After going fully online in 2021 due to the global pandemic, CES 2022 was an in-person event, with both manufacturers and attendees required to provide proof of vaccination and don masks prior to entering the show floor. Actually, it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to describe CES as “in-person,” since some companies opted to present products online while retaining their usual show floor real estate. In such cases, the result was a kind of “augmented reality” experience, one where attendees wandered through the skeleton of a typical CES booth scanning QR codes with their smartphones to access new product information. Strange days, indeed!
Between our online and live newsgathering efforts—I made the trek out to the show to attend in-person— managed to get a well-rounded view of the TV trends that will unfold during 2022. Highlights include a new variation on OLED display tech called QD-OLED that promises higher brightness and increased color depth over already impressive current OLED offerings. There will also be OLED and MicroLED models in a range of new screen sizes, more Mini-LEDbacklit LCD options from all major brands, and increased
