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82 T3 JANAURY 2022

Best of the best

A master of SD,8K

and everything in

between, this isn’t

OLED but has so

many dimming zones

you’ll swear it is. This

is an outstandingTV,

ready for anything

today or tomorrow

can offer.

£7,999, samsung.com

PHILIPS 5 5OLED936

For a total home

cinema upgrade in a

single simple package,

this is unbeatable. It’s

not only a fantastic

55-inch OLED TV, but

built into the stand

is a Dolby Atmos

system, complete with

upfiring speakers.

£1,799, philips.com

SKY GLASS

Without a doubt the

best TV for streaming,

as it has Sky’s entire

content library built

in. That includes

hundreds of box

sets, movies and live

TV channels across

a whole world of

entertainment.

From £649, sky.com

SAMSUNG 6 5QN95A

The flagship 4K model

from Samsung’s 2021

range is also the first

to use the new Neo

QLED Mini-LED

display tech, and the

results are utterly

incredible, beating

even the OLED TVs

we’ve seen so far.

£2,999, samsung.com

SAMSUNG QE55Q80A

This well-specced

55-inch set from

Samsung is the overall

best bang-for-buck

TV at the time of

writing, balancing

image quality and

features. Bright and

colourful, it acquits

itself excellently.

£839, samsung.com

SAMSUNG 6 5AU900 0

This is Samsung’s

best 2021 TV that

isn’tQLED,which

means it might not

have quite the same

punchy colours and

brightness, but costs

a lot less, enabling this

huge 65-inch model to

squeeze under £1k.

£999, samsung.com

SONY KD-49XH9505

Sony’s flagship LED

4K TV for 2020

packs in all kinds of

advanced technology

and processing for

supreme picture

quality. Somehow,

the 4 9-inch model

is available for less

than a grand.

£999, sony.com

LG OLED48A1

The LG A1 isn’t as

bright as more elite

OLED TVs,but it

costs a fraction of

the price. More

importantly, it

gives you rich HDR

performance. And

LG’sexcellent smart

TV platform.

£799, lg.com

OPTOMA CINEMAX P2

This second-gen ultra-

short throw projector

delivers a fantastic 4 K

viewing experience

overall. Image quality

is superb, and you can

get a 120-inch picture

with the projector

placed around a

metre from the wall.

£1,999, optoma.co.uk

VIEWSONIC M2 MOBILE STUDIO

The perfect 1080p

option for big-screen

fun and games. It

requires next to no

warm up, runs cool

and is maintenance

free. Images are sharp

and detailed, and

colour performance is

similarly outstanding.

£616, viewsonic.com

BENQ TK700STI

This 4 K projector is

smartly geared up for

gaming, with a low

input lag (16ms at 4 K

60fps), with movies

and TV catered for

via a hidden Google

TV stick, and an

impressively short

throw of 2m.

£1,199, benq.com

BENQ TK85 0

A brilliant buy if you

want 4 K big-screen

sports, but don’t

particularly want to

dim all the lights. Its

motion smoothing

is highly effective,

so onscreen action

looks wonderfully

naturalistic.

£1,499, benq.com

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