
Buying a new TV can sometimes feel like a minefield. There are the best OLED sets, the best LED-backlit LCD sets – but even Mini-LED versions of those – and various acronyms and marketing expressions to wade through. It's worth it, though, to match your expectations with the right technology – and at the right budget.
Roughly speaking, the best TVs can be broken into two camps: OLED and LCD/LED. The former is an organic material, where each 'pixel' self-illuminates, providing hyper-precision and significant contrast. The latter is inorganic, dependent on illumination – whether side- or back-lit, in zones or full array – for the degree of brightness and precision it can deliver.