QD-OLED vs Mini LED - Don't Buy the 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 TV! 

Please consider doing a video on motion processing, explaining in detail what all the various terminology means and options do, such as telecine, pulldown, judder, interpolation, BFI etc etc. Like many, I have some understanding of these technologies but a dedicated video which explains all of them would be a great help to many I'm sure.

I upgraded by Samsung 43" MU7000 to a QN90B because I found a great deal locally earlier this year. But it is amazing to see how quickly the quality of TVs change of just a year.

Hi, Vincent I gotta say you got the Samsungs really close to Ref Sony Monitor. We do lose accuracy on RU-vid but man they look close. Great job.

I sold my 65S95B for a 85C845 and it was a good decision. Not just because of the bigger size but also because the local dimming is great on the 85 inch while having a peak brightness of 2x-3x that of the 65S95B. TV is mainly used for PS5 gaming.

Guys remember, on miniled for gaming the motion plus HAS to be enabled, but turn everything to zero. This will solve many image problems like a sort of green trail behind bright objects on a dark background.

The weakness of Samsung TV's appears to be the tv chipset and not the screen itself if the same issues of last year keep popping up. They need to improve that, firmware releases and the OS.

@HDTVTest good video, very useful, but please give us the review of S95C and the comparison between S95C and LG G3, especially with game content! Thank you.

Fantastic! I still think the X95K looks better in the 007 Spectre scenes where Samsung QLED Mini LEDs tend to overblow the image. For that accuracry, you have to deal with more blooming on the Sony MiniLeds, though.

After 8 minutes on that dark scene, on the OLED you can barely see it. Very cool tech lol

honestly. if u get and oled or mini led. u win. period. they are both great.

For me the best example of QLED inferiority was the Q90T + PS5 + Bloodborne menu. Probably because of that cap on the brightness of small elements, the menu of BB was so gloomy that I could barely see white menu options on the dark background. And this transfers to gameplay as well. Take Ghost of Tsushima at night as an instance. Q90T rendered it as an almost BLACK picture. Even the lower level Q80T could handle it better, probably again because of the same algorithm. My guess is that it is not that hard in the lower-end model, because of a much less number of local dimming zone. If you could include these two test scenarios in your further reviews - it might be helpful for us to pick a better TV. PS. Both referred models were calibrated according to recommendations from this channel.

Still waiting for OLED monitor to buy. Without this channel I would have bought one allready :D

I was considering the qn95c over the s95c for gaming since I like bright images. But seeing the local dimming process being worse in game mode really helped me in deciding for the s95c. Thank you for showing this important information about the qn95c which I havent found ANYWHERE ELSE

Excellent. I'll take my 10 year no burn in guarantee now.

Excellent review! Just wondering when you showed the game footage with raised blacks did you have Game HDR On or Off, it looked Off? What does it look like with Game HDR On I wonder when setup correctly for 2000 nits? 😀 Are the blacks better and then the whole picture? What about responsiveness of the back-light in Game Mode is it better than last year and is it noticeably worse than regular picture modes? Thanks Vincent!

Seeing the HX310 in these reviews is both awesome & extremely frustrating. It’s awesome because it’s a great frame of reference, but extremely frustrating because no commercial TV comes close to looking that good 😂 😭

I prefer reduced brightness vs obvious blooming. The subtitle example was easily the best of any LED I've seen.

Thank you Vincent for the excellent review, i wish you could do a comparison between all the neo qled TVs qn90a vs qn90b vs qn95c (qn90c is a straight downgrade) to see if there is improvements or downgrades

I own S95C, S95B, C1 48”, A95K, and last years 8K QN900B… None of these are perfect, but the S95C after calibration is absolutely jaw dropping, stands tall above the rest…

Thank you for your great work. Which tv is better when watching sports/football?

Good review, I don't think the LD on game mode will look as bad as it did in this video, something must be going on as it looks nowhere near that bad on my QN95B.

OLED is great for evening film viewing but I don't think I'd buy one for daytime use or if I had kids that are likely to leave the same image on screen for prolonged periods.

