Holiday TV Shopping Is Complicated. Our Experts Make It Simpler

From TV brightness to lag input to display glasses with a screen, join us for our year-end buying tips at the Lab's Holiday Office Hours.

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Timecode Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Ty Pendlebury and his pick for Brightest TV
2:38 Steve Johnson and his pick for Best Giftable TV - Smartglasses
4:11 Will Greenwald talks input lag on TVs and why it matters for gaming
6:31 Outro

Video Credits:
Host: Iyaz Akhtar
Scripted by: Iyaz Akhtar, Ty Pendelbury, Steve Johnson, Will Greenwald
Producer: Numi Prasarn
Camera: Numi Prasarn, John Schwartz
Video Editor: Jonathan Angle
Thumbnail Designer: Cole Kan

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