I am getting rather sick of many of these so called " influencer " , who are taking big cheques from brands only for positive reviews .
I don't have any problems with people promoting electronics , it is part of the cycle .
But these people should definitely stop reviewing TV . They simply don't know what , where or how to look .
At the same time , some people like OP who doesn't know enough but care enough to go thru half of these review and start joining the club .
This is worrying because it is jeopardizing the professionalism of the industry .
I put together some pictures to show people why a certain MOFO channel is terribly
wrong .
A reminder , Pictures / Videos are
never a good way to evaluate Picture Quality but in this case one of them is so off the track where you can instantly see the difference .
Let's talk numbers first .
These 2 TVs are in
film-maker mode , which means they are in their most accurate preset .
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Yellow is the reference , we can see that the QN90A is tracking the PQ EOTF chart fairly well .
While Samsung is not 100% adhering to the standard they have gotten a lot better over the years .
Hisense , on the other hand is completely OFF . They are excessively brightening PQ EOTF standard trying to make an impression.
I am sure many are wondering , isn't brighter better ?
Rtings said so ,
MOFO said so . Since they measured 1700 nits on both TV yet the U8G is cheaper , it must be better .
Of course that is
not the case . The U8G paid dearly by not following the standard.
Accuracy plays an important role in determining Picture Quality .
Let's look at the price U8G paid to keep up with QN90A , beside the $$ they have sent to the influencer's pocket .
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Left : U8G | Right : QN90A

Result of overly brighten pictures , Hisense is unable to control its local dimming system efficiently .
Hence you can see raised black floor , shadow details are washed out , contrast ratio also took a big hit .
At the same time , small highlights look less impressive because its surrounding " zones " have reduced dynamic range .
There is no way to fix this , not even via calibration .
There is more .
Let's look at the colors .
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Left : U8G | Right : QN90A




Colors look more dynamic , more saturated and eye-popping on the QN90A .
Other the other hand , on the U8G , everything looks like Neon colors .
At the same time , colors look more washed out , some color textures are overlapped .
The difference is even more staggering in real life because of the limited dynamic range a Camera can capture .
In a nut shell , even if two TV have the same specs there are huge difference in how the brand is using their decades of experience to finetune pictures .
Unfortunately the same can't be said for the likes of H... , S.... , HW.. and X .....
Where they spend a majority of their budget into advertisement instead of R&D .
Wow! This is a perfect tech write up about EOTF. You literally help me to digest this question that I always had it at the back of my mind.
The targeted brightness were offset so much on the Hisense U8G.
+1 for this post.