HDTVs

Starting to get that pre-November / Christmas itch too see if there are any good deals to keep an eye out for. Is the TCL still the go to budget TV? Probably just something in the 55-65” range for my workout room. Could stick it in the guest room but really only have a guest once a year at most.

Dom said:

Anyone have experience with HDR on both an Oled and a good LED mind providing some feedback? Mostly curious how the limited brightness of the OLED affects HDR itself compared to what a normal LED can manage.

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Yeah I do.

Basically we bought our daughter and her husband a Sony 65" HDR Non OLED display, I have an LG B7 65" OLED. Note though that these models are two years old, LG OLED B9, on paper, is going to be 614 nits which is comparable to LED's in the Sony line (These two brands are my only experience in comparison)

Color Saturation was equal/on par when I calibrated them both. The big difference here is Dolby Vision support for HDR on the LG OLED (I am sure by now most LED's are providing Dolby Vision support through Frimware updates) and with Netflix supporting Dolby Vision (Through appropriate pass through devices you also need to make sure support it) the quality is simply stronger over HDR10. Games are all HDR 10 currently. If you do not have a passthrough device, the Netflix app in the LG OLED can arc back to a receiver and also pass through 5.1/Atmos.)

The biggest draw for the OLED is if you watch 4k physical. If you have a movie that supports Dolby Vision, A player that supports it, and a set that supports it, the picture is amazing with perfect blacks. (And also Dolby Atmos) The drawback for OLED and most of these sets are typically a 60hz refresh rate and if you watch sports you can notice the lack of fluidity. Where as a 120hz LED doesn't have this issue.

As far as HDR by itself though, the quality is equal in my subjective opinion as LED. Based on your timeline though (If you are looking) at this point I would wait for HDMI 2.1 sets to hit mainstream.

Do you have a couple models you are comparing currently?

Dom said:

Nothing to compare. Getting an OLED to use as my main monitor and TV is on my list of options, and the only thing I can see that might be a negative (outside of burn-in prevention efforts) is that the HDR is limited. Mostly I don't know if the difference between 600nits and 1k+ is worth worrying about.

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Yeah I would say not. With games that do HDR the right way, the difference between 600 and 1k when you are adjusting the sliders is one or two notches before it tops out and you cannot see the difference in the graphical example anyway. With that said though, I would definitely wait until the OLED of your choice ships with HDMI 2.1 at this point - HDCP 2.3 will pop up in your head but that will be for 8k content and I do not think we will see that before you buy another OLED.

For me on the burn in issue, the B9 has some corrections of that so it isn't as impactful. I have a B7 and haven't had the issue yet after 2 years. However, just to make sure (From someone who never buys warranties) I did get the 5 year replacement plan through Best Buy which covered burn in. It was $599, but when spending $2500 at the time on the set, I wanted to make sure I was covered just in case.

The true blacks are absolutely fantastic though. It is going to be VERY hard to go back if I ever have to at this point.

(Looks like the B9 has that, but also G-Sync support) thats huge. B9 on sale at BB right now for $2299. (65")