October 2026
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models, with sound systems designed by Harman Kardon. It also announced a new line of smart radios.
Perhaps the future lies with Micro LED? TCL had two 163-inch Micro LED displays on its booth. One was configured as a home theatre display, while the other was running sports. Each uses 24.88 million inorganic self-emissive chips, with a peak brightness of 10,000 nits and nanosecond response times. They looked unfeasibly bright, even in the harsh light of the TCL booth. You think TVs are big now? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Helpfully, AI is playing its part to improve
picture processing at these very large screen sizes, but there may be other benefits. Google TV Group Product Manager Fahad Durrani, speaking at the TCL panel, suggested that AI- driven content curation and more natural voice search would provide key user benefits. But the future may not be just about screen size. I spotted another intriguing display prototype from TCL: an 8K glasses-free 3D monitor. This 32-inch model produced a surprisingly convincing dimensional effect. There is no word on applications or availability. For now, it belongs firmly in the ‘fascinating things seen at IFA’ category. TCL also revealed a range of Bang & Olufsen tuned soundbars.
The new Q95K is an 11.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos bar with 1,420W of power. It comes with a wireless subwoofer and wireless rear speakers. Bang & Olufsen beamforming technology directs sound around the listening area, while AI Sonic-Adaptation adjusts the audio to different room layouts.
UK retailers won’t see the Q95K, but the
step-down Q85K is coming here. This model retains the core soundbar configuration but drops the two wireless rear speakers. Sitting below it is the Q75K, a 7.1.2-channel Dolby Atmos model boasting 580W of power.
Sharp flies the flag Sharp’s Vice President Sales and Marketing, Sascha Lange opened the company’s IFA address, declaring: Sharp was “the last Japanese brand standing” at IFA. Fittingly, it leaned heavily into its Japanese heritage during its keynote address, which included a preview of a cute mini robot companion designed for the Japanese market. The company also announced the adoption of the Titan TV OS for its Aquos Mini LED
XGIMI takes on the big screen Projection specialist XGIMI had its own response to the growing appetite for very large pictures. The brand unveiled the AURA 3 Max, flagship of its new AURA 3 Series, which brings 4K 120Hz laser projection, together with a Dynamic Dual Iris optical system, to an ultra-short-throw projector. The AURA 3 Max is designed for home cinema, sports and media-room applications, and can produce a 120-inch picture from around 20cm from the wall, scaling up to 200 inches. The Dual Iris system is used to modulate light output more precisely, improving black levels, highlights and shadow detail. The RGB triple- laser engine provides wide colour coverage and high brightness, while XGIMI’s X-Vision AI processor handles tone mapping and motion processing. It looked very impressive, and a real rival to ultra large flatscreens.
The AURA 3 Max supports IMAX Enhanced, Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and HLG, along with Filmmaker Mode. XGIMI has also introduced Anti-RBE (rainbow) processing for both 2D and 3D playback, solving an often cited problem with single chip DLP models. An integrated 80W Harman Kardon sound system completes the package. For those who don’t need something quite
so substantial, XGIMI also pushed its recently launched, more easily transportable, Elfin Flip range. >>
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