Hey everyone! TCL did 115-inch and Hisense 110-inch, not the other way around!!!! One critical component among a few I didn’t for into this video: twice the nits is NOT twice as bright! I’ll do something on that in upcoming videos. What else about brightness should we be talking about?
@@shazanahmed7576 The S90c is QD OLED, which is a better technology then non QD OLED that the C3 has. Either are excellent TVs. I think the S90c is less money right now, which really makes no sense. If you are looking for a 77", look at the S89c at bestbuy only and its always under $2k, which is an amazing deal, its basically the same as the s90c with a different stand. Have a couple LG OLEDs and love them all, they are all fantastic and they get better every year.
Yup, I agree. Most of these new brightness TVs are using a lot more electricity, especially the 85" and 98". They also give off a TON of heat too!. 99% of all TVs I've seen have very good brightness.
Yes, in the past, LCD TVs would be energy efficient. Then they started to grow and get brighter and contain more powerful chips, pulling ungodly amounts of power. Nobody mentions that anymore.
Hey everyone! One critical component among a few I didn’t for into this video: twice the nits is NOT twice as bright! I’ll do something on that in upcoming videos. What else about brightness should we be talking about?
What should we set our backlight to on most TVs? Should we change it based on the amount of light in the room? Should we just eyeball it to something that looks good on a well lit scene?
The main problem most people don't understand about brightness with a TV is the difference in HDR PQ and SDR gamma. In SDR you can simply turn up the brightness slider to raise the APL for a bright room. In HDR the brightness is already maxed because HDR is absolute. All HDR content is designed for watching in a dark room and most aspects of the image are under 200ish nits. The average APL of most scenes are actually single or double digits. TVs that manipulate the PQ EOTF tracking will raise the APL inaccurately but aren't able to increase their peak brightness on highlights. This is usually done with dynamic tone mapping settings (which is not the same as static tone mapping). In most HDR content if one TV looks brighter than another it's not because of how many nits the TV can measure, it's because of how PQ is tracked. A 500 nit peak TV that's over tracking will look brighter than a 5000 nit peak TV that tracks PQ accurately, in most HDR content. When raising the tracking of PQ EOTF, the APL of the image raises which reduces dynamic range and perceived contrast. If in a very bright room, in most cases watching in SDR is a better option.
Found this usefull. I wait Philips 909 as i cant let go from ambilight. I would like to know is it plausible to have 909+ active subwoofer as some TV:s have SUB-out
look forward to that video. could examine dif types of display tech / related brightness. LED vs QLED vs OLED. Could test how much the automatic light sensors dim the screen at night across dif TV brands.
Another "real world" test that may help people understand brightness versus contrast is walking from a bright space into a dark space, where you essentially lose most visible contrast until your eyes adjust to the new lower "average picture level" brightness. Same applies to watching a display in too dark a space, your eye is constantly having to make large adjustments between ambient and content and you can feel "blown out" when the content rapidly changes brightness, or not perceive shadow detail in dim scenes, etc.
The brightness war between all these TV companies is out of control!! In my opinion, brightness ranks well below picture clarity, processing, motion smoothing, and color. Focus on improving these every year instead of brightness.
I'm a dark room viewer , mainly love older movies , so brightness as well has a less important . Plus a 4000 nits TV in a bright room is not zero blacks ( ambient light reflecting off TV ) , so contrast less than a dark room 1500 Nit TV
@@nimblegoat No matter what they say, this damages the eyes over time. Just wait, more people will have eye problems at a younger age with these huge sets and overly brightened tvs.
@@awfawf4546 that's why i have a bit of ambient light if I'm using my PC monitor at night , or turn the brightness down, I suppose some massive screen would take up most of your POV so actually be a bit easier - very bright vs dark is very tiring and not pleasant
I helped my parents replace our 12 year old Samsung this past summer. Their TV sits in front of a big window that lets in tons of light, so we needed something super bright. We originally went with the Samsung S95B which looked awesome, but was warped. Then the LG G2, which wasnt bright enough. Eventually I saw your video talking about how the TCL QM8 was super bright, and we went with that. Man, I didnt know a TV could burn your eyes
Found this helpful in regards to “nits”: The term nit is believed to come from the Latin word nitēre, "to shine", which is why the measurement is denoted as, for example, 1 nt more commonly than 1 candela per square meter (q cd/m²). 🕯️
I just got my new U8K 65in yesterday and maaan, that TV is briiiight! I placed it in a well lit living room and I still keep it at 80% max of brightness. In overall am in love with that U8K.
I'm 52 in May I have watched TV used tvs since early childhood I have Never NEVER watched used a tv set in a brightly lit room or with curtains open who the he'll does that
@@audie-cashstack-uk4881 , same here. I pull down the blackout shades in my 'cave' when watching TV because of the glare and to be able to lower the backlight settings in my TV to get better blacks. But my mom have a TV in the living room and one in the kitchen where light is necessary because it is a shared space.
Nah. I have been more than fine with it all this time, the value I got for the price I paid for it (MX, not everyone lives in the US) is unbeatable. I know the craze for oleds and high end mini leds like Sony's and others but that's another step above it in price.
I have a Samsung QN95A and I have to have it on its lowest light setting at night as it’s burns my eyes out. It’s absolutely amazing during the day though.
I hope we get an option to NOT do tone mapping when the TV can out perform the content. Just have the 4000 Nit content cap out at 4000 nits on the 10,000 nit TV. Maybe a middle option to only tone map it part way, expand the 4k to 5, or maybe a nice even doubling of the dynamic range to 8000 nits. Let the TV have something in reserve if it's that capable. As for the TV itself, all else being equal, yeah, the brighter the better, the only other thing we need is MUCH better ambient light sensors so moving from daytime viewing to night time viewing isn't too annoying.
I learned how bright a monitor should be.... and what limit it should be. I have a 34" Mini LED that gets to 1200 nits and oh boy it can make you squint like the sun is shining! I believe fullscreen white gets over 600 nits which isn't all that fun after a while. I'm in a pretty dark room and it can just be too bright for me at times. Now I will admit some outside scenes in games look so damn bright and nice. Explosions and fire looking super bright is also so awesome.
