1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:08,400 When I bought the world's largest TV, I was blown away by its 20,000 LED dimming 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,559 zones. That means less bloom around bright objects and in some cases 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:20,480 superior contrast to just about anything on the market. But the new biggest TV in 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,519 the world, the Highense 116 UX has 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:26,800 unprecedented color volume leading to in 6 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:29,840 some cases vastly superior contrast even 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,840 compared to this. And that's especially 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:36,320 true when it's displaying glowing or colorful objects. How could I possibly 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:41,040 hope to choose between them? It really is a tough call, even after reviewing 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:46,399 all of the extensive lab testing we did, more on that later, of what we consider 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:48,800 to be an early preview of what RGB 12 00:00:46,399 --> 00:00:53,520 backlight technology has to offer. Highsense is clearly a pioneer in the 13 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:58,000 space, but Sony and Samsung aren't far behind, and I can't wait to see what 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,160 competition brings to this space. But right now, there isn't any competition. 15 00:01:00,559 --> 00:01:05,600 So, after careful consideration, God, I 16 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:11,119 hadn't actually looked at them side by side yet. I still think the High Sense 17 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,040 pulls away. You guys have a plan for helping me get the TCL out of here, 18 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:18,240 right? >> Yeah, we take that one off the wall >> and then we put this one on the wall, 19 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:22,439 >> right? Did we keep all the packing materials for that? >> No. 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:29,040 >> We'll get into the details later. For now, we've got a TV to move. We've got 21 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,560 another TV to tell you guys all the deep technical details about, and we're going 22 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:36,240 to tell you about our sponsor, Nexigo. Perfect for when space is limited, their 23 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:41,119 Nova mini projector is small and lightweight while being able to project 24 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:45,600 1080p images of up to 150 in in size, cuz even your small apartment has big 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:51,360 walls. Check it out at our link in the description. Oh man. 26 00:01:49,119 --> 00:01:56,799 Oh crap. God, it would throw this video for a loop if I ultimately didn't choose 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:59,040 the high sense. I think TCL looks so 28 00:01:56,799 --> 00:02:04,799 sharp and poppy because it has more local dimming zones. Things like these 29 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:10,640 torches just pop off of the screen in a way that 30 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:13,599 the High Sense doesn't. To be fair to High Sense, we reached out 31 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:18,640 about the dimming zone count and they responded by saying that while there are 32 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:22,800 3,584 zones, they claim it counted 10,752 33 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:26,800 thanks to each individual RGB element per miniLEDD, which helps reduce the 34 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:30,160 perception of any minimal blooming. We think that while that sounds great in 35 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:34,400 theory, in practice, it still falls short of our own expectations, and we'd 36 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:39,200 love to see the same technology coupled with a higher traditional zone count. I 37 00:02:37,519 --> 00:02:42,640 tried to tell you when I saw the dimming zone count that it wasn't going to be 38 00:02:40,959 --> 00:02:46,959 enough. Incredible TV, don't get me wrong, but I I don't know. I I lean 39 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:50,720 towards the TCL and you know, it's already mounted. The TCL's already up 40 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,760 there and because of the testing, I do have some other numbers to give you 41 00:02:52,160 --> 00:03:00,440 that, you know, might change your mind on things. Oh my god. Are you 42 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:07,280 surprised when you picked this one so quickly? Like >> I hadn't actually looked at them side by 43 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:10,879 side yet. Oh, you had all week. You had like a week and a half. Do you know how 44 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:17,599 heavy this thing is? >> Oh crap. What if this video changes from 45 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:19,519 RGB backlight is obviously the future to 46 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:25,480 RGB backlight could very well be the future, but it has a little ways to go. 47 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,480 >> I think it's the second one. 48 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,000 >> There are some major advantages of this one. >> Okay, he hasn't shown me all the numbers 49 00:03:30,799 --> 00:03:36,080 yet. >> Okay, look. Final test. Put on a normal 50 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,959 non-animated movie. