Ultimate TV Buyers Guide 2022!

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so we've been busting out tv videos fast

and furiously and it's been kind of a

selfish endeavor as i sort of tried to

decide which tv was right for me as i'd

like to upgrade my set um that have been

sitting on my wall for the past six

years and in doing all these exercises

and tv review videos i've learned a lot

about tvs it was something that i didn't

know

that much about as we get into the

holiday season perhaps you

are looking to get a new tv uh so i want

to sort of make a buyer's guide sort of

walk through all different acronyms all

the tech and try to help you guys pick

not only which tv but which tv

technology is right for your house

unlike reviewing phones tvs get crazy

subjective it is not always the more

money you spend the better set you're

going to get with color calibration

there's a lot of those online that can

walk you through step by step you can

make a lower cost set look as good as a

more expensive set and if you're

primarily looking for a tv for gaming

and this is a big deal

make sure to find a set that has at

least one

4k hdmi 2.1 port and also a tvs capable

of 120 hertz will go a long way if

you're planning on hooking up you know

playstation 5 or an xbox series x and

the biggest wild card out of all this is

where your sets gonna be placed is it

going to be in a bright room is it going

to be in a dark room and that is going

to help determine which tech is right

for you let's get started

so i do want to jump in and say that for

me after all those tv reviews that i did

i ended up going with oled uh i picked

lg's g2 it's w oled technology so it's

older oled it's not cutie oled but it

does get 30 brighter

than traditional oled sets and for me

that has been awesome and there's a lot

of advantages for oled it's been around

for a while they're obviously known for

their black levels because diodes are

off you get near and limited viewing

angles profile is generally pretty thin

really easy and looks good for wall

mounting and sleek design high contrast

you've got great color reproduction

that's really good for an avid cinema

fan

on the flip side it ain't perfect uh

older models have been known to have

issues with burning which is less of

sort of a thing you have to worry about

the newer models to sort of do some tech

to mitigate that for you also oleds

typically with some sort of modern

exceptions haven't gotten as bright as

our led counterparts and the the biggest

downside of oled is the price typically

a lot higher so here's who i think

should get an oled this is a big

variance of alex if you get an oled set

from last year it will not be as bright

probably less expensive and if you opt

for an oled set for say this year

something like the lg g2 and we'll talk

about qd oled later uh it'll be more

expensive but will get brighter if

you're looking for perfect black levels

i think oled is going to be a great

choice if you're constantly looking for

blooming and you're very aware of

blooming and you can sort of see that

when you look at a bright picture on a

dark background then oled is going to be

a perfect way to go but if your tv is in

a very bright environment i will look

for one of the newer models of oled sets

if you have more controlled lighting

last year's older even the year before

be perfect

all right let's talk about qled there's

a lot of cula tvs out right now

essentially it's an led tv with a layer

of quantum dots sometimes it's called

nano cell tech over it these additional

layers kind of help create a more

vibrant color image as well as a much

brighter one and the tv tech in general

is not as thin as oleds are typically no

thicker than like a picture frame or

like a thinner canvas print these sets

are known for their brightness levels so

if you know your tv is going to be in a

brighter room a lot of direct sunlight

coming in these are really well suited

for that and then unlike the brightness

scale like they tend to come in sort of

the middle of the pack which is saying

something while that might not be the

brightest options out there we'll talk

about those they still get very

very bright so a huge amount of direct

sunlight killer might be something you

want to consider the modern qlet sets

it's an editor of evolution of the

original attack that came out a few

years ago newer ones so past year are a

little brighter a little more vibrant

but also a little more expensive you

also have more affordable options here

that have smart tv os's built-in amazon

tv google tv roku tv built in as their

main ui they are bright very vibrant you

can get them for relatively affordable

prices and if you dial in the picture

settings that can go a long way with

these sets you'd be surprised what kind

of picture you can get out of these qled

sets again if you don't know how to

calibrate a set you don't have external

gadgets to do it it's okay literally

just google the tv model you decide to

buy uh and there will be a lot of

options that will walk you through step

by step how to change your settings get

the best picture uh some of the

disadvantages though black levels

obviously aren't anywhere near oleds

they're still backlit tvs uh and so

instead of pictures being black there'll

be some version

of gray and with that blooming tends to

be more noticeable on these sets and the

viewing angles tend to not be great

unless you're sitting directly in front

of the tv but if you're off to the sides

the picture can definitely get washed

out so cute lid it's a great option if

you're more of a casual tv fan and

you've got a lot of light in your room

no risk for burning here you can usually

find these at some really good prices

brands like tcl come to mind they've got

a huge range of tvs in this category at

varying prices

newer q leds samsung especially do come

in at higher prices they're brighter and

i think are better versions of the

technology sometimes don't have gaming

features you might find on oled with 4k

120. uh some do but not all definitely

check for an hdmi 2.1 port and then the

refresh rate but if you're just

streaming using like an apple tv or

something especially if you're using the

dolby vision settings you'll be

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the mini led at least to me is really