So does my 850 oled contrast hdr is about contrast not silly levels of brightness a torch being shined at me from the screen is very very realistic and bright
I know right. Distance Mattres. Environment Matters. In science school. Professor DE BUNK :OLED/plasma. D BEST condition for eyes to see--Shopping MALL light. Bright. Clean , decent distance. Bright but yr eyes see EVRYTHING long hours. If u have 1200 min LED monitor. It’s for IF you work Right at window day time . It matches IPhone 12pro brightness. That phone So bright comparing 7 8 X XS 11pro. But as soon as right at sun/by the window. Outdoor…..too dim. Then iPhone 14PRO came out 1700nits peak. It was like”yay life changing” So your monitor def mean for you to be ABLE to Brighten it up (like iPhones for Just in case). It’s critical features when u need it , u can REALLY need it :):)
80% of my viewing is at night and the remainder is usually with the drapes closed fully or at least partially. My S90C, even for an OLED, is plenty bright and I set it to filmmaker mode to keep it reasonable. It can be way too bright in a dark room and plenty to handle the room with the drapes open during the day. Very happy I went OLED over QLED. Being a photographer myself, it is a must that you learn Ansel's zone system IMHO.
I remember 20 years ago when I got my first projection type TV it lit the room up like I've never seen before. Had to squint it was so bright, or at least brighter than what I was used to. Obviously, I got used to it pretty quick. I can't imagine a TV being too bright unless it's washing out the picture and there's a lot of bloom.
Hi digital trends, I got a question or two. For content that's mastered at a lower brightness than a TV, why would the TV tone map the brightness up instead of leaving it at the native brightness of the content? I guess I'm just biased towards watching a content at its native settings, but I guess another question is do TVs automatically tone map brightness of the content up to match the TV or can we stop that in the TV settings?
Look forward to seeing your reviews in the light of tone mapping and brightness, how brightness is used effectively in tone mapping that’s an interesting part of the review that’s not often covered. Just because a TV can get insanely bright doesn’t mean it’s using its brightness effectively. Also the things to consider is shadow details and coming out of black, which is a shortcoming for OLED TVs. I think we are so focused on brightness that we forget other things like shadow details.
For me, my 85-inch QM8 requires the brightness turned down in my all windows living room. Rather that than underpowered. I love that it highlights the, umm, highlights incredibly well without the entire screen needing to be too bright/ washed out. It even maintains the blacks while doing so on a large scale.
I watch movies on my LG C2 with the lights off at night, and the white titles (especially the white "skip" button on streamers) is so bright, I sometimes squint! 😎 (always filmmaker mode) never look directly at the light! 😄
Very interesting and worthwhile coverage of nits and tone-mapping. I would love to see your reviews on the TCL 115-inch and the Hisense 110-inch TVs. I've subscribed!
Just love that you mixed the tv sizes in the begging :D It is OK. TCL announced a 115 inch mini LED TV, and Hisense has the 110 Inch 10K nit mini LED TV. :D
I like how you mentioned "squinting".....if a tv makes you squint or wince away then it's too bright. I don't mean sudden flashes or bright moments in content but a prolonged, not being able to directly stare at the screen for very long. Also, I think, sometimes a tv can be so bright that it washes out fine details and/or blends some of the items in the image together, losing their defined edges, especially if they are a similar colour. I would rather have a slightly LESS bright tv with vivid realistic colours and fine details than one that will chase mmu eyeballs out of the room.
U make excellent comment. I know right that’s how those TV’s can be dimmed (it has auto light sensor) LIke thats why our our iphone 15pro is 2000nits , right now at home lights on. I have it on 68% brightness , but day time by the window or outdoor I would need it to like MAX 100%. Caleb is telling ppl its TOO bright, as if its going to blind ppl its really NOT true. I have 1800 NIT TV at home VA panel. IT makes OLED look so bad. Cuz OLED”s brightness are like level 4-6( for average content) it cant properly produce content that are Natrually support to be bright , orange, yellow. , watermelon red etc. to level (5-9) level brightness for the Clean visual during the day . It’s like Having 330Hp Infiniti CAR with V6 Engine, we do NOT use that HIGH HP.But when going up the highway, switch lane busy high traffic, get around a slow car on highway. Dangerous situation….those HIGH HP like Snaps car up quick. So those “UN NEEDED brighness “ ppl do NOT know they need it so much until they buy the TV. This video is biased.
"Are 2024 TVs Too Bright?"... excellent question. I recently moved from a 9-year old 55-inch LG TV to a new 65-inch Sony QD-OLED (A95L)... We watch television in a dark room with ambient lighting, picture set to "professional", Dolby Vision Dark, plus a few recommended picture setting tweaks. Is it too bright (despite reviews saying it's "not the brightest" OLED out there)? For most viewing, it does an exceptional job. Brightness is perfectly fine. But there are a couple of instances where I might consider it a little "too much"... -some white end credits on a black background perhaps "pop" a bit more than they need to. -commercials that end with a brand logo on a completely white background (filling the entire screen) can definitely wake me out of a semi-slumber late at night!
I love my brandy new 75 inch Hisense U8k, but I find myself dialing back on the brightness. Maybe my feelings will change once I get used to it.I definitely don’t have to worry about it being in a bright room
I have been recently looking into TV's around the 75" range to try to get something not so pricey as OLED. I've only heard of Hisense in walmart so assumed it was a very cheap option but never heard of TCL at all. Until your videos (and other reviewers), since you and others mentioned these 2 manufacturers in particular are now rapidly climbing up the scales to meet the quality of much better known branding (Samsung and LG). Your videos have really answered a lot of questions and even comparisons between the brands. Great work on the videos and your explanations of roughly how certain features are accomplished.
I need a tv for my dark gaming room I have yes issues therefore I don’t want to be to bright it hurts my eyes 👀 I need for gaming will the new LG oled G4 or the new M4 will be to bright ? Will they be great for gaming ?
Reminds me of the "brightness wars" of the late sixties and early seventies where the TV set manufacturers increased brightness by increasing the high voltsge on the picture tubes. This produced x-rays at hazardous levels and the government had to step in to stop this. Well, at least todays' sets don't produce x-rays!