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'll do that. 51 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,120 >> Let's do that and then we'll do the review and then we can decide what we do. 52 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:48,080 >> Okay. >> Well, you can decide what you do. I've I've already got a decision made. 53 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:50,879 >> Oh my god. Look at this. 54 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:57,360 Look at this. I think this might be a deal breaker. Look at this blue 55 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:00,000 backlight zone right here. Oh. Oh crap. 56 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:04,640 I can >> down here. 57 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:09,200 Meanwhile, over here, thanks to having over five times the number of dimming 58 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:15,599 zones, we can't really make out the dimming zones around these highlights. 59 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:18,799 Now, I'm not saying that RGB backlight 60 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:21,919 is bad because of this. It's probably 61 00:04:18,799 --> 00:04:27,080 the future of backlit displays, 62 00:04:21,919 --> 00:04:27,080 but because these zones are so big, 63 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Nelly. 64 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,520 Oh, that might be a deal breaker. 65 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:40,479 And if it wasn't, the motion performance, I noticed it very much in 66 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:46,160 games, but I didn't think it'd be a problem in movies. 67 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,000 It's pretty bad. We are aware that this 68 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:51,919 is not running in Dolby Vision for some reason. We can't get it running in Dolby 69 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:56,400 Vision. So, we're going to have a look at an HDR10 piece of content before we 70 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:02,320 make a final final final decision underscore final. 71 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:07,600 But, it's not looking good right now. If I had to pick, 72 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:15,120 I'd choose the DCL. TCL is not perfect either. No, of course 73 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:17,520 not. Mini minus miniLEDD is amazing, but 74 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:21,680 it's not as good as OLED or Cutie OLED for that matter. 75 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:26,080 And as much as RGB mini LED is probably going to all over regular miniLEDD, even 76 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:31,120 once the Sony model comes out in 6 months or whatever, 77 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:34,880 OLED's still king. I just I don't know. Oh, there's so much more bloom around 78 00:05:33,039 --> 00:05:38,840 him. Can you see it? >> He looks like an angel. 79 00:05:41,919 --> 00:05:48,400 >> You're enjoying this way too much. >> I just I like when I'm right, you know? 80 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:52,240 It's not often. You're right about a lot of things, but I I was pretty confident 81 00:05:50,639 --> 00:05:55,680 about this one. You're like, "Nah, it's amazing." We were dealing with the 82 00:05:54,080 --> 00:06:00,320 gaming with the bad MPRT, and I'm like, "I don't know, Lionus." And you're like, "No, it's it's okay. It looks good 83 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:04,639 still." It is amazing. And it does look good still. >> It does. Incredible TV. 84 00:06:03,039 --> 00:06:08,479 >> It is. It is. >> We are losing so much less detail in the 85 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:12,960 shadows on the high sense. >> It's also brighter in the background as well. 86 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,800 >> Oh no. >> I've provided you all of the commentary. 87 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:21,280 I believe I can at this point. I've given you all the measurements. 88 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,520 I've stated my piece. >> You know how we notice it seems lower 89 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:27,360 res? >> Yeah. >> Look at the play icon here. 90 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:31,680 >> Look how sharp that looks. >> And it's because of the dimming zones. You're not getting that light bleed 91 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:36,240 coming out of the button making it look like softer, but just their processing, 92 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,759 you know, how it's felt kind of lower res the whole time. 93 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,720 >> Mhm. >> I think TCL's processing is just winning 94 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,440 here. They both have pros and cons. >> Yeah. >> I can't decide. 95 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:51,520 >> Okay. >> Crazy idea. >> Oh, no. >> I flip a coin. 96 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,919 >> Oh, okay. We could we you know, we we fake the results, right? 