LG is a brand closely associated with the best OLED televisions. Their C and G series models have traditionally been the best options for viewers concerned about image quality. At the same time, its B series offers a budget OLED option among the best gaming TVs.
By 2025, LG will refresh its three main OLED lines as expected, but from what we learned at CES 2025, there's a new push at the company to bring some of the innovations associated with its OLED TVs to its QNED family of LCD TVs. .
So far, LG's QNED TVs have lagged behind its OLED models in terms of picture performance and features. But in 2025, LG will introduce new QNED evo models with the same Zero Connect technology found in its LG M5 OLED TV, along with more powerful gaming and artificial intelligence features. All QNED evo TVs will feature the company's a9 AI or a8 AI processors, the same ones used in the LG C4 and LG B4 OLED TVs, respectively.
While LG's decision to update its QNED TVs isn't surprising, what is surprising is that the 2025 TVs will use a new proprietary QNED dynamic color solution that replaces the quantum dots used in previous TVs. LG provided few details about this new technology at CES other than that it uses “fluorescent elements… to convert blue light to white, absorbing and purifying unnecessary light waves. Furthermore: “The result is surprisingly realistic and vivid colors along with high brightness.”
Quantum dots have long been a performance differentiator for mid- and high-end LCD TVs, and are also used in flagship QD-OLED models like the Samsung S95D, so LG's proprietary alternative has a lot to live up to. height from the beginning. .
Here are the details about the new LG QNED evo TVs:
QNED92
This flagship 4K series features Dynamic QNED Color Pro, an upgraded version that is capable of covering 95% of the DCI-P3 color space. It also uses LG's Alpha a8 AI processor and is the only new model for 2025 with mini-LED backlighting. The QNED92 TVs will be available in screen sizes from 65 to 85 inches.
QNED9M
This series uses a regular LED backlight and a Dynamic QNED Color solution that covers 93% of the DCI-P3 color space. It has the same a9 AI processor as the LG C4 OLED and features LG's Zero Connect box for wireless 4K video streaming with up to 144Hz VRR for gaming. LG's wireless QNED TV is AMD FreeSync Premium certified and will be available in 75-inch and 86-inch screen sizes.
QNED85
The QNED85 series also uses a regular LED backlight and a Dynamic QNED Color solution, along with the LG a8 AI processor. This series will feature the first LG QNED TV series with a 100-inch screen size, and also features an 86-inch model that supports 4:4:4 4K HFR (high frame rate) content for PC gaming. The QNED85 TVs will also be sold in screen sizes from 50 to 75 inches.
Along with the QNED evo series TVs, LG will carry over its 8K QNED99 series starting in 2024. All new models will feature the updated webOS 25 smart TV interface, which provides new and improved features such as Voice ID and an AI chatbot .
A new era for QNED?
LG's competitors, such as Samsung, have long supported LCD TV technology, offering everything from basic edge-lit models to upgraded versions with quantum dots on its QLED series TVs and mini-LED backlighting on its Neo QLED series televisions.
Wireless connectivity was previously limited to LG's expensive flagship OLED TV, so the addition of that feature to its QNED 2025 line, and not even the flagship series, is encouraging. Samsung will also bring wireless connections to its flagship QN990F series 8K TVs, The Frame Pro series TVs, and Premiere 8K projector in 2025, so wireless TVs are clearly a trend.
The main question surrounding LG's new LCD TVs is whether Dynamic QNED Color (the standard and Pro versions) will provide a sufficient alternative to quantum dots, which have long been a reliable solution for improving brightness and depth of images. color on LCD televisions. LG is clearly optimistic about its QNED TV lineup by 2025, so it may have an ace up its sleeve with Dynamic QNED Color. We'll have more to say on that topic when LG's new QNED TVs become available, probably this spring.