Mini LED worth the Extra?

[Agilolfinger]

Hello,

 

I need a new TV at 65"

 

I don't want an OLED since I have a very bright living room.

 

I did some research myself and saw that I can get a Quantum Dot TV for about 1000€.

If I want Mini LED I have to pay 135€ to 1400€

 

Is Mini LED really worth the extra or is there a great TV at around 1000€

 

Thank you!

[FloRolf]

Well as far as i know Mini LED gives you a ton more dimming zones. 

I actually threw my (edge lit tbf) TV out because the local dimming sucked so i went with OLED.

 

So i would say if you prefer better blacks and better local dimming then go for mini. If you don't care

and mostly watch in bright daylight anyways, go with the cheaper one. 

[tikker]

OLEDs have self-emitting pixels that can be individually turned on and off as needed. It's a different technology from LCD TVs.

 

Quantum dot TVs are LCD TVs that use a quantum dot layer in between. This allows for enhanced colours and higher brightness. They are otherwise normal LCD TVs. The upcoming QD-OLED models try to combine the best of both worlds.

 

Mini-LED, refers to the backlight and allows for many more local dimming zones as mentioned above.

 

The number of dimming zones is important for HDR. The more you have of them and thus the smaller they are, the more accurately the TV can display different levels of brightness over the screen. OLEDs with their ability to change each pixel individually are naturally the unbeatable in that regard both because each pixel can change separately and it can display absolute black by just turning pixels off. Mini LED will be somewhere in between the usual variant and having pixel-level OLED dimming.

 

I would consider how often you plan to consume HDR content and how often you plan to watch in a dark(ish) environment, as that is where HDR shines the most. If the answer is very little then I echo the above and say don't worry about it. If you do care about that, then maybe spend the extra.