Why is brightness so important? I feel like my LG C9 is already burning my eyes out. I have to pinch my eyes so often when watching a movie or tv show.

Hi thanks for all the info you provide for all of us, this is to you and your experienced subscribers. I was just wondering where the Costco UK, Samsung QE65QN93CATXXU model sits in the pecking order of the Samsung QN 4K series of the flagship model. I'm not fussed with the one connect box. I had been very close to buying the Samsung QN95B 65" uk model. Its for a bright room setting with windows in the background so wanted to understand this years 2023 anti reflection in comparison to the 2022 model in this class (9 series) Thank you out there

Oh, how I hate those vertical bands you talk about at 4:09 . Using it as a computer monitor (73 Inch version from 2020) even normal excel sheets were sometimes enough to force those vertical bands, and some websites triggered it too. So that issue is STILL not resolved for their LED TVs after more than three years. Luckily I could get my money back since I had four major and seven minor complaints and moved to an LG OLED C1.

Looks like the battle wages on between the TLC QM8 vs U8K for this year's best miniLED. That starfield performance is just sad across every miniLED released so far, I don't see any non-OLED surviving it but hopefully with a couple thousand zones instead of just 1000, we can finally get close enough for reference. TLC and Hisense are the only 2 brands taking miniLED serious as everyone goes all-in for their OLEDs.

Vincent, will you be reviewing the new TCL QM8?

Nice video vincent. The calobration sounds like a reason to buy from you. Im a little concerned about buying the qn95c on this video...most of the images looked washed out compared to the oled. Is it really that bad Vincent? Or just a camera thing?

Hi Vincent. Will you be covering other OLED monitors such as the AOC or the Corsair? Thanks

Hi Vincent, great video, thank you. I cannot decide between S95C and QN95C. Both are great but I like the picture quality of the S95C a bit better. The problem is that the TV is going to be in a warm environment. In summer the temperature in the room can get to 77-86 °F. I heard that OLEDs autodim in warm environment, is this true? Can you please confirm? In case yes, I suppose Miniled is the only option for me. Thank you for your help

So do I want the QN95C or X95L? Having trouble deciding. Netflix have a lot of Dolby vision content should that influence the choice?

Can you do the same review but with the Sony QD-OLED? I’m curious to see that Sony did with the calibration since they have the best reference monitors.

I can't wait to see Sony's implementation on both the LG MLA and Samsung QD OLED! what do you think Siny will do ?

i wish TVs would revolve around the BFI tech so that I could game without the sample and hold blur

Hi Vincent. Does Quick Media switching work with this TV? Can you test with the latest 2022 Apple TV 4K? Thanks! :) I read that you have to put Game Mode to AUTO for it to work. This could be a hidden gem with these 2023 Samsung models. Please check this out as it would be very helpful for me.

Can you try the QN95C vs the S95C?

Thx for your job!! May I ask if you'll review the Samsung S95C? Thx and have a nice day!

Let see how Qn90C fares against the TCL C845 in europe.

You forgot to mention the signal loss during gaming due to the one connect box! It's renders all one connect box Samsung tvs worthless for gaming.

What is the Sony reference monitors made of? Are they OLED's ? How do they do the space and stars so well if they are not OLED

“Auto dimming shenanigans” Should be illegal 😜

SAMSUNG JUST GIVE US DOLBY VISION

Does 45 Contrast for SDR not cause tinting/clipping near/above 235 white on your Samsung units?

I managed to snag a 2022 75" QN95B for 1000 usd including taxes and shipping new due to samsung clearing shelves. Should arrive either tomorrow or early next week. I'm going from a 2019 Q80R 65" so should be an upgrade still.

