Need help and yes it’s another “which one would you choose” post. Getting ready to buy a new TV.
Fairly bright room. Using Apple TV as streaming device. Value a bright picture over color accuracy. (Not a big videophile) but want a the best in my price range. 2000 or a touch higher is price range. Don’t want OLED, brighter room and want an 85 inch. A little PS5 gaming and mostly Netflix, YouTube tv, sports, Apple TV +, and Amazon watching. Some firestick using Stremio.

All of these are 85 inch
TCL QM9K. $1999.99
TLC QM7L. $1999.99
TCL QM8K $1799.99
Hisense UR8 $2199.99
Hisense U8QG $1699.99

These or something different in the price range? Not paying Sony prices even though I know they are “the king” of TV’s.

Full comparison unlocked here (48hrs) https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/lg-g6-oled-vs-lg-g5-oled/131546/88601?share_token=WUOvAUKOmBHOuk0FtcEERm0EyBwvwCW4

I'm trying to decide which TV to keep and could use some opinions from people who've owned or compared both.

I currently have both in the 55" size:

Samsung S90F (QD-OLED panel) – paid $1,200 CAD

LG G5 – paid $1,700 CAD

My usage is mainly:

YouTube

Prime Video

PS5 gaming

Gaming PC (will be connected as well)

I don't really watch cable.

So far, I've actually preferred the picture on the S90F for a lot of the content I watch. Prime Video seems to look better to my eyes, and colors really pop.

One thing I've noticed on the G5 is that blacks sometimes look a little odd—not sure how to describe it, but they can look slightly jittery or noisy in darker scenes. I've also noticed something similar occasionally while watching YouTube. I'm not sure if it's a processing or motion setting, or if I'm just imagining it.

Price-wise, the S90F cost me $1,200 CAD while the G5 was $1,700 CAD, so there's about a $500 CAD difference.

For my usage, is the G5 actually worth the extra $500, or would you keep the S90F and save the money? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who's compared these two.

I spent way too much time reading reviews before buying a new TV, and the Hisense U8 kept showing up near the top of my list. RTINGS gave it an 8.4 for mixed usage, 8.5 for home theater, 8.7 for bright room, 8.3 for gaming, and a 9.2 for brightness, so I was curious if it would actually feel that good in normal use.

After using it for a bit, I get the hype. The first thing I noticed was the brightness. My living room gets a decent amount of daylight, and the U8 still looks clear and punchy without me needing to close everything up. HDR content also looks really good, especially scenes with bright highlights.

Colors are another strong point. Movies and shows look vivid without feeling too fake, and animated content especially looks great. I also game pretty often, and the input feels responsive enough for console gaming. The picture quality in games has been a big upgrade from my old TV.

It is not perfect. RTINGS mentioned that viewing angles are only okay, and I agree. If you sit far off to the side, the image does lose some quality. Direct reflections can also be noticeable depending on where your windows or lamps are. But from my normal couch position, those have not been major issues.

Overall, the U8 has been a really solid buy for me. The RTINGS scores were what pushed me to consider it, but the actual day-to-day experience has matched up pretty well so far.

Hi, Ben from RTINGS here.

I see these two compared in "what should I buy" posts pretty often so just wanted to unlock this for 48hrs for free.

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I've always been curious about this: as I understand it, the Hallway Lights scene is mastered such that the brightest lights should emit 1950nits.

For the latest generations of OLED that have 2/10% windows well in excess of 2000nits, AND a relatively accurate EOTF curve, AND per pixel brightness control, I naively would expect the scene to display the encoded levels of brightness in those pixels.

Is there a reason why this isn't the case? The only plausible reason I can come up with is the measurement devices aren't able to be that specific down to potentially very small absolute window sizes.

If that's the case, is there a potential bias in the Real Scene tests, where larger TVs could report higher numbers because the measurement device is picking up a more "zoomed in" part of the scene?

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Would this make you consider them as a "gaming headset" alternative?

We will be retesting these along with the 1000x which also received the update!

Hey all

I'm looking at either getting my s90h calibrated or getting the gear and doing it myself, partly because I would like to get numbers for people in regions that have the QD-OLED variant on the s90h so we have something to base our purchasing decisions in regards to numbers and raw data and the other half is I would like to do the ana_peak mod on both my s90h and s90sc which will both require calibration to get the ETOF curve back in check. Any tips tricks or current gear recommendations would be great, currently have quotes from a reputable shop to do it for $250 au also, many thanks :)

Before buying this TV I went pretty deep into reviews, especially RTINGS and a few roundups like Tom’s Guide.

What stood out to me in the RTINGS review wasn’t just the score itself, but the overall verdict and breakdown. Things like strong HDR brightness for the price range, solid contrast performance with local dimming, decent black levels, and generally good gaming responsiveness with low input lag.

It was basically described as one of the stronger mid-range options if you care about brightness and overall value rather than perfect cinematic accuracy.

That said, I was still a bit skeptical because real world usage is usually very different from test charts. My living room is pretty bright during the day, and most of what I watch is compressed streaming content, so I wasn’t sure how much of that would actually translate.

After using the U7 for a while though, it actually lines up with a lot of what RTINGS pointed out. The brightness holds up well in daytime conditions, HDR content looks solid for the price range, and it feels very consistent without needing much adjustment.

Curious if anyone else here ended up buying based on RTINGS conclusions and felt it matched or didn’t match real world use?

Hi all

The Australian market gets the s90h with the QD-OLED panel and just thought I'd share my thoughts as all media only talks about the North American WOLED version, I don't have any measuring equipment but I did do some back to back runs with a qn95b for a reference point. Hoping this gains enough traction to show that there is demand for a QD-OLED s90h review :)

Firstly the matte finish is phenomenal for the space I'm viewing my TV in, it has 5m window with a white wall behind that gets the brunt of the afternoon sun, think of it as a white sheet constantly getting reflected on the screen, my qn95b could not overpower this so when I tried to watch a dark scene today and test it out and could still clearly make out the scene I was extremely impressed. There is a penalty for some raised blacks but I would say it's actually less then my glossy g9 OLED monitor.

I originally moved away from OLED to mini LED as I found OLEDs far too dim and removed mine from the lounge for this reason, I'm happy to report that the s90h does not have this issue, in fact it is the complete opposite, it is somehow brighter then my qn95b, I don't know if that's perceived brightness, the matte coating eating the light and making the TV look brighter or just the tv genuinely being brighter, very pleasantly surprised, also viewed the s90h side by side with a LG G6 in the store and the s90h did seem to be brighter as well which doesn't seem to be the behaviour of the WOLED s90h

Motion performance has also been fantastic, the first bit of content I viewed was today's world cup match between NZ and Egypt and the motion handling specifically with the ball was significantly better than my qn95b, colours were also much more pleasant and brightness was fantastic for football viewing

Gaming performance has also been exemplary, plenty bright and the tiny highlight details on particle effects have just been chefs kiss

Weirdly enough the in-built speakers are actually pretty good as well, I hadn't set up my sound system yet as I was in a rush setting this up at halftime for the football and damn it sounded full of life with a pretty decent range, my wife actually commented on how good it sounded.

I might give it some time to release a full verdict but initial reaction is this is a superior tv to the qn95b in nearly everyway. If you have any questions please feel free to ask away!