Television Archive

Your parents or grandparents probably told you that you shouldn’t watch TV with the lights out. And for taking care of your eyes, that can actually be sound advice. Failing to develop a soft contrast between your screen and the environment around it, your eyes probably aren’t going to suffer a bunch of permanent damage. But they will be strained. It might even contribute to …

4K televisions are getting cheap. But truthfully, most people don’t care that much about 4K resolution, especially with how little 4K content there is out there. Make no mistake, ordinary viewers can certainly tell the difference in image quality between 1080p and 4K. But what’s really driving so many to upgrade their TV isn’t resolution, it’s streaming features and voice control. And why not? Ten …

Everyone likes a big TV. And these days, they’re more common than ever. You can get a 50” HD television for as little as $250. But enjoying large screens can make it tough to go back to using comparably small PC monitors. Anyone who uses their monitor more than their television certainly can almost certainly relate. Size provides more workspace, it provides more immersion, and …

The first few generations of 1080p televisions were nothing short of expensive. Even a modestly sized 30” screen could cost nearly a thousand dollars. Over the next decade, resolutions got bigger, screens grew larger, and prices went down. It’s taken a long time for 1080p to stop being special, and start being standard. But unlike 1080p, the switch to 4K is going to happen far …

Most TV wall mounts are designed for flat panels, and if it hadn’t escaped your notice, curved panels aren’t flat. As a result, it can be slightly more difficult to find an appropriate mount for curved displays. Fewer curved televisions being used by consumers means there are fewer mounts made with curved panels specifically in mind. And less competition in some niche almost always means …