I REALLY Wanted to Try Mini LED... and it's GREAT!

Thanks, Honey for sponsoring!

Samsung's latest NEO QLED TVs are designed around some brand new tech, also featured in Apple's latest iPad Pro called Mini LEDs. They've been teasing them for a couple years now and today I finally get to try them out!

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:07 QLED vs OLED History Lesson
2:23 Dimming Zones Explained
3:23 Alternative Options
3:50 Samsung NEO QLED Introduction
4:56 Bright Room Image Comparison
9:10 Dark Room Image Comparison
10:43 Can Linus Tell the Difference?
11:39 Image Comparison Conclusion
12:43 Q-Symphony Audio Test (Fail)
13:41 Outro

[SlowVMustang]

Me on my 1080p VA monitor: “yep I can totally see the difference between these TVs.”

[asdfhun]

Just turn on the subtitles. That's the ultimate test for any kind of local dimming.

[ellabun]

Linus for months on end: we're gonna do HDR! Look at our dedicated HDR mastering room! We are gonna do HDR!
*releases 15 minute video about HDR without HDR*

[Zzzlol]

Having had this TV for soon a year now. It's great. Seriously nothing else that can match it, not even Samsung's newer 2022 models. Picture clarity, local dimming and contrast is just amazing, while also having it EXTREMELY accurately calibrated.

[marvil]

can't wait to afford one of these bad boys in 12 years

[MrVolksbeetle]

"Fundamentally, a mini LED is the same as a regular LED, only smaller."
Mind = blown

[vidiot]

"Long answer, yes I could tell
Short answer, no, not from an actual reasonable viewing distance"

Why was your short answer longer than your long answer??

[Sephonia]

4:37 Linus' ability to drop things even when he isn't holding them is impeccable.

[RogueShadowTCN]

"We had a scripted outro" I mean, man, you weren't kidding about being surprised.

[justrightlizard]

I'm so glad you guys started doing timestamps, it makes it so much easier to find specific information in your videos.

[gfysmiley]

"we turned off all lighting not required for filming" *RGB glow from background PCs in screen*

[De.Grandi]

Me trying to analyze the shadows with the YouTube compression 🤡

[RTINGSdotcom]

Great video guys! We really enjoyed listening to your impressions of the two TVs side-by-side. The QN90A we bought and tested was even better than the QN85A. We'd be curious to see what you think!

[milkyy]

If Linus sitting almost results in dropping a laptop, I can’t begin to imagine how often he drops things.

[ethanaerni]

You should put something in the description about honey’s bad business practices.

[Deplrable]

"QLED, short for Quantum Dot LED - Backlit LCD" I'm glad we started with 1 acronym and ended with 2 different ones 😂

[SgtHappyHands]

8:59 Just wanted to say that as someone who is deliberately slow to adopt new tech and doesn't experiment much, I would appreciate seeing tests like that and hearing your thoughts anyway. Because I don't have that intuitive experience you've built up and you were already surprised by how well it performed once. Regardless, this was informative and entertaining. Love it when Linus and the staff get to bounce off each other during videos. And I'm looking forward to some great TV's in the coming decade.

[montyql]

"They're monsters, but they do it"
Right on Linus.

[LiLGhostPlays]

If a Mini LED is just an LED that is small, then what is a Mini Ladd?

[producerevan]

Love how linus always takes the tvs out of the most color accurate mode, he does it almost every time they look at tvs. btw linus, warm2 was probably nearly bang on for white point and color accuracy lol