Tom Parsons

2 weeks ago | whathifi.com | Lewis Empson |Tom Parsons |Alastair Stevenson

Let’s not beat around the bush; you’ve seen the star rating. LG’s flagship OLED G-series has, for the past four generations, earned five stars for excellent picture quality and uncompromising feature sets. So the latest and greatest generation, with its brand-new OLED panel technology, should surely continue that winning streak. In most ways, it does. The G5 combines the winning formula of previous G-series models with an exciting new Primary RGB Tandem OLED panel to dazzling effect.

3 weeks ago | whathifi.com | Tom Parsons

I’ve already been on the record as saying that the Sony A95L is my favourite TV of the past couple of years. So, while I understood the reasoning (primarily that the A95L arrived late in 2023), I was really disappointed that an even better successor didn’t materialise last year. Now, though, the A95L’s successor is here; but it’s not quite what I was expecting. What I was expecting was a Bravia 10 range-topper to sit above the Bravia 9 Mini LED model and usher in a new dawn for OLED TV technology.

3 weeks ago | whathifi.com | Tom Parsons

Unlike rivals such as LG and Samsung, Sony no longer replaces its entire TV range each year. Instead, it focuses on a relatively small selection of new models at a time. Last year, it reintroduced its Bravia branding with the Bravia 9, Bravia 8, Bravia 7 and (for the US at least) Bravia 3. This year, we have the Bravia 8 II, which is a somewhat confusingly named replacement for the awesome A95L QD-OLED, and the Bravia 5, which is the replacement for 2023’s impressive, mid-range X90L.

3 weeks ago | whathifi.com | Tom Parsons

Do you watch Rick & Morty? If you do, you must be familiar with Mr Meeseeks, the blue aliens who can be ushered into existence to enthusiastically perform a single task. The thing with a Mr Meeseeks (despite the name, Mr Meeseeks is a species rather than an individual) is that it is designed to perish the moment it has completed its task.

3 weeks ago | whathifi.com | Tom Parsons

When the news broke last week that Sony is about to stop selling its awesome projectors in various parts of Europe, including the UK, my first thought was, 'what rubbish news!'My second thought, though, was whether the at-that-point unannounced Bravia Projector 7, which I had been lucky enough to see in action at Sony's Tokyo HQ in February, would be exempt. Alas, it is not.