On today’s episode of You Asked: Is it still worth buying an Apple TV 4K in 2026? Is the LG C5 the better choice over a Sony OLED? And in a bright room, are you going with the Bravia 9, or letting Samsung’s S95F OLED take on that glare instead?
Is it still worth buying an Apple TV 4K in 2026?
@lukehill1030 asks: Is it still worth getting the Apple TV 4K in 2026. Currently don’t have any sort of stream stick or box
Luke… I would say yes it’s definitely still worth it. I know we all love to torture ourselves with the thought of a newer version coming out right after we’ve bought the previous model, but we’ve been hearing reports and rumors about a new Apple TV 4K coming for so long that I refuse to believe anything until I see it.
So… there. Now I’ve almost guaranteed a new one will come soon.
Seriously though… I think the current model will still have plenty of life and quality of life features that you’ll enjoy for years to come. Plus, they did update the operating system just last year with the new Liquid Glass look and feature set, including the ability to save logins with your Apple account. So I don’t think Apple is ditching it anytime soon.
I’d also say that the Apple TV 4K is probably best thought of as a vehicle to get you where you wanna go. It’s a nice vehicle. It’s snappy and responsive. It looks good and has everything you need. But what matters is still gonna be the content you play on it. So if that’s what you’re yearning for, go for it. It’s one of the best, especially if you don’t want a bunch of ads thrown in your face within the operating system.
Bravia 8 vs. LG C5 for movies and TV shows
@fennec7906 asks: How’s the Bravia 8 vs the LG C5? Mostly watching movies and TV Shows?
As long as you’re referring to the original Bravia 8, to quote Dwayne Carter… I’d go with the LG C5 all day and tomorrow.
It’s the brighter of the two OLED TVs, which matters a lot for movies and TV shows where you may run into dark scenes. It’s also gonna help quite a bit if your room gets any daylight. And since both TVs also have Dolby Vision, there’s really not much of an advantage for Sony in the movies department with that TV.
Refresh rate and the number of HDMI 2.1 ports may not matter to you as much if you’re not gaming, but LG’s better in both of those departments as well with more options.
Now, if it’s the Bravia 8 II that you’re referring to, that’s a different story. That one would be a significant step up from the C5 in terms of color and processing, but it would also be a big step up in budget.
Either way, the LG C5 is one of the best all-round models when it comes to picture quality AND pricing. You really can’t go wrong with it.
Bright room TV choice: Sony Bravia 9 vs. Samsung S95F OLED
Vasilis asks: Hello! I would like your help with a purchase I’m about to make. We recently moved into a new apartment and my living room is larger than the previous one. In the previous place, I had a 55‑inch TV and it was fine because the distance between the couch and the TV was less than 3 meters. In the new apartment, the distance is almost 4 meters and the 55 inches now feels small. The living room gets quite bright during the daytime. I watch a lot of movies, series, and sports, and I also have a PS5. I’m thinking of going all the way up to 75 inches. I’m deciding between a Sony Bravia 9 or a good, high‑end OLED. I’ve seen many of your reviews and I would really appreciate your help to finally make a decision. Thank you, and I hope I didn’t take too much of your time!
Hey! Happy to help, and congrats on the upgrade! I think you’ve nailed it in terms of size. My own living room couch is about three meters away from the TV, and 65 inches feels right, but if I were any further like you are, I’d definitely go bigger as well.
So to that end, especially considering brightness, go with the Bravia 9. It’s such a great TV. So bright and capable while still maintaining excellent contrast. It was literally made to shine in bright rooms where it can overpower that ambient light and punch through it with peak brightness in HDR.
And as a sports viewer as well, yeah, you’ll appreciate its SDR brightness as well.
The only OLED TV I think I’d throw into the debate would be the Samsung S95F. And there are pros and cons that you’ll have to weigh against each other.
The pros… OLED picture quality means deeper blacks… kinda… we’ll come back to that.
In terms of connectivity, since you’ll have your PS5 plugged in as well, taking up an HDMI 2.1 port to get the fastest refresh rate, and the other 2.1 port being the eARC potentially being used for a soundbar, if you did need to connect something else that could take advantage of HDMI 2.1, you wouldn’t be able to on the Sony with just two of those available. Samsung, on the other hand, has four.
As for the cons… You won’t have Dolby Vision with Samsung… AND… let’s talk about those deeper OLED blacks. Samsung does have its anti-glare screen, which does great against reflections, but in a bright room, depending on how the light hits the TV, sometimes those inky OLED blacks appear a little lighter.
The Sony, on the other hand, MIGHT show direct reflections if it’s really bright light hitting the TV, but I think the Bravia 9 brightness can overpower quite a bit AND have the glossy screen that many desire.
It could be splitting hairs depending on the exact conditions, but to be safe, I’d still probably go Bravia 9. Sony’s processing and the brightness that can stand up to just about anything PLUS being able to have Dolby Vision is too good to pass up, especially at 75-inches. Also… it looks like it’s about a thousand dollars LESS than a 77-inch S95F right now. So there’s that.