[interestednovice]

Indeed, by having the LEDs around the very edge of the set, and then often an image with quite some depth to it used, you can create the impression of space on-screen even if there isn’t much in real life. The high resolution of the screens is good enough for this to work, but in the past Barco setups couldn’t really do this as the quality wasn’t there.

The sets do look premium and that is great.

Personally, I do prefer “desk news”, but it’s a small thing and actually the use of the sofa probably makes the sets more flexible: guests can be brought in and simply sit on the sofa, no need for extra spare set furniture, and a relaxed approach (probably a bit more suited to regions than national news) can be adopted.