1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:08,720 there is a gaping hole in my family room wall and a matching tv size budget 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:13,840 burning a hole in my wallet why haven't i spent the budget to fill the hole 3 00:00:11,599 --> 00:00:17,840 well because i've fallen into the same trap i'm always warning you guys about 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:24,080 in my search for the perfect tv we already reviewed two of the hottest sets 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:27,439 on the market samsung's s95b qd OLED and 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:29,679 lg's g2w OLED but i couldn't bring 7 00:00:27,439 --> 00:00:35,600 myself to pull the trigger because i knew there was something better around the 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,000 corner fortunately the corner 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:43,640 is this one this is it 10 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:47,360 for a whopping thousand dollars more the 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,480 a95k from sony features the best of all 12 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:54,480 worlds at least on paper a qd OLED panel sony's 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:59,840 outstanding image processing dolby vision and a special cooling layer to 14 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:05,040 push it beyond the performance of its south korean competitors will this be 15 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:08,000 the one that ends up in my family room i really hope so because it's getting 16 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:14,400 harder and harder to convince my sponsors to keep buying me new tvs 17 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:16,720 sponsors like grid studio using the art 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:20,560 of knolling grid studio's art frames show off the art hidden inside 19 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:25,040 technology learn how you could win your own frame at the end of this video 20 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:32,159 between our last two contenders the lg g2 and samsung s95b i'm leaning toward 21 00:01:28,479 --> 00:01:35,200 the s95b and it's all about samsung's qd 22 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:37,040 OLED panel technology it is super bright 23 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:41,280 color accurate out of the box has top-notch viewing angles and we suspect 24 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:46,479 that it won't suffer from permanent image retention or burn in to nearly the 25 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:51,040 same degree as earlier oleds yes the lack of polarization does mean 26 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:56,799 that in a brightly lit room it doesn't look as inky black as lg's w OLED but 27 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:01,360 when you've got two scenes side by side that aren't super dark it just plain 28 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:08,080 wins or at least it did let's take a look at our 29 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:11,280 newcomer for 4 grand for a 65 inch this 30 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,879 better blow me away there's a good 31 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,800 chance it will it's you know we're still using cutie OLED panels and just like 32 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:21,840 with the samsung but it's got an extra twist like lg's g2 it's got that big 33 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:26,879 thermal layer on the back so it should dissipate heat a bit better but they're 34 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:30,319 not using it the way you might think lg seems to be using the thermal 35 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:34,720 dissipation layer to boost brightness without cooking their oleds 36 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:39,280 sony seems to be more focused on reducing image retention because it's 37 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:43,760 not any brighter than the vanilla samsung version yeah there's more though 38 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:48,800 compared to samsung it has dolby vision to go along with its dolby atmos and its 39 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:53,040 bravia which means this or something else from sony's lineup is the only way 40 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:59,360 you'll get dolby vision in your ps5 on my ps5 or ps5 your ps5 can't say i'm a 41 00:02:56,879 --> 00:03:04,400 fan of this kind of ecosystem walled gardening and also i don't have a 42 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:08,239 playstation 5. yeah well anyway it has 43 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:10,239 HDR 10 and hlg but not HDR 10 plus 44 00:03:08,239 --> 00:03:13,599 why can't they just have all of them yeah i mean i guess it's a lot of work 45 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,680 but that's another swing and a miss to me i thought you said i was going to like this thing you are you are double 46 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:21,760 vision's pretty good the good news is i'm expecting those supported HDR modes 47 00:03:19,519 --> 00:03:26,800 to look really good on here and we measured around 960 nits in HDR with 48 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:31,840 full field white hitting about 210 nits but the big thing is almost 320 nits in 49 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:39,440 sdr really yeah which is really good for an OLED wow okay this already looks 50 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:41,840 great with the studio lights in my eyes 51 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:45,360 i know and as long as the g2 isn't that right there yeah it still looks black it 52 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,879 still looks black like it's you know it's a pretty minor difference it's a 53 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:54,720 funny thing because the issue with the black bars on an ips is that they glow 54 00:03:52,239 --> 00:03:57,439 yeah so in the night they bother you because they're glowing they're 55 00:03:55,599 --> 00:03:59,439 distracting from the immersion in the content 56 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:05,920 but on these tvs they only look gray they don't actually 57 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,879 emit light they just have kind of a gray look compared to the inky blacks of a wo 58 00:04:08,799 --> 00:04:14,080 lead yeah and the fire looks so good like even his pant leg there it looks 59 00:04:12,239 --> 00:04:17,120 like his legs are actually on fire like they are they filmed it on fire probably 60 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:20,959 with like a fire resistant pants or whatever but but without over juicing 61 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:25,600 anything yeah no it doesn't look