What is happening in tv & audio
Television and audio marketing runs on acronyms that describe real things badly. This section takes the ones you keep seeing on a box or in a launch — panel types, audio formats, the numbers inside a model name — and says what they change in a normal living room, and what they change only in a showroom.
Samsung Micro RGB is now a range, not one giant TV
Samsung now lists Micro RGB from 55 inches up, across two series. The question is no longer what it is but what that name guarantees at each size.
Read TV & AudioMini LED reaches midrange TVs: what it fixes
The backlight that used to sit at the top of a lineup now shows up further down. What that improves, and what it leaves exactly where it was.
Read TV & AudioMicro RGB vs OLED vs Mini LED: the room decides
Three panel families, one honest rule: the light in the room you watch in settles the argument long before the numbers on the box do.
Read TV & AudioLG MRGB95: what an RGB backlight really changes
LG put two RGB tiers in one announcement, and the shorthand everyone uses covers both. Here is which is which, and what it moves.
Read TV & AudioLG C6 vs C6H: the new panel is only in two sizes
Only the 77 and 83-inch C6 sets carry the new Primary RGB Tandem panel, which turns a screen-size decision into a panel decision.
Read TV & AudioAirPods 5: ANC now comes on the base model
Apple stopped reserving noise cancelling for the pricier AirPods box. Here is what that moves, and what it does not.
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