OLED and room brightness.

[anonymous-user]

I'm hopefully buying my next home in a couple of months if negotiations go according to plan this week. As it's a small, just completed barn conversion it is a blank canvas regarding audio/visual equipment.

The living room is just over 5m x 5m so I’m thinking that 65” on the wall won't look out of place.

I want to go LG OLED for the obvious reasons but because the two sides of the living room have floor to ceiling glass I’m nervous to lighting conditions as it’s a fairly light room. Most glass is on the North side but there is one large window on the South side.

Would OLED still be OK or should I be looking at QLED?

The two models I’m thinking about are the new LG C9 which is expected in April I believe and Samsung QE65Q90R (2019) QLED.

I cannot find a nit rating for the LG but the Samsung is 2000 so assume would be fine in any lighting conditions.

Cheers!

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 24th March 12:28

[Trustmeimadoctor]

thats max brightness in hdr. Sdr is limited much lower than that

[Red 5]

OLED will be fine in the room. Reflections will possibly be an issue, so I would suggest mountin on a cantilever bracket. You’ll be able to angle it as required from time to time, plus be able to see it from any spaces to the sides.

There is no such thing as QLED, or even LED tv screens!
These are LCD screen, with inventive marketing terminology applied.


Direct sunlight will mess up the picture of any TV, so the swivel solution works well.
Also, in a brighter space, you need a TV that has better ability to still create good blacks and grey scale. This is an OLED strength and a problem for LCD screens.

Edited by Red 5 on Sunday 24th March 21:44

[anonymous-user]

Cheers!

I’m fully aware of what QLED is, just thought I’d clarify that I was looking at Samsung’s top of the range offering rather than their other LED lit LCD’s.

Glad you think that OLED will be fine because the new C9 sounds a belter!

[MarkJS]

As already mentioned, brightness won't be a problem, but reflection could be if it is in a fixed position. It's the only downside I find (very occasionally thankfully) of my Panasonic OLED.

[anonymous-user]

MarkJS said:

As already mentioned, brightness won't be a problem, but reflection could be if it is in a fixed position. It's the only downside I find (very occasionally thankfully) of my Panasonic OLED.

Reflection will be an issue whatever I use tbh. I'll use my 55" Samsung when I move in for a few months (probably weeks or days knowing me ) and see how the light affects it.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

For me the biggest oled stumbling blocks are out and out brightness for hdr and bloody burn in.

[untakenname]

I've got a B8 and it's ok in daylight for TV, have blinds I pull if I watch a film.

One thing to check with OLED's is panel uniformity, took me two attempts at getting a decent panel, first one I think was a QA fail as it had noticeable vertical banding that was distracting and my current one has some but it looks better now after a couple hundred hours of use than it did straight out of the box so hopefully will improve further.

Costco currently have the 55" B8 for £999 and the 65" for £1500 which is a bargain imo.

[eein]

Got an AF9 65", in a room with two large skylights, blazing sun comes in, absolutely no issues with brightness of the display.

All this talk of technical specs of nits is nonsense, while there is a difference between technologies it's splitting hairs, all modern high end TV are very decent on brightness.