In my country, LG cheekily released vids of image tearing side by side vids of Samsung OLED vs LG. How do you tear an image, or pixel lag such tiny content that expressively shows how bad the image handling is? I acquire my CS on Monday, not a great fan of OLED due to my uses, but have 5 year warranty and my 2 other TVs had product care so it's a direct swap no money changing. I took in my own UHD movies on an SSD to view in store, the panel was fantastic, even under store lighting which had limited overhead led down lighting. There was a $700 AUD difference between the C2 and CS, I don't need a brighter panel, I watch in a darkened room where I control the lighting. Now people think pushing more light means a better picture, well in the case of Samsung's offerings, your raising your blacks, which is not good. OLED is not intended for bright rooms, it never has been. Same as LCDs are not intended for dark rooms. I have a Dual Cell TV and it developed a fault, it was the perfect panel, a marriage between OLED and LCD where you get almost near perfect blacks, without any fear of IR. People dismissed Dual Cell tech, Sony makes a 32 inch professional monitor that costs $54K AUD here. I paid $1495 AUD and enjoyed this tech for 2 years, I have it next to a TCL C835 and can tell you that Dual Cell blows away any miniled in blacks or contrast. We had the perfect tech, but we dismissed it, my country is widely to blame too, the US saw a 75 inch with gaming features, that was a sales failure too. The perfect tech was right there and we seemed to have missed it...

Vincent, what do your insiders say, will there be an analogue of TCL X11G in the West?

Can you do a test review of the C845 TCL?

If you want a mini led tv. I don’t understand why you would choose this over the new tcl. The tcl gets brighter, has more dimming zones, a better operating system, has dolby support and is significantly cheaper. If your answer is gaming, then you should be getting a qd-oled or the g3 anyways. I just don’t see the market for the Samsung QN95C. Which is probably why they’re going to be dropping the mini led range from next year and focusing on oleds. They’ve already bought a lot of oled panels from LG display.

Vincent, do you have any news on the 2nd gen, QD-OLED 34 inch curved monitors coming soon?

Did you calibrate your camera on the brightest screen before recording ? I think it's the wrong way to do it since the brighter screen will always look far brighter than the less bright compared to real live viewing I think the best way to calibrate your camera would be to always use the same light bulb each time outputting the same amount of lumen so every of your test would have the camera calibrated on the same parameters, this would create a more realistic viewing comparison between the 2 screen in a video, and allow us to watch multiple video at the same time and compare the tv between each of the videos

Hi Vincent, Would it be possible to review ANY of the Philips Miniled tvs? I've been scavanging the net and find next to nothing. I believe you covered their launch at some point.

Hi Vincent, will you be reviewing the 65" Sony X95L, i'm really interested to see if it is that much better than the 65" X95K of last year, then going to decide which to buy? Thankyou

Is calibration needed for the average consumer when buying a relatively high-end TV?

I would love to have an oled in my living room but it's a bright room and the tv in that room is on a lot during the day(im retired). So I have a mini there so I don't have to worry about burn in. My best bet is to upgrade my mini in a couple of years. I do have an oled in my bedroom and it's used for 1-2 hours a day.

@HDTVTEST will you be doing settings for QN95C?

looks great on my CRT tv.

My dear Vincent, I was looking forward to this review of the QN95C, but honestly, I was waiting for more information about the blooming and the viewing angle! The native 2700:1 contrast is a joke, which I think makes the blooming annoying even with 1344 local dimming zones!

Since the demise plasma, Oled quickly established itself as the cutting edge technology, but struggled to hold its own in a moderate to well lit room. That triggered the ‘brightness wars’ with manufacturers competing to produce the brightest picture. But, is brighter necessarily better? I have a premium A brand 65 inch Oled in my ‘man cave’ and a 98 inch dlt QLED in our lounge. The Oled does have the better picture. The QLED is brighter. They are both excellent televisions. Unless you were to compare them side by side, I doubt you’d notice. Vut, regardless of picture quality or brightness, the sheer screen real estate of the QLED, trumps everything!

Vincent, I hope you test the TCL C845 vs. the QN95C.

