Should you wait to buy a new TV until 2023?

Jul 26, 2023

Should you wait to buy a new TV until 2023?

New TVs in 2023 already look promising, but should you wait to buy? Will year-over-year improvements be good enough to justify waiting, or should you save money by buying now while prices are down? We run through what will be new for TVs in 2023, and whether you might want to buy now, or hold out for the new year.

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00:00 Intro
02:07 So what’s the news?
02:57 How did we get here?
05:47 What will this new MediaTek SOC fix?
06:35 Why you might want to wait to buy a new TV
07:06 Why you might NOT want to wait
07:44 Caleb’s Advice
08:55 Possible Updates to QD-OLED TVs
09:36 Possible Updates to OLED TVs
10:20 Possible Updates to LED/LCD TVs
11:18 Final Takeaway

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2.1 -> so some news came across my desk the other day and as soon as I read it

11.82 -> I thought yeah 2023 is looking like a pretty solid year for TVs this is

16.8 -> exciting and it got me thinking sure TVs get at least a little better year after

21.06 -> year but our TVs in 2023 going to be so much better that you should wait to buy

26.22 -> welcome back everyone I'm Caleb Dennison and if you just bought a new TV please don't be mad at

37.26 -> me here I'm not trying to trigger a bunch of anxiety or fomo the fact is technology marches

42.66 -> forward like a juggernaut the grass always looks greener on the other side of the CES fence and

47.94 -> it's just not worth wasting emotional energy on worry look I'll be here to calm your nerves in

52.74 -> a moment just stick with me anyway every year at some point I do a video about what to expect from

57.72 -> TVs in the coming new year usually I do it closer to CES after after the holiday buying Blitz but

64.08 -> some news came out of the mediatek summit on November 10th and it was then that I realized

68.76 -> that I should probably just make this video now there's a very good chance you might be

72.96 -> thinking of buying a TV right now but if you're doing any research you might start hearing about

77.94 -> how cool next year's TVs are going to be and you might see some YouTube videos posing this

83.16 -> question should you wait to buy a new TV I'm going to try and help you make that decision

87.42 -> but to do it I want to cover some of what we can expect from TVs in 2023 and that requires

93.06 -> talking about a pain Point TV enthusiasts have been discussing for the past few years now for

98.4 -> my knit nerds out there I think you already know what's coming when I say mediatek don't

102.3 -> you but if you're like what's a mediatek don't worry all will be explained in a moment but hey

107.52 -> if my saying mediatek triggered you tell me so in the comments and I'll know you're one of the knit

111.84 -> nerd Army help comment about anything you want I love reading your comments click some buttons

116.76 -> down there if you feel moved to do so I really do appreciate it you guys you're the reason I do this

121.98 -> you're the reason I can do this and I love you for it thank you so much now should you wait to

127.38 -> buy a new TV first here's the news peg mediatek which is a company that makes the socs that go

133.62 -> into a bunch of TVs has announced it's deploying the new Advanced super tech nerdy pentonic 1000.

141.24 -> I love that name too bad it's probably the last time you'll ever hear it because mediatek's socs

147.18 -> have never been known by their names actually most folks have probably never even heard of

151.32 -> them anyway mediatex socs are at the heart of a lot of TVs out there but they only recently

155.7 -> became familiar to TV enthusiasts because well they became notorious for letting folks down

161.58 -> perhaps unfairly but they landed in the crosshairs to better explain that I've got to back up a few

167.22 -> years but if you don't really want the history lesson that's cool you can skip right ahead to

171.36 -> the part where we get down to whether you may or may not want to buy a new TV got a link for that

176.46 -> down below hard to believe it's been almost three years since LG touted at CES 20 20 that

183 -> its new TVs would have HDMI 2.1 ports and then suddenly people were like HDMI 2.1 you say well

190.26 -> what does that give me and the promised features rolled in 48 gigabits per second would allow HDMI

196.92 -> earc zero latency audio 4K at 120 hertz 8K at 60 hertz Auto low latency mode variable refresh

204.06 -> rate g-sync vsync heatsink the kitchen sink sorry I got a little bit carried away there

209.64 -> anyway the way it was described HDMI 2.1 and all the features that came with it were a big

215.34 -> deal LG had it Samsung wasn't far behind and then well TCL Sony Hisense and Vizio sort of

