new TV.
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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