I love contrast in my tv a lot. It brings out the beauty in every picture. Interesting topic coz it's the contrast that will make me buy any television
My Samsung Q90R from 2019 makes my eyes hurt from its brightness sometimes, and it can only (lol) hit around 1400 nits peak. I'm here for the new TVs, but I'm far more interested in processing and picture clarity than I am searing brightness.
The big problem with the higher nits is that the LED lights need to be dimmed further down, if you want to watch SDR content late at night. Most people don't notice PWM on older tv's, but they do on newer because the amount of dimming is more aggressive and thus more noticeable.
I have the LG G3 and honestly I find the hdr highlights far too bright. Light coming through windows in the background/ceiling lights, skies (even on overcast days) are far brighter than they would be in real life and it just feels unnatural to me. Otherwise picture quality is superb and not all discs/shows are like this. In fact it’s shows on Apple TV that seem overly bright to me.
Very informative. For those of us with Macular Degeneration, a well balanced BRIGHT TV is a must. GOT and the Witcher were frustrating to watch. Thankfully, in the darker sequences my wife could tell me what was going on.
My main issue with brightness is reliability. Meaning, if the TV has the brightness all the way up, the stress on all the components will be higher (e.g., voltage regulator, voltage supply, LEDs), which will hurt the TV reliability, hence, its longevity. I really love to have a great contrast experience, with the Sun or a flame being bright, and a night scene or a indoors shot to be dim - and to have the contrast between the two. However, I am quite conscious on the longevity on the equipment - which I expect, at least, 10 years. To achieve a good balance, I tend to use my TV on Power Saving mode on (typically in Auto, or even Medium), whenever my wife is watching her soap opera, or my kid is watching cartoons. Whenever I come and sit down to watch a movie, I immediately notice it and disable the Power Saving mode. However, this sometimes leaves my family mad - and my kid will eventually figure out how to disable the Power Saving mode...
Brightness has become a thing because many people (myself included) are under the impression that an OLED tv isn't bright enough to be usable in a room that gets a lot of natural light. The S90C handles reflections so well though that I think it makes up for it
Im relatively new to the channel and a subscriber as of right this moment after your dad joke. Please tell me you've managed to sneak in "Calebration" or "calebrated" in relation to picture settings in other videos otherwise missed opportunity xD
We'll love the NIT NERD MERCH 😂 I think you know why Caleb! I am interested to see how tcl & Hisense plan to execute their light control. But I'm thinking you're right. They're claims of 5, 000 and 10,000 nits is going to be maybe and this is a big maybe on a 3% window.. cuz even at 10% think about it. 10% on 115 in screen. That's still a lot of ground to cover.. and I will say this and you can mark my words on it. Those huge screens are going to be filled with DSE. Here's why I say this because the tolerance is a little bit slimmer with a bigger screen because they'll be willing to let go more than they would on a smaller screen. At least that is to my understanding when it comes to manufacturers and their tolerance for DSE. But only time will tell
I like how the peak Nits used to be 10% window. Then TV manufacturers started to reduce that to 3% window (which is a joke) and most reviewers state that new higher number, without noting the tiny % of the screen. Next up will be 1% claims. Of course the length of time and what the white point is set at will be left out.
The high brigtness is a side effect of increasing number of LEDs in miniLEDs to reach the contrast of OLEDs )) More LEDs = better local dimming = less power [0.1.. 0.2 W] per single LED = less limited common brightness. Thank to BoE, TCL, Hisense & SkyWorth which push their vision that miniLED/microLED is more relerant technology than OLED. OLEDs have had to react and participate in this race ))
Can you do a video to explain the difference between static tone mapping and active/dynamic tone mapping and why the former is usually a lot dimmer than the latter? Just about anyone out there says that static is supposed to give you what the creator intended, but I'm not so sure anymore. Unless you have the exact same range on your TV as the movie was mastered at, and see a 1:1 representation of the content, you always have some tone mapping so why is static tone mapping a better option?
I don't know what will be the limit but I got a TCL 85" QM8 and I'm only using 40% of the brightness and still is way more bright than a TCL 75" R646 I also have. I feel so much brigness is not really needed, just a marketing number when is greater that a giving number of nits that frankly, I don't have an idea which it is.
I like the brightness up, mainly cause they keep making movies darker and darker so i gotta keep pumping up the brightness higher and higher. So bright i need sunglasses haha, sadly my tv has a stupid light sensor that turns the brightness up or down automatically depending on the brightness of the room that i cant turn off
If you need high brightness you have your TV in the wrong room. Put some curtains up. The TV will look better and you won’t have to torch your retinas.
I am in HUGE bright room corner”L” window. 18 feet long window. ONCE u use flagship LED/QLED u CANT go back. It’s like the same thing with ppl owning Tesla cant explain that to GAS car owner. It actually is MORE soothing in NOT blinding but over all bright room watching bright tv. Than in d DARK watching (dim tv). Kinda like if u watch tv at night is like looking at light bulb ….car light, eyes will find it “wow” too bright. But day time u do NOT even see car lights on if during the day. IF i like to eat meal by my window…drink coffee on spring bright day. Having Bright Tv is god sent. NO joke if u see HIghway Billboard, NBA nfl tv….d brighter the MORE comfortable for eyes to see. IN science program. It’s well understood ppl have MORE eye issue watching tv in pitch black room long time. BEST comfortable lighting for eyes for seeing Any object is “SHOPPING MALL” bright clean light. As long as tv slightly matching n 1 hair brighter than the environment , n with good distance it’s Way more enjoyable. 😊
Brightness is great but if the TV’s color gamut is sub-par it doesn’t really help. Take a perfect example: X95J. Has excellent brightness but DCI-P3 coverage is a bit weak and colors are a bit undersaturated
I’m glad that Caleb points out that when TV manufacturers mention 2500 nits that its not the full field windows rating, it’s most likely the small 3%-5% window
Is Tone mapping turned on by default? or do we have to manually adjust this to create optimum brightness according to the ambiance lighting in the same room as the LG TV?
As you just said Caleb, twice the nits isn’t twice as bright. Just like twice the watts in an amp isn’t anywhere near twice as loud. YOU REALLY NEED TO DEEP DIVE A VIDEO ON THIS and help save the world from this insanity! The HDR superheroes are counting on you.
