OLED vs Full Array LED: What's The Difference?

In this video we cover the key differences between OLED and Full Array LED TVs to help you decide which is right for you!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:20 Defining LED & OLED

05:32 Contrast Ratios

06:46 Brightness

07:39 Colour

08:22 Picture Quality

09:05 Off-Axis Viewing

10:01 Gaming

10:39 Screen Sizes & Pricing

11:38 Design

12:05 Verdict

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[kitcarson]

I am a dedicated Gamer!!! One thing I see no reviewer ever mention is the fact that Game Developers in todays world of graphics love producing games that are overall dark and they love adding fog, haze and shadows to games.
Personally I much prefer a LED over OLED. With an OLED some parts of most games you simply cannot see the game as it is too dark.
This has nothing at all to do with function of either LED or OLED, it has to do with the way Developers design their games and the current trend of shadows, fog, haze and their lazy way of obscuring details with fog.

I like an LED, and I think most gamers will find that an OLED gets too dark with most modern video games.

Like I said I am a gamer, could care less about all the other SMART features, I look at screen quality and brightness, refresh rate, and the ability to actually get 120 hz from a gaming PC. Provided that the game is actually capable of 120 hz, in 4K, many are not. As for viewing angles, talking to the TV, instant Apps to Neflix and outer really do not care. When I turn on my TV it is for gaming or perhaps use as a PC monitor to watch a Youtube review on a game. I have not watched a complete movie in years.

Beware of OLED, with modern game development and the way they like to get lazy and use excessive shadows, darkness, dimming, fog, haze etc, etc to hide graphics details an OLED will lots of times be so dark you cannot see parts of the games. A detail I see absolutely no reviewers address.

I vote for the LED.

Cheers
Kit

[desishugal-shugalkarain]

Nice comparison. To me LED full array is far better in color variety

[DiogoReis]

Although this video shows some key differences, these kind of comparisons should be filmed with 2 cameras, simply because one is brighter than the other, cameras need to adjust exposure differently, if you perfectly adjust exposure to the led display, since its brighter, the oled is always going to look darker, if the exposure is adjusted to the oled, the led image is going to be over exposed...
That said, it's always better to take a look at them by yourself...
Yesterday I had the chance to look at the full array led and the contrast and blacks surprised me a lot, I was leaning towards the oled, but these full array got my attention cause they really have very good quality and very nice blacks in a way that I'm considering the full array instead of the oled mainly because of 4 advantages it has:
- No risk of burn-in
- Less energy consumption
- Cheaper price
- Better on brighter environments. (Although for home use this is not a real advantage for me and most users cause we can control a room brightesse)

Thanks for sharing, nice video 👍

[shijoejoseph]

Full array actually showed other colour hues as well in that forest clip. It is not just green but bit of yellowish orange and all; seemed more natural to me. 🙈

[chase]

I’m usually late to the game, but recently decided to purchase the A80J vs. the X90K. I’m not pro at TVs, but the rep assisted in the decision. I love the way you explain the differences between OLED vs. Full Array LED! So detailed and easy to understand! Your presentation really help viewers make an informed decision. Thanks so much and look forward to any and all reviews you do in the future!👍🏽😘

[MrMarkRGraves]

I just purchased a new 65" TV and chose to go with a full-array LED. Great picture and I don't have to worry about screen burn-in. I went with the Sony X90J.

[loki]

8:48 Although the green look stronger (lack of a better word) on the OLED on the left. The thing is, the LCD on the right gives more color variance and tone..
Look closely. The OLED the green looks exactly (well almost) the same on every single leaf. It's like it only has one shade of green. Although vibrant it's limited.
The TV on the right shows green, but also various shades of green. Some are slightly darker green, some lighter. That to me is more "accuracy" and true to life reproduction of the image.
Both have the same XR processor..
I mean you can see some of the leaves on the X90J are "dying" a little with that yellow look to it.. Very hard to see that on the OLED. Just in the more extreme cases.

I find OLED gets too much praise at all times. Even when it's actually NOT doing the correct thing. It boggles my mind how people don't notice this..
Obviously the OLED is the BEST when it comes to contrast and looks fantastic. But it can black crush, it can be dim, it has issues with near perfect black levels (inherent with Organic LED, needing power and heat to light up), and it can show a lack of color gradients/shades and do it more uniformly.

