Nick Pino
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
Samsung QN95B QLED TV just aced all of our lab tests — there's only one problem
By Nick Pino last updated
The Samsung QN95B Neo QLED TV passed our tests with flying colors — but it has some unexpected competition from the Hisense U8H ULED.
Samsung Display will soon be able to produce 8K QD-OLED TVs
By Nick Pino published
Thanks to a new machine delivered from a US manufacturer, Samsung Display now has the ability to create 8K QD-OLED panels.
LG OLED A2 vs. B2 vs. C2 vs. G2: Which TV should you buy?
By Nick Pino last updated
With so many options to choose from LG’s OLED TV lineup can be overwhelming for first-time buyers. Here’s how all the OLED TVs differ from each other.
Act fast! The Sony WF-1000XM4 hits lowest price ever for Cyber Monday
By Nick Pino last updated
Save $100 on Sony's flagship noise-cancelling earbuds with this epic Cyber Monday headphones deal.
This 50-inch QLED TV just hit lowest price ever for Cyber Monday
By Nick Pino last updated
Cyber Monday TV deals are starting off strong with this 50-inch Hisense QLED TV that's down to just $299 after a 43% discount.
This 55-inch Mini-LED TV is nearly 50% off in Cyber Monday deal
By Nick Pino published
The 55-inch Hisense U8H Mini-LED TV has dropped down to an all-time-low of $599 for Cyber Monday — but it won’t last long.
Hisense U8H Mini-LED TV review
By Nick Pino last updated
The Hisense U8H Mini-LED offers amazing specs for the price — just make sure your favorite shows are in 4K HDR.
LG C2 OLED: 5 reasons to buy and 2 reasons to skip
By Nick Pino published
There’s five good reasons to buy Tom’s Guide’s TV of the year but two reasons that you might want to hold off for now.
Two years later, these are our favorite Xbox Series X games
By Marshall Honorof published
The Tom’s Guide staff rounds up our favorite Xbox Series X games to celebrate the system’s two-year anniversary.
This highly-rated Bose portable Bluetooth speaker crashed to $79 ahead of Black Friday
By Nick Pino published
If you’re planning on buying a new Bluetooth speaker for the holidays, don’t miss this exceptional deal on the Bose SoundLink Color II.
I've been playing the PS5 for two years — the good, the bad and the ugly
By Nick Pino published
Sony’s powerhouse PS5 console has seen some highs and lows over the last 24 months, but we think the best is yet to come.
CES 2023 – what to expect at the world’s biggest tech conference
By Nick Pino published
After a few quiet years, CES 2023 looks to be a return to normal for the world’s largest tech conference.
This massive 75-inch Fire TV just crashed to $549 ahead of Black Friday
By Nick Pino published
The Insignia F30 Fire TV scored decent marks in our testing and now it’s on sale ahead of Black Friday.
Samsung's QD-OLED TV is at its lowest price ever — this is better than Black Friday
By Nick Pino last updated
At $600 off its regular price, this Samsung S95B OLED deal is a TV lover's dream come true.
Netflix's cheap Basic plan is getting a big upgrade — and it's long overdue
By Nick Pino last updated
While Netflix has continued to raise prices across all tiers, it’s finally improving the resolution on its Basic plan from SD to HD quality.
OLED burn-in — what causes it and how you can fix it
By Nick Pino published
It’s not as prevalent as some TV owners make it out to be, but OLED burn-in can happen in certain circumstances. Here’s what you can do to prevent that.
LIVE: Best Prime Day TV deals — $1,000 off OLED TV and sales you can still get
By Nick Pino last updated
Amazon's Early Access Prime Day event has ended, but there's still some great TV deals kicking around.
Noise-cancelling headphones are college essentials — here’s the ones to buy
By Nick Pino last updated
These are the best noise-cancelling headphones for college students
Vampire Survivors is the top game on Steam — here’s why
By Nick Pino last updated
This rogue-lite looks ancient and has simple controls, but Vampire Survivors becomes wildly addicting the more you play it.
TCL 6-Series vs 5-Series: what’s the difference?
By Nick Pino published
They’re only one number apart, but the TCL 6-Series is a far superior TV — here’s why.
PS6 — 8 upgrades we want to see
By Marshall Honorof published
When Sony eventually releases the PS6, we expect it to fix some of the PS5's pernicious problems. Here are some PS6 features we'd love to see.
I'd give up movie theaters for LG’s amazing new 136-inch 4K MicroLED TV
By Nick Pino published
Billed as a luxury residential residential display, the LG Magnit is the movie theater substitute I’ve waited my entire life to find.
LG C2 OLED just earned a rare perfect score from us — here's why
By Nick Pino published
It’s been more than a year since our last five-star TV review, but the nearly perfect LG C2 OLED has finally ended the drought.
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