When an ad is displayed that is almost all-white or all yellow. Blinding. Me: Goes into the service menu of my new Sony X90L and turns gain WAY down on all colors RGB. No, the "brightness control" didn't do it for me.
My next TV will be either Sony X95M or Sony A80M I just have to wait and see how much brighter the A80M is vs my A80J. I just want 83" or 85" next time. I will have to see how things work out this year or early next year.
Tone mapping scales the brightness info relative to the max output of the display device. Does anyone know if it’s done linearly? Or is there something more sophisticated going on?
I like a lot of brightness because my eyes are 74 years old. I only have room for a 43 inch TV I would think if I had a very large TV then I would not have to have so much brightness.
Brightness and cd/m2 figures for TVs are the same as what (dynamic) on/off contrast ratio is for projectors - bragging rights used to promote sales that really tell very little about the actual performance of the device. To show how silly this pursuit is - an OLED with 600cd/m2 has equal contrast ratio to an OLED of 1500cd/m2 since black is always zero. And as Caleb mentioned - contrast is what really matters. Biggest reason to get a higher brightness TV is if the room requires it due to ambient light - to regain some of that contrast lost when the black level is effectively raised and to overcome glare.
@@l21n18 As per UHD Alliance: ”The HDR display must have either a peak brightness of over 1000 cd/m2 and a black level less than 0.05 cd/m2 (a contrast ratio of at least 20,000:1) or a peak brightness of over 540 cd/m2 and a black level less than 0.0005 cd/m2 (a contrast ratio of at least 1,080,000:1)”. So short answer - no. Oleds qualify thanks to the second part of the above i.e >540 cd/m2 and 0 black level. And thanks to that zero black level provide tons more contrast - which is what HDR is all about to begin with. :)
That tonemap to higher nits, is that a default ? .. would be horrible if a 2000 nit TV would constantly try to tonemap stuff up to fit HDR or even SDR into the full brightness, or am I missing something ?
Having a really bright screen is great, but there's an inherent problem with the "Brightness Wars" that are well under way now: it sucks all the air out of the room and minimizes the importance of every OTHER aspect of the TV that people really should be considering and factoring into their buying decisions. By making everyone think that brightness is the single most important factor to be considered when buying a new TV lower-end manufacturers (without the technical/design chops to really build superior displays) can fool consumers into buying inferior, but brighter TVs. When we all just get tunnel vision and believe that brighter ALWAYS equals better no matter what else the TV has to offer (and then we act on that belief), everyone loses.
Double the nits is not twice as bright! That's important to know... Brightness has a massive toll on eyestrain. I use a light sensor which works great on an old Sony but I bumped the backlight from 7 to 9 or max to make the image brighter and it does pop incredibly during the day and night. BUT when I switch from 9 to 7, my eyes relax a lot more. It's uncanny because I actually felt my retinas relax.
I had a normal led tv and I hated to watch it not because of its picture quality but because it caused me a headache and my eyes would stress out after 2-3 hours. And if i turned down the brightness, every color became a shade of black which itself is grey. So i bought oled and now i can watch tv for hours without my eyes paining or stressing out. And I keep the brightness at 25 percent or at night i would crank it down to 20 percent without any effect on color performance.
Hey everyone! TCL did 115-inch and Hisense 110-inch, not the other way around!!!! One critical component among a few I didn’t for into this video: twice the nits is NOT twice as bright! I’ll do something on that in upcoming videos. What else about brightness should we be talking about?
You must have been “dipping in the sauce” again just like at CES😆
“The nits and bolts” I love it
Hey Caleb, I’m In a doubt on which OLED to buy between Samsung S90C and LG C3 evo . The LG is slightly expensive compared to Samsung in my country.
I would include color volume when talking about brightness. Lots of colors get washed out as the brightness increases.
@@shazanahmed7576 The S90c is QD OLED, which is a better technology then non QD OLED that the C3 has. Either are excellent TVs. I think the S90c is less money right now, which really makes no sense. If you are looking for a 77", look at the S89c at bestbuy only and its always under $2k, which is an amazing deal, its basically the same as the s90c with a different stand. Have a couple LG OLEDs and love them all, they are all fantastic and they get better every year.
"With great power….. comes a high electricity bill" -uncle Ben or something
😂
Yup, I agree. Most of these new brightness TVs are using a lot more electricity, especially the 85" and 98". They also give off a TON of heat too!. 99% of all TVs I've seen have very good brightness.
😂😂😂😂😂. You need to be cleansed of your “carbon sins”. Better go visit your priest😆
My Uncle Ned used to say something like that, maybe my Uncle Ned knows your Uncle Ben?
Yes, in the past, LCD TVs would be energy efficient. Then they started to grow and get brighter and contain more powerful chips, pulling ungodly amounts of power. Nobody mentions that anymore.
Hey everyone! One critical component among a few I didn’t for into this video: twice the nits is NOT twice as bright! I’ll do something on that in upcoming videos. What else about brightness should we be talking about?
What should we set our backlight to on most TVs? Should we change it based on the amount of light in the room? Should we just eyeball it to something that looks good on a well lit scene?
The main problem most people don't understand about brightness with a TV is the difference in HDR PQ and SDR gamma. In SDR you can simply turn up the brightness slider to raise the APL for a bright room. In HDR the brightness is already maxed because HDR is absolute. All HDR content is designed for watching in a dark room and most aspects of the image are under 200ish nits. The average APL of most scenes are actually single or double digits.
TVs that manipulate the PQ EOTF tracking will raise the APL inaccurately but aren't able to increase their peak brightness on highlights. This is usually done with dynamic tone mapping settings (which is not the same as static tone mapping).
In most HDR content if one TV looks brighter than another it's not because of how many nits the TV can measure, it's because of how PQ is tracked. A 500 nit peak TV that's over tracking will look brighter than a 5000 nit peak TV that tracks PQ accurately, in most HDR content.
When raising the tracking of PQ EOTF, the APL of the image raises which reduces dynamic range and perceived contrast.
If in a very bright room, in most cases watching in SDR is a better option.
