Those few days around holiday season, Christmas Eve Day, through Boxing Day, are one of those rare times of the year when family gets together. We are unencumbered by work or schedules, to watch a movie, binge-watch a Netflix or HBO series. Perhaps we’ll watch an annual sports event that’s become holiday tradition, like the World Junior hockey tournament. It’s a jungle out there, trying to seek out a new television to replace that old Plasma you’ve had for a decade. OLED TVs are the answer.
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Or perhaps you’re buying a special gift for a family member or friend. If you are searching for a high-end TV, you are most likely looking to buy an OLED TV. This is the next generation of technology. Start with the fact that with OLEDs, unlike with LEDs panels, each pixel is individually lit. That’s so every pixel has a unique colour profile.
Deep blacks
Also, there are deep blacks as opposed to washed-out greys. With the lights turned down low, or off entirely, the contrast and image clarity will blow your socks off. That’s especially true because of the intensity of the deep blacks and the vital colours. Go 55 inch, or really party down with a 65 inch or larger.
One of the trends in interior design during the fall and winter, a time for cocooning and home comforts, is cleanliness and simplicity. It’s about evoking a sense of calm and order. Interior designers will talk to you about carefully assembling a set of furnishings or components in a room so they complement each. The elegance and thin design of the modern, black OLED TV is a great place to start, to build the design from.
Ranking OLEDs
A great source for what’s popular and trending now are the folks at Bay Bloor Radio, at the corner of Bloor St. and Avenue Rd., Toronto’s ever-evolving luxury shopping corridor. We asked the store’s Richard Bowden to rank his top OLED TV for the holiday season. Maybe these options are a little big for Santa’s sack, unless you want to give the old man a hernia.
We also slipped in the Bang + Olufsen Beovision Harmony, because any discussion about luxury OLED TVs has to include a B&O offering (the Toronto Avenue Rd. store location is no longer open – you need to reach out to B&O’s Montreal location to order and have it shipped, head here to purchase).
So here we go:
Panasonic GZ 2000
LG Alexa Built-In C9 Series 4K Ultra HD Smart OLED TV
Sony Master Series 65″ 4K Ultra HD Smart Bravia OLED TV
Sony 65″ 4K Ultra HD Smart Bravia OLED TV
Beovision Harmony
Bang & Olufsen is the absolute pinnacle source for elite home entertainment technology. The Beovision Harmony ranks among their newest product offerings – integrating beautifully into a modern home, minimalistic, a bold and clear design in silver-coloured aluminum. The Beovision Harmony is a true OLED 4K HDR TV – perfect blacks, wide-viewing angle, exceptional sound, tone-mapping technology providing scene-by-scene optimization, and an integrated fully active three-channel stereo.
What’s particularly cool is the design – combining wood, fabric, aluminum,with a technology where the cabinet transforms itself from an elegant piece of furniture into an entertainment centre. The Beovision Harmony starts at $21,150 CAD for the 65-inch and $26,500 CAD for the 77-inch.
TOP IMAGE: BEOVISION HARMONY
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