WEBVTT 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 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:12.559 zones. That means less bloom around bright objects and in some cases 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:20.480 superior contrast to just about anything on the market. But the new biggest TV in 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:23.519 the world, the Highense 116 UX has 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:26.800 unprecedented color volume leading to in 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:29.840 some cases vastly superior contrast even 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:31.840 compared to this. And that's especially 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:36.320 true when it's displaying glowing or colorful objects. How could I possibly 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:41.040 hope to choose between them? It really is a tough call, even after reviewing 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:46.399 all of the extensive lab testing we did, more on that later, of what we consider 00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:48.800 to be an early preview of what RGB 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:53.520 backlight technology has to offer. Highsense is clearly a pioneer in the 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 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:02.160 competition brings to this space. But right now, there isn't any competition. 00:01:00.559 --> 00:01:05.600 So, after careful consideration, God, I 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:11.119 hadn't actually looked at them side by side yet. I still think the High Sense 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:13.040 pulls away. You guys have a plan for helping me get the TCL out of here, 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, 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:22.439 >> right? Did we keep all the packing materials for that? >> No. 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 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:32.560 another TV to tell you guys all the deep technical details about, and we're going 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:36.240 to tell you about our sponsor, Nexigo. Perfect for when space is limited, their 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:41.119 Nova mini projector is small and lightweight while being able to project 00:01:38.320 --> 00:01:45.600 1080p images of up to 150 in in size, cuz even your small apartment has big 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:51.360 walls. Check it out at our link in the description. Oh man. 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 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:59.040 the high sense. I think TCL looks so 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:04.799 sharp and poppy because it has more local dimming zones. Things like these 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:10.640 torches just pop off of the screen in a way that 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:13.599 the High Sense doesn't. To be fair to High Sense, we reached out 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:18.640 about the dimming zone count and they responded by saying that while there are 00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:22.800 3,584 zones, they claim it counted 10,752 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:26.800 thanks to each individual RGB element per miniLEDD, which helps reduce the 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:30.160 perception of any minimal blooming. We think that while that sounds great in 00:02:28.239 --> 00:02:34.400 theory, in practice, it still falls short of our own expectations, and we'd 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:39.200 love to see the same technology coupled with a higher traditional zone count. I 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 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 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:50.720 towards the TCL and you know, it's already mounted. The TCL's already up 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:53.760 there and because of the testing, I do have some other numbers to give you 00:02:52.160 --> 00:03:00.440 that, you know, might change your mind on things. Oh my god. Are you 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 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 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:17.599 heavy this thing is? >> Oh crap. What if this video changes from 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:19.519 RGB backlight is obviously the future to 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:25.480 RGB backlight could very well be the future, but it has a little ways to go. 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:25.480 >> I think it's the second one. 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 00:03:30.799 --> 00:03:36.080 yet. >> Okay, look. Final test. Put on a normal 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:38.959 non-animated movie. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'll do that. 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. 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. 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:50.879 >> Oh my god. Look at this. 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:57.360 Look at this. I think this might be a deal breaker. Look at this blue 00:03:54.000 --> 00:04:00.000 backlight zone right here. Oh. Oh crap. 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:04.640 I can >> down here. 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:09.200 Meanwhile, over here, thanks to having over five times the number of dimming 00:04:06.799 --> 00:04:15.599 zones, we can't really make out the dimming zones around these highlights. 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:18.799 Now, I'm not saying that RGB backlight 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:21.919 is bad because of this. It's probably 00:04:18.799 --> 00:04:27.080 the future of backlit displays, 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:27.080 but because these zones are so big, 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.120 Nelly. 