2020 is not just the start of a new decade; it’s also the promise of many creative TV inventions and features that you will be able to enjoy in your home. In this article, we’re looking into upcoming TV trends for 2020 – as well as tech predictions – that we’re confident will improve your viewing experience and transform the way that we use TVs.
We’re going to be discussing features such as 8K, screen technology, new shapes for TVs and better support for gamers.
More 8K
If you want pictures that are so sharp that they look like they’re real, then you’re sure to be excited for the improvements and additions we expect to see to 8K resolutions this year. We expect to see some refinements made to the technology, as well as more sets using 8K as the price decreases.
Bigger TVs
Since their invention, television screens have been getting bigger. There are some issues that are found every time TVs release a super-large screen, and it’s all about the screen’s resolution. A 60” screen with a 420p resolution will look significantly worse and far more pixelated than an 8K screen of the same size, but improvements to resolution can’t keep up with the consumer appetite for a bigger TV than their neighbour’s.
Luckily, the introduction of more 8K screens means that bigger screens are better than they ever were before, so we expect the average household television to get bigger over the next decade.
QD-OLED
Samsung aims to put an end to the war between LG’s OLED TVs and their own brand of QLED TVs by joining the two technologies into one television. Samsung has confirmed little about this, so it is unclear what a QD-OLED will look like, what it will cost, or when it will hit the market. We can speculate that it will likely entail better image quality with more vibrant colours and reduced screen burn.
New Brands
We couldn’t say whether a new brand will appear in the next year, but we certainly expect new brands to challenge Samsung and LG during the next decade. The promise of new challengers will push these two tech giants to stay at the forefront of innovation if they want to maintain their positions, so we look forward to seeing what the next decade will bring for the art of the television. Perhaps Netflix will one day bring out their own branded TV?
Stranger Shapes
Last year, we saw the beginnings of this trend. 2019 CES presented us with the LG Rollable TV which literally rolls away into its own box when you aren’t using it, and we also saw the wave TV showcased in all its opulent glory, but 2020 promises new TVs with new ideas such as Samsung’s Sero.
The Sero TV can be displayed landscape or portrait which brings new meaning to the way we watch content. We assume that the decision to create a TV that can be rotated for viewing content in portrait orientations has its roots in modern content creation – namely the use of phones to create vertical videos.
The Sero’s ability to showcase content made by and for phones suggests an interesting future for entertainment, a future that will surely cause the television to have adapted in cool and interesting ways as well.
Other strange new shapes include LG’s foldable TV and more expansion and usage of modular screen technology.
Better Gaming Support
Gaming as a hobby is becoming more widespread throughout the UK, and we now know for certain that the evolution of the PC has not signalled the end of the console, or that gamers are never going to stop wanting to play the latest titles on their favourite TV screen. As a result, 2020 signals a new decade for gamers as brands adjust their sets to include technology that supports high refresh rates at high resolutions. For example, LG already incorporates Nvidia G-Sync into some of its televisions, whereas Samsung has teamed up with AMD FreeSync to provide gamers with even smoother experiences.
There will also be further support for cheap smart TVs as voice assistants become more widespread, and we will endeavour to provide you with the latest cheap TVs so you can continue to enjoy the height of technology.
