Every TV Type Explained | OLED, mini-LED, QLED, LCD, LED, QD-OLED & More
From CRT to QD-OLED with many acronyms in between, the state of the TV market can be intimidating to say the least. In this video we go through nearly every TV type, explain the basics of how each TV type works, and demystify some common misconceptions along the way. Oh, and we try to have fun doing it, too.
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Read more at digitaltrends.com:
QLED vs. OLED: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/qled-vs-oled-tv/
What is QD-OLED? https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/qd-oled-hybrid-display-technology-fully-explained/
LED vs. LCD TVs explained: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/led-vs-lcd-tvs/
4K TV buying guide: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/4k-tv-buying-guide/
The best TV brands of 2023: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/best-tv-brands/
What is a laser TV? https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/whats-is-laser-tv/
00:00 Intro
02:03 CRT
02:44 Rear Projection
03:21 Plasma
04:17 Emissive Displays
05:04 LCD
05:52 LED
06:28 OLED
08:02 QLED
09:41 mini-LED
11:53 MLA OLED & QD-OLED
12:50 micro-LED
14:43 Emissive Quantum Dot Displays
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Hi, I didn’t see any mention of viewing angle. Doesn’t that also come into play?
24fps? Seriously?
So which one is the best?
Boy this video is so fresh I thought It was made recently 😂
Right
Okay TV-Boy you said you would explain EVERY TV type but failed to explain MLA-OLED, and QD-OLED so you get a thumbs down!
Watched the whole video, I’m getting my hands on the 85 inch c855 TCL mini led on Saturday, hyped!
cool and informative
You forgot OLED burn-in. That was a big negative. And that organic colors like reds break down with UV over time. Plasmas also had bad burn in and often leaked gas over time.
Hi just discovered this channel. Your presentations are really informative and make for a gripping view. Thanks subscribed
Excellent information for someone who was really confused looking at new tv’s. Thank you!
Great info! Thx
I’ve been at this pro AV game for over 40 years now and holy Moses old man, it’s time for a lie down. Great video Caleb, thank you…
CRTs beamed ELECTRONS (cathode rays) not photons which energized phosphors causing them to emit photons (light).
Four by three IS NOT A SQUARE, it is a rectangle, squares have all sides tge same length.
You just saved me so much time! Great summary!
What are some of the common problems of an led TV?
Excellent video, now we need to know about 4k vs 8k, hertz, 1080p vs 1440p and FPS please.
Quick answer …oled qled or mini led for gaming?
Good video 👍
Sorry Caleb, you are remiss when you did not proclaim the truth,
That OLED is by far the most superior display technology ever created.
Are you also afraid of Samsung???
**OLED TV always lacked mass appeal until 2019 purely because it was an LG proprietary technology/manufacturing and somehow, they’re really bad at promoting their brand and technology.**
EVEN The current OLED adoption is snowballing word of mouth sales.
**Samsung got into an ego fight with LG/OLED technology for not having called dibs on OLED first**
They tried to overrun a far superior technology by pouring billions into their marketing and promotion of LED Tv iterations
While silently adopting OLED in smartphones.
until finally bowing out, and getting into the OLED camp subtly by again renaming it to QD-OLED.
what a sham!
OLED offers The best colors, the best contrast and hey, infinite blacks.
Yes its little expensive (though older models ares selling at throwaway prices during holidays)
to be fair, the only chinks in the armor were burn-in and Low brightness which have been addressed in the newer OLEDs.
**So dear reader, if not yet, please please buy OLED, instead of saving few hundred bucks on a crappy LED, you’ll never regret it.**
Every tv fans Dream tvs are kinda like people with like Robots the logo maybe house like front of house like spongebob thing lol
great video very informative
Plasmas are the greatest tv, except for the resolution 1080 p max
Micro LED is not going mainstream for another 10 years 😮
Hey everyone! I did indeed screw up! Kind of. I forgot to mention Neo QLED, which is Samsung’s marketing name for mini-LED QLED, which we covered. But also QNED, which is/was a marketing name from LG, which also is a mini-LED QLED of sorts, even though QNED was meant to be a completely different future display tech. Sorry I didn’t manage to cram those into this video! But hopefully this is still of some value to those who watch. Thanks for all the great comments so far!
You’re welcome!
Well iall be dam. All these tvs are chinese made?
Do SonyTV50_RMYA001_PROJECTOR_TV With_FAN last long Big Bass lol 😊
this was a really good recap
Excellent video thanks
You forgot to mention TVs that had decent programming on them. They don’t make them anymore.
Two questions I could use some feedback on. 1. We are currently in the process of upgrading our tv to a "smart" type of tv and cancelling our cable to view via internet. How would you suggest is the best way to record shows now that we will no longer have a DVR? 2. Many of the tv’s we are looking at come with either smart tv or google tv in your opinion is one better than the other? What is the difference?
