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06-22-2020 12:56 PM |
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Originally Posted by theruizs
(Post 1789320)
It’s not about being “fooled.” OLED vs. QLED is about how you use your TV, when/where you view it, etc. Both are good choices for different reasons. Anyone considering it should do their own research on the differences and make a choice based on how they use their TV and what is most important to them. One is not better than the other in all cases.
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Well, of course it always comes down to how important various features are to a given customer. I'm coming from the standpoint of the overall king of picture quality, and honestly - OLED takes that crown. It's not really disputable. Yes, QLED sets can get brighter and QLED sets may have more sizes to choose from. Additionally, OLED sets can suffer from image burn-in, so be careful watching that cable news channel all day long.
That said, OLED sets have virtually perfect black levels. Why? Because there's no backlight like traditional LED (including QLED) sets. OLED sets have very wide viewing angles. That means you can be way off to the side (versus sitting in the center of where the TV is located) and still see the picture display as it's meant to be seen. Sets with poor off-angle viewing have distorted colors/tints or other picture abnormalities as you view from side angles. OLED sets have great "motion blur" characteristics due to their nearly instant response times. Traditional LED sets take longer for the pixels to switch from one color to the next, which can lead to blurring.
I'm not saying QLED, e.g. Samsung QLED sets are bad. And by "don't be fooled", I simply mean don't think that because one manufacturer uses an "O" and one uses a "Q" preceding "LED" that they are the same technology. They're not. If you're going to be watching TV in a very bright room (sunlight beaming onto the TV), QLED is probably a better choice. But in a typical viewing environment - and especially at night - OLED easily wins the picture quality sweepstakes.
If you're not interested in the best possible picture (keeping in mind that "best possible" is determined by the quality of the original source of the show/movie and how it's transmitted), then look for something other than OLED from LG. For example, the TCL Series 6 Roku TV (a QLED set) gets very good reviews, and is at a very sweet price. Built-in Roku technology and admirable picture quality is a great combo. Just make sure you go for Series 6 or Series 8, vs. earlier TCL series like 4 or 5.
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