Good morning, please do this review with Sony Bravia 9 and A95L . Thank you

maybe a comparison of the QN90C to the Mini LED from sony? The Sony TV probably has more zones and a better processor

Native contrast is quite low. TCL is much more strong in that regard. It would be interesting to see QN90C/QN85C reviews as more affordable TVs. There is some information that even QN85C will be using VA panels. Without wide viewing angle and having higher native contrast for less money it looks like bargain

Will Samsungs ever support Dolby Vision? And could it be from a software update?

Vincent, is there an oled that doesn’t crush near black detail? Or, I guess it can be calibrated away?

so watching dark movies on s90c is impossible after a couple of minutes unless you turn off burn in protection :) sounds like a feature. i wander what people do. do they turn off protection or don't watch dark movies or they do it only right before they intend to watch dark movie.

Please make a comparison using anime or cartoon between qd-oled and neo-qled. I have a feelings colors will pop more on qd-oled just like my samsung amoled phone. Thanks

Can you tell me which Samsung model I should buy if I’m looking for the best clarity without all the frills or extra? I just want to turn the tv on and watch the best picture possible without having to tweak it all the time.

Is the tech in the HX310 more expensive to produce or micro LED? Just wondering why we never have seen a larger size in the HX310.

I think both are good Qled is a bit harder to watch for a long time than the other one

I know it’s not a review of Sony but I can not find anywhere what is the difference between Sony X95L European model and US model. I know here in UK we have X95L in smaller screen sizes than only 85 in US. Their smaller screens are X93L . I’m wondering if the UK versions are actually X93L just renamed X95L or it’s actual X95L just with smaller screens available

TCL flagship review please, I am ready to buy but will wait for Vincent.

All these samsung models are super confusing. There is also the samsung qn90c, and I wonder if that is comparable to the qn95c or the s90c...

If only someone this dependable offered the pre-calibrated tv service in the US.

SAMSUNG NO DV EXPLAINED: Dolby Vision content is mastered up to 12-bit colour depth. NO 4k TV can produce more than 10-bit. compared to HDR10's 10-bit (which is where HDR10 gets its name from) How do you think Samsung S95C was awarded with Pantone validated skin colour and accuracy. Let’s wait to see Sony A95L QD Oled with DV and see if it’s much better than S95C (also if it justifies the price)

When will you review the s95c?

QD OLED has better picture but it’s just not worth the risk.

The S90C looks just as bright, really cant tell them apart and I paused the video many times. Am sure you could notice in person and if you played sports and not a movie

Is s95c video review coming?

I am good with my 10 year old Samsung 4K TV. Probably because it isn't OLED. I have perfect stars and also excellent contrast. OLED still has a long way to go before it reaches affordable price, quality and durability.

Please compare it with the new TCL QM8

What are you going to do when all TVs are made by TCL or Vestel ?

No way will I ever buy a TV that crushes shadow detail again. Makes anything darker almost unwatchable. (my experience with older generation Samsung flagship)

Vincent’s soothing robotic voice should be on Google translate china version

but best part is with miniled u dont have to worry about any burn ins. Oled is a menace for everyday use and gives anxiety

Does the S95c exhibit the same poor near black auto dimming performance as the S90c? If so can you disable auto dimming in the service menu on S95c?

can you do tests for Huawei, SkyWorth, and TCL TVs

MicroLED is what I really want to see 💯

Hello guys i want to buy a new tv and im between a80k or lg c2 what do you suggest me thank you

Excellent explanations! Thank you very much!

Please more comparison with other brand like Panasonic

Nice comparison. LED more suitable for me.

Why does the black crush look so severe?

Is the s95c 55 made by new panel gen2 qd oled or like s90c 55 panel qd oled 2022

hi, is it true that qd oled uses "real" dc dimming? thx

Deeper, richer, more accurate colours (OLED) vs Brightness (MiniLED) MiniLED can never compete with OLED no matter how many dimming zones they add.

The 900c looks silly omcpared to the s95c. Doubt the qn95c will do better

After review this I'm consider to buy Sony HX310 for Game of Thrones

Can you find a way to calibrate remotely in the USA ?

1:55 why were the subtitles so bloomy on the oled? I thought it was supposed to be better for that.

new TCLs pls