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Best Buy’s Black Friday Deals on Hisense and Samsung TVs
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Product image courtesy of Best Buy. Black Friday is no longer a single-day shopping event—like other shopping events, it has become a multiple-day extravaganza without a defined beginning or end. Walmart’s sale is already live, as is as Target’s,…
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Why You Should Use Your TV’s Filmmaker Mode
In addition to shutting off motion smoothing, Filmmaker Mode deactivates or limits sharpening—which can boost fine detail and the edges around objects to the point where they look less natural—and turns off noise reduction, which can make images look soft. It shuts down other dynamic image “enhancements” the TV might apply to the picture, too. Again, these are all added…
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Score! One of our favorite Mini-LED TVs of the year is $600 off in early Black Friday deal
The Black Friday deals are already pouring in ahead of the big sales event, which means now is the perfect time to score a great discount on an ultra-bright, gaming-ready TV. Right now you can get the 65-inch Hisense U8N Mini-LED TV on sale for just $898 at Amazon. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen yet and $100 less than…
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Early Black Friday Target deals are here — here’s 15 deals I’d get now on TVs, headphones, Lego and more
Black Friday is approaching fast. If you want to get started on your holiday shopping early, you’re in luck — Target has already released some awesome deals that are just as good as Black Friday. Right now you can satisfy your sweet tooth with Halloween candy deals from $5. There’s also up to 30% off appliances, and Target Circle members…
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15 Best TVs of 2024, Tested by Our Experts
CR tests hundreds of TVs each year. These 4K sets from Hisense, LG, Roku, Samsung, Sony, and TCL deliver great picture quality. OLED sets from Samsung (left) and Sony (center), plus a new Pro series QLED TV from Roku are among CR’s top picks. By James K. Willcox This is one of the best times of the year to get…
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These Hisense TVs Are up to 67% Off for October Prime Day
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Over the last 10 years, Hisense, a brand that has never had as much recognition as say, Sony or Panasonic, has been forming a growing community of devotees. This week, the largest televisions they offer in a wide range of…
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LG Has Started Showing Screensaver Ads on Their Smart TVs
Like them or not, ads run the world. They’re the reason so much content out there is free of charge—or, at least, less expensive. But while it’s one thing to watch an ad before jumping into a YouTube video, or to see ads surrounding an article, it’s another thing entirely to be forced to see ads even when you’re not…
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YouTube on TVs Now Shows Ads When You Pause
It looks like Google has started experimenting with showing advertisements whenever the video is paused. For the time being, this only affects owners of smart TVs. We haven’t spotted any ads using YouTube on set-top boxes like the Apple TV and gaming consoles like the PlayStation. In 2023, YouTube on TVs brought unskippable 30-second ads. Then in April 2024, the…
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TCL under fire — report suggests its QLED TVs might not have any quantum dots
Despite being advertised as having quantum dots — nanocrystals that produce brighter, richer colors on your display — some TCL QLED TVs might not even have them, according to a new study out of Korea. The claim was first published on Korean news site etnews.com, which cites a published analysis conducted by two independent certification agencies, SGS and Intertek. Quantum…
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Panasonic TVs Are Back With OLEDs and Mini LED Sets
Panasonic is offering two 4K OLED series. The flagship set is the Z95A, which right now is available only in a 65-inch screen size, with a suggested retail price of $3,200. Befitting its flagship status, it’s loaded with features, including micro lens array (MLA) technology, which so far we’ve seen only in LG’s flagship OLED TVs. Without getting too technical,…
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