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Dave Meikleham

Why I wouldn't buy a super-cheap huge-screen TV for the World Cup as someone who watches 60 games per year — the 'dirty screen effect' is brutal for watching football

Hisense U7S with footage of a football stadium on screen, taken from a right angle .

Whether you call it football or soccer, the Beautiful Game is the best. As someone whose soul is nourished to an unhinged degree by watching 22 millionaires bashing a synthetic sphere around a field, I’m incredibly excited about the upcoming 2026 World Cup, which kicks off on June 11.

That said, I’m much less enthused by the prospect of huge amounts of people watching the world’s biggest sporting event on the wrong type of TV. Okay, maybe “wrong” sounds absolutely obnoxious to say. I’ll retract that. How about a ‘less than ideal’ type of display?

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