OLED VS HDR

holymonk · 1 Mar 2017 at 17:36

So I was looking at purchasing an LG OLED55E6V OLED HDR 4K but when I watched the limited demo's in the store I couldnt really work out whether I was getting a better TV in terms of picture than my faulty Sony KD55XD9305.

The advisor said to really appreciate it you need to watch an OLED in a dark room? I found that the images didnt 'pop' and I have seen by the reviews that the HDR on it doesnt give as high 'nits'. I dont know maybe I will visit Richersounds tomorrow because they have a demo room.

Any recommendations on a TV up to £2200?

holymonk · 1 Mar 2017 at 20:13

HungryHippos said:
It could have bad settings on the tv. I have the 65e6v and it goes pretty damm bright if I want it to. I don't run oled light at 100.

If you watch in a really bright environment it may not be quite as good as an led, But if you can control the brightness in the room a bit it would be fine.

Do you get any noticable judder that some people complain about

holymonk · 3 Mar 2017 at 09:45

Well I bought the LG OLED E6. I can definitely tell black is black, but I have yet to sit back, relax and watch some HDR content. What I have noticed is 'dolby vision' on netflix rather than HDR?

holymonk · 5 Mar 2017 at 16:42

kidloco said:
The LG OLED do HDR just fine. Yes some of the Sony lcd panels go brighter, but my LG b6 goes stupidly bright with some HDR content, squint inducingly so, couldn't see how I'd need it any brighter to be honest.

Plus OLED is just a lovely looking picture once you have it setup right. It took me around 6 years to swap tvs from my panny plasma, and that's just because nothing looked as nice. Until now anyway.

But isnt HDR about the colour RANGE rather than just brightness. I have to say I still went for the E6 and am going to watch Narcos tonight as a test.

holymonk · 9 Mar 2017 at 10:26

olliej82 said:
I'm really tempted to buy the e6 myself although I've only had my current tv (Panasonic ax802) for just over a year which seems a bit mad, I've always wanted an oled since they first show up and I would be gaining 5" screen size plus HDR would it be a worthwhile upgrade?

If I was you id wait until they release the new series of TV, likely to see price drops on the current models or improvement on the new range. Its not as if your TV is bad at all.

holymonk · 9 Mar 2017 at 13:15

I think for the price youre going to pay its a fantastic TV. I asked Richersounds for their best price and they knocked £100.00 off, not £250.00 that youre looking at.