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At the beginning of every year, the best and brightest tech companies and retailers come to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Consumer Electronics Show, which is also simply known as CES, to announce, unveil and showcase the latest and greatest in tech and home entertainment.
Over the course of CES 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and surrounding hotel and casino resorts, like the Venetian Convention Center and Expo, we visited countless booths and presentations, attended numerous press conferences and participated in a wide range of tech demos to locate the very best of the best that CES has to offer in 2025. These are the brands and products in tech and home entertainment we chose based on usefulness, function, innovations and overall “wow” factor.
We narrowed down the winners in a number of categories from laptops to subwoofers and 4K TVs to handheld gaming devices. We even found a new mixed reality headset that’s worth your attention, especially if you’re a producer or content creator.
Ahead, you’ll find our picks for the best of CES 2025.
Best Laptop
ASUS ZenBook A14
The ASUS Zenbook lineup is known for its ultra-portable and super-fast laptops, but for CES, the tech company has taken the very popular series into 2025 with their lightest and more powerful laptops yet. The ASUS ZenBook A14 soars above the rest with its sharp 14-inch OLED display, speedy and efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series processor that’s designed for Windows 11 and Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC A.I. for streamlining daily tasks and projects and up to 32 hours of battery life per charge. The ASUS Zenbook A14 takes the top spot in our books, while it’s a powerhouse living inside of company’s own lightweight, yet durable “Ceraluminum” (ceramic and metal) design.
Best 4K TV
TCL QM6K Series QD-Mini LED QLED 4K Ultra HD Smart TV
The TCL QM6K Series QD-Mini LED QLED 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is the perfect TV for 2025. It features just about everything you’d need for a premium viewing and gaming experience with eye-popping picture quality, such as QD-Mini LED with precision local dimming for vibrant and bright color contrast and dark black levels, up to a 144Hz refresh rate for smooth motion for better live sports, gaming, and action movies, TLC’s Game Accelerator 288 with blazing-fast 288 Variable Refresh Rate for lag-free gaming and more.
It comes in various sizes from 50 inches to a whopping 98 inches, while the 4K TV comes with Dolby Vision AI, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced, IMAX:DTS support and more. It even runs Google TV for video and music streaming out-of-the-box. With prices starting at $750, the TCL QM6K Series QD-Mini LED QLED 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is best in class and the very definition of flagship.
And, if you pre-order the TCL QM6K 4K Smart TV (75 inches and up), you’ll get a TCL Q Class Q75H Soundbar and Subwoofer for free.
Best Soundbar
Samsung Q-Series Soundbar (HW-QS700F)
The Samsung Q-Series (HW-QS700F) is a powerful soundbar that produces rich and clear audio that makes whatever you’re watching on TV standout. However, what makes this soundbar a game changer is that it has the ability to adjust its sound profile based on where you place it — the soundbar is designed to sit under a 4K TV or mounted on a wall. So there’s no need to calibrate for different orientations, which makes it very flexible. The Samsung Q-Series Sounbar (HW-QS700F) also comes with a wireless subwoofer for additional thumping bass.
Best OLED 4K TV
Panasonic Z95B Series OLED 4K Ultra HD TV
The Panasonic Z95B Series OLED 4K Ultra HD TV has to be seen to be believed. It’s truly far and away the best OLED 4K TV of 2025. This is thanks to vivid colors and inky black levels with enhanced brightness for exceptional viewing with a high refresh rate of up to 144Hz for smooth video for watching live sports and playing video games. It offers impressive Dolby Vision picture and Dolby Atmos audio quality with 360 Soundscape Pro for a movie theater-like experience at home, while the OLED 4K TV also includes smart home features with Amazon Alexa voice assistant and Fire TV video and music streaming.
It comes in three sizes: 55-inch, 65-inch and 77-inch.
Best Headphones
Belkin SoundForm Isolate
The Belkin SoundForm Isolate Headphones offer impressive audio with clear tones and deep bass with revolutionary noise-cancelling features that’s ideal for commuting in a loud city, working in a busy office or gaming at a high-level. In our testing, we found that the headphones are comfortable to wear around the ears and on top of the head, while listening to music and podcast is an enjoyable and peaceful experience.
Best Floor-Stand Speakers
SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle Speakers
A home theater has to sound as good as it looks and the SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle Speakers sit at the crossroads of high-fidelity audio with loads of style. The floor-stand tower features a five-speaker system that delivers masterfully-executed audio that’s crisp, clear and rich to bring your favorite movies, TV shows and music to life.