97 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:57,919 >> You know, I would never do that >> up there. But I would, >> you know, I would. 98 00:06:55,759 --> 00:07:02,560 >> Please, Lennis. I don't want to take the TCL down and then put the highense up. 99 00:07:01,599 --> 00:07:06,400 What are these? Where'd you get this from? >> This is a 9999 purity silver coin. Oh, 100 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,919 cool. >> And it's for my water cooling loop. >> Oh, cuz silver kills stuff. 101 00:07:09,599 --> 00:07:16,479 >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Interesting. All right. >> Okay. >> So, okay. 102 00:07:16,479 --> 00:07:24,800 >> I so desperately want to just keep the TCL there. I really don't like this. 103 00:07:21,599 --> 00:07:27,440 This is a 50-50 chance. Now, heads is 104 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,039 what? Heads is heads is the TCL. Heads is the TCL. 105 00:07:28,479 --> 00:07:34,400 >> Sure. >> Okay. 106 00:07:31,599 --> 00:07:37,639 >> Oh yes. Oh god. >> Thank god. 107 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,240 Honestly, it's not really a judgment against the high sense yet at this 108 00:07:41,599 --> 00:07:45,919 point. No, >> this is a really cool technology. Let's 109 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:48,919 talk about it in a little bit more depth. 110 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:54,639 >> Do you want to drop it there? >> Yep. 111 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:59,199 You may have seen in the last video that we were not able to validate a couple of 112 00:07:57,039 --> 00:08:03,039 the spec claims that Highense made about their latest and greatest. And even 113 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:07,120 after spending more time with it, that remains true today. But that doesn't 114 00:08:05,199 --> 00:08:14,560 mean it's all bad. So, let's run through everything. Starting with SDR. The 116UX 115 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:17,039 and it seems RGB miniLEDD in general are 116 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:22,319 capable of stupid high brightness. However, we're still limited to a bit 117 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:24,720 over,00 nits in a 100% window. With that 118 00:08:22,319 --> 00:08:30,639 said, that's almost 300 nits brighter than my TCL. It's kind of crazy that 119 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:35,519 full field white in SDR surpasses what top tier OLEDs were achieving in 1% 120 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:40,320 peaks just a few years ago. As for accuracy, we measured an average delta 121 00:08:37,599 --> 00:08:46,160 E2000 of 1.74 using the BT79 color space. And that's 122 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:51,120 only as high as it is because of this big blue spike over here. A lot of these 123 00:08:48,959 --> 00:08:55,920 swatches are under one. The Highense handily beats the TCL in SDR content. As 124 00:08:54,160 --> 00:09:01,839 for if you're using this thing for HDR, as the good manufacturer intended, it 125 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:05,440 peaked at 6,500 nits in vivid mode, 126 00:09:01,839 --> 00:09:08,160 which unfortunately looks gross, but 127 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:13,680 lost a,000 nits if it's used in filmmaker mode, which is well shy of 128 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:19,760 High Sense's 8,000 nit claims. The good news, though, is it is tracking light 129 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:23,200 very nicely. In filmmaker mode, our PQE 130 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:25,440 EOTF curve isn't perfect, but dang is it 131 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:30,399 ever close. And while most other modes didn't test this well, HDR game mode was 132 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:36,560 surprisingly close. Want a game on this thing? Zero compromises. H at least with 133 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:41,200 respect to color or brightness. More on that later because there's another area 134 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:46,240 where Highense fell short of their big claims with respect to the performance 135 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:49,760 of this TV and that's the 95% coverage 136 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:53,200 of the BT 2020 color space. With that 137 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:56,240 said, we do hit 92.5%. 138 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:58,480 Which is still flipping wild. And it 139 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:02,640 wouldn't surprise me if the missing nits would basically have given us the 140 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:07,360 missing 2 and a half% because a big part of that coverage is color volume which 141 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:13,360 comes from brightness. Unfortunately, we'll never know. The good news is that 142 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:16,000 even in HDR, it is accurately displaying 143 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:21,920 that 92 1.5% color volume. It's no Flander scientific XMPP 550, but a delta 144 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:27,519 E average ITP of 9.81 81 in filmmaker mode is very respectable for what is not 145 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:34,000 only the biggest TV in the freaking world, but also literally the first TV 146 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:36,880 to use RGB miniLEDD. Unfortunately for 147 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:42,320 Highense, my TCL is also really good. Which brings us to gaming. 