223.2 -> did this awkward dance where they were like yes we offer many of the features promised with HDMI 2.12

229.62 -> such as Auto low latency mode and earc and vrr but when asked if they had full bandwidth HDMI

236.58 -> 2.1 ports they had to say well no but you don't really need them to yeah I'm just going to cut

242.4 -> it off there because this just sparked a bunch of confusion point is folks watching and reading

247.62 -> TV reviews that praised certain TVs for having HDMI 2.1 ports and pointing out that four other

254.22 -> brands didn't well they had reason to pause if they wanted a future-proof TV or so they thought

259.92 -> but then in 2021 it seemed like those four Brands upgraded to have two HDMI 2.1 ports in their best

266.46 -> TVs which was interesting because Samsung and LG were still over here like yeah we still have four

272.22 -> and also here's a whole slate of gaming related features we've added and then in 2022 same thing

278.88 -> still just two HDMI 2.1 ports one of which was the e-arc port and reviewers like me were having

284.82 -> to point out that if you wanted to use a sound bar or AV receiver it would take up the e-art

289.92 -> port thus leaving you with just one HDMI 2.1 Port so tough luck if you wanted to connect an Xbox

296.46 -> series X and a PlayStation 5 and or an advanced gaming PC whether that was really a problem for

303.18 -> a lot of people well I'm getting to that fact is this disparity was weird it was curious to folks

309 -> that were paying attention how come LG and Samsung have this full functionality and the others don't

313.98 -> and that Curiosity led to folks discovering the real bottleneck the mediatek soc that all these

320.52 -> TV brands were using aha that's the problem oh and also the pandemic that basically shut down chip

326.34 -> production and that's when the comments really started coming in about how well until Brand X

331.86 -> ditches that old ass mediatek HDMI thing Brand X is dead to me or something along those lines

337.14 -> probably not in that voice but the notion was why upgrade to a new TV if they're still Half Baked

343.74 -> with these new features and HDMI ports fair question which leads us to today mediatek's

349.98 -> pentonic 1000 is the soc that a bunch of us TV nerds have been waiting for and for anyone who

356.22 -> is worried about getting a TV as future-proofed as they could because remember that folks don't

360.84 -> need to understand the deeper intricacies of the conversation to understand there's stuff a thing

366 -> can't do and they might want to wait to buy until the thing can do that stuff the hope is that the

371.58 -> mediatek pentonic 1000 should enable a bunch of TVs in 2023 to offer all of the things through

378 -> all of the HDMI ports better processing power multi-window picture-in-picture with Dolby Vision

383.7 -> atsc 3.0 tuners av1 decoding just about every nerdy video feature that could get Enthusiast

390.3 -> excited and making noise and posting in forums about how they're going to get all that stuff

395.28 -> when it comes out and so my friends I can see why some folks might catch wind of this discussion

400.44 -> and consider it a reason to wait to buy a TV especially if they were already holding off on

405.48 -> getting a new TV and then there are a host of other reasons one might want to wait more or

409.68 -> less the same reasons we see every year of this time of year well we're just a few months away

414.18 -> from the new ones coming out and they'll probably be brighter than last year they'll probably have

418.38 -> better local dimming better black levels less blooming more features for lower prices maybe

423.6 -> it makes sense to wait until next year to get a new TV ah but then you start to see that holiday

428.76 -> sale pricing or that closeout sale pricing now is a very popular time to buy a TV TV prices coming

435.66 -> down some of the most aspirational TVs of the year are closer to being Within Reach and some

440.94 -> of them are priced so well it'd be crazy not to buy that Thrifty part of your rationale kicks in

446.52 -> and you're thinking about World Cup and Super Bowl how can you not get a new TV right now but dang it

452.94 -> next year's might be better what to do I mean it can be tough TVs are expensive you want to make

460.08 -> the right decision but you know what this happens every year to a lot of folks so what's my advice

465.9 -> should you buy now or wait to buy a 2023 TV well there's no single right answer for everyone it

472.32 -> depends on your priorities your needs and I mean it's your money all I can do is share my thoughts

477.06 -> they might resonate with you they might not but even that might be helpful I'm hoping anyway

482.34 -> here's where I'm at point one is I think that if every time you are about to make a big purchase

487.44 -> you spent too much time worrying about whether next year's Tech was going to make the expensive

492.12 -> thing you were about to buy obsolete well then you'd probably worry several years off your life