interesting this is the evolution of

cula tech and it seems like brands have

gone out of their way to make this tech

in particular just as confusing as

humanly possible uh sometimes you'll see

brands like tcl call their sets just

mini led

that makes sense

brands like samsung call their mini leds

neoqled and lg calls theirs qnet but

they are all

mini led tech just sort of know that

those extra acronyms is the exact same

thing they're all mini leds they're all

backlit panels like qled but the leds

are just shrunk

way down they're mini uh that way you'll

have more local dimming zones to help

you create sharper contrast and at least

the illusion of deeper blacks and to my

idiot brain things did look black to me

uh when i was checking out mini led and

we've got a bunch of videos of mini led

tech which we'll link you know

everywhere essentially it's mini led

tech doing its best oled impression i'm

trying to do that typically at a decent

price and there are a lot of advantages

of mini led these sets are

insanely bright and generally much

brighter uh thank you attack these are

the brightest sets typically on the

market now like i mentioned more local

dimming zones traditional q-lead so

you're getting less blooming around

bright objects on a darker background

they tend to come in at larger sizes so

if you want a giant set and more

affordable prices than oleds they also

tend to be decently thin not like razor

thin but you know thin enough uh no risk

for burning and some of these sets

you'll see come in 8k obviously there's

not a lot of 8k content out there but if

you're looking to sort of future proof

yourself you do have options here uh

with this these sets also tend to have

great color reproduction uh up to peak

brightness and they also benefit from

color calibration as you can make these

sets really look near older for when you

spend the time to dial it in these

typically are great for gaming sports

and cinema fans so

pretty much everybody it's not perfect

there are some disadvantages same thing

is that plagues sort of q led sets too

uh viewing angles tend to not be the

best since you're sitting right in that

sweet spot uh still better than

traditional q led sets but nowhere near

what you get with oled and out of the

box these sets tend to not be the best

when it comes to calibration and if you

don't go into that color calibration you

need to look at it you may not be

impressed initially with the black

levels on these sets uh also some

bransons have

crazy reflective screens so it's worth

going to

like a best buyer let's take a look for

yourself

so if you have a lot of practical lights

or windows in your house you don't want

to get a lot of reflection so there are

a lot of mini led sets that i want to

take a look at but i have looked at a

few uh here in the studio one i was

really impressed with uh was lg's qned

this is a q net 90 in 75 inches and it

was absolutely uh incredible so out of

everything we've talked about so far i

think it's easiest to recommend the mini

led is kind of the one set fits all it

does an incredible oled impression yet

still it's not oled uh it gets

incredibly bright generally committed

more affordable prices you've got

different sizes a mini led

is sort of the broad answer for mostly

everybody but there are

other options at the higher end

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so let's talk about cutie oled or

quantum dot oled which is this guy

behind me here uh it's the newest and

much brighter version of oled now very

few brands right now are offering this

technology it's sort of the first year

release sony and samsung started the

only two at least as of this filming uh

the one that we've got behind me it's

the sony a95k and 65 inches uh and these

take everything that's amazing about

oled and enhances it including price

so some big advantages here they get

brighter than traditional oleds which is

awesome that was one of the knocks on

oleds that takes a common complaint

chucks it out the window

if you didn't have a mini led tv sitting

right beside it and you'd assume these

were the brightest tvs on the market

they have crazy high color accuracy and

in sony's case it is the most color

accurate tv on the market if you're

looking for the ultimate movie

experience tv and you've got the budget

i mean it's a great way to go colors are

extremely rich and vibrant thanks that

quantum dot layer

over the oleds you'll also get perfect

black levels perfect contrast near

unlimited viewing angles generally

striking design you know really thin no

risk of burning which is really nice

especially for ole attack and amazing uh

for gaming so on the sony it works in

tandem with playstation 5 as well it

gives it some kind of unique features

there if you had to go with samsung you

actually stream xbox game pass on those

sets if you use the built-in ui which is

awesome it's tizen based uh also these

generally have the lowest need for color

calibration this is more of a

set it and forget it uh kind of tv

but it's not perfect

they're expensive

really expensive uh as of right now i

have not seen a cutie oled set that's

bigger than 65 inches i wanted a bigger

set in my house that was the biggest

reason that i decided to not go i'll

take qd oled set probably next year

we'll see larger sets but

not as of this filming they're not quite

as bright as mini led but they are

getting really close and in a bright

room with a lot of sunlight coming in

the picture will dim a little bit but it

is not bad at all uh much better than a

non-lg g2

regular oled but again big knock price

the expensive if money is no option for

you and you only want a 65 inch or

smaller set it's cutie oled that is a no

brainer easy decision it is sort of the

king

of tv tech and it takes the best that

existed

and made it better if price is a concern

mini led is probably the perfect option

for you you can get really close to what

cutie oled sets can offer

this is confusing there's a lot of

acronyms there's color calibration you

don't know what tvs to get what size to

get

it just can be a generally confusing

process so again i'm going to just

summarize it money no option and you

want anything 65 inches or smaller

cutie oled

money is a concern but you still want

the best picture you can get best bang

for your buck and you want to have the

option for

larger sizes you don't have to have any

concerns about light coming in from

other sources

mini led is an incredible way to go if

you are more budget conscious uh cue led

sets at least sometimes uh is an

incredible way to go and even some

regular led sets is still uh an awesome

we're gonna go and if you've got the

option to control all of your lighting

or you've got a really dark space uh

oled is still one of the best options uh

out there and you can get that in a

larger than 65 inch set but whatever you

do

try to make sure you can find a set that

at least has one hdmi 2.1 port that will

make a gigantic difference when it comes

to gaming and be happy you are buying a

tv in a time where pretty much any set

you can get will look incredible you

just gotta decide which version of

incredible it's right for you