Found this usefull. I wait Philips 909 as i cant let go from ambilight. I would like to know is it plausible to have 909+ active subwoofer as some TV:s have SUB-out
look forward to that video. could examine dif types of display tech / related brightness. LED vs QLED vs OLED. Could test how much the automatic light sensors dim the screen at night across dif TV brands.
Another "real world" test that may help people understand brightness versus contrast is walking from a bright space into a dark space, where you essentially lose most visible contrast until your eyes adjust to the new lower "average picture level" brightness. Same applies to watching a display in too dark a space, your eye is constantly having to make large adjustments between ambient and content and you can feel "blown out" when the content rapidly changes brightness, or not perceive shadow detail in dim scenes, etc.
Should’ve said, “But before we get into the NITty gritty.” Would’ve been perfect 😂
That's what I thought he was about to say!
Caleb does not use cheesy humor boys.... lol
I thought the same thing.
The brightness war between all these TV companies is out of control!! In my opinion, brightness ranks well below picture clarity, processing, motion smoothing, and color. Focus on improving these every year instead of brightness.
I'm a dark room viewer , mainly love older movies , so brightness as well has a less important . Plus a 4000 nits TV in a bright room is not zero blacks ( ambient light reflecting off TV ) , so contrast less than a dark room 1500 Nit TV
@@nimblegoat No matter what they say, this damages the eyes over time. Just wait, more people will have eye problems at a younger age with these huge sets and overly brightened tvs.
@@awfawf4546 that's why i have a bit of ambient light if I'm using my PC monitor at night , or turn the brightness down, I suppose some massive screen would take up most of your POV so actually be a bit easier - very bright vs dark is very tiring and not pleasant
I helped my parents replace our 12 year old Samsung this past summer. Their TV sits in front of a big window that lets in tons of light, so we needed something super bright. We originally went with the Samsung S95B which looked awesome, but was warped. Then the LG G2, which wasnt bright enough. Eventually I saw your video talking about how the TCL QM8 was super bright, and we went with that. Man, I didnt know a TV could burn your eyes
Found this helpful in regards to “nits”: The term nit is believed to come from the Latin word nitēre, "to shine", which is why the measurement is denoted as, for example, 1 nt more commonly than 1 candela per square meter (q cd/m²). 🕯️
I enjoyed the joking around in this video, I'm actually quite unwell today and the little laughs were nice.
Hope you are feeling better soon ! I too love Caleb's humor. Humor along with solid information is a great combination.
I just got my new U8K 65in yesterday and maaan, that TV is briiiight! I placed it in a well lit living room and I still keep it at 80% max of brightness. In overall am in love with that U8K.
I'm 52 in May I have watched TV used tvs since early childhood I have Never NEVER watched used a tv set in a brightly lit room or with curtains open who the he'll does that
@@audie-cashstack-uk4881 , same here. I pull down the blackout shades in my 'cave' when watching TV because of the glare and to be able to lower the backlight settings in my TV to get better blacks. But my mom have a TV in the living room and one in the kitchen where light is necessary because it is a shared space.
Wat size
Turn on hd content and your joy is over lol
Nah. I have been more than fine with it all this time, the value I got for the price I paid for it (MX, not everyone lives in the US) is unbeatable. I know the craze for oleds and high end mini leds like Sony's and others but that's another step above it in price.
Personally I have to either turn auto brightness at night or turn down the brightness since I usually game/watch movies in a pitch black darkness.
In my case, the auto-brightness feature is unreliable and, in addition, I use my TV in a darkened room to reduce the screen glare.
Hey Caleb, I dont have anyhting to say but thank you for the effort you put into explaining technical details of audio-visual technology.
One of the best videos I have seen. Now I understand the Tone Mapping. Thank you. Also, the processor for a TV is a big deal.
I have a Samsung QN95A and I have to have it on its lowest light setting at night as it’s burns my eyes out. It’s absolutely amazing during the day though.
I hope we get an option to NOT do tone mapping when the TV can out perform the content. Just have the 4000 Nit content cap out at 4000 nits on the 10,000 nit TV. Maybe a middle option to only tone map it part way, expand the 4k to 5, or maybe a nice even doubling of the dynamic range to 8000 nits. Let the TV have something in reserve if it's that capable. As for the TV itself, all else being equal, yeah, the brighter the better, the only other thing we need is MUCH better ambient light sensors so moving from daytime viewing to night time viewing isn't too annoying.
I learned how bright a monitor should be.... and what limit it should be. I have a 34" Mini LED that gets to 1200 nits and oh boy it can make you squint like the sun is shining! I believe fullscreen white gets over 600 nits which isn't all that fun after a while. I'm in a pretty dark room and it can just be too bright for me at times. Now I will admit some outside scenes in games look so damn bright and nice. Explosions and fire looking super bright is also so awesome.
So does my 850 oled contrast hdr is about contrast not silly levels of brightness a torch being shined at me from the screen is very very realistic and bright
I know right. Distance Mattres. Environment Matters.
In science school. Professor DE BUNK :OLED/plasma.
D BEST condition for eyes to see--Shopping MALL light. Bright. Clean , decent distance. Bright but yr eyes see EVRYTHING long hours.
If u have 1200 min LED monitor. It’s for IF you work Right at window day time .
It matches IPhone 12pro brightness. That phone So bright comparing 7 8 X XS 11pro. But as soon as right at sun/by the window. Outdoor…..too dim.
Then iPhone 14PRO came out 1700nits peak. It was like”yay life changing”
So your monitor def mean for you to be ABLE to Brighten it up (like iPhones for Just in case). It’s critical features when u need it , u can REALLY need it :):)
80% of my viewing is at night and the remainder is usually with the drapes closed fully or at least partially. My S90C, even for an OLED, is plenty bright and I set it to filmmaker mode to keep it reasonable. It can be way too bright in a dark room and plenty to handle the room with the drapes open during the day. Very happy I went OLED over QLED.
Being a photographer myself, it is a must that you learn Ansel's zone system IMHO.
Being overbright, would you recommend LG C3 over S90C?
@@guru14343 for upscaling yes. if all youre watching is hd or uhd content get s90c. even though Samsung has shit qc
For TVs brighter than 2000 NITs, do you recommend sunblock? Will SPF 30 be enough?