That said, I bet the X95J would show the colors even better than the X90J and more vibrant green. BUT still able to show the different shades of dark green, light green and hint of yellow on the leaves.

[nickrolbiecki]

It sold me on when viewing the Tv. I have a game room / den that has 3 big front windows and watch and play games during the day mostly. The x90j was the right purchase with full array. It’s super bright and looks extremely powerful in colors and sound. It feels like it has surround sound built in but maybe because of my octagon type room.
I personally like brighter pictures and can’t say the OLED wouldn’t be better but for my scenario I’m glad I didn’t go OLED. Ps5 games look outstanding on it.

[sammcl]

Thanks for this and all of your recent Sony videos, I've been following discussions on 2021 TVs all year as it's going to be my first time purchasing a TV over 22 inches. My last purchase was over 10 years ago so I've never had a FALD TV or an OLED. I've been looking at both the X95J and A80J, both will be an enormous upgrade for me and my main sticking points have been burn in risk vs blooming. I can deal with the lower contrast of LEDs without local dimming but the localised blooming in dark areas, app menus and loading screens will bother me. I've decided to go with the OLED, if I burn it in, lesson learnt and maybe at that time, a new LED technology will be available as a replacement :)

[IANCEVER]

Great review, I saw both these tv's side by side just last week in a Sony store. I can honestly say this review matches what I saw.
I literally couldnt stop staring at the A90, it has an incredible picture, bright, realistic ( see @7:57 ). However, it was £2, .200 !!!
Instore the A80J blacks looked fantastic and it had a more cinematic picture. I think ill wait for the A80J in a sale - probaly well into 2023 as its still £1000/1200.

[jayemmmmmmmmm]

Great comparison. I think it's also important to note again these comparisons were at default settings. My A80J can get much brighter than what is shown here.

[menacordero]

I just purchased on Costco the 65' A80J for $2, 199 with 5 years extra warranty included. I can't wait for Saturday to receive it. It will be my first OLED TV ever. I just want to experience watching movies in 4k HDR and streaming. I hope you will post some settings.

[madcrabber]

Which degrades slowest and which lasts longer? which gets hotter and how is the heat dissipated? Weight differences, screen and body of the tvs materials used? Great video!

[petermaz]

Really good non bias Demo, I felt you covered all the pros and cons, with that said, I have always been a plasma lover and now 100% for OLED. Own the A90J

[SuperLewis]

this video is helping me get to the point of knowing which one to go for, thanks

[liamrrh-s]

Amazing video killing it. So much fast no fuss information!!

[audi]

Hi

After watching a lot of videos on Televisions and on different models. This has to be probably the best video available covering most apsects of buying a tv. This video would be ideal for someone to watch and get up to date with the new technologies in a tv.

Great educational information, down to earth and thoughtful job.

[pixelpastime]

Thanks for the video. What I'm kind of missing in these types of comparisons is the consideration of users who have their TV hooked up to a computer. Yes, I watch movies, yes, I play games and yes, OLED adds that special something in terms of picture quality. However, I also use it for basically anything else computer related. Besides burn-in concerns, there appears to be an issue of forced automatic dimming whenever an OLED registers areas with a prolonged static picture, which is usually the case while browsing, multitasking, in office application and also some games (static task bars, windows, images etc.). Meaning, the TV will constantly and quite frequently reduce brightness during such activities to protect the screen, forcing you to take some kind of action to trigger the screen to brighten up again. I personally would find that >>quite<< annoying and it's definitely an OLED deal breaker for my intended TV usage profile, as much as I like the look of those screens. Unfortunately/Fortunately, I’m not speaking from experience here, never had an OLED, but I’m currently in the market for a new TV and just happened to stumble on this information by chance. Would be great to see more TV reviewers share more details on that and surrounding issues for the TV-PC-community. Wow, way too much text. Cheers!

[sparx]

I got the 65A90j, I havnt had to touch the brightness, even next to a window, it's easily watchable, brilliant picture and sound to match.

[jackrichards]

Excellent review, personally I'm not prepared to pay the extra £1000 for the A80j.
Up to now it's the X90j/X95j