LG MiniLED vs LG OLED - Which One Should You Buy?

You know, I talk about a lot of these TVs

Sometimes I forget the history and origin and just how good they've gotten. Things have come so far

The fact that we can just place a 75-inch TV like this

have it perform the way that it performs, the advancements with LED technology culminating in this particular device

Sometimes you forget. Sometimes you forget to progress. Today we're checking out a new TV from LG

and I love TVs, especially big ones. This is a big one

and it's a 75-inch TV. QMED technology. What's happening here is an attempt

to get somewhere closer to the OLED performance, but at a fraction of the cost with a high-end spec sheet

So this 75-inch display goes all the way up to 8K. And with far more LEDs on the display

you're able to get this much more precise dimming in order to kind of mimic some of the things that OLED does

being able to darken certain sections of the screen completely so you get that immersive visual

effect so this is the 75 qned 99 it features quantum dot nano cell mini led tech it has the

latest processor from lg they call it the a9 and that's important when you're talking about a

resolution like 8k because there's a lot of scaling and stuff that goes on but obviously you're going

to be watching 4k and things like that and you're going to want to have the best experience even

though the native resolution of the display is beyond a lot of the stuff you'll be watching

You're kind of, I mean, you're future proofing a little bit there. They've been doing a lot in the game mode for optimization, lowering of input lag by changing the amount of processing that happens

to the image. So this is a positive thing. We can now have super high end, large format displays

that are actually decent for gaming as well. Oh, I should also mention another cool thing that

they've been doing recently is putting in a picture mode, which are calling filmmaker mode

which allows you to once again limit the amount of processing so that you can enjoy your films closer to the way that the director may have intended without a ton of boost happening without all kinds of motion enhancers and things like this So this may produce an experience that a little closer to what you might have in a cinema but it a setting You can turn it on and off It up to you This is actually a new magic remote and it now has NFC So you can share content between your TV and mobile

by just tapping the remote to your device. Sometimes it's just quicker to share from your

phone or type on your phone. Well, this will let you move content back and forth by tapping

just to remote to your phone. HDMI 8K 60 Hertz, two separate inputs, two USB A ports, a LAN port

so you can hardwire for networking, optical digital audio out, there's an antenna and cable in

an IR blaster, and then on this side we have two more, eARC and ARC HDMI 8K 60 Hertz in ports

or 8K HDMI ports. Almost no bezel. Very slim bezel the whole way around

Oh. He's like, what? This is a newer remote. Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, LG channels

dedicated button for Google Assistant as well as Alexa. Of course, we still have our nice tactile wheel

There's our NFC logo for tapping our smartphone. And then everything else is pretty typical here

I should also mention, And in case you're unfamiliar with LG TVs, you can still use this sort of like a mouse, like an air mouse

Look at that. TikTok is on there. TikTok on a TV? Yeah, you want to try it? No, no, no

Okay, get out of here. Jack, I'm watching TikTok now. Okay, wait

They gave me a few. Oh, that's a good shot

All right. I'm starting to appreciate now. If you haven't seen 8K content, believe it or not, you can actually watch 8K content

on YouTube. LG themselves uploads a ton of it They can kind of I don know at least check out what your TV capable of It still amazing to me that you can stream effectively stream 8K content without any lag

I've lived through all the crap, different tech. Well, it wasn't crap at the time

I mean, you dealt with it. It's the best you could do. Edge, okay, I had that

Trash. Then full array, all right. So now we have some local dimming

but then mini LED, same idea, but just so much more granular

So many more dots. Need it. More LEDs equals better. Got it

Look how much more black this can get, this section. Even right near the lit up, the bright portion

Right around here. You see where I'm aiming? Mo, can you see my cursor

In the old days, this would all be gray and muddy. Oh, audio

Oh, I was watching the new Dune movie. I was watching the new Dune movie because I got an older 86, which is in my basement

I couldn't make too much noise, so I go down, and I'm seeing the whole section lit up as you move across the display

Oh, that section's getting turned off, and that section's getting—like, you can see it

You've conditioned yourself to the newer tech. So all of a sudden, the other stuff is glaring

The older stuff is kind of glaring in its inability to perform it in the same way

So let's talk a little bit about this comparison. I have a mini LED display, 75 inches

And of course, I have the legendary OLED display, 88 inches. It's two totally different price categories

But I thought this would be an awesome moment to compare the two technologies

and give you some of the attributes of each one. And obviously, mini LED is a huge leap from some of the original LED technology, getting it ever closer to that OLED type of performance

Actually with a couple of advantages you might not think that there would be advantages at a lower price point but there are First advantage that comes to mind is the anti properties of this finish on the display

This thing is not going to have nearly as much glare as the OLED panel

It's actually a little bit brighter in the bright sections of the screen

This thing can blast out a tremendous number of nits. If you're placing this thing in a room that gets a lot of natural light, these advantages might be something that you're interested in

Obviously, the price is probably something you're going to be interested in, too

Now, when we talk about OLED, the advantages are well known, and I've talked about it on the channel many times

You get these tremendously deep blacks. The mini LED attempts to do something similar

You'll see it actually does a pretty good job in these shadow regions

You're going to see still more contrast. you're going to still see deeper blacks on the OLED tech when compared to mini LED but this like

I said is a leap compared to the previous tech if you get off axis with an OLED your viewing angle

is fantastic like I can still see the screen colors look identical even at some pretty extreme

viewing angles but still you lose optimal viewing angle a little bit sooner here's the thing the

ability to get performance that's anywhere close to OLED at a lower cost is something that a lot

of people will want. And I know a lot of people I talked to have avoided going with OLED, particularly

in the large format. The main apprehension has been around cost. So I think that this kind of

in-between is going to be a popular choice for people. If scale is more important and you still

want a pretty high quality image, then you can look towards QNED and mini LED. Let me know down

in the comments which one you would go for. Higher cost, deepest blacks possible, or slightly more

brightness, slightly better when it comes to reflections, and of course the lower cost of

mini-LED. Those are your options. Let me know which one you would go for and why down in the comments

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