re: Oled vs qled

I have a 65 inch Samsung Qled and love it. I read through and didn’t see this mentioned. Samsung does not support Dolby Vision, opting instead to support HDR 10+. If that’s important to you, it’s something to consider. Paired with my Samsung Harmon Karden sound bar, with the Samsung rear speaker system, I am very pleased with the picture and sound quality.

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Is the TCL 6 series still the best bang for buck? Cant get a 65" delivered for right at 1k.

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Hisense is the same price and has better performance.

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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.

From what I’ve actually seen so far, the Sony and Samsung 8K QLED technology is better than OLED 4K. The 8K “engines” upscale your 1080p and 4K images to eye popping levels.

2021 models of 8K promise another big leap. We’re on the verge of yet another huge leap in video tech.

This is one area of entertainment which is literally in the eye of the beholder.

Samsung has always had the best upscaling engine in the business, no doubt.

I've heard similar things on the 8K engine.

Samsung is making a ton of MiniLED sets next year, estimating 2-3 million in MiniLED sales.

These videos provide a good objective comparison of OLED vs QLED.
Bottom line: OLED has better overall image quality: black blacks not washed out like backlit technology, no unsightly edge bloom and motion blur like QLED but QLED is the obvious better choice for bright rooms due to its superior brightness with the back light and anti-glare technology.

For me, there's are reason theaters turn the lights down during a show; the superior contrast without the picture being blindingly bright makes for a more pleasing movie experience. We have light blocking curtains in our living room to simulate the theater experience.
As such, next time I'm in the market for a TV, I will look for a high quality OLED TV.

I love my C9, just wish it was brighter. Only downside. Supposedly they've been working on alternate ways to get them brighter or at least close to LCD. Maybe we'll see that with the 21 models.

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For me, there's are reason theaters turn the lights down during a show; the superior contrast without the picture being blindingly bright makes for a more pleasing movie experience.

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More so because the average projectors theaters use cant get bright enough for a lit up room. Also because there's less distractions when you cant see everything around you.

Whats Dolby Cinema and IMAX's big claims? Bigger, brighter screens... And those projectors are a lot of $$$ which is why there are only a few of them.

And its not just about a bright screen or a dark screen, its about the contrast of brightness and darkness on screen at the same time. OLED is superior on contrast obviously, but QLEDs are improving