One thing I wish was mentioned is relative burn-in as I use my TV for movies , gaming and as a computer monitor for home use , not business . I’ve read the mini led QLED is safest ?
Id just use my phone 😢
What about AMOLED?
Very informative indeed. Thanks!
It would have been nice to let us know which ones are the best bang for our buck. Because q-led, q-led mini, oled, it is all confusing
Fine!! Thanks
this course is still valid to day just an update on price a china brand 2-4 months ago from post update launched an 100 ft + TV for 1500 that uses the premium micro led lights so you can get away with not spending 3-6 grand for an top of the variant that’s akin to TLC brand import due to it being an china brand tv id highly recommend having an 2 year warranty on it.
I still have my old Panasonic Plasma TV. Never seen a LED-based TV yet that has a beter picture.
SAMSUNG is will soon release a TV that will replace the Organic chemicals on diodes with Gallium Nitride. They will be calling it Gallium Nitride LED hope they will release it soon and it will be more durable than OLED
As much as I enjoy watching your video at the end I prefer the Omelette ! That’s right I’m gonna make myself some omelette…. So hungry I could eat a. Tv screen .🤣🤣🤣
These new types of TVs, will never last as long as my trusty Panasonic 50 inch Plasma. Mine is 16 years old now and has just has just as bright of picture as it did when it was new. Has great black level, and plenty of brightness, and plenty of detail. Most everyone I know of that bought a led/lcd back lit TV, have replaced them about every 5 years. (planned obsolescence). Back lights seem to fail quite commonly. Also these newer smart TVs now come with bundled advertising, which I try to avoid. Also being their connected to the web, they spy on you as well. My Plasma is a "dumb" TV and I prefer it that way. One can always stream from your computer or Roku box. Streaming from the computer gives me chances of skipping over a lot of advertising. BTW, my Panasonic Plasma gets a lot of usage, and is still going strong.
Honestly all the leds and lcds look the same. Only the oled at least looks a bit better. But honestly the best was plasma. Despite the burn in issue nothing came close to its stunning picture quality. Evel dlp was meh with its rainbow problem
Dang, CRT TVs became popular around 1950. If released today, that $480 TV would be $6,200. Seesh
All right…..Not a video trying to look like something it’s not. General people trying to look like big time …blahs
Your information and presentation was very well put together, paused it often creating my own now knowledge source
viewing book. We have right now 2 SAMSUNG 50 inch tv’s . Both GARBAGE…here’s why – one in living room went black after 3 year
just watching a tv show. I did restore it by pressing the hidden switch bottom right side and everything disconnected and disconnected
from wall electric for over 2 minutes. It worked so I re added the cable line and weeks go by…Fixed….NOPE it did it again and this time
Nothing known is working to get it from light blue to black screen on and off. 3 freaking years !! I have a Sony 27 inch tube now over 35 years and still working ! So another Samsung 50 inch was bought, put it in place and there are looped lines at top and below..called Samsung. ARE YOU READY, sitting?! Samsung said we’ll send a tech since you purchased an additional 5 year warranty. They take all the information address, phone to call, email Everything even repeated to see all is heard correctly ! Set a date and time for tech to show up.
Yesterday Saturday November 16th, between 11:00 AM to 5:00PM No follow up, nothing. We sat waiting, and waiting at 4PM I called
" Where is this TECH ????! " He’s schedualled to 5:00PM at your address she said LOOKIN AT HER SCREEN INFO !!! They NEVER CALLED,
SAMSUNG NEVER CAME, NOTHING. We wasted a weekend day for this Abuse, this MISMANAGED BS…now will be filling our ears with BS
EXCUSES……You tell me, sending a Tech at $$$$$$$ that doesn’t show, or call, wasting time to damage the company here on social media
makes MORE SENSE then me bring the TV BACK WHERE I BOUGHT IT with the 5 YEAR WARRANTY and simply show the problem easily seen and get a NEW ONE…….Customer satisfied, not disturbed by WARRANTY wasting time and money and the world reading this about them. NEVER CALLED NEVER SHOWED< NOTHING…I guess the Customer isn’t a priority……!!! Now YOU’RE NOT….!! 2 Samsung 50 inch TVS one 3 years one brand new……BOTH Dumpster hero’s along with Samsung CUSTOMER SERVICE !!
Good refresher what do you think about short throw projectors?
Would have liked some discussion on reliability of each type. Many LED TVs today have short lives.
Fantastic. You are a phenom at remaining personal and dynamic, I might never have seen anything as invitingly and laidback yet detailed and informative. I now am able to reason and separate, after just thinking "tv is a mess, all those panels", when it really is not. Awesome, thanks.
Thanks great explainer!