The best entertainment tech for a pandemic, from a TV you can watch in your garden to surround sound headphones

Samsung’s latest QLED TV with 4K resolution is purpose-built for use outdoors and can handle direct sunlight and any kind of weather

JVC’s Exofield headphones deliver a sophisticated surround sound experience that would otherwise require a dozen speakers

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With The Terrace, Samsung promises a bright outdoor TV that can handle direct sunlight and other weather conditions. It was one of several advances in entertainment technology and health gear unveiled at the IFA 2020 technology fair in Berlin, Germany, this month. Photo: DPA

Published: 8:45pm, 19 Sep 2020Updated: 5:05pm, 20 Sep 2020

Whether intentional or not, the latest tech from hi-fi manufacturers slots perfectly into the new household normality during the pandemic.

To make a night in more appealing, there are new cinematic headphones so you can finish the film while others are sleeping, while a garden TV screen makes sure you get some fresh air while you binge Netflix.

“When people spend more time at home, then the demand for technology that makes life more productive, more entertaining and more pleasant increases,” the organisers of IFA, one of the world’s biggest tech trade fairs, said at the recent event in Berlin.

At the event, Samsung launched an outdoor TV fit for your garden, terrace or balcony.

Samsung’s new ultra-short distance projector The Premiere can turn an entire wall into a TV screen. Photo: Samsung/DPA

Protected from light water splashes and dust (it has an IP55 rating), The Terrace is a QLED TV with 4K resolution (available in 55, 65 and 75 inches) that should be able to withstand outdoor weather as well as temperatures between plus 50 and minus 30 degrees Celsius (122 to minus 58 Fahrenheit).