The best TV deals this weekend include premium LG OLEDs, Hisense RGB models, huge Samsung screens, and more
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Commodity TV pricing pressure continues—premium panels are being pushed as weekend deals, not luxury buys. For anyone building living-room experiences, assume 4K+ large-format screens are effectively ubiquitous and design your product footprint accordingly.
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