cartoonish all the grass looks as green 62 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:29,520 as it should and it's like the yellow patches there like it looks like you're 63 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:32,080 staring at an actual field i hate the term it looks like i'm looking through a 64 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:35,759 window but like that's as close as it's gonna get i 65 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:40,840 think we haven't talked about reflections that was a big advantage on 66 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:47,040 the samsung compared to the lg and it's pretty solid here when it's 67 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:50,720 full black i can see myself yeah but otherwise like even here it's kind of 68 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:57,199 dark and i can kind of see us a little bit but it's not that distracting and 69 00:04:54,639 --> 00:05:01,680 we are lit by studio lighting right now this is totally unfair yeah this is an 70 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:07,440 unfair situation and when we look at the numbers that makes sense 71 00:05:03,919 --> 00:05:10,479 sony boasts nearly 90 coverage of the bt 72 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:14,560 2020 color space and straight out of the 73 00:05:10,479 --> 00:05:18,400 box we got a delta e average of 1.85 in 74 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:21,600 sdr technically that is a slight loss to 75 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:24,080 the s95b but that's only after using 76 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:31,039 samsung's onboard calibration and a difference of 0.16 is an insignificant 77 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:32,320 price to pay for our 75 nits of extra 78 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:37,840 brightness as for HDR we measured both imax 79 00:05:35,039 --> 00:05:43,280 enhanced and cinema modes and ladies and gentlemen we figured out where most of 80 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:47,280 that thousand extra dollars is going sony's processing 81 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:52,960 not ltcstore.com where they could have picked up a sweet man hoodie or a swag 82 00:05:50,479 --> 00:05:59,120 even after using samsung's calibration app the a95k 83 00:05:54,880 --> 00:06:00,800 crushes the s95b in HDR without 84 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:08,000 luminance errors we are getting a delta e average of 3.6 with a max of 6.5 like 85 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:10,800 it's not even close the sony also 86 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:15,199 handles reds significantly better skin tones look so 87 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:20,880 natural like that looks like a fire lit face it doesn't look like a yellow light 88 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:26,319 on a face and while some of the other colors are slightly more accurate on the 89 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:28,240 samsung that lower maximum deviation is 90 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:31,840 more important here it wasn't easy getting to this state 91 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:35,600 though while we didn't dig into the 10-point white balance and color 92 00:06:33,199 --> 00:06:40,560 adjustment on the bravia we did have to tinker with some of the other settings 93 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:46,800 and it comes with some trade-offs to get the most color accurate image in both 94 00:06:43,039 --> 00:06:50,400 sdr and HDR you can't use the same 95 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,639 settings in both modes 96 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:57,919 we found that the best results in HDR were with gradation preferred HDR tone 97 00:06:55,199 --> 00:07:04,479 mapping advanced contrast enhancer set to medium and live color set to high 98 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,360 conversely sdr wants ace and live color 99 00:07:04,479 --> 00:07:10,000 off if you keep the sdr settings you end up 100 00:07:07,599 --> 00:07:15,840 with less accuracy and more luminance errors in HDR when you keep the HDR 101 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:17,840 settings color accuracy plummets in HDR 102 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:23,199 and i just wish we didn't have to make this trade-off though realistically an 103 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:26,960 average delta ef4 is still really good for the average viewer so what i would 104 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:33,120 probably do is leave it dialed in for HDR and then take that hit in sdr 105 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:36,080 of course we need more than just great color performance what about the 106 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:40,720 features it runs it up to 4k 120hz refresh rate 107 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:44,160 we will talk about gaming shortly integrates with every relevant voice 108 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:49,599 assistant through the mic in the remote and has sony's cool behind the screen 109 00:07:47,039 --> 00:07:54,560 speakers these can either be used as better than average integrated sound or 110 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:58,400 this is really cool as a stealthy center channel in a surround config like the 111 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:02,720 one we set up in this sponsored video on the a9ht speakers it's even got a 112 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:07,599 freaking webcam this wow that's kind of weird looking this 113 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:11,039 definitely merits a closer look those 114 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:17,599 flashes are so crisp yeah and fast 115 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:22,160 normally i don't care about pixel response time while i'm consuming 116 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:25,680 passive entertainment sure right like when i'm gaming when i'm controlling the 117 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:31,520 action i do but wow it's 118 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:36,719 on and off yeah yeah and so there's this difference between 119 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:41,599 the display not being fast and there being kind of an after effect to a 120 00:08:38,399 --> 00:08:43,919 bright flash like that and your eyes 121 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:48,640 being what causes the the after effect of seeing something bright yeah but this 122 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:51,519 is just boop and then it's gone that's 123 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:55,600 cool do you like the remote you've only used it for like 20 seconds 124 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:59,440 i haven't had any complaints right because it just feels correct look