Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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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.
ecoustics.com/news/calebrated-banned-from-youtube

Caleb now has a GoFundMe to help defray his legal expenses. You can find that here: 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 howl.link/tt8uqvjggmlsj
LG G5
- Crutchfield howl.link/w93ajbgok7sjs
Samsung S95F
- Crutchfield howl.link/0ck50lmpokpr5
Sony A95L (carryover 2023 model)
- Crutchfield howl.link/h0k71vxygjmci
Panasonic Z95B
- Not shipping yet

2025 Flagship MiniLED TVs

TCL X11K
- Amazon amzn.to/4jxSQj7
Samsung QN90F
- Crutchfield howl.link/0ngbkn80xzn6c
Sony Bravia 9 (carryover 2024 model)
- Crutchfield howl.link/rl0477xx67l7m
LG QNED wvo 9M
- LG howl.link/mlkwexk1mdxpj

On the panel:
Brian Mitchell, eCoustics Founder & CEO
Chris Boylan, eCoustics Editor at Large
Caleb Denison, CalebRated

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