LG is most famous for its OLED line-up, with many reviewers agreeing that the LG OLED Evo is the pinnacle of TV technology. However, that doesn’t mean that LG doesn’t still produce a range of fancy LED TVs with QNED technology. Its new range of LG QNED TVs revealed at CES 2025 has several features with the potential to change up the living rooms of those who can afford them, as well as some solid TV options for brighter rooms at other price points.
The headline new feature is the Zero Connect Box for the top-of-the-range QNED9M, which was first announced last year. It takes the idea of Samsung’s One Connect Box (which uses a single cable to connect the TV to a “brain” that you can plug game consoles and other things into to keep things neat when wall-mounted) and one-ups it by transmitting everything wirelessly.
The only thing that needs to be physically plugged into the TV is a power cable. You can place the Zero Connect Box anywhere else in the room to keep things extra neat. LG claims that the box can transmit 4K 144Hz images without any delay or loss of picture quality. This feature was previously only available on the top-of-the-range LG OLED TV (with prices starting at around $24,000), so it’ll be interesting to see how the price has changed with time, and how it performs on the QNED TV.
For most of the rest of the range, the biggest improvement will be a wider colour gamut, compared to previous generations, using LG’s proprietary Dynamic QNED Colour Solution instead of quantum dots (though the QNED92 Mini LED TV still features quantum dots).
2025 LG QNED TVs get the AI treatment
Of course, it’s not CES in the 2020s without mentioning AI, and the 2025 LG QNED range features the α8 AI Processor, which LG claims will improve AI performance by up to 70% compared to the previous model, though it’s unclear how that’s measured.
The AI features include AI upscaling to “analyse the filmmaker’s intent” to adjust picture noise, objects, text and backgrounds and, interestingly, when presenting faces on screen. However, the announcement doesn’t elaborate on what exactly that means. Will it brighten and lighten? Fix bad cosmetic surgery? Remaster botox errors? Reduce the seven signs of aging?
As well as that, AI will use Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro to fine-tune HDR and brightness for each zone, and convert two-channel sound to virtual 9.1.2 sound to upscale older content to be closer to Dolby Atmos. Most helpfully, it will aim to distinguish voices from background noise, to make it easier to hear what people are saying in poorly mixed Netflix shows (and other sources).
A new AI Magic Remote is included with an AI button and AI Voice ID for personalisation. LG gives the example of users being able to ask the remote things like “recommend movies to watch on a trip to Paris”, and then the TV will recommend movies set in Paris.
The full range will be available in sizes from 40-100 inches. Like last year’s TVs, the 2025 QNED range will be eligible for five years of WebOS upgrades as part of LG’s Re:New Program.
Local pricing and availability will be announced in the coming months, for those who are keen.
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