TV & Cinema
Televisions, streaming and home cinema. Guides, reviews, buying advice and comparisons appear together here.
Latest in TV & Cinema
Clear, current guidance will appear here once it has completed editorial review.
Samsung S85H vs S90H vs S95H: Which 2026 OLED TV Should You Buy?
A plain-English guide to Samsung's 2026 OLED range, including where the S90H improves on the S85H and whether the flagship S95H is worth the extra money.
Best Soundbars by Budget, 2026
Three genuinely good soundbars at three price points, from a simple step-up on a TV's built-in speakers to a full multi-box Dolby Atmos system with real (not virtual) surround channels.
Samsung S99H 65-inch Review: A Spectacular Television That Wants to Be Wall Art
The S99H is designed to make an impression before the film starts. On a wall its floating metal frame looks special; on its plastic feet, some of that expensive illusion disappears. This review explains who will notice its strengths and who should spend differently.
Sony Bravia 9 II 65-inch Review: Brilliant Colour at an Eye-Watering Price
Sony's Bravia 9 II proves that a television does not need an screen with deep-looking blacks to look spectacular. It also proves that exceptional brightness and colour do not automatically make £3,499 easy to justify. This review explains who will notice its strengths and who should spend differently.
Samsung S95H Review: A Superb Picture With One Awkward Design Choice
The Samsung S95H produces a bright, colourful picture that remains easy to watch in daylight. Its gaming support is excellent, but the new frame and feet make this expensive television less elegant than expected.
Samsung S90H Review: Is It Worth More Than the S85H?
The Samsung S90H is better for reflections, daytime viewing and built-in sound, but its picture can look surprisingly close to the cheaper S85H in ordinary viewing.
Samsung S85H Review: Is This the Best-Value Samsung Television?
The Samsung S85H offers rich deep-black screen picture quality and strong gaming, but it becomes the best-value Samsung deep-black screen only when it is meaningfully cheaper than the S90H.
Samsung QN80H Review: A Dependable Family Television With Blurry Fast Action
The Samsung QN80H works well for mixed family viewing, games and films. It gets bright and shows convincing dark scenes, but reflections and very fast movement stop it being a class leader.
Samsung R85H Review: Micro New Screen Technology Colour Arrives Before the Evidence Is Finished
Samsung's R85H uses separate microscopic red, green and blue backlights to chase wider, cleaner colour, but new screen technology deserves measured proof before a £1,999 recommendation.
Samsung R95H Review: The Micro New Screen Technology Flagship With a £3,099 Burden of Proof
The R95H is Samsung's premium 65-inch Micro new colour technology television, adding glare control, stronger processing and smooth gaming, but its £3,099 price demands laboratory evidence.
Samsung QN990F Review: Brilliant 8K Engineering Looking for 8K Television
Samsung's QN990F is an exceptionally sophisticated 8K bright-screen television with better control over dark scenes with powerful processing and a wireless connection box, but native 8K content remains scarce and the price is severe.
LG G6 Review: Gallery Design Meets Serious Daytime Brightness
LG's G6 combines wall-friendly Gallery styling with its brightest 2026 deep-black screen package and four extra-smooth movement-ready gaming sockets, but early pricing places it in uncompromising flagship territory.
LG C6 Review: The All-Rounder Has Become a Launch-Price Luxury
The C6 retains LG's class-leading connection flexibility and strong contrast in dark scenes while adding a stronger internal hardware and extra-smooth movement headroom, but its launch price stretches the idea of a mainstream all-rounder.
LG B6 Review: The Entry Television That Forgot to Leave a Price Gap
LG's B6 supplies the deep-black screen essentials and an unusually complete four-sockets gaming layout, but its current price sits too near older, higher-tier alternatives.
Hisense UR9S Review: New Screen Technology Bright Television Comes Down to a Real Living-Room Size
Hisense's UR9S makes new colour technology bright-screen television available at a practical 65 inches, delivering very strong brightness, broad the extra brightness used by modern films support and 170Hz gaming with some processing and input-delay compromises.
Hisense U7S Review: A Fast Bright Television Caught Between Value and Pro
The Hisense U7S combines bright-screen television, smooth gaming, a widely used film-picture format and Freely, but its current price sits close enough to the U7S Pro that buyers must compare both.
TCL C8L Review: New Screen Technology Bright Television Pushes Colour Harder Than the Price Allows
TCL's C8L uses new colour technology bright-screen television for wider colour, high brightness and controlled contrast, with four advanced sockets and ambitious audio, but £1,899 puts it beside proven premium television.
TCL C8K Review: The Five-Star Bright Television Bargain the New Model Has to Beat
TCL's C8K combines independently praised bright-screen television contrast, high brightness, smooth gaming and strong built-in audio at £1,199, making it a formidable outgoing-model value.
TCL P8L Review: A £849 Bright Television With Gaming Ambitions
The TCL P8L brings new colour technology bright-screen television dimming, smooth gaming, broad the extra brightness used by modern films support and Onkyo audio to £849, a remarkable listed features that still needs exact-model testing.
Panasonic Z95B Review: The Flagship Television That Treats Sound as Part of the Television
Panasonic's Z95B pairs a bright tandem screen with deep-looking blacks with superb film accuracy and a 170W Technics-tuned speaker system, creating a flagship that can genuinely delay a soundbar purchase.