at 125 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:04,080 that it has buttons you need like a dedicated input button oh dedicated 126 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:08,320 bravia core button i certainly plan to use that i don't 127 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:13,120 think it has like disney plus no it does it does netflix 128 00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:18,160 but why would i want those if i have braviacore i could watch such wonderful 129 00:09:15,279 --> 00:09:21,760 movies as spiderman and other more different spiderman 130 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:31,920 it just makes the atmosphere so much more immersive 131 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,920 the glitter on the light fury and 132 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:38,959 it's glitter it's not just a white spot you know what 133 00:09:35,839 --> 00:09:40,560 i mean yeah yeah look at it look at them 134 00:09:38,959 --> 00:09:46,160 yeah yeah sparkle that's over and you can only do that with individually lit 135 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:46,160 pixels just 136 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:53,680 now you said we got 100 megabit in one of the other files but is the tv 137 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:58,560 actually limited to 100 megabits i tried speed test 138 00:09:55,839 --> 00:10:03,200 and i got 100 megabit up and down yeah put gigabit controllers on these things 139 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:07,760 you guys they cost nothing and here this feels like sun behind 140 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:10,720 clouds yes it looks like an overcast gray sky yeah 141 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:22,480 i just love this scene in HDR man the thing is 142 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:24,720 HDR is not about a brighter image or 143 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:30,880 even making out more details in the dark parts of the scene it's about 144 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,399 light and materials and them behaving on 145 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:37,279 screen in a way that's like what we'd expect in the real world it's about immersion 146 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,880 it's about having a high dynamic range yes thank you 147 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:45,519 it is kind of right in the name finally it's time to talk gaming we 148 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:50,720 gamed on all three displays with an rtx 3080ti and a core i9 12 900k we're gonna 149 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:54,399 have our tvs and our test bench parts listed below by the way if you want to 150 00:10:52,079 --> 00:10:58,959 check them out surprise surprise because they're all OLED they're all 151 00:10:56,560 --> 00:11:02,800 freaking great actually panel latency testing was done using a 152 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:06,000 new tool from our friend andrew over at tech team gb 153 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:09,600 speaking of tests we just went around trying to find out who's the fastest 154 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,399 typer at LMG and you can only check that video out on Floatplane so go get 155 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:17,440 subscribed andrew developed the os rtt or open 156 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:23,040 source response time tool it's a device that is similar to NVIDIA's ldap but 157 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:27,760 it's open source obviously and it runs its own unreal engine 4 program in the 158 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:31,600 background to simulate flashes and light changes we got pretty similar results 159 00:11:30,079 --> 00:11:37,279 from each display with the lg and the sony hitting about 8.4 milliseconds 160 00:11:33,839 --> 00:11:39,839 going from zero to 153 so black is zero 161 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:44,320 and 153 is gray and the samsung marginally beat them at 7.9 milliseconds 162 00:11:42,399 --> 00:11:48,399 in the same test putting all three of them in the upper echelon of living room 163 00:11:46,079 --> 00:11:53,440 gaming displays now while the g2 is the only one with proper NVIDIA g-sync 164 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:58,000 compatibility all three displays have variable refresh rate and automatic low 165 00:11:55,839 --> 00:12:02,800 latency mode so i'm not expecting that to be a big differentiating factor now 166 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:04,959 to dive deeper into qdo led versus w 167 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:08,720 OLED and whether or not it has the same lightning fast pixel response time we've 168 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,240 ordered a new sensor for our oscilloscope so make sure to get 169 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:15,440 subscribed for all the Labs content that we have in store 170 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:19,680 but to the eye all three of them are 171 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:23,839 definitely fine which leads us to the conclusion 172 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:29,040 despite the higher price tag i think i'm gonna go with the sony bravia a95k 173 00:12:26,959 --> 00:12:34,399 it might not get quite as bright as the samsung and HDR but it's sturdier our 174 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:37,760 s95b has actually started to warp just from unboxing and re-boxing it a few 175 00:12:36,079 --> 00:12:42,800 times and we're not the only ones seeing the problem it's more color accurate in 176 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,360 HDR brighter in sdr and dolby vision is 177 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:49,120 just too good to pass up even if we think sony's being kind of butt heads 178 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:55,200 about dolby vision the thing though is that my budget isn't exactly limited i 179 00:12:52,079 --> 00:12:56,959 actually bought two of the three tvs 180 00:12:55,200 --> 00:13:01,200 rather than wait for review units so that i could get an answer quicker and 181 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,760 get my family room built out so it's important to give a more grounded 182 00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:09,519 perspective for almost anyone else saving a thousand 183 00:13:06,079 --> 00:13:11,680 dollars is a no-brainer for the still 184 00:13:09,519 --> 00:13:17,200 very outstanding picture that you're gonna get from either the lg g2 or 185 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:21,200 samsung s95b really i think the main takeaway here is that if you've got the 186 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:25,839 budget for a flagship tv it is pretty tough to pick the wrong one 187 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:30,880 for a 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