Today is a strange day for me: I'm actually agreeing with Tom Cruise on something. The something in question is regarding TV settings, more specifically the default settings on modern TVs that will leave your beautiful movies and TV shows looking like a low quality soap opera.

The OLED TVs on display in JB Hi-Fi and other electronic stores are usually turned to maximum brightness. While this is great for grabbing your attention, it's not an accurate representation of picture quality in the real world.

So what can you do about it? Here are some tricks of the trade for picking an OLED TV that will actually look great in your lounge room.

Panasonic’s newest range of televisions are here to challenge LG’s stranglehold on the OLED market. Panasonic has two solid OLED choices, and an LCD screen that punches above its weight in the category.

You've bought a new smart TV and you're keen to pair a media server with it. You can't just browse the videos on your file server using the TV's user interface — you'll need a middleman — but before you rush out and grab a Pi, NUC or install Plex on your desktop machine, make sure your humble NAS can't do the job first.

Broadcast television isn't dead, at least not yet, but the way we watch it is certainly changing. These days Australia's free-to-air broadcasters all offer online simulcasts, but they're not available on every device.

Worse yet, you'll often find that live sport like footy and cricket — perhaps the only things you want to watch on free-to-air — is blocked due to streaming rights deals. As we've seen with Optus' World Cup streaming disaster, sometimes free-to-air broadcasts can save the day.

HD TVs have come a long way since the days of the first flatscreens, but here's a little secret for you: this year's new, fancy, top line TVs aren't really going to improve much on last year's new, fancy top line TVs. If you're in the market for a new display, you're better off looking for older, discounted models.

If you're in the market for a large 4K TV, this may be a deal for you. Sony is currently having a big tech sale, which includes a cool $1200 off its 70-inch 4K HDR Smart TV.

Is there an 8K television in your future? What about an OLED? IHS Markit seems to think both are strong possibilities at your place. IHS is an international research company that tracks manufacturing information rather than market trends, and given that most manufacturers place their parts orders well ahead, its predictions are always interesting and frequently reliable.

It's new TV season and Samsung have just launched their 2018 QLED and UHD ranges here in Australia. Here's how much they're going to cost and when you can get your hands on them.

Following this week's announcement of Samsung's QLED range, you may be looking for a quick explainer of what the "Q" in QLED is all about.

The role of the TV is changing, so Samsung are changing too. 2018 is all about those sleek, sleek designs.

"In the past, it's been like a tech beauty pagent," Eena Kim, Creative Director of Samsung's Visual Display team told me this morning at the launch in New York. "It's all about who has the best colours, the best specs, the best picture - but we have forgotten who we are speaking to - who we are designing for."

Last year, Samsung introduced an innovative new product to the TV buying public dubbed 'The Frame'. These Yves Behar-designed models attempt to make TV panels feel less like technology and more like art. Boasting a minimalist construction and ultra-thin bezels, each unit resembles a jumbo picture frame.

Originally only available in 55-inch and 65-inch iterations, you can now snap up a 43-inch model which is better suited for the bedroom (and kinder to your wallet). Here are the details.

Thinking of picking up a new HD TV? Here are all the pricing, release dates, specs and features for each big brand’s current TV lineup. This years TVs are pushing the envelope on picture quality and device connectivity, while pushing the form factor even further.

One of Australia’s biggest online sales events officially begins at 7pm AEDT tonight, though many retailers are already offering great discounts online. The best is yet to come, however, with Click Frenzy offering some must-be-seen-to-be-believed bargains tonight: A 55-inch LED TV for $10, $2 Fitbits and travel deals galore.

With exquisite picture quality and a striking design, Sony has put forward a worthy contender for the OLED television crown. OLED televisions offer the best home entertainment picture that money can buy, thanks to the fact that – unlike LED-backlit LCD screens – OLED doesn't rely on a backlight. This lets OLED produce perfect blacks and amazing contrast, underpinning phenomenal overall picture quality.

Another lounge room format war is looming as Samsung and Amazon Video unveil HDR10+ to rival Dolby Vision, backed by LG and Netflix. Here are the ugly details.

Big W's big eBay store sale ends at midnight tonight. That means you only have a few hours left to land a bargain on TVs, cameras, video games, consoles, tablets, home appliances, smartphones and Lego. To save you the trouble of sifting through hundreds of products spread across multiple pages, we've assembled the cream of the crop right here!

JB Hi-Fi is always has a TV sale on. It's what they do. However, these latest deals are a bit better than usual: For a limited time, you can get 20 per cent off 14 Sony TVs - from cute 40-inch HD TVs to mammoth 85-inch 4K panels. That's a saving of up to $2000! Here are the links to the deals.

If you're a big-name TV maker, 'LCD' is a dirty word. OLED is a different technology, but in recent generations LCD panels have been rebranded with modern monikers, from LED to ULED to Samsung's own SUHD. Now, Samsung has a new line of TVs it's calling QLED, with a quantum dot LED-backlit LCD panel that promises huge improvements to picture quality.