Sony Bravia 7 II Review: Premium Bright Television for Bright-Room Film Fans
Sony's Bravia 7 II is a premium bright-room television for viewers who care about controlled bright-screen television contrast and polished processing more than bargain pricing.
Hisense A6Q Review: A 65-Inch Television at an Almost Unbelievable Price
The Hisense A6Q makes 65-inch viewing unusually affordable, but its standard movement screen and entry-level positioning set clear expectations for the extra brightness used by modern films and gaming.
Samsung Q7F Review: Easy to Use, but the Picture Has Limits
The Samsung Q7F is a large, straightforward television with pleasant colour and plenty of popular apps. Its picture struggles with bright rooms, dark films and fast games, so it only makes sense at the right price.
Hisense E7Q Pro Review: The Value Gaming television With Genuine extra-smooth
Hisense's E7Q Pro is built for value-conscious gamers, pairing Quantum Dot colour with a genuinely useful extra-smooth screen at £589.
LG Nano81A Review: A Straightforward Big-Screen LG for Family Viewing
The Nano81A is a straightforward 65-inch LG for mixed family viewing, where app support and easy ownership matter more than deep cinema-room blacks.
Samsung M70H Review: Affordable Bright Television With a Basic Gaming Catch
The Samsung M70H introduces bright-screen television brightness at £649, although its standard movement screen makes films and everyday television a more natural fit than premium gaming.
LG G5 Review: A Flagship Television That Fights Back Against Bright Rooms
LG's G5 is an unapologetic flagship deep-black screen, using extra brightness to attack the traditional weak point of deep-black screen while keeping its exceptional dark-room contrast.
Samsung M80H Review: Bright Television Brightness Meets smooth gaming
The M80H combines bright-screen television backlighting with extra-smooth movement support, giving Samsung a 65-inch television aimed squarely at bright rooms and serious gaming.
LG B5 Review: The More Attainable Route to 65-Inch Television
The LG B5 is the accessible route into 65-inch deep-black screen: it keeps self-lit contrast and smooth gaming while leaving the most ambitious brightness to costlier models.
Sony Bravia 5 Review: Picture Processing and Screen-Based Sound Combined
Sony's Bravia 5 is a film-and-television all-rounder whose appeal lies in bright-screen television control, thoughtful processing and sound that feels connected to the screen.
Sony Bravia 3 Review: Sony Simplicity for Streaming, Not Premium Gaming
The Bravia 3 sells Sony's processing and Google television experience in a simpler standard movement screen technology with a light behind it package, which suits streaming better than high-end console ambitions.
Sony Bravia 8 Review: A Cinema-First Television With Sound From the Screen
The Bravia 8 is a cinema-first deep-black screen where Sony's motion, picture processing and screen-based sound matter as much as the screen technology itself.
Sony Bravia 2 II Review: Designed to Improve Ordinary Television
Sony's Bravia 2 II focuses on making ordinary broadcasts and streaming easy to watch, rather than competing on advanced refresh rates or control over bright and dark parts of the picture.
Hisense UR8S Review: An New Screen Technology Bright Television Flagship Challenger
The Hisense UR8S is a listed features-heavy flagship challenger, combining new colour technology bright-screen television colour and up-to-180Hz gaming support for substantially less than some premium rivals.
TCL C6K Review: The Sweet Spot Between Budget screen technology with a light behind it and Premium Bright Television
The C6K is TCL's persuasive middle ground: bright-screen television contrast, Quantum Dot colour and extra-smooth gaming without crossing into four-figure pricing.
LG C5 Review: The Safe Premium television for Films, Sport and Gaming
LG's C5 is a dependable premium deep-black screen with excellent dark-room picture quality, broad streaming support and four fully capable gaming connections, though bright rooms and static-screen use still deserve consideration.
Samsung QN90F Review: A Bright-Room Television That Does Not Need Babying
Samsung's QN90F uses bright-screen television brightness and strong reflection handling to stay clear in busy daytime rooms, with excellent gaming support, but it lacks a widely used film-picture format and cannot match very deep-looking blacks levels in complete darkness.
Sony Bravia 8 II Review: Beautiful Films and Unusually Good Built-In Sound
Sony's Bravia 8 II combines refined deep-black screen picture processing with some of the most convincing built-in television sound, but its premium price and two fully featured modern sockets reduce its appeal for multi-console households.
TCL C7K Review: Big Bright-Room Impact Without Flagship Pricing
TCL's C7K makes bright-screen television brightness and modern gaming features available for considerably less than premium rivals, while accepting less refined motion, picture processing and after-sales polish.
Samsung S95F Review: Brilliant in Bright Rooms, but Not Perfect at Night
The Samsung S95F is one of the easiest premium televisions to watch in a sunny room. Reflections are kept under excellent control, although some dark details can disappear during films watched at night.
Samsung S95F vs LG G5: Which Flagship OLED Should You Buy?
Samsung's S95F and LG's G5 are the two standout 2025-generation flagship OLEDs — we compare brightness, Dolby Vision support, gaming features and price to help you pick between them.