re: Oled vs qled

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Yea, I don't get the brightness thing. I don't like an overly bright picture. From my perspective bright = washed out and I much prefer dark more rich colors and deep dark blacks. The blacks on these ultra bright TVs look like washed out gray not black.
Translation: give me the OLED all day long.

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You don't get the brightness thing because you don't understand it.

If a quality panel looks washed out then it is not calibrated correctly, some sets come from the factory better than others but every set can benefit from calibration either by the owner or a professional.

The reason one "wants" a panel capable of very high light output is to take advantage of HDR (High Dynamic Range) content. You can thing of dynamic range in terms of sound. With sound being reproduced with a high dynamic range the soft sound can be very soft and the loud sounds can be very loud. Video reproduction also has a dynamic range and HDR content allows the dark scenes to be dark and not washed out (blacks are really grey) and still allows very bright scenes to be very bright and even scenes with partial dark and very bright at the same time.

For best HDR reproduction you want a set capable of near 1000 nits. HDR10 supports 1000 nits peak brightness and HDR10+ supports 4000 nits but almost no sets reach that. Both support 10 bit color.

Note many sets displayed in big box stores look overly bright and washed out because they are set of the "demonstration" mode designed for them to look good in a high ambient light showroom. Most sets today have multiple basic settings including a demo mode but as long as you have a decently low ambient light room they will look best in a setting like cinema or movie if you don't bother to do a calibration. Most friend's and family's homes I go into have their TV setup way too bright and are maybe getting 70% of the quality they paid for without being properly calibrated.

In general, the best sets for high ambient light rooms are QLED sets from Samsung because they have the best reflection and glare reduction.