4K? HDR? How to choose the best TV

Demystify TV jargon like 4K, HDR, and OLED with this comprehensive buying guide to help you choose the best television for your home. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Venture out to buy a television set, and it is difficult not to be overwhelmed.

The showrooms of electronics stores, such as Harvey Norman and Gain City, are chock-full of televisions of various makes, sizes and technologies. It is challenging to tell the difference between many of these TVs because of all the jargon floating around: 4K, HDR and OLED, to name a few.

With that in mind, The Straits Times takes a deep dive to understand the world of TVs. Here is what you need to know.

These terms relate to different display technologies within modern flat-panel televisions. Most televisions these days use light-emitting diodes (LED) to provide backlighting to a liquid-crystal display (LCD).

QLED is a term originated by South Korean technology giant Samsung, where the Q stands for quantum dots. These TVs have a quantum dot filter between the LED backlight and the LCD, which results in brighter and more vivid colours.

In Samsung’s Neo QLED models, mini LEDs are used instead of conventional ones for a more vibrant and precise rendering of images.