Nick Pino heads up the TV and AV verticals at Tom's Guide and covers everything from OLED TVs to the latest wireless headphones. He's a Level 1 Certified THX Home Theater Professional, and has attended classes on TV and audio calibration. On Tom's Guide, he looks after some of the site's important buying guides like the best TVs, best OLED TVs, best 4K TVs, so most of his day is spent watching and evaluating new screens from LG, Samsung, Sony, Hisense, TCL and Vizio. (And yes, he knows how lucky he is to say that.) He was formerly the Senior Editor, TV and AV at TechRadar (Tom's Guide's sister site) and has previously written for GamesRadar, Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer and other outlets over the last decade. He got his start on Best Buy's official video game magazine, @GAMER, for whom he attended his first E3 in 2013. He's served as a judge for CES' prestigious Innovation Awards and has attended the tech conference in Las Vegas since 2014. He has a computer science degree from the University at Buffalo and still resides in the Buffalo area. (Go Bills!) Not sure which TV you should buy? Drop him an email or tweet him on Twitter and he can help you out.
Latest articles by Nick Pino

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Here’s how to prevent ambient lighting and reflections from ruining your afternoon of TV watching.

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A report claims that Apple won't release new AirPods Pro earbuds this year, but that the iOS 18 update could add a hearing aid mode for the earbuds.

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If you want a pair of the best wireless headphones, it might be a good idea to hold out for a few months — both Apple and Sonos will have new over-ear models by the end of the year.

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The future of physical media might just have been invented thanks to 3D nanoscale storage.

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Samsung TVs are feeling the effects of inflation — expect OLED and QLED TVs to cost 10% more than last year.

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According to several new rumors, the AirPods Max 2 and AirPods 4 are 'definitely' coming, but could be using older processors and missing features like Adaptive Audio.

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Editor's ChoiceApple takes everything we loved about the original AirPods Pro and moves things on with better battery life and 2x stronger ANC performance, making the AirPods Pro 2 a substantial upgrade.

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Editor's ChoiceEasy to set up and a strong performer under the right conditions, the Gateway Plus might be Mohu’s best antenna yet.

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Editor's ChoiceThe Hisense U6K delivers an outstanding picture for its price tag. For under $500, it’s one of the best TVs you can buy.

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Samsung and LG sign a deal for hundreds of thousands OLED panels — here's how Samsung plans to use them.

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Editor's ChoiceIt’s not without some minor shortcomings, but by and large the Hisense U8K offers an incredibly bright, colorful picture that’s fun to watch.

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If you bought an LG TV in the last six years, you have until April 30 to get three free months of Apple TV Plus.

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Sonos is adding some large, new in-ceiling speakers to its lineup, but finding them is going to be a challenge.

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The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro 3 missed the Galaxy S24 event, but they're "incoming," according to a new rumor.

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THX and the Home Acoustics Alliance teamed up to deliver a killer home calibration class at the end of CES 2024 — here’s what we learned.

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This time it’s not a format — it’s a whole new way to imagine sounds in a 3D listening space.

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JBL's new noise-canceling headphones offer spatial audio for $300 less than the Apple AirPods Max.

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Two of the biggest names in audio are teaming up for a killer suite of soundbars, a subwoofer and satellite speakers.

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From incredible transparent displays to feature-rich AI enhancements, these are the most innovative TVs of CES 2024.

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Not yet ratedWith 10,000 nits of peak brightness, 40,000 local dimming zones and the ability to cover 100% of the DCI-P3 color space, the Hisense UX is the be-all, end-all of Mini-LED TVs.

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The LG Signature OLED T combines years of work from LG. The Samsung transparent microLED TV is ... certainly something.

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LG Display is showed us the evolution of OLED panels at CES 2024 — you're going to want to put on some sunglasses.

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TCL's 2024 QM89 model is bigger and better than ever. Here's what it's packing under the hood.
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