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These particles are illuminated, meanwhile, by a direct lighting system, where the LEDs are placed right behind the screen. This should deliver better black levels and contrast than the sort of edge lighting systems more commonly found in LCD TVs – though it’s important to say that no information is available yet on how many separately controllable dimming zones the backlighting system might support.

As we said earlier, this really is a deal that’s too good to miss. If you aren’t sold, head over to our buying guide to find out all about what makes a fantastic TV and you’ll see the 49UK6300PUE ticks all the required boxes and then some.

It incorporates Google Assistant on top of LG’s own voice-based content search, so you can speak into the remote to get the same information and smart home control features you would find on a Google Home. This isn’t an Android TV or Google Cast device, though, and for most media-based voice assistant features the TV uses LG’s WebOS-based service first. Alexa is also planned to be added as an option to WebOS later this month, letting you choose which major voice assistant you want to use with the TV.

The 75SM99 will carry full bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports to support 8K at 60Hz, and carries all the new webOS and smart features that the latest OLED TVs do.

A lot of us prefer to hook our TV up to separate audio devices, such as speakers, soundbars or headphones, but you should still ensure the television you choose meets the standard required to deliver solid performance without the need for added hardware. However, it’s important to remember that as TVs become slimmer, their audio quality diminishes due to the acoustics.

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Why are the B9 series’ pictures not going to be as good? Because as with 2018’s B8 models, they use a less powerful processor: The second generation of the Alpha 7 chipset they used last year, to be precise. 

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The brothers’ ultra-hyped series Stranger Things — which was available in 4K HDR from the start — featured a car chase during the first episode of its second season. When watching the chase back on a typical living room system, something the creators’ do for all of their episodes to make sure they look and sound as good as possible for average viewers, they noticed that the sound lacked the clarity they expected.

Note that while precious few of you will likely be able to afford the new ‘rollable’ LG OLED TV that sits at the top of the model list below, don’t skip over it, as I cover in that section the key new picture and smart features LG is introducing across the majority of its 2019 OLED range.

Remember when 40 inches was a whopping size for a television? Nowadays the 40/42/43 inch range of TVs is seen as the starting point for a 4K display, so usually offers a handy compromise between picture quality and price.