I REALLY Wanted to Try Mini LED... and it's GREAT!
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Published 2021-05-24
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Samsung's latest NEO QLED TVs are designed around some brand new tech, also featured in Apple's latest iPad Pro called Mini LEDs. They've been teasing them for a couple years now and today I finally get to try them out!
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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: • [Electro] - Laszlo - Supernova [Monst...
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: • Sugar High - Approaching Nirvana
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 geni.us/Ps3XfE
CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:07 QLED vs OLED History Lesson
2:23 Dimming Zones Explained
3:23 Alternative Options
3:50 Samsung NEO QLED Introduction
4:56 Bright Room Image Comparison
9:10 Dark Room Image Comparison
10:43 Can Linus Tell the Difference?
11:39 Image Comparison Conclusion
12:43 Q-Symphony Audio Test (Fail)
13:41 Outro
All Comments (21)
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Just turn on the subtitles. That's the ultimate test for any kind of local dimming.
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Me on my 1080p VA monitor: “yep I can totally see the difference between these TVs.”
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If a Mini LED is just an LED that is small, then what is a Mini Ladd?
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I bought the LG C1, and it's great as a PC monitor, but the fear of Burn In is strong. Like, playing AC Valhalla, I turned the compass off... but then I didn't know where to go. I wonder if it'd be dumb to exchange it for the Samsung QN90a so there's less worry?
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can't wait to afford one of these bad boys in 12 years
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Linus for months on end: we're gonna do HDR! Look at our dedicated HDR mastering room! We are gonna do HDR! releases 15 minute video about HDR without HDR
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Q-Symphony is very impressive BTW. Works perfectly on my Q950T + QN900A setup. Adds a lot of depth to the sound, which surprised me given flat panel TV speakers are usually so abysmal. The TV does have impressively large rear firing woofers in it though.
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4:37 Linus' ability to drop things even when he isn't holding them is impeccable.
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"Fundamentally, a mini LED is the same as a regular LED, only smaller." Mind = blown
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Me trying to analyze the shadows with the YouTube compression 🤡
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I wish I'd seen this review a week ago when my 4-year old Sony Bravia decided to go to TV heaven. I was aware of QLED from reviews and decided that it was the better choice than n OLED for the environment it's located. Got a Samsung Q70A QLED which arrived yesterday and I was really impressed with the picture compared to the prior Sony. But I didn't really have a chance to do the research that I normally would have done, and was not aware of the additional benefits of Neo QLED. The price difference for the 55-inch (which is what I got) was only $300, so I would probably have sprung for the Neo QLED. However, the Q70A QLED is till a great picture. I'm impressed by the black levels, the vivid colors, and the level of detail in the pictures.
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Having had this TV for soon a year now. It's great. Seriously nothing else that can match it, not even Samsung's newer 2022 models. Picture clarity, local dimming and contrast is just amazing, while also having it EXTREMELY accurately calibrated.
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"We had a scripted outro" I mean, man, you weren't kidding about being surprised.
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"Long answer, yes I could tell Short answer, no, not from an actual reasonable viewing distance" Why was your short answer longer than your long answer??
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Linus: How many dimimg zones you have? Samsung: Supreme
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Warm2 or Warm 50 in new LG models is the most accurate out-of-the-box color tone btw. It is clearly visible if you compare Jake's or Linus's skin tone to that on the TVs in Standard tone. Also Bladerunner 2049 is a really bad example of HDR content rarely hitting anything above 200 nits.
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I'm so glad you guys started doing timestamps, it makes it so much easier to find specific information in your videos.
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Great video guys! We really enjoyed listening to your impressions of the two TVs side-by-side. The QN90A we bought and tested was even better than the QN85A. We'd be curious to see what you think!
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It would have been nice to see comparison with subtitles enabled. Subtitles bleeding was the reason I bought an OLED display.
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The kids didn't want to try Mini Led, but he made them try anyway. If you know, you know.