I remember 20 years ago when I got my first projection type TV it lit the room up like I've never seen before. Had to squint it was so bright, or at least brighter than what I was used to. Obviously, I got used to it pretty quick. I can't imagine a TV being too bright unless it's washing out the picture and there's a lot of bloom.
Hi digital trends, I got a question or two.
For content that's mastered at a lower brightness than a TV, why would the TV tone map the brightness up instead of leaving it at the native brightness of the content?
I guess I'm just biased towards watching a content at its native settings, but I guess another question is do TVs automatically tone map brightness of the content up to match the TV or can we stop that in the TV settings?
Look forward to seeing your reviews in the light of tone mapping and brightness, how brightness is used effectively in tone mapping that’s an interesting part of the review that’s not often covered. Just because a TV can get insanely bright doesn’t mean it’s using its brightness effectively. Also the things to consider is shadow details and coming out of black, which is a shortcoming for OLED TVs. I think we are so focused on brightness that we forget other things like shadow details.
For me, my 85-inch QM8 requires the brightness turned down in my all windows living room. Rather that than underpowered. I love that it highlights the, umm, highlights incredibly well without the entire screen needing to be too bright/ washed out. It even maintains the blacks while doing so on a large scale.
I watch movies on my LG C2 with the lights off at night, and the white titles (especially the white "skip" button on streamers) is so bright, I sometimes squint! 😎 (always filmmaker mode) never look directly at the light! 😄
When they hit 5,000 to 10,000 nits I'll be super happy. (As an actual commercially viable and affordable products.)
Very interesting and worthwhile coverage of nits and tone-mapping. I would love to see your reviews on the TCL 115-inch and the Hisense 110-inch TVs. I've subscribed!
Just love that you mixed the tv sizes in the begging :D It is OK. TCL announced a 115 inch mini LED TV, and Hisense has the 110 Inch 10K nit mini LED TV. :D
I like how you mentioned "squinting".....if a tv makes you squint or wince away then it's too bright. I don't mean sudden flashes or bright moments in content but a prolonged, not being able to directly stare at the screen for very long.
Also, I think, sometimes a tv can be so bright that it washes out fine details and/or blends some of the items in the image together, losing their defined edges, especially if they are a similar colour. I would rather have a slightly LESS bright tv with vivid realistic colours and fine details than one that will chase mmu eyeballs out of the room.
U make excellent comment. I know right that’s how those TV’s can be dimmed (it has auto light sensor)
LIke thats why our our iphone 15pro is 2000nits , right now at home lights on. I have it on 68% brightness , but day time by the window or outdoor I would need it to like MAX 100%.
Caleb is telling ppl its TOO bright, as if its going to blind ppl its really NOT true.
I have 1800 NIT TV at home VA panel. IT makes OLED look so bad. Cuz OLED”s brightness are like level 4-6( for average content) it cant properly produce content that are Natrually support to be bright , orange, yellow. , watermelon red etc. to level (5-9) level brightness for the Clean visual during the day .
It’s like Having 330Hp Infiniti CAR with V6 Engine, we do NOT use that HIGH HP.But when going up the highway, switch lane busy high traffic, get around a slow car on highway. Dangerous situation….those HIGH HP like Snaps car up quick. So those “UN NEEDED brighness “ ppl do NOT know they need it so much until they buy the TV.
This video is biased.
All the TV's you showed in this video, looks blown out on my TV.
Because they are the over brightness washes out the inky colours.
I have an LG C1, and the default brightness levels are PERFECT. Anything brighter than that would hurt my eyes to watch in the dark.
"Are 2024 TVs Too Bright?"... excellent question.
I recently moved from a 9-year old 55-inch LG TV to a new 65-inch Sony QD-OLED (A95L)... We watch television in a dark room with ambient lighting, picture set to "professional", Dolby Vision Dark, plus a few recommended picture setting tweaks.
Is it too bright (despite reviews saying it's "not the brightest" OLED out there)?
For most viewing, it does an exceptional job. Brightness is perfectly fine.
But there are a couple of instances where I might consider it a little "too much"...
-some white end credits on a black background perhaps "pop" a bit more than they need to.
-commercials that end with a brand logo on a completely white background (filling the entire screen) can definitely wake me out of a semi-slumber late at night!
A95L has similar brightness as the LG G3. The Sony balances brightness with shadow details beautifully, unlike other TVs.
Thing is for older content it was never intended to be shown that way
I love my brandy new 75 inch Hisense U8k, but I find myself dialing back on the brightness. Maybe my feelings will change once I get used to it.I definitely don’t have to worry about it being in a bright room
I have been recently looking into TV's around the 75" range to try to get something not so pricey as OLED. I've only heard of Hisense in walmart so assumed it was a very cheap option but never heard of TCL at all. Until your videos (and other reviewers), since you and others mentioned these 2 manufacturers in particular are now rapidly climbing up the scales to meet the quality of much better known branding (Samsung and LG). Your videos have really answered a lot of questions and even comparisons between the brands. Great work on the videos and your explanations of roughly how certain features are accomplished.
My brother-in-law has a TCL/Roku TV. I'm always amazed by the color & picture! TCL is legit.
Excited for the LG G4!
I need a tv for my dark gaming room I have yes issues therefore I don’t want to be to bright it hurts my eyes 👀 I need for gaming will the new LG oled G4 or the new M4 will be to bright ? Will they be great for gaming ?
Very informative, thanks, how does this apply to regular or cable tv, it seems you were only br8nging up hdr type content?
Thank you for your clarity and illuminating explanation of TV brightness. I always learn something, plus you are funny and entertaining. Great job!!
Such an insightful and informative video, Thanks Caleb!
First thing I do when I get home with a new TV. Reduce the brightness from 50 to 26. I don't like staring into a light bulb.
Bye bye colours and HDR impact!On the plus side your TV will last ages and your eyeballs will be happier
Reminds me of the "brightness wars" of the late sixties and early seventies where the TV set manufacturers increased brightness by increasing the high voltsge on the picture tubes. This produced x-rays at hazardous levels and the government had to step in to stop this.
Well, at least todays' sets don't produce x-rays!
I dropped my tv backlight brightness down to 13 and normal brightness at 50%, still shows well.
