Michael Desjardin

6 days ago | tomsguide.com | Michael Desjardin

I make a living telling folks how to get the most out of their TV, so you can imagine my embarrassment the other day when I noticed that my own TV screen was covered in a fine layer of dust. As someone who studies TVs for a living, how could I miss this? In the days since, I’ve let myself off the hook. In fact, we should all let ourselves off the hook for our dusty, fingerprint-laden TV screens.

1 week ago | tomsguide.com | Michael Desjardin

I’ve been in the TV-reviewing business for a while, so I’ve seen my fair share of TVs. Over the years, I’ve developed a host of preferences about the look and feel of my TV-viewing experience. You’ve probably developed preferences and habits, too, just by watching TV throughout your life. You appreciate having the volume at a certain level and for the room’s lighting to be just the way you like it.

1 week ago | tomsguide.com | Michael Desjardin

It sounds ridiculous, but where you put your TV matters when it comes to the performance and longevity of your brand-new display. Putting one across from a window will have it sitting in a sunbeam during the day, creating glare on the screen. Setting a TV up too far away from the main seating area will leave you squinting to see the action. But of all the ill-advised spots for a TV to spend its days, none are more egregious than the wall-mounted position above a fireplace.

1 week ago | tomsguide.com | Michael Desjardin

LG just planted its flag in an exciting new territory for OLED technology: blue PHOLED. Last year, Universal Display Corporation (UDC), a prominent developer and manufacturer of OLED display technology, announced that its blue phosphorescent OLED technology — commonly referred to as blue PHOLED — would make its commercial debut in 2025. Through a partnership with UDC, LG Display has now verified the commercialization of this new technology on a mass production line.

2 weeks ago | tomsguide.com | Michael Desjardin

TCL QM6K The TCL QM6K is a budget-friendly Mini-LED TV with solid picture quality and better gaming features than just about anything else in its class. ForLoaded with featuresExcellent picture qualityRelatively sleek design for the price pointAgainstSound performance is inconsistentGlare reduction could be betterHisense U6N The Hisense U6N is the most affordable Mini-LED TV on the market, but its lack of gaming features puts it at a disadvantage compared to the TCL QM6K.