Sony Crystal LED TV – Next Big Thing

Crystal. Sounds pricey.

True it sounds it, but these aren’t real crystals, they’re LEDs. Why isn’t this called an LED TV? Because this uses six million LEDs mounted directly on the front of the display, doing away with those pesky pixels once and for all.

No pixels? So the resolution is dreadful?

No way, it’s stunning – effectively 6 million pixels on a 55in display, meaning full HD. It also means (since specific LEDs can be turned off) you get truer blacks than other TVs can manage.

Sounds good, what else can it do?

You’re right, it is good. Crystal manages a wider (1.4 times) colour gamut and 10 times faster response than normal LED televisions. Now we just need to see if this will be cheaper than the LG OLED and Samsung Super OLED screens, before we start saving.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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