I love contrast in my tv a lot. It brings out the beauty in every picture. Interesting topic coz it's the contrast that will make me buy any television
Yes, turn up the contrast a bit and turn down the brightness is a way to make the tv look much better.
My Samsung Q90R from 2019 makes my eyes hurt from its brightness sometimes, and it can only (lol) hit around 1400 nits peak. I'm here for the new TVs, but I'm far more interested in processing and picture clarity than I am searing brightness.
That Nituation joke was FANtastic 😂
The big problem with the higher nits is that the LED lights need to be dimmed further down, if you want to watch SDR content late at night. Most people don't notice PWM on older tv's, but they do on newer because the amount of dimming is more aggressive and thus more noticeable.
I have the LG G3 and honestly I find the hdr highlights far too bright. Light coming through windows in the background/ceiling lights, skies (even on overcast days) are far brighter than they would be in real life and it just feels unnatural to me. Otherwise picture quality is superb and not all discs/shows are like this. In fact it’s shows on Apple TV that seem overly bright to me.
Best explanation of tone-mapping I have ever heard!
Very informative. For those of us with Macular Degeneration, a well balanced BRIGHT TV is a must. GOT and the Witcher were frustrating to watch. Thankfully, in the darker sequences my wife could tell me what was going on.
My main issue with brightness is reliability.
Meaning, if the TV has the brightness all the way up, the stress on all the components will be higher (e.g., voltage regulator, voltage supply, LEDs), which will hurt the TV reliability, hence, its longevity.
I really love to have a great contrast experience, with the Sun or a flame being bright, and a night scene or a indoors shot to be dim - and to have the contrast between the two.
However, I am quite conscious on the longevity on the equipment - which I expect, at least, 10 years.
To achieve a good balance, I tend to use my TV on Power Saving mode on (typically in Auto, or even Medium), whenever my wife is watching her soap opera, or my kid is watching cartoons.
Whenever I come and sit down to watch a movie, I immediately notice it and disable the Power Saving mode.
However, this sometimes leaves my family mad - and my kid will eventually figure out how to disable the Power Saving mode...
Thank you for this video, love all your content. Have a TV website myself (as a hobby, here in Brazil)
Caleb remember the original 2018 vizio PQ65F1 Quantum Dot LED. That tv hit 2500 nits back then and was searingly bright.
Brightness has become a thing because many people (myself included) are under the impression that an OLED tv isn't bright enough to be usable in a room that gets a lot of natural light. The S90C handles reflections so well though that I think it makes up for it
Thank you for your time and posting. Well-said information.
That TCL is insane,, some of us here still using 8 years old sony😢 i don't really understand anything you're saying, but just enjoy listening to you😊
I use an over 13 year old sharp aquos ☠️☠️☠️
@@freepin4013sheesh, how!?
15 year old Sony DKL here. Getting a new Hisense U7K tomorrow
@@alexanderliustar have fun with the new tv. In about 2 months I'm getting a combo of the 65 inch S95C and the soundbar hw-q990c
Loved the video love the channel thank you
Caleb is the best presenter in this space. Keep it up!
Is it worth buying extended warranty for a lg g3?? Even if its covered by LG for burn in?
Im relatively new to the channel and a subscriber as of right this moment after your dad joke.
Please tell me you've managed to sneak in "Calebration" or "calebrated" in relation to picture settings in other videos otherwise missed opportunity xD
We'll love the NIT NERD MERCH 😂 I think you know why Caleb! I am interested to see how tcl & Hisense plan to execute their light control. But I'm thinking you're right. They're claims of 5, 000 and 10,000 nits is going to be maybe and this is a big maybe on a 3% window.. cuz even at 10% think about it. 10% on 115 in screen. That's still a lot of ground to cover.. and I will say this and you can mark my words on it. Those huge screens are going to be filled with DSE. Here's why I say this because the tolerance is a little bit slimmer with a bigger screen because they'll be willing to let go more than they would on a smaller screen. At least that is to my understanding when it comes to manufacturers and their tolerance for DSE. But only time will tell
I like how the peak Nits used to be 10% window. Then TV manufacturers started to reduce that to 3% window (which is a joke) and most reviewers state that new higher number, without noting the tiny % of the screen. Next up will be 1% claims. Of course the length of time and what the white point is set at will be left out.
The high brigtness is a side effect of increasing number of LEDs in miniLEDs to reach the contrast of OLEDs )) More LEDs = better local dimming = less power [0.1.. 0.2 W] per single LED = less limited common brightness. Thank to BoE, TCL, Hisense & SkyWorth which push their vision that miniLED/microLED is more relerant technology than OLED. OLEDs have had to react and participate in this race ))
Excellent explanation. Thank you 👍
That's the reason why I prefer projectors. The indirect light is more suitable and comfortable for my eyes :)
When will 2024 ces line of TVs be available for purchasing in Europe market?
My wife is obsessed with brightness!
Exactly why we have a 55 inch LG G3 and a 65 inch Sony A95L 🤣
Caleb you are legend when coming to tv reviews and info.
Caleb i have a sony Z9D and i hsve my brightness on 3 for SDR so i don't need a super bright tv. I think ill just stick with what I have.
I like how you can tell he really had fun with the intro.
Can you do a video to explain the difference between static tone mapping and active/dynamic tone mapping and why the former is usually a lot dimmer than the latter?
Just about anyone out there says that static is supposed to give you what the creator intended, but I'm not so sure anymore. Unless you have the exact same range on your TV as the movie was mastered at, and see a 1:1 representation of the content, you always have some tone mapping so why is static tone mapping a better option?
I don't know what will be the limit but I got a TCL 85" QM8 and I'm only using 40% of the brightness and still is way more bright than a TCL 75" R646 I also have. I feel so much brigness is not really needed, just a marketing number when is greater that a giving number of nits that frankly, I don't have an idea which it is.
I like the brightness up, mainly cause they keep making movies darker and darker so i gotta keep pumping up the brightness higher and higher. So bright i need sunglasses haha, sadly my tv has a stupid light sensor that turns the brightness up or down automatically depending on the brightness of the room that i cant turn off
If you need high brightness you have your TV in the wrong room. Put some curtains up. The TV will look better and you won’t have to torch your retinas.
