Best TVs of 2025? Caleb Denison Shares His Thoughts - eCoustics Podcast
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2025 is shaping up to be a banner year for televisions with no less than 4 high-end OLED TVs in the running for best OLED TV and some strong MiniLED contenders as well. On this episode, our guest Caleb Denison shares his thoughts on the state of the 2025 TV market, including the latest flagship TVs from Sony, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, TCL and Hisense. UPDATE: Digital Trends has claimed ownership of Caleb's new channel forcing YouTube to take down his videos. https://www.ecoustics.com/news/calebrated-banned-from-youtube/ Caleb now has a GoFundMe to help defray his legal expenses. You can find that here: https://gofund.me/3dbb9fda 2:12 - State of the 2025 TV Market (as of April 22, 2025) 4:40 - Flagship OLED TVs 11:24 - Samsung Glare-free 14:13 - Fire TV 15:58 - TV Usability 17:35 - MiniLED Takeover 21:00 - Buying 1st Gen TV Tech? 23:55 - Buy Last Year's Model? 26:52 - Upgrade Cycles 31:27 - TCL X11K 37:18 - Model Differences 40:55 - LG QNED (sleeper hit TV?) 43:30 - Extra Large TVs 46:35 - The Frame Pro 49:06 - Slim Mounting 51:19 - Poll? 56:49 - CalebRated Launch 2025 Flagship OLED TVs Sony Bravia 8 II OLED TV - Crutchfield https://howl.link/tt8uqvjggmlsj LG G5 - Crutchfield https://howl.link/w93ajbgok7sjs Samsung S95F - Crutchfield https://howl.link/0ck50lmpokpr5 Sony A95L (carryover 2023 model) - Crutchfield https://howl.link/h0k71vxygjmci Panasonic Z95B - Not shipping yet 2025 Flagship MiniLED TVs TCL X11K - Amazon https://amzn.to/4jxSQj7 Samsung QN90F - Crutchfield https://howl.link/0ngbkn80xzn6c Sony Bravia 9 (carryover 2024 model) - Crutchfield https://howl.link/rl0477xx67l7m LG QNED wvo 9M - LG https://howl.link/mlkwexk1mdxpj On the panel: Brian Mitchell, eCoustics Founder & CEO Chris Boylan, eCoustics Editor at Large Caleb Denison, CalebRated #calebrated #4ktv #oledtv
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