sharp and sony introduced the first-flat screen tv in it measured a whopping tech connection by marc saltzman must- watch tvs understanding mini-led and more how big and beautiful televi- and deliver an ultra-high-resolution picture that's incredibly lifelike it's easy to imagine what one would look like hanging on your wall when your friends are over for the big game not to mention all the bingeing of tv shows and movies you'll engage in this while they may look alike at first among them diodes to illuminate the television instead of the fluorescent tubes of yester- some tv makers have boosted the picture quality of led tvs by adding “local dimming," which dims lights that black levels on the television viewing angles televisions packed with oleds- organic light-emitting diodes-are incredibly thin because each pixel is can turn off pixels to show pure blacks oled televisions are the most energy efficient of the bunch producing tvs powered by “quantum sevag sagherian more true-to-life color palette often advertised as qled tvs these televisions are still led-backlit dot layer to produce the wider range of and contrast compared to led tvs while not as thin as oled tvs qled televisions can cost less mini-led televisions feature tens of thousands of tiny lights behind the effective way of handling backlighting and provides more precise control mini-led tvs also offer improved makers have combined mini-leds with less than oled sets marc saltzman is a leading high- tech reporter and selected questions regrets that unpub- lished questions can't be answered individually twitter @marc_saltzman email connection@ costco.com please include "tech connection" in the subject line costco connection tv tech terms look for a wide array of televisions in costco warehouses and at costco.com along with smart tv features look for these television • a 4k tv offers four times the pixels of a 1080p hd tv so the picture is incredibly kinds of hdr include dolby the pixels of a 4k tv the higher the refresh