Best Stylish 4K TV
Samsung Frame Pro 4K TV
Instead of an ugly black slab, the Samsung Frame Pro 4K TV offers a framed work of art that doubles as a 4K TV mounted on your wall that seamlessly blends into your home décor. It sports a sleek and stylish Neo QLED display with bright and vibrant color contrast with deep black levels, as well as up to a 144Hz refresh rate for velvety motion.
However, what makes the Samsung Frame Pro truly revolutionary and a technological marvel is its included “Wireless One Connect Box” that takes away ugly cable management to deliver a sleek viewing or gaming experience.
Best Gaming Handheld
MSI Claw 8 AI+
We’ve seen the future of handheld gaming and it’s the MSI Claw 8 AI+, which is a head-turning portable PC that runs Windows 11 Home. It’s powered with the blazing-fast and powerful Intel Core Ultra 7 (Series 2) processor and 120Hz for buttery smoothness when playing PC games on its 8-inch Full HD display. The name of the game is cooling, however, with MSI’s “Cooler Boost HyperFlow” technology and design to keep the handheld running smoothly without overheating on-the-go.
In our use, we found MSI Claw 8 AI+ to be lightweight and polished, while its action buttons and triggers seemed to be clicky with a premium feel. It’s the most exciting gaming handheld you’ll use this year.
The MSI Claw 8 AI+ is available for pre-order with pricing starting at $899.99.
Best Mixed Reality
Sony XYN Headset
In a collaboration with Siemens, the Sony XYN Headset (pronounced “zin”) is a standout mixed-reality headset that offers spatial content creation and immersive engineering for animation, gaming, real-time entertainment productions and other uses. With a breakthrough design, the headset flips up so you can quickly return to the real world, while its “ring and swipe” controllers are perfect for pointing at things or manipulated augmented reality (AR) objects in the virtual and real spaces. In addition, images inside of the headset look and feel realistic, thanks to a pair of 4K OLED displays (one for each eye) for vivid colors and dark black levels.
The Sony XYN Headset will be available for purchase at the end of January.
Best Earbuds
Technics EAH-AZ100 Reference Class Hi-Fi Wireless Earbuds
Just in time for the brand’s 60th anniversary, Technics unveiled a new pair of premium wireless earbuds at CES, and they’re by far the best buds we’ve tested in a long time. The EAH-AZ100s deftly combine sound, technology and design into a portable yet powerful package that delivers rich, detailed audio, and superb noise cancellation. Small details make a big impression too, like the way you can connect to three devices with seamless switching, or the smaller size of the buds, with a new shape that matches the grooves of your ear. Whether you’re using these for music or for taking calls, the AZ100s are a game-changer for pure, dynamic sound. —Tim Chan
Best Pro 4K Digital Projector
Valerion VisionMaster MAX
The Valerion VisionMaster MAX changes the game as a pro-level digital projector in the home with 4K Ultra HD picture quality with vivid colors and inky black levels, an immersive viewing experience up to 300 inches in size (a whopping 25 feet) and a number of video standard support — including Dolby Vision, IMAX Enhanced, Filmmaker Mode and Active 3D. If you’re looking to build out your own home theater in 2025, then start with the Valerion VisionMaster MAX.
Best Gaming Monitor
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 (G81SF)
Samsung’s new and innovative Odyssey OLED G8 (G81SF) gaming monitor is great for an immersive and lifelike gaming experience, thanks to its impressive 27-inch OLED display with realistic color contrast and deeper and darker black levels.
In fact, it’s the first 4K OLED gaming monitor on the market, while it’s unmatched with surprisingly crisp and detailed picture quality and buttery smooth 240Hz refresh rate. It’s even HDR10+ Gaming-certified for premium 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range) gaming. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 gaming monitor is best in show for gamers.
Best 8K TV
Samsung QN990F Neo QLED 8K TV
4K was so 2024. Step up to 8K with the ultra immersive Samsung Neo QLED 8K Smart TV (QN990F) features four times the resolution than your average 4K TV (at 7,680 x 4,320p) for more detail, sharper images and a more realistic picture quality. It also has top-of-the-line Wi-Fi 7 for faster and better video streaming, as well as silky smooth motion with up to a 120Hz refresh rate.
The Samsung Neo QLED 8K TV (QN990F) also features an innovative “Wireless One Connect Box” that connects Blu-ray players, streaming devices, gaming consoles and more to the 8K TV itself wirelessly. Say goodbye to cable clutter!
