Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Sound + Image

    LG OLED65C9PTA

    Mar 02, 2020 6 minutes

    Ah, OLED. When this front-emissive display technology arrived, it made everyone go ‘wow’ — televisions like this had never been seen before. Not only were they super-slim, but their picture quality was to die for, especially in the blacks, because when an OLED pixel is off, it’s absolutely off—black is black. LCD TVs with LED backlighting simply couldn’t compete with that.

    OLED vs LED

    But time moves on, and as we’ve seen over the last couple of years in particular, LED-LCD has been tweaking its technologies to deliver many of OLED’s merits, together with potentially higher illumination levels. Meanwhile OLED has not progressed in the same way. According to accepted wisdom, OLED panels hit their performance limits in 2017 and, from a hardware perspective, the 2019-released OLEDs are similar to models from back then. Furthermore while LG won the early OLED market tussles against original OLED rival Samsung (whose version of OLED was superior in some ways, but couldn’t compete on price), LG Electronics’ sister company,

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Sound and Image

    Sound and Image1 min read
    Vm: Closer To The Music
    Audio-Technica recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, a longevity borne from both diversity and an ongoing history of innovation in technologies. Working out how to implant a diamond needle without crushing the tip of a pipe cantilever was key to
    Sound and Image12 min read
    Luminous Precision
    Hisense 65U8KAU Price: $2499 + Consistent strong image + Good blacks and local dimming + Image pings in Standard mode + Excellent VIDAA interface with extras + Gaming features – Less impact in HDR modes – TV sound lacks dynamism Hisense is a company
    Sound and Image22 min read
    Home Cinema Through A New Lens
    When we think of design icons in hi-fi and AV, we might turn first to Denmark, or perhaps the US, UK and Japan. But if you ask a photographer the same question, it's more likely to be Germany, and specifically Wetzlar, home to Leica Camera AG, makers

    Related