ULTIMATE TV BUYING GUIDE

Looking for a TV upgrade to get you through the winter? Here are the best options

- Matt Bolton

OLED MASTERS

The greatest OLED screens on the market

OLED SWEET SPOT

LG OLED55C9

The LG C9 is a delicious deal: it has the same 4K panel as LG’s top-tier TVs that cost thousands more, and the same advanced image processing… but it’s a mid-range price. There are seriously no downsides when it comes to image quality compared to the company’s own higherup models – they just have fancier designs and better speakers. If you just want the best OLED quality you can for the least money, here you go. Also available in a 65-inch model, both sizes have practically perfect images, delivering inky black levels and eye-bogglingly lifelike colours, with supreme levels of detail, too. LG’s image processing is also impressive stuff, especially when it comes to upscaling – from complex action scenes to quiet close ups, you could easily mistake it for real 4K when it’s from a crisp, clean source. It struggles a little more with SD content, but we absolutely forgive it that. lg.com

OLED VS LCD

IN THE SCREEN WAR, WHICH IS THE PICK OF THE PIXELS?

The pixels in an LCD panel don’t create the light that actually reaches your eyes by themselves – they need another source of light (the backlight) to shine through them, which they can filter to look how it needs to.

The pixels in an OLED panel