Best Home 4K Digital Projector
Hisense L9Q Laser TV
The Hisense L9Q Laser TV delivers a movie theater experience at home with excellent picture quality, rich audio and massive size inside of a sleek and luxurious design. It’s a short-throw 4K digital projector that presents a crystal clear and vivid picture on a wall or projection screen between 100 to 150 inches in size — that’s up to an impressive 12.5 feet high. Think of the Hisense L9Q Laser TV as an innovative all-in-one home theater solution with incredible picture quality, high brightness levels, a built-in virtual surround sound system and video and music streaming via Google TV.
Best Gaming Laptop
Razer Blade 16 (2025)
Equipped with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 GPU, the new Razer Blade 16 for 2025 is a gaming beast that will make short work out of just about any PC game, as well as the company’s thinnest gaming laptop ever.
It has a 16-inch OLED display with a QHD+ resolution and a refresh rate of up to 240Hz for silky smooth motion and seamless action. The PC is touted as the ultimate gaming machine, while it’s also a creative studio since it has so much raw power.
Razer Blade 16 is available for pre-order in early 2025.
Best Surround Sound System
Sony BRAVIA Theater Quad Wireless Speaker System
One of the worst things about setting up a home theater surround sound system is dealing with all of the cables and wires around your living room. However, the Sony BRAVIA Theater Quad Home Theater System eliminates just about all of the hassle of setup with the company’s innovative wireless design. It comes with 16 speakers inside of four satellites that connect to each other wirelessly to central receiver for quick setup and easy calibration for your room with Sony’s sweeping 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology. This is the best and easiest way to get movie theater-like surround sound at home with Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced support.
But make no mistake about it, the Sony BRAVIA Theater Quad is a tour de force when it comes to wireless home theater surround sound systems.
Best Home Networking
ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI
For blazing-fast speeds with ultra-low latency, the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI is a beast and must-have for any gamer and streamers, with up to 8K video streaming support. It’s a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router that works on three frequency bands (2.4Ghz, 5Ghz and 6Ghz) for faster speeds up to 19GB wireless and up to 31GB wired. It can stabilize more devices, like gaming consoles and streaming devices, on one router, so everything on the network runs smoothly with virtually no delays.
Best Projection Screen
XGIMI Ascend
The XGIMI Ascend is a customizable and motorized projection screen that rolls out when you need it and rolls into its elegant housing when you don’t. It’s made for short-throw digital projectors, like the company’s AURA 2, while its minimal design seamlessly blends into your home. At its top height, it can go up to 100 inches in size (just over 8 feet), but it can be lowered down to about 33 inches (just under 3 feet) for small video projections, like a crackling fire place or smoothing aquarium loop. The XGIMI Ascend is as sleek and stylish, as it is cutting-edge.
Best Gaming Accessory
Blacklyte Kraken Pro Gaming Chair
The Blacklyte Kraken Pro Gaming Chair features the most impressive design of any gaming accessory we’ve seen at CES 2025 with its comfortable build with premium materials, its 168-degree recline and full lumbar support for your lower back. It has expertly-design airflow, so you back doesn’t get sweaty during long gaming sessions, while the gaming chair even has a magnetic head pillow for additional cushioning and easy adjustments. It’s a must-have for any PC or console gaming setup.
Meanwhile, the Blacklyte Kraken Pro Gaming Chair comes in seven colors, such as black, gray, blue, wine red and others.
Best Gaming Headset
Razer Kraken V4 Pro
The Razer Kraken V4 Pro is a serious gaming headset for serious gamers. The premium wireless RGB headset that has high-quality audio that’s clear and rich and the company’s “Sensa HD Haptics” for even deeper immersion when you’re playing your favorite games. It even has THX-tuned 360-degree spatial audio and noise-isolation settings, while this is a pro-level gaming headset has the ability to connect to a PC and a gaming console, such as the Sony PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S at the same time via its OLED control hub. Additionally, the Razer Kraken V4 Pro has up to a whopping 50 hours of battery life per charge for even longer gaming sessions.
Best Home Theater Subwoofer
SVS 17-Ultra Revolution Series Subwoofer
The SVS 17-Ultra Revolution Series Subwoofer sets the bar for home theater subwoofers with its 17-inch driver and powerful amplifier that produces deep bass and booming rumble. It really makes you feel your favorite movies and TV shows, as well as increase your viewing experience. The SVS 17-Ultra Revolution Series Subwoofer brings your home theater together with expert audio and room-shaking bass.
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