OLED, QLED and other TVs - Recommendations and News

ISF Bright/Dark on the LG TVs are the best settings you can get out of the box anywhere. No reason to mess with those base settings UNLESS you pay for a pro calibration, which is something nobody does.

 

To you and others that know about this stuff much more than me.. a newbie.


I hear people said calibrate your TV colors and setting. Is that simply using your eyes and adjusting settings based on some test patterns? Or is there some advanced mode in the tv that allow for instrument based (optical measurement device) measurement to perform calibration?

Where would one even get such patterns or info on such procedures ?

 

What are initial opinions on OLEDX?

 

I get what you are saying, but your response I believe is where forums devolve into nonsense. The poster asked for opinions, and I gave mine. To some it may be great, others flawed (in your case), but nonetheless it is an opinion. I believe a more appropriate response would've been to address the poster directly and give him your 2 bits (e.g., "I believe the you should consider____"), not me, as I was not looking for an opinion or feedback on my own opinion.

 

Thx

I find my eyes adopt to most color differences after a period of time and so not too concerned about color accuracy as I’m about settings that crush the highlights or dark so I don’t miss content. Not sure how to do that without good reference pattern.

I read that rtings calibrate in dim room and turn off all video processing so not to interfere with the measurement. I assume that would be too dark for typical brighter living room lighting and you might miss out on some useful processing. That together with tolerance differences in panels mean it might not be that useful. I’ll give it a try and see.

 

Yes, for instance I'd rather have the 75" Costco version of sony's x900h (led) deal over the 65" vizio OLED for $1500, (or similarly the 65" in that sony over 55" Vizio oled if budget $1k).

otoh I would take a smaller A8H (oled sony) over any bigger LED, for primarily movie watching

 

"A total of 19 TV brands are now using LG Display's OLED panel; LG Electronics, Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Bang & Olufsen, Toshiba, Sharp, Vizio, Huawei, Xiaomi, Grundig, Hisense, Skyworth, and others."

What will differ is the chips/processor inside in terms of processing and reliability. A very good chance a Sony will last longer than a Vizio.

 

Whatever TV you pick, you can maximize your viewing experience by

1. mounting it a proper height (no, not above your 6ft fireplace). it's recommended the middle of the tv is at 42" when seated. some people would freak out and say this is too low but these are the same people who sit in the front in a movie theatre lol.

2. changing it from a vivid/standard picture profile to something more cinematic. The exact preset varies from tv to tv but if you look up the model on rtings.com, you can find a recommendation on what all to turn off or set it to. as said earlier, on the LG oled it's "Expert" or "Filmmaker".

3. if you have unlimited funds and this is going in a home theatre room, find a professional to calibrate your tv. it's worth it if done right.

 

Motion handling, is the biggest difference to me, and just prefer Sony brand. Latter might be more psychological factor, given 5 year warranty when from Costco

 

MISINFORMATION ALERT. OLED owners would NEVER have a fruit in their beer.

 

Protip: Don't tilt your TV that much.

 

Ya sorry, I forgot to mention that. Just thought it was a decent graphic explaining the height.

 

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