496.86 -> and that's just no good for anyone point two when it comes to TVs year by year progress is usually

502.32 -> more Evolution than Revolution even in 2022 when we got the first cutie OLED TVs what we found is

509.34 -> that even though it was kind of a revolutionary way of using OLED technology by pairing it with

514.38 -> Quantum dots it was still an evolution in terms of picture quality a notable one for sure but

520.14 -> is it life-changing for most folks I'm going to say not to most folks so let's break down what I

527.22 -> think we'll see in terms of improvements in 2023 TVs and as we go through this weigh them in terms

533.1 -> of importance to you see if it helps you decide first cutie OLED will there be advancements yes

539.22 -> I think we'll be seeing more size options so so if you've been hungry to get in on cutie OLED action

544.74 -> but wishing you could get a bigger one you'll be able to do that in 2023. I don't know how big or

550.38 -> small the screen sizes will be but I do know the bigger the Cutie OLED the bigger the price so be

556.08 -> ready to spend if you go big and there's some hope that the 2020 355 and 65 inch cutie OLED TVs could

562.68 -> come down in price over what they came out for in 2022 but probably not much cheaper than the

568.8 -> sale prices of 2022 cutie OLED TVs and I don't know that any other advancements we see in this

574.8 -> Tech Will justify the bigger spend as for w OLED LG's bread and butter TV technology it's hard to

581.28 -> imagine there being a huge leap forward here I think the C2 and G2 are going to be Mighty smart

586.8 -> purchases going into the new year and well into 2023 too now for Sony their 2023 models May well

594.12 -> have four HDMI 2.1 ports and more of the gaming Centric features that we've seen on LG sets but is

600.96 -> that something you really need do you have both an Xbox series X and a PlayStation 5 or one of those

607.26 -> consoles and a high-end gaming PC and you need to connect them both directly to your TV and you want

613.92 -> a Sony specifically well then maybe Sony 2023wo LEDs are worth waiting for otherwise not so much

620.76 -> how about LED LCD TVs what kind of changes might we see in the 2023 models well I think mediatek's

627.96 -> new SOC will bring more LED LCD TVs with HDMI 2.1 ports and advanced gaming features so the Hisense

635.52 -> u8 series and U7 series along with the tcl6 series and Vizio M series could get that functionality I

642.48 -> think mini LED backlight technology is going to come to lower priced models and that could mean

647.28 -> more dimming zones at lower prices too I think many LED TVs from Sony Samsung and LG might get

653.76 -> brighter HDR performance per dollar since Hisense is really pushing the market in that direction and

659.04 -> along those lines I can see Hisense coming out with just an insanely bright and inexpensive

664.8 -> mini LED TV but really I think it's the raised performance of the mid-tier Sony Samsung and LG

670.62 -> TVs that might be more compelling and TCL I can see it's 6 series getting even better which could

677.16 -> be worth waiting for with all of that said TV performance per dollar is already extremely good

682.98 -> and the features built into today's TVs already exceed what most folks actually need and could

689.4 -> conceivably want so for most folks I don't know that waiting is going to provide a lot of benefit

694.38 -> better to take advantage of the lower prices that we see on 2022 TVs than to just wait on 2023.

701.46 -> unless you believe that inflation is going to calm significantly in a year and that inflation now is

708.06 -> causing you some hardship which I know is the case for a lot of folks actually I think writing out

712.56 -> inflation is maybe the most compelling reason to wait for a full year to the end of 2023 to buy a

719.4 -> new TV if an upgrade is looking like a stretch for you but if you've been budgeting and saving for

724.74 -> a new set I think most folks can feel comfortable knowing that the TV they buy now is going to make

730.02 -> them happy for many years to come as for my TV Enthusiast friends out there well I know that

735.42 -> you love the latest and the greatest and for you well you have a tough call to make 2023 has some

740.64 -> exciting things in store it could be another we've reached Peak TV year on the other hand there's no

746.88 -> guarantee that just because this new mediatek chip exists that it's going to get used maybe

752.7 -> the question for you isn't should you wait but can you wait and only you know the answer to that

758.58 -> question thanks as always for watching everyone I hope this video has been helpful whether it was or

763.5 -> not let me know down in the comments if you liked it and want to see more hit me with a like And

767.28 -> subscribe I'll see you on the next one and until then here's two more videos I think you might like

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