I am in HUGE bright room corner”L” window. 18 feet long window. ONCE u use flagship LED/QLED u CANT go back. It’s like the same thing with ppl owning Tesla cant explain that to GAS car owner.
It actually is MORE soothing in NOT blinding but over all bright room watching bright tv. Than in d DARK watching (dim tv).
Kinda like if u watch tv at night is like looking at light bulb ….car light, eyes will find it “wow” too bright. But day time u do NOT even see car lights on if during the day.
IF i like to eat meal by my window…drink coffee on spring bright day. Having Bright Tv is god sent.
NO joke if u see HIghway Billboard, NBA nfl tv….d brighter the MORE comfortable for eyes to see.
IN science program. It’s well understood ppl have MORE eye issue watching tv in pitch black room long time. BEST comfortable lighting for eyes for seeing Any object is “SHOPPING MALL” bright clean light.
As long as tv slightly matching n 1 hair brighter than the environment , n with good distance it’s Way more enjoyable. 😊
Brightness is great but if the TV’s color gamut is sub-par it doesn’t really help. Take a perfect example: X95J. Has excellent brightness but DCI-P3 coverage is a bit weak and colors are a bit undersaturated
I’m glad that Caleb points out that when TV manufacturers mention 2500 nits that its not the full field windows rating, it’s most likely the small 3%-5% window
Is Tone mapping turned on by default? or do we have to manually adjust this to create optimum brightness according to the ambiance lighting in the same room as the LG TV?
As you just said Caleb, twice the nits isn’t twice as bright. Just like twice the watts in an amp isn’t anywhere near twice as loud. YOU REALLY NEED TO DEEP DIVE A VIDEO ON THIS and help save the world from this insanity! The HDR superheroes are counting on you.
We are just happy to see your mits on our nits
Was "Tone Mapping" always being used? I don't recall hearing people discussing it until the past few years?
Caleb, it would be interesting to find out how much your electricity rates differ from the smallest to the largest of TV's.
Bravo on the delivery of those puns 👏
Super bright tvs make content look like cartoons. Very happy with natural look of my A80L
When an ad is displayed that is almost all-white or all yellow. Blinding. Me: Goes into the service menu of my new Sony X90L and turns gain WAY down on all colors RGB. No, the "brightness control" didn't do it for me.
My next TV will be either Sony X95M or Sony A80M I just have to wait and see how much brighter the A80M is vs my A80J. I just want 83" or 85" next time. I will have to see how things work out this year or early next year.
Sony will skip flagship OLED tv this year aka A95M. Sony bet with their new Mini LED tech with X95M that can hit 4000nits
waiting for microled.
Good topic!!
thanks Caleb i think you're seriously good and funny
keep moving
Well, one of the reasons a watch TV in a darkened room is because of the glare. It's distracting to see my face and clothes reflected on the screen.
Tone mapping scales the brightness info relative to the max output of the display device.
Does anyone know if it’s done linearly? Or is there something more sophisticated going on?
I like a lot of brightness because my eyes are 74 years old. I only have room for a 43 inch TV I would think if I had a very large TV then I would not have to have so much brightness.
Brightness and cd/m2 figures for TVs are the same as what (dynamic) on/off contrast ratio is for projectors - bragging rights used to promote sales that really tell very little about the actual performance of the device. To show how silly this pursuit is - an OLED with 600cd/m2 has equal contrast ratio to an OLED of 1500cd/m2 since black is always zero. And as Caleb mentioned - contrast is what really matters.
Biggest reason to get a higher brightness TV is if the room requires it due to ambient light - to regain some of that contrast lost when the black level is effectively raised and to overcome glare.
Doesn’t hdr content require 1000?
@@l21n18 As per UHD Alliance: ”The HDR display must have either a peak brightness of over 1000 cd/m2 and a black level less than 0.05 cd/m2 (a contrast ratio of at least 20,000:1) or a peak brightness of over 540 cd/m2 and a black level less than 0.0005 cd/m2 (a contrast ratio of at least 1,080,000:1)”. So short answer - no. Oleds qualify thanks to the second part of the above i.e >540 cd/m2 and 0 black level. And thanks to that zero black level provide tons more contrast - which is what HDR is all about to begin with. :)
should i buy a lg g3 now or wait for 2024 tvs ,,,uk
Those jokes are on fire my man haha, thanks for the video.
The TCL is 115 inch and the Hisense is 110 inch. I noticed you said the opposite.
That tonemap to higher nits, is that a default ? .. would be horrible if a 2000 nit TV would constantly try to tonemap stuff up to fit HDR or even SDR into the full brightness, or am I missing something ?
Wonderful video for average consumers to learn more about displays. 😎👍
Having a really bright screen is great, but there's an inherent problem with the "Brightness Wars" that are well under way now: it sucks all the air out of the room and minimizes the importance of every OTHER aspect of the TV that people really should be considering and factoring into their buying decisions. By making everyone think that brightness is the single most important factor to be considered when buying a new TV lower-end manufacturers (without the technical/design chops to really build superior displays) can fool consumers into buying inferior, but brighter TVs. When we all just get tunnel vision and believe that brighter ALWAYS equals better no matter what else the TV has to offer (and then we act on that belief), everyone loses.
just noticed a 2018 samsung q9fn model in this video.
Double the nits is not twice as bright! That's important to know...
Brightness has a massive toll on eyestrain. I use a light sensor which works great on an old Sony but I bumped the backlight from 7 to 9 or max to make the image brighter and it does pop incredibly during the day and night. BUT when I switch from 9 to 7, my eyes relax a lot more. It's uncanny because I actually felt my retinas relax.
Just bought 85 inch QN 90C Samsung,2000 nits. When i was at school nits were something the nurse came in to get rid of.
I have this too in 85 as well. Best tv I have ever had.
@@calgary2800 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍👍
I feel enlightened Caleb, thanks!
A stellar episode!
I had a normal led tv and I hated to watch it not because of its picture quality but because it caused me a headache and my eyes would stress out after 2-3 hours. And if i turned down the brightness, every color became a shade of black which itself is grey.
So i bought oled and now i can watch tv for hours without my eyes paining or stressing out. And I keep the brightness at 25 percent or at night i would crank it down to 20 percent without any effect on color performance.
I don't need headaches and eye fatigue thanks.