148 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:46,240 Unfortunately, it's still a big old VA panel. That's why the viewing angles 149 00:10:44,079 --> 00:10:50,880 aren't great. But the bigger issue for me with this set is that our pixel 150 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:58,880 response times aren't great either. We measured an average of 8.5 millisecond, 151 00:10:53,920 --> 00:11:01,839 which is fine, but a maximum of over 46 152 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:07,839 milliseconds. When you compare that to even uh, you know, a reasonably spec IPS 153 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:13,839 monitor, let alone an OLED of any sort, it's a bit of a smear fest even at the 154 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:19,040 165 Hz refresh rate. No, the script says I'm exaggerating a bit, but I'm not. It 155 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:24,800 was very noticeable, even when watching films, which for me is normally not that 156 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:28,480 big of a deal. Not all the time, but every once in a while when you caught 157 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:34,160 one of those really unfavorable transitions, you go, "What 158 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:39,040 was that? That's a yikes." Thankfully, at least 159 00:11:36,959 --> 00:11:43,760 for gamers, this is partially salvaged by their minimal input latency with a 160 00:11:40,959 --> 00:11:48,640 measurement of just 4.6 6 milliseconds. That is 1 and a half milliseconds over a 161 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:53,680 theoretical perfect score. So remember, the latency is how long it takes for our 162 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:58,240 input to start showing up on the screen. And the motion pixel response time or 163 00:11:55,600 --> 00:12:04,000 MPT is how long it takes for the pixels of the screen itself to finish changing 164 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,839 over to that input frame. All of this 165 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:12,240 really does feel like splitting hairs, though. I mean, modern display technology is kind of magical, and it's 166 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:16,560 already hard to process the color filtering and backlight dimming that 167 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:21,839 goes on with an OLED or for the backlight, you know, with a miniLEDD 168 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:24,560 back lit display. So, with RGB miniLEDD, 169 00:12:21,839 --> 00:12:29,519 now we're talking about mixing color for over 20,000 little RGB backlight 170 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:34,160 clusters, as well as dictating how bright or dim each individual color 171 00:12:31,839 --> 00:12:40,000 should look. And while the new High View AI Engine X, that's their processor, is 172 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:41,920 good, I can clearly see why they didn't 173 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:47,600 bring this technology to their entire lineup all at once because I think with 174 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:49,440 a little more processing and hopefully 175 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:55,440 some more zones, which would be enabled by said processing, it could be a little 176 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:57,440 better. With that said, Sony and Samsung 177 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:01,519 are both working on this technology as we mentioned before, and Sony in 178 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:06,320 particular has been known for having excellent image processing. So, I'll be 179 00:13:04,079 --> 00:13:10,959 curious to see how their set holds up against the 116 UX. Who knows if the 180 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:16,320 processing being a little bit better is what pushes it over the edge. Maybe the 181 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:21,920 116 UX would have held out for the win. Either way, it was damn close. And they 182 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:28,240 have some smaller versions coming. a 100 inch that's supposed to be a full 183 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:30,079 $10,000 cheaper at only $20,000. So, uh 184 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:34,880 maybe not that one for most people, but they also showed off an 85 in that they 185 00:13:32,399 --> 00:13:40,079 didn't give pricing on. And we know the way that TV prices scale as you go down 186 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:42,240 in size. Who knows? Give it, you know, a 187 00:13:40,079 --> 00:13:47,760 couple more shrinks and maybe a couple more years and this could be the TV 188 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:54,000 technology of the future. Especially because I mean OLED's been stuck at 97 189 00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:55,760 in max for ages. So, thank you Highense 190 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,839 for sending over what could very well be the TV of the future. 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