More TV for less! - LG QNED85
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The video opens with Linus introducing LG's QNED85, a 75 inch mini-LED 4K TV, and highlights the impressive size while leaning into the packaging and unboxing process. He demonstrates the included stand assembly and quickly runs through the IO panel, noting the four HDMI ports, two of which are 4K 120 Hz capable, plus the ER port for audio pass-through and other connections like USB, optical, and LAN. The host praises the TV’s build quality with a slim, full-metal back and describes the remote, its dedicated streaming buttons, and the remappable colored buttons, while joking about the assistive setup moments and the playful bird icon option. He then dives into the Alpha7 Gen5 processor and the AI Picture Pro and AI Sound Pro features, showing how the TV upscales content and optimizes brightness and contrast in real time, including demonstrations on a sample 4K source containing high-contrast scenes and shadows. The discussion then shifts to the user experience in picture menus, gamer-oriented modes, and the filmmaker and ISF modes, emphasizing color accuracy, motion handling, VRR, and the ability to apply settings across all inputs, which simplifies tweaking while gaming. The video culminates with explanations of QNED’s color technology that blends nanocell and quantum dot layers to achieve wide color coverage, HDR performance, and the overall value proposition of mini-LED backlighting for bright highlights and deep blacks in a large screen, concluding with a nod to gaming features and a call to action for more information and pricing.
Topics · technology · consumer_electronics · television · home_entertainment · gaming · display_technology · mini_led · hdr
Questions answered
- What is the practical difference between mini-LED and micro-LED in TVs like the LG QNED85?
- Mini-LED uses a dense array of small LEDs for backlighting with many local dimming zones, offering strong brightness and contrast at a lower cost, while micro-LED uses individual self-emissive pixels for each light source, which can improve contrast and brightness with less risk of bloom but at a much higher price.
- Does the LG QNED85 support gaming features such as 120 Hz and VRR across its inputs?
- Yes, the LG QNED85 includes HDMI 2.1 ports that support 4K at 120 Hz and VRR, and it provides gaming-oriented picture settings like a dedicated game mode and a broad set of input-wide options.
- Is filmmaker mode supported on the QNED85 and why is it useful?
- Yes, filmmaker mode is available and it removes motion interpolation to preserve the creator's intent, offering color accuracy and consistency that align with professional reference standards across brands.