Do the new cheap mini-LED TVs hold up to their premium-brand competition?
But lower prices aren’t the whole story here.mini-LED 4K TVs have been available at comparatively low prices for several years now, with the brand’s use of the backlighting tech pre-dating that by heavy hitters such as Samsung, Sony, and LG. And all three of those companies have managed to still sell plenty of high-end QLED TVs even with TCL providing a much more affordable option.
Given both TCL’s expanded 6-Series lineup and Hisense moving in on the mini-LED game, will the premium brands soon be scrambling to lower their prices to better compete?, but while the lower-cost options provide strong competition on many levels, there are areas where they come up short. Let’s take a look at the good things you can expect, and, in at least in one key area, not expect, when buying a budget mini-LED TV.
While both regular LED-backlit TVs and mini-LED ones use a form of processing called full-array local dimming to further enhance picture contrast, the smaller LEDs used in the latter allows for a higher level of granularity. This means that shadows will reveal a wider range of subtle dark tones, as opposed to showing up as a broad, uniform patch of detail-deficient black.
Sony’s X-Wide Angle and Samsung’s Ultra Viewing Angle features both work to effectively reduce this off-center viewing issue on their respective mini-LED TVs. You don’t experience the full 180 degree viewing angle that you get with OLED TVs, but the off-axis performance is dramatically improved.
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