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:35.520 Oh, that might be a deal breaker. 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:40.479 And if it wasn't, the motion performance, I noticed it very much in 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:46.160 games, but I didn't think it'd be a problem in movies. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.000 It's pretty bad. We are aware that this 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 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 00:04:54.560 --> 00:05:02.320 make a final final final decision underscore final. 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:07.600 But, it's not looking good right now. If I had to pick, 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:15.120 I'd choose the DCL. TCL is not perfect either. No, of course 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:17.520 not. Mini minus miniLEDD is amazing, but 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:21.680 it's not as good as OLED or Cutie OLED for that matter. 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:26.080 And as much as RGB mini LED is probably going to all over regular miniLEDD, even 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:31.120 once the Sony model comes out in 6 months or whatever, 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 00:05:33.039 --> 00:05:38.840 him. Can you see it? >> He looks like an angel. 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? 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 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:55.680 about this one. You're like, "Nah, it's amazing." We were dealing with the 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 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:04.639 still." It is amazing. And it does look good still. >> It does. Incredible TV. 00:06:03.039 --> 00:06:08.479 >> It is. It is. >> We are losing so much less detail in the 00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:12.960 shadows on the high sense. >> It's also brighter in the background as well. 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:16.800 >> Oh no. >> I've provided you all of the commentary. 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:21.280 I believe I can at this point. I've given you all the measurements. 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:23.520 I've stated my piece. >> You know how we notice it seems lower 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:27.360 res? >> Yeah. >> Look at the play icon here. 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 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:36.240 coming out of the button making it look like softer, but just their processing, 00:06:34.400 --> 00:06:37.759 you know, how it's felt kind of lower res the whole time. 00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:42.720 >> Mhm. >> I think TCL's processing is just winning 00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:45.440 here. They both have pros and cons. >> Yeah. >> I can't decide. 00:06:44.880 --> 00:06:51.520 >> Okay. >> Crazy idea. >> Oh, no. >> I flip a coin. 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:53.919 >> Oh, okay. We could we you know, we we fake the results, right? 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:57.919 >> You know, I would never do that >> up there. But I would, >> you know, I would. 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. 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, 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.919 cool. >> And it's for my water cooling loop. >> Oh, cuz silver kills stuff. 00:07:09.599 --> 00:07:16.479 >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Interesting. All right. >> Okay. >> So, okay. 00:07:16.479 --> 00:07:24.800 >> I so desperately want to just keep the TCL there. I really don't like this. 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:27.440 This is a 50-50 chance. Now, heads is 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:29.039 what? Heads is heads is the TCL. Heads is the TCL. 00:07:28.479 --> 00:07:34.400 >> Sure. >> Okay. 00:07:31.599 --> 00:07:37.639 >> Oh yes. Oh god. >> Thank god. 00:07:38.080 --> 00:07:42.240 Honestly, it's not really a judgment against the high sense yet at this 00:07:41.599 --> 00:07:45.919 point. No, >> this is a really cool technology. Let's 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:48.919 talk about it in a little bit more depth. 00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:54.639 >> Do you want to drop it there? >> Yep. 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 00:07:57.039 --> 00:08:03.039 the spec claims that Highense made about their latest and greatest. And even 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:07.120 after spending more time with it, that remains true today. But that doesn't 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:14.560 mean it's all bad. So, let's run through everything. Starting with SDR. The 116UX 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:17.039 and it seems RGB miniLEDD in general are 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:22.319 capable of stupid high brightness. However, we're still limited to a bit 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:24.720 over,00 nits in a 100% window. With that 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:30.639 said, that's almost 300 nits brighter than my TCL. It's kind of crazy that 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:35.519 full field white in SDR surpasses what top tier OLEDs were achieving in 1% 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:40.320 peaks just a few years ago. As for accuracy, we measured an average delta 00:08:37.599 --> 00:08:46.160 E2000 of 1.74 using the BT79 color space. And that's 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 00:08:48.959 --> 00:08:55.920 swatches are under one. The Highense handily beats the TCL in SDR content. As 00:08:54.160 --> 00:09:01.839 for if you're using this thing for HDR, as the good manufacturer intended, it 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:05.440 peaked at 6,500 nits in vivid mode, 00:09:01.839 --> 00:09:08.160 which unfortunately looks gross, but 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:13.680 lost a,000 nits if it's used in filmmaker mode, which is well shy of 