ANALYSIS: SMART TECH TRENDS Home Entertainment
The shape of screens to come
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Cutting-edge panels and lifestyle designs will define the screen market in 2026. Steve May reports on the display
trends and new technologies expected to light up retail over the next 12 months
The Hisense Canvas W
hen it comes to TVs and projectors, 2026 will be anything but dull.
After seasons of steady iteration, the consumer display
market is heading into 2026 with renewed momentum. Expect significant advances in high-brightness panel technology, and
more ambitious projector form factors. Lifestyle TV is the sector to watch, as screens
are rapidly evolving beyond décor-friendly concepts such as Samsung’s The Frame and the Hisense Canvas.
A glimpse into the future Design is increasingly giving way to fresh functionality. The clearest example of this is Samsung’s new Movingstyle TV, a 27-inch portable with an unusual feature specification, including an integrated carry handle, a detachable stand, and a built-in battery rated for up to three hours of use. It’s a telly, but not just for the lounge. The Movingstyle can be carried from breakfast bar to bedside with minimal fuss. The screen, a bright QHD panel, automatically rotates
ever
between landscape and portrait, a nod both to TikTok viewing habits and creative apps. You can binge watch on it too. Powered
by Tizen OS, the set offers viewers all major streaming platforms plus Samsung TV Plus, while a new Now Brief standby mode creates a home dashboard for weather, memos and news. With a 120Hz refresh rate, it’s also notably
responsive for gaming, be it for a next-gen games console, or via Samsung’s own Gaming Hub, which supports Xbox Game Pass, NVIDIA GeForce NOW and Bluetooth controllers. Unsurprisingly, this all comes with a significant £1,199 price tag.
Metz enters the ring Helpfully, German brand Metz, has launched a compelling alternative, which in its own way is just as unique: a 24-inch Full HD Portable Smart Google TV with a built-in battery and Freely IP TV tuner. Freely is the obvious differentiator at this
screen size – it delivers live UK channels over Wi-Fi, without need of a traditional aerial, making it particularly useful for renters, students and caravan owners.
Hisense RGB MiniLED.
The 24MPE7002Z sports a Full HD anti-glare panel, up to three hours of battery life and a lightweight chassis suited to travel, outdoor use or secondary-room viewing. The TV won ‘Best New Product – Consumer
Electronics’ at this year’s ERT Awards and provides an accessible entry point into this elevated lifestyle category, which looks like it will be increasingly cross-shopped against tablets and monitors. Of course, there’s still plenty of innovation at the premium end too. At CES 2026, LG will showcase a refreshed OLED line-up crowned by the LG Signature OLED T, a 77-inch transparent 4K OLED panel with advanced wireless AV transmission.
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