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:19.760 High Sense's 8,000 nit claims. The good news, though, is it is tracking light 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:23.200 very nicely. In filmmaker mode, our PQE 00:09:19.760 --> 00:09:25.440 EOTF curve isn't perfect, but dang is it 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:30.399 ever close. And while most other modes didn't test this well, HDR game mode was 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:36.560 surprisingly close. Want a game on this thing? Zero compromises. H at least with 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:41.200 respect to color or brightness. More on that later because there's another area 00:09:38.560 --> 00:09:46.240 where Highense fell short of their big claims with respect to the performance 00:09:42.880 --> 00:09:49.760 of this TV and that's the 95% coverage 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:53.200 of the BT 2020 color space. With that 00:09:49.760 --> 00:09:56.240 said, we do hit 92.5%. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:58.480 Which is still flipping wild. And it 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:02.640 wouldn't surprise me if the missing nits would basically have given us the 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:07.360 missing 2 and a half% because a big part of that coverage is color volume which 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:13.360 comes from brightness. Unfortunately, we'll never know. The good news is that 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:16.000 even in HDR, it is accurately displaying 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:21.920 that 92 1.5% color volume. It's no Flander scientific XMPP 550, but a delta 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 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:34.000 only the biggest TV in the freaking world, but also literally the first TV 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:36.880 to use RGB miniLEDD. Unfortunately for 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:42.320 Highense, my TCL is also really good. Which brings us to gaming. 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:46.240 Unfortunately, it's still a big old VA panel. That's why the viewing angles 00:10:44.079 --> 00:10:50.880 aren't great. But the bigger issue for me with this set is that our pixel 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:58.880 response times aren't great either. We measured an average of 8.5 millisecond, 00:10:53.920 --> 00:11:01.839 which is fine, but a maximum of over 46 00:10:58.880 --> 00:11:07.839 milliseconds. When you compare that to even uh, you know, a reasonably spec IPS 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 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 00:11:16.560 --> 00:11:24.800 was very noticeable, even when watching films, which for me is normally not that 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 00:11:26.800 --> 00:11:34.160 one of those really unfavorable transitions, you go, "What 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:39.040 was that? That's a yikes." Thankfully, at least 00:11:36.959 --> 00:11:43.760 for gamers, this is partially salvaged by their minimal input latency with a 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:48.640 measurement of just 4.6 6 milliseconds. That is 1 and a half milliseconds over a 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:53.680 theoretical perfect score. So remember, the latency is how long it takes for our 00:11:50.880 --> 00:11:58.240 input to start showing up on the screen. And the motion pixel response time or 00:11:55.600 --> 00:12:04.000 MPT is how long it takes for the pixels of the screen itself to finish changing 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:05.839 over to that input frame. All of this 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 00:12:10.160 --> 00:12:16.560 already hard to process the color filtering and backlight dimming that 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:21.839 goes on with an OLED or for the backlight, you know, with a miniLEDD 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:24.560 back lit display. So, with RGB miniLEDD, 00:12:21.839 --> 00:12:29.519 now we're talking about mixing color for over 20,000 little RGB backlight 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:34.160 clusters, as well as dictating how bright or dim each individual color 00:12:31.839 --> 00:12:40.000 should look. And while the new High View AI Engine X, that's their processor, is 00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:41.920 good, I can clearly see why they didn't 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:47.600 bring this technology to their entire lineup all at once because I think with 00:12:44.560 --> 00:12:49.440 a little more processing and hopefully 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:55.440 some more zones, which would be enabled by said processing, it could be a little 00:12:51.839 --> 00:12:57.440 better. With that said, Sony and Samsung 00:12:55.440 --> 00:13:01.519 are both working on this technology as we mentioned before, and Sony in 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:06.320 particular has been known for having excellent image processing. So, I'll be 00:13:04.079 --> 00:13:10.959 curious to see how their set holds up against the 116 UX. Who knows if the 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:16.320 processing being a little bit better is what pushes it over the edge. Maybe the 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 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:28.240 have some smaller versions coming. a 100 inch that's supposed to be a full 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:30.079 $10,000 cheaper at only $20,000. So, uh 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 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 00:13:36.800 --> 00:13:42.240 in size. Who knows? Give it, you know, a 00:13:40.079 --> 00:13:47.760 couple more shrinks and maybe a couple more years and this could be the TV 00:13:44.880 --> 00:13:54.000 technology of the future. Especially because I mean OLED's been stuck at 97 00:13:50.079 --> 00:13:55.760